I’m back to real life! Moved in and sorta settled. Enough so that I know where my pots and pans are, my pantry is semi-stocked, and I can spend a little while each night cooking again. WOOHOO! After several months of feeling completely un-settled, it’s so nice to start feeling at home again. And, nothing says home like a home-cooked dinner. Don’t you agree?
In this weekly meal plan, I’m cooking some of my summer favorites. We recently joined a CSA (given that I had to leave my garden behind, sigh…), and it’s been so much fun to see what comes in the box each week. Not having been a fan of eggplant, it’s something I’ve not really ever cooked, but since it’s shown up in my box twice in a row, I’ve discovered: Eggplant is fantastic roasted. Trust me. 🙂 I did however, have a Kohlrabi fail. Any suggestions for ways to cook it? Apparently roasting is not the way to go with that one.
I’m not quite sure what’s gonna end up the fridge this week, so we’ll stick to seasonal recipes and keep our fingers crossed! Enjoy your week and these great meals! (Oh, and just so ya k now…it’s all vegetarian…. I’m in a veggie mood!)
Monday – Vegan
Zucchini and Corn Taco Seasoned Quinoa Salad, recipe from Closet Cooking
Serve with tortilla chips and guacamole
Tuesday, Vegetarian
Roasted Beet and Turnip Galette, recipe from The Kitchn
Mixed Green Salad
Wednesday, Vegan
Spicy Bean and Mushroom Curry, recipe from The Long Green Bean (using veggies from CSA box or whatever is in your fridge!)
with Steamed Brown Rice
Thursday – 4th of July! (Vegetarian Side Dishes)
My family always gets together for the 4th of July, and we each bring a dish. My contribution will be:
Bavarian Potato-Cucumber Salad, recipe from Cooking Light
Slow Cooker Baked Beans, recipe from 100 Days of Real Food
Friday – Family Pizza Night, Vegetarian
Red Pepper and Eggplant Pizza, recipe from TastesGood2
Weekend Cooking, Vegetarian
Appetizer: Beet Hummus with Cucumbers, recipe from Simply Recipes
Entree: Garlic Fried Tomato Orecchiette with Arugala, recipe from Lemon Fire Brigade
Serve with Garlic Bread
Dessert: Mexican Chocolate Cake, recipe from Mom Favorites
Breakfast Idea
Veggie Muffins, recipe from Laura S., Mom Favorites columnist
Lunch Idea (Optional Vegan – omit cheese)
Roasted Tomato and Caramelized Onion Farro Salad, recipe from Joy the Baker
P.S. I hope you enjoyed some of the bloggers’ recipes (menu 1 & menu 2) that we shared over the last few weeks. I’m definitely going to have to go back and add a few of those to an upcoming rotation again, ’cause I kind of feel like I missed out! Which was your favorite?
thanks for the link love!
Sure thing. I’ve made this recipe of yours before… It’s great!