Menu Plan for the Week of 7/14
My menu this week is filled with some stand-bys, but I'm hoping to adjust some meals. I have been reading through some new cookbooks and haven't had a chance to sit down with some of the recipes that sound good and see if I can make them with what I have on hand. That is on my agenda for Monday evening though, so I may be making some adjustments. If not, it's nice to know that I can fall back on what I already have planned, especially since I know I already have those ingredients on hand.
Breakfast
M - Chocolate chip muffins and smoothies
T - Oatmeal with bananas
W - Peach oatmeal muffins and smoothies (Recipe below. We all loved these muffins so much last week that I am going to make more this week and triple the batch to put in the freezer also.)
Th - Crepes with bananas foster sauce
F - Breakfast cookies and smoothies
S - Pancakes and sausage
Su - Muffins from the freezer
Lunch
M - Ham & cheese sandwiches, cantaloupe
T - Tuna pasta salad, yogurt
W - Quesadillas, red grapes
Th - Baba ghanouj (recipe below), homemade pitas, strawberries
F - Turkey roll-ups, watermelon slurpies (simply just chunks of frozen watermelon blended in a blender)
S - Leftovers
Su - BLTs and blueberries
Dinner
M - Chicken pasta salad made with red grapes and fresh basil
T - Black bean burgers, Parmesan oven fries, mixed green salad
W - Spaghetti with turkey meatballs and fresh tomatoes and basil
Th - BBQ chicken sandwiches, onion straws, broccoli
F - Vegetable stir-fry over brown rice
S - Cod with a lemon-caper sauce, spinach and strawberry salad
Su - Bratwurst, baked beans, cantaloupe
Peach Oatmeal Muffins
(Makes 12 -16 muffins, depending on size of muffin tin)
1 cup quick cooking oats
1 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup applesauce
1/4 cup honey
1 T. canola oil
1 t. vanilla
1/2 t. each of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger
2 eggs
1 1/3 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 t. salt
1 1/2 cups pitted and diced fresh peaches
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
In a large bowl, mix together oats, buttermilk, brown sugar, applesauce, honey, oil, vanilla, spices and eggs. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture, just until moistened. Fold in peaches. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
Bake in preheated oven for 15 - 18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.
Baba Ghanouj
1/2 lb. eggplant
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 t. salt
1/2 c. tahini
2 T. lemon juice
2 T. water
2 T. extra-virgin olive oil
2 T. flat-leaf parsley, minced
Rinse the eggplant and pierce all over with a fork. Bake on a cookie sheet at 375 degrees about 40 minutes, turning frequently.
Transfer the eggplant to a colander and split open so that all of the juices can drain. Remove the skin, tarnsfer the rest of the eggplant to a bowl and mash well.
In a seperate bowl, mix together the garlic, salt, tahini, lemon juice and water. Fold in to the mashed eggplant and combine well. Refrigerate. Just before serving, mix the olive oil and parsley together and drizzle over the spread.
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8 comments:
I've never made Baba Ghanouj and we have eggplant in our garden. I may have to give it a try.
The peach muffins look good!
Angela
So, what cookbooks are you reading? :)
Oh- for your muffins- you can definitely soak the oats in the buttermilk overnight! This will make them much more digestible. ("Nourishing Traditions" talks about soaking grains.) The recipe sounds really yummy!
Blessings,
Michele :)
I bought a kg of nectarines this week, I might have to make those muffins!
Sounds like a good week at your house. What cookbooks have you read? I started reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver while on vacation last week. Very interesting. Not a cookbook but a book about a year of food.
Yummy menu. I love muffins. Thanks for the recipes.
Hi! Wow, another great plan! I am impressed with your knowledge and your detailed menu plan. Also love your flexibility to call an audible if necessary. Your writing is an encouragement.
Once I restock honey in the pantry I will try the peach muffins. They sound delicious and I have two peach trees outside!
How do you store your homemade pitas? I made your recipe last week, two batches since I had everything out but I wasn't sure about the best to store them.
Thanks! I love trying your recipes!
Brandy
Brandy, I usually store them in plastic bags in the refrigerator or freezer. They tend to get too dry when I leave them out, and they last longer in the fridge. They do freeze well too, but I rarley have enough leftovers to do that.
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