Menu Plan to Beat the Heat

We had been enjoying some cooler weather last week and unfortunately I got a little too comfortable. This week is a whole other story so while we’re sweating in the 90s I’ll be keeping things cool in the kitchen.

We’ve also been blessed with a good amount of lettuce every week. (Best lettuce we’ve ever grown.) So making huge salads every night is a must. Especially when there’s homemade ranch dressing teeming with good fats, friendly bacteria and enzymes.

Monday

  • breakfast: Muesli with dried apples and walnuts.
  • dinner: Grilled chicken, salad with avocado and garlic, green beans and beets cooked in packets on the grill.
  • prep: soak walnuts, make creme fraiche

Tuesday

  • breakfast: breakfast ice cream
  • dinner: club salads with leftover chicken, bacon, avocado, homemade ranch dressing
  • prep: make ranch dressing, make yogurt, make kimchi, soak oats for pancakes

Wednesday

  • breakfast: oatmeal and coconut flour pancakes
  • dinner: Gyro salads with cucumbers, red onion, and tzatziki.
  • prep: pick up milk & eggs from farm

Thursday

Friday

  • breakfast: oatmeal and coconut flour pancakes with pastured butter, fried eggs
  • dinner: Fiesta Cabbage with beef, tomatoes, and vegetables. Dessert.
  • prep: Prep dessert early in the day.

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What are you cooking up this week?

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6 Comments

  1. Breakfast ice cream! I have to know more. We live in the desert and are lucky enough to get that hot morning sun right in our kitchen and living room. This would be a great treat for the kids I am sure. We are going to be making lentil soup (not for hot weather but I have to try it!), experimenting with some banana bread recipes, trying out creme fraiche for the first time, and throwing together some meals to keep us cool.

  2. Haha, I was thinking the same thing – please share your breakfast ice cream recipe!
    This week I’m planning to serve Revithia (Greek garbanzo bean soup), homemade pizza, some salads, sandwiches, and lentils & rice.

  3. The homemade ranch dressing looks great! I hope you will come link up to No Whine Wednesday… this would be perfect for kids trying to eat veggies.

  4. I am with Mary Kathryn, I would love to see a recipe for breakfast ice cream! I recently made kefir ice cream with raspberries and hazelnuts, sweetened with just a touch of maple. I think that qualifies as a good breakfast!

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