Here's our week, Jennifer! :)

Wednesday - Pesto lasagna, Farmer's Market bread, fruit

Thursday - Grilled salmon, "stackers", brown rice ("stackers" are my favorite summer garden food . . . slice and grill eggplant, zucchini, summer squash, onion, and pepper and then stack with fresh mozzarella, sliced tomato, and basil . . . drizzle with olive oil and balsamic.  YUM!) 

Friday - Beef and mushroom tacos, melon

Saturday - We are off to Milwaukee for the Meyers' wedding . . . kids get hot dogs, corn on the cob, fruit

Sunday - Farmers Market corn chowder and grilled cheese

Monday - over to Aunt Anne and Uncle Tom's new house for dinner!  :)

Tuesday - leftovers or breakfast for dinner

Wednesday - Hamburgers, garden veggies, grilled sweet potatoes

Pretty easy week!  You will notice that around this time of year when the garden produce is in full swing, that the menu is basically garden veggies with some twist . . . for example, "stackers" and "garden veggie pasta" are basically the same thing . . . just served a different way.  Tacos tend to be "taco meat" with grilled and chopped garden veggies.  Rinse.  Repeat.  The kids get tired of it, but I NEVER DO!!!  :)

Good luck with the menu planning! 

Love,
Kathy

Back to the blog!

Back to work! Back to school!  Back to the blog for dinner ideas!

Here's to hoping we can make a plan and stick to it ... and minimize last minute trips to the store on an empty stomach that inevitably end in gelato purchases and forgetting to purchase the ingredient that was the reason for the trip.

All recipes subject to change if it is too hot to cook in the kitchen.

Love,
Jennifer

Sunday:  Out to dinner

Monday * Labor Day * Must grill on the "last (HOT, HOT ... we hope) day of summer"!
Chili pork tenderloin with charred corn and okra salad (ala Sunset September 2014 p.96)

Tuesday
Spicy scallop salad with green beans, bok choy and red peppers

Wednesday * School Night * Our official Crock Pot Night
Black bean and chicken tostadas
"Extra" chicken for chicken salad with kefir or hummus, grapes, olives and walnuts/almonds/chopped celery for lunch sandwiches

Thursday
Miso cod with stir fried brussel sprouts, mushrooms and Japanese eggplant (if the squirrels haven't taken them)

Friday
Grilled pizza with whatever veggies are left in the kitchen

Saturday
Grilled shrimp with pesto pasta salad OR Burgers