Weekly Menu Plan #59 ~ Wintry Dishes

Plain yogurt, maple syrup, & frozen raspberries for a quick, beautiful, delicious breakfast.

Right about now is when I start to long for late spring.  Don't get me wrong, there's so much about winter that I love, but I sure do miss all the fresh produce options that the warmer days bring.  For now, we eat more foods that are easily stored and enjoyed over the cold season.  We use more dried legumes, cold-hardy greens, potatoes, yams, meat, and rice than usual.  As special treats, we sprinkle frozen berries from the summer onto yogurt and into smoothies to hold us over.  June couldn't come soon enough; we are running low on blueberries which is a travesty for our seven-year-old who would probably live off of them if we let her.  So next year, we'll be sure to pick several pounds more and really make the annual blueberry farm trip count.

Monday:

To do: make yogurt, thaw chicken stock for Wednesday

Breakfast:  Porridge & Eggs

Lunch:  GF Turkey & Cheese Sandwiches, Orange Slices, Almonds, Dates

Snack:  Persimmon Spice Smoothies

Dinner:  Taco Salad with Sweet Potato-Turkey Taco Meat

Tuesday:

Breakfast: GF Biscuit, Egg, & Bacon Sandwiches

Lunch:  Hummus, Carrot Slices, Raisins, Raw Cheese, Almonds

Snack:  Apple Pie Smoothies

Dinner:  Slow Cooker Lemon Herb Chicken, Seasoned & Braised Broccoli Raab (recipe coming soon)

Wednesday:

Breakfast: Yogurt with Frozen Berries & Maple Syrup (pictured above)

Lunch:  Hard Boiled Egg, Ants on a Log, Raw Cheese, Mandarin Orange

Snack:  Walnut Cranberry Smoothies

Dinner:  Nourishing Potato Cheddar Soup, Salad

Thursday:

To do: make cookie dough bites & garlic rosemary crackers

Breakfast:  2-Minute Raw Power Breakfast

Lunch:  Rice Tortillas wraps with cream cheese, turkey, & cranberry sauce; Almonds, Oranges

Snack:  Mustard Greens, Fennel, Carrot, Apple Juice

Dinner:  Baked Sweet Potato Fries with Spinach Pesto for Dipping, Leftover Chicken from Tuesday

Friday:

Breakfast:  Chocolate Breakfast Shake

Lunch:  Garlic Rosemary Crackers, Raw Cheese, Lunch Meat, Carrots, Cookie Dough Bites

Snack:  Nut Butter & Honey Popcorn

Dinner:  Saffron Risotto with Butternut Squash, Simple Chocolate Cloud Cakes

Saturday:

Breakfast:  GF Crepes

Lunch:  Nut butter or lunch meat wraps with leftover crepes

Snack:  Perfectly Frothy Raw Hot Cocoa

Dinner:  Raclette and Salad

Sunday:

Breakfast:  GF Chocolate-Drizzled Pumpkin Muffins

Lunch:  Leftovers

Dinner:  Leftovers

(Sunday is my day off)

I"m sharing this at Simple Lives Thursday, Meal Plan Monday.