Real Food Menu Plan #36

One of the seasonal chores I like best right now is squirreling away as much pesto as possible to get us through the year.  My parents always grow basil in the summer and do the same.  They taught me the freeze-basil-in-ice-cube-trays trick.  It's quite handy.  Once it's frozen in cubes, we transfer them into a container, seal the lid, and pull a cube or two out to thaw when needed.  This pesto recipe is a favorite of mine.  It makes a lot at once and tastes delicious.

Monday:

To do: thaw & season fish for Tuesday night

Breakfast:  2-Minute Raw Power Breakfast

Lunch:  Real Food Macaroni & Cheese

Snack:  Very Cherry Smoothies

Dinner:  Cross Rib Roast (Cooked In a Crock Pot), Grilled Zucchini with Buttermilk-Basil Dressing

Tuesday:

Breakfast:  GF Banana Blueberry Bars

Lunch:  Quesorritos & Bell Pepper Slices with Pesto

Snack:  Plums

Dinner:  Fish Tacos & Asian Green Bean Salad

Wednesday:

To do:  make baba ghanoush

Breakfast:  Sourdough Toast with Cream Cheese & Fresh Berries

Lunch:  Mostly Raw Wraps with baba ghanoush

Snack:  Watermelon

Dinner:  Mexican Food Bar (concept coming soon) & Corn on the Cob

Thursday:

To do: soak porridge, start pho broth, thaw chicken stock for Saturday night

Breakfast: Eggs with Tomato & Avocado Slices

Lunch:  Simple Taco Salad using Leftover Beef from Monday Night

Snack:  Strawberry Cacao Smoothies

Dinner:  Summer Veggie Skillet Pizza using Pesto instead of Pizza Sauce

Friday:

Breakfast:  Porridge & Eggs

Lunch:  Grilled Cheese Sourdough Sandwiches with Tomato & Avocado Slices

Snack:  Blueberry Bliss Smoothies

Dinner:  Pho (Using Green Beans Instead of Noodles) & Caprese Salad

Saturday:

Breakfast:  GF Zucchini & Chocolate Chunk Muffins

Lunch:  Irish Nachos

Snack:  Apricot Creme Smoothies

Dinner:  Pottage Bonne Femme & Brazilian Cheese Bread

Sunday:

To do: menu plan

Breakfast:  Good Morning Banana Nut Cereal

Lunch:  Leftovers

Dinner:  Leftovers

(Sunday is my day off)

I'm sharing this at Monday Mania, Simple Lives Thursday, Pennywise Platter, Fight Back Friday.

2-Minute Raw Power Breakfast

It's hard to break the cold cereal cycle.  What's faster than opening a box, dumping some o's in a bowl, and pouring milk over it?  When everyone is "starving" as soon as they wake up and my head is still groggy from a rough night with the baby, I find myself missing the convenience of boxed cereal, despite it's nutritionally-void, highly-processed ingredients (yep, even the organic stuff).  We've been making this super satisfying breakfast weekly (sometimes more).  It's just so quick and tasty, and I don't have cereal guilt when I pour some raw milk over it and the kids devour the contents of their bowls.  Also?  They're not hungry twenty minutes later like they are when they ate boxed cereal.  I like appreciate the metabolism boost it gives me as the baby fat continues to melt off.  Find the recipe, along with other fun real food weekend reads, over at Modern Alternative Kitchen today.

I'm sharing this at Real Food Wednesday, Pennywise Platter.

Let's Talk Fat

Have you ever wondered what makes good fat good, and what can change a good fat to a bad fat?  The answer might surprise you.  Today, I had the privilege of writing about fat over at Modern Alternative Kitchen.  Go on over and take a look-see by clicking here!

I'm sharing this at Monday Mania, Real Food Wednesday, Pennywise Platter, Simple Lives Thursday, Fight Back Friday.