Summer Meal Planning

I finally got around to working out my summer meal plan, just last week.  For more on the hows and whys of seasonal meal planning, see this post.

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Summer 2011 Meal Plan

Sunday: steak or chicken fajitas on lettuce wrappers :: steak or chicken, onions, garlic, peppers, olive oil and lettuce

Monday: kale and sausage soup :: home-made chicken broth, kale, tomatoes- I have enough canned ones still from last year to get us through until local ones start coming in this year, sweet Italian sausages

Tuesday: roasted chicken, mashed cauliflower, and peas or green beans (depending on what’s available at the farm, peas now, green beans soon!) :: a whole chicken, cauliflower, home-made ghee, coconut or almond milk, peas or beans, spices

Wednesday: salad :: lettuce and/or kale/wild greens/sprouts, olives, avocado, sauteed onions, optional sardines

Thursday: salmon cakes, baby bok choy :: salmon, fresh herbs, a little almond flour or arrowroot, onions, garlic, bok choy

Friday: Swedish meatballs over broccoli :: ground turkey, onion, nutmeg, allspice, ghee, chicken stock, a bit of coconut milk or almond milk, broccoli

Saturday: turkey roast and coleslaw :: turkey roast, cabbage, carrots, sometimes I add in some radishes or baby turnips, fresh dill, raw apple cider vinegar, lemon juice

Sunday: honey mustard meatloaf with green beans :: ground meat, home-made honey mustard, onions, garlic, green beans

Monday: chicken skillet soup or lentil soup ::  for css- olive oil, onion, garlic, chicken, fresh basil, fresh tomatoes, red wine, for lentil soup- lentils, carrots, garlic, onion, zucchini

Tuesday: “chicken dippers” and broccoli :: chicken breast, potato flour, cayenne pepper or chili pepper, broccoli, home-made mustard

Wednesday: kale salad :: sausage, onions, apples, kale, apple cider vinegar, olive oil

Thursday: skirt steak and bok choy stir-fry :: variation on this recipe

Friday: coconut shrimp, broccoli, plus beans for the non-seafood lover :: shrimp, coconut flour, shredded coconut, oil, broccoli, perhaps a bit of ghee, some sort of beans

Saturday: roasted veggies and erm, some sort of protein (there always seems to be one day that I don’t quite figure out, but somehow it always works out in practice) ::  whatever veggies I come home from the farm and erm, protein….

I decided to include a list of ingredients with my plans this time.  I really love that for the most part, all of the ingredients are rather obvious.  The meals are exactly what they sound like; good, basic, wholesome food.  As with last time, most nights I’ll probably throw together a quick salad or steam some greens, if greens aren’t already featured with the meal.  I feel like I did a pretty good job utilizing seasonal produce and using mostly local ingredients.  With the exception of the coconut and almond milks.  Every time I buy them, I feel like it’s such a shame, especially knowing that we have cheaper raw milk, readily available, just up the road.  But not everyone in the family can handle that, in fact, most of us can’t.  And I’ve thought of skipping anything milk-like completely, but honestly, we are very limited already and we like a bit of something creamy every once in a while.  So, I cook with it a couple of days a week.  And otherwise I feel fairly content with the plans I’ve managed to make.  Everyone has been pleased with the dinners so far (phew, no flops!), so I don’t think I’ll need to do much, if any editing.  Perhaps just the usual little bit of shifting the produce selections with the season as different things become available in our farm share.

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2 thoughts on “Summer Meal Planning

  1. Baleboosteh

    Thank you so much! I am in such a rut with my cooking right now but your menu plan has really inspired me. The meals sound delicious and I am now craving kale and sausage soup!

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