Summery Meals Ahead
- Hamburgers, Parmesan oven fries, corn on the cob
- Barbecue chicken sandwiches, fresh corncakes, cantaloupe
- Bratwurst, watermelon, baked beans
- Monterrey chicken, onion straws, corn on the cob
- Asian chicken salad with peanut-ginger dressing
- Chicken and grape pasta salad
- Taco salad
- Pretzel chicken, crash hot potatoes, fresh green beans
- BLTs, homemade potato chips, honeydew melon
- California Club sandwiches, fruit salad
- Roasted red pepper and portabello mushroom quesadillas, peaches
- Fig, caramelized onion, and feta pizza, mixed greens salad
- Homemade cheese ravioli with fresh pesto
- Caprese bread salad, strawberries and kiwi
- Cucumbers and tomatoes stuffed with lentil salad and couscous salad
- Black bean burgers, sour cream and dill cucumbers, rosemary potatoes
- Spinach and fried chickpea salad with bacon, cheese, and ranch dressing
- Corned beef, spinach and wild rice roll-ups
- Herb-crusted fish (whatever is on sale), almond and apricot quinoa pilaf, oven-roasted broccoli
- Southwestern rotini salad with black beans, roasted red peppers and fresh corn
- Fresh veggie stir-fry over brown rice, grilled pineapple
- Chicken and potato skewers, green fruit salad with yogurt & lime dressing
- Nacho platter, root beer floats
- Stuffed artichokes and bruschetta
- Beef tostados, plums
- Coconut chicken curry
- Falafel and pita sandwiches, strawberry and spinach salad
I've also decided that I might try shopping once a week for the next two months. Eric and I both really want our meals to be filled with fresh fruits and veggies. We'd like to buy locally grown produce as much as possible also.
Online today I found a local organic u-pick farm that has everything. You can just call on a given day and find out what is available for picking that day. The choices include bean, peas, rhubarb, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, zucchini, corn, every herb imaginable,raspberries, blueberries, and lots more. I'm really excited about this. We've looked into joining a CSA but there just isn't one close enough to make it worthwhile. This farm is only about 20 minutes away. And I would LOVE for the kids to have the opportunity to experience a farm like this, and to help us actually choose and pick the vegetables and fruit. It is also only about 10 minutes away from a raw honey farm that we've wanted to go to for a while. I can't wait!
8 comments:
Kate-
This is fabulous!! :) I'm so excited for you to be able to get fresh produce every week. I've been going to Farmer's Markets on Saturdays, and I love it.
I'm definitely bookmarking your list of summer meal ideas. I'm looking forward to seeing what the next 30 or so will be on your list. :)
I'll send you an e-mail tonight, after Gen's in bed.
Blessings,
Michele :)
your menus sound amazing. I hope you post some recipes.
I can't remember...did you read my post about my "crash hot potatoes"...I think you did, but I don't know (C:
Anyways, I can't wait to hear how the meals go. They sound amazing.
My daughters really like your Isabelles blog. My girls are 12 and 9.
My oldest has a blog but she doesn't do a lot on it and she certainly doesn't use many words. I'm trying to encourage her in that. Any tips or ideas?
On the contrary, this is VERY exciting! :) I've read so much about these amazing crash hot potatoes - think I'm gonna have to break down & try 'em.
We have a farmer's market in our city, and I've been looking for a place to buy locally-grown meats. Still hunting for that.
Sounds like an adventure awaits you!
Hey Kate,
I find this quite exciting! I wish we had a U pick farm like the one you described... how lucky!
I wanted to let you know that I nominated your site for a creative blog award. If you are interested the rules to accept are posted on my blog... lifeonhackberryroad.blogspot.com
Thanks for all of your great information... keep up the good work!
Miranda
Your list of meals looks great! How about continuing your once a month shopping, with a stop at a farmers market or the u-pick place once a week? Could that be the best of both worlds? Of course it will only work this summer and early fall. man I wish I lived in a warmer climate sometimes, the growing season is longer.
Just hopped over here from Miranda's blog. You have some great dinners planned, but I gotta ask...what are onion straws?
Kate...Thank you so much for the inspiration! I'll be coming back here after our trip (hopefully the trip home with NOT include a bull!) for some ideas!
Blessings-Andie
I recently found your blog and love this post about your summer meal ideas! I'm hoping that you'll post some recipes - specifically for the cucumbers/tomatoes stuffed with lentil and couscous, the black bean burgers, the almond and apricot quinoa pilaf, and the southwestern rotini salad. They all sound so good!
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