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
- breakfast: eggs + bacon. yogurt.
- dinner: Beef liver with onions and bacon, salads with ranch dressing, sauteed cabbage.
- prep: soak oats for pancakes
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.
Menu Planning Resources
- Books & DVDs – Inexpensive e-books, what to eat, and nourishing cookbooks.
- Kitchen Tools & Appliances – Mixers, Grain Mills, Dehydrators, and Sprouted & Fermented food equipment.
- Raw Cheese and Grass-Fed Butter – Nutrient dense foods we use often.
- Blank Weekly Menu Planner – The download that I use on a weekly basis and keep on my refrigerator.
What are you cooking up this week?
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.
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.
I caught a little off-guard by our current heat wave as well. Thanks for all the great ideas!
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.
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!
What is BREAKFAST ice cream?! Let me in on this!!