Weekly Menu Plan #34 ~ Fourth of July Week!

Fried Mush

Do y'all have plans for the Fourth?  We're keeping it simple this year and having a good ol' fashioned barbecue and then heading over to the schoolyard for the firework show.  My kids have requested glow sticks.  Whatever your plans may be, may you enjoy the ones around you with some delicious, in-season real food!

Monday:

To do: soak pintos for (un)refried beans, thaw sirloins for wednesday night

Breakfast: German Pancakes using 2 yellow squashes instead of water

Lunch:  Lettuce, rice, beans, cheese, & creme fraiche bowls

Snack:  Very Cherry Smoothies

Dinner:  Beef Pho (sans white sugar, using shanks instead of oxtail & knuckle)

Tuesday:

To do: make refried beans

Breakfast:  Gluten-Free Zucchini Chocolate Chunk Muffins

Lunch:  Quesorritos

Snack:  Blueberry Bliss Smoothies

Dinner:  Summer Succotash (recipe coming Thursday!)

Wednesday: Fourth of July!

To do:  thaw and marinate fish tacos for tomorrow

Breakfast:  Fourth of July Toast using sourdough & homemade jam

Lunch:  Pasta Caprese (using rice noodles & no sugar)

Snack:  Watermelon & blueberries with Creme Fraiche

Dinner:  BBQ Sirloin, Salad, & GF Red, White, & Blueberry Parfaits

Thursday:

To do: soak porridge

Breakfast:  Cottage Cheese & Cantaloupe Slices

Lunch:  Sourdough Sandwiches with avocado & tomato

Snack:  Strawberry Cacao Smoothies

Dinner:  Fish Tacos using wild-caught sole & Fancy Green Beans

Friday:

To do: make baba ghanoush

Breakfast: Porridge & Eggs

Lunch:  Mostly Raw Wraps

Snack:  Cucumber & carrot slices with baba ghanoush

Dinner:  Summer Veggie Skillet using Pesto instead of pizza sauce, Maple Coconut Tapioca Pudding

Saturday:

To do:

Breakfast: GF Chocolate Chip Scones

Lunch:  Irish Nachos

Snack:  Apricot Creme Smoothies (using peaches instead)

Dinner:  GF Chicken Nuggets (using almond flour instead of GF blend) Summer Squash Gratin

Sunday:

To do: Menu Plan

Breakfast:  GF Zucchini Pancakes

Lunch:  Leftovers

Dinner:  Leftovers 

(Sunday is my day off.)

I'm sharing this at Monday Mania, Real Food Wednesday.