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Iowa Girl Eats - Easy Gluten Free Recipes

🙌🏻 Your FREE Weekly Meal Plan: 11/6/25

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Hi Reader,

We took our Halloween decorations down on Monday and I'm savoring the clean space with a few fall decor touches before lugging out the Christmas bins sometime over the next couple of weeks.

I recently ordered these (the GINGERBREAD HOUSES? Screaming.) and am waiting on pins and needles for them to arrive. I think I'll have our Christmas elf decorate the kitchen with them when they arrive on December 1st! 😉

All that said, the month is chugging right along and its time for a new gluten free meal plan for the upcoming week. Here's what's on tap:

Weekly Meal Plan

1️⃣ The BEST Chicken Fajitas​

2️⃣ Stuffed Italian Meatball Mini Meatloaves​

3️⃣ Tuscan Sausage and Vegetable Stew​

4️⃣ Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole​

5️⃣ Gluten Free Pizza Breadsticks​

📆 Let's Break it Down

#1 Chicken Fajitas

For many years I hated making fajitas - the chili powder-heavy recipes I tried tasted nothing like the fajitas from our favorite Mexican restaurant. Turns out it's because restaurants don't use chili powder in their fajitas! Try my recipe for - truly - the best, homemade chicken fajitas that actually taste like a restaurant's. Serve with Guacamole, Cilantro-Lime Rice, Creamy Pinto Beans, plus tortilla chips and Restaurant-Style Salsa.

#2 Italian Meatball Mini Meatloaves

These fun and delicious mini meatloaves taste like jumbo, restaurant-style meatballs except there's no rolling nor searing required. SO FUN, and delicious too! Serve with Air Fryer Green Beans, Air Fryer Asparagus, a big side salad, and/or cooked spaghetti with extra marinara sauce.

#3 Tuscan Sausage and Vegetable Stew

As you know, I love my soups, and what I love about this particular soup is that readers ADORE it. It's super filling and the broth is savory and well-seasoned. My entire family enjoys this hearty recipe. Serve with Gluten Free Focaccia and/or sliced apples or pears.

#4 Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole

My kids love when I switch things up and serve breakfast for dinner. It's the little things, right? Well my hash brown breakfast casserole is always a winner, and make-ahead too. Serve with a Fresh Fruit Salad (pomegranates are so good right now) or my totally Midwestern Fruit Salad.

Want a hands-off version? Try my Crock Pot Breakfast Casserole instead.

#5 Gluten Free Pizza Breadsticks

If you've missed soft and chewy pizza since going gluten free, my GF Pizza Breadsticks will blow your mind! Serve with marinara sauce or ranch dressing for dipping and forget your worries.

👩🏻‍🍳 More Recipes to Try

  1. Devour: Salmon Provencal​
  2. Lunch: Chickpea "Chicken" Salad​
  3. Fresh: Chicken Caesar Salad Pasta​
  4. Seasonal: Orchard Turkey Burgers​
  5. Brunch: 3-Ingredient Billionaire Bacon​

⭐️ NEW! On Iowa Girl Eats

Easiest Air Fryer Green Beans

This is one of my favorite easy + mouthwatering side dish recipes!

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Iowa Girl Eats - Easy Gluten Free Recipes

by Kristin Porter

At iowagirleats.com we share easy gluten free recipes with everyday ingredients — no specialty grocery store nor hard to find ingredients required!

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