Real Food Weekly Menu Plan #26

Raw Apple Pie

The forecast this week is telling me to prepare for the annual goodbye to the beloved oven.  Once the thermometer reaches the nineties and above, the oven rests until cooler weather greets us once again.  Tomorrow is supposed to hit 90º, so with a tearful farewell, I close the oven door until it dips back down to a reasonable temperature and pull out some old raw food and skillet-cooked favorites; and maybe discover some new ones.

Monday:

To do: thaw steak for Wednesday's lunch

Breakfast:  Sourdough Crepe Suzette

Lunch:  Mostly Raw Wraps

Snack:  Strawberry Cacao Kefir Smoothies

Dinner:  Swiss Chard Frittata

Tuesday:

To do: soak porridge, thaw ball tip for Friday's dinner

Breakfast:  Avocado Slices & Scrambled Eggs

Lunch:  Mostly Raw Wraps

Snack:  Blueberry Kefir Smoothies

Dinner:  Hamburger Patties Over Lettuce, Tomato, Sauerkraut, & Pickle Relish, Perfect Potato Wedges

Wednesday:

To do: soak sourdough flatbread

Breakfast:  Soaked Porridge

Lunch: Steak & Cheese Quesadillas & apriums

Snack: Fried Mush

Dinner:  Turkey Pesto Pasta & Summer Squash Gratin

Thursday:

To do: make sourdough flatbread, thaw enchilada sauce for Saturday night

Breakfast:  Egg Burritos

Lunch:  Sourdough flatbread sandwiches with Fava Bean Spread

Snack:  Aprium Kefir Smoothies (recipe coming soon)

Dinner: Slow Cooker Honey Mustard Chicken & Salad

Friday:

To do:  soak sourdough pancakes

Breakfast:  Paleo Breakfast Bread (it's supposed to be cooler today so I'm using the oven)

Lunch:  Nut Butter & Berry Wraps

Snack:  Orange Julius (using kefir instead of milk)

Dinner:  Thai Sirloin Beef (variation) over thinly sliced cabbage, sugar snap peas, & peanut sauce

Saturday:
To do: thaw ground beef for Monday night

Breakfast:  Pancake Bar

Lunch:  Pancake Sandwiches

Snack:  Apriums & Almonds

Dinner:  Chicken Enchiladas, Salad, & Butterscotch Pudding 

Sunday:

To do:  menu plan

Breakfast:  Eggs, bacon, & Avocado

Lunch:  Leftovers

Dinner:  Leftovers

(Sunday is my day off)

I'm sharing this at Monday Mania, Real Food Wednesday.

Kohlrabi Fries ~A Recipe for Snack Time or a Side Dish

Thanks to our weekly produce box, we get to enjoy things like parsnips, apriums, and kohlrabi regularly (when they're in season, of course).  This week, our kohlrabi was made into fries.  Except they were baked.  They make a delicious snack or side dish.  Kohlrabi (or German turnip) is actually of the cabbage family and is a good source of fiber, Vitamins C and B6, Copper, Manganese, Magnesium, and Phosphorus. It's also gluten-free and GAPS and Paleo legal.  We call these Baby Fries because they're only a couple inches long.

Kohlrabi Fries

• 3-4 kohlrabi bulbs, pealed and chopped into baby-sized fries
• 2 tablespoons expeller-pressed coconut oil
• seasoning of choice (garlic powder, salad dressing seasoning, etc.)
• salt & pepper

1. Preheat oven to 450º.  Peal & chop kohlrabi bulbs.  Be sure to really peel them well or you will end up with tough fries.  
2. If your oil is solid, melt it, then pour over fries and toss to coat.  Lay the fries in a single layer on a baking sheet.  Generously sprinkle seasoning over fries.
3. Bake for 20 minutes or until browned.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Serve warm.

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Dress a Table Tuesday ~ Join Us!

It's been a week and so far our table has something pretty on it every dinnertime; and sometimes for snack!  My oldest latched right on to this new table-dressing thing.  At snack time, she got out her tea set, the cloth napkins, and arranged a new bundle of flowers she found outside.  She explained to me her method, "I gathered mint and lavender for a nice smell, Sow in the Summer for white accents, an Iris for color, and Lamb's Ear for texture."  My goodness, she has a gift, I tell you.  She even lit the candles and turned on some mood music.  Suddenly the orange-and-milk snack became a beautiful, peaceful gathering of siblings while I started making dinner in the kitchen.

"Are your napkins on yer laps?"  Our son reminded the girlies.  Napkin police is he.

It was a thing of beauty, I tell you.

What a difference some flowers and cloth napkins make.

Now it's your turn!

What have you done to add beauty to your table?  A flower?  A new candle?  A whole spread of gorgeousness?  What effect did it have on those you dine with?  I've been waiting all week to see what you've done!  Now is the time to leave a link in the comments section of this post that takes us to your blog, an Instagram picture, or some other link that we can visit and admire your dressed table.  Remember, if you're using Twitter or Instagram, include the hash tag #dressatabletuesday so we can all enjoy our very own collection of pretty tables and accents.

Where did this idea come from?  Visit this post to get caught up.  Now let's see those tables!