The 2025 week 17 menu plan is complete.
Breakfast
Tried and true breakfasts for the week with an added surprise of granola for the yogurt.
Lunch
One new soup for lunch is included.
Tuscan White Bean Soup *New Recipe
Dinner
This is an easy week of dinner plans. The sheet pan salmon moved from last week and I am anxious to give it a try.
Roasted Sausage, Onions, Peppers
Sheet Pan Salmon * New Recipe
Hits and Misses
This breakfast cake is a favorite and it is high in protein due to the yogurt and eggs and full of mixed berry flavors. It can be eaten at room temperature or heated. It can even be served for dessert.
I changed the menu for Easter morning. The ‘Ole Buckeye always prefers eggs so I prepared one of his favorites. This frittata is delicious. We had it for Easter Brunch along with slices of sour dough toast from the bread I baked on Saturday.
Grapes were on sale…even black grapes which are even better in this recipe. As a bonus the Johnsonville hot Italian sausage was on sale as well. We got large heads of fresh fennel at the Williamsburg farmers’ market last weekend…so this recipe was a must. It is truly a family favorite and once again we enjoyed it with family. All our dinner needed was a fresh salad and crusty bread. Yum.
Roasted Sausages Fennel and Grapes
I had planned a sheet pan salmon, but I needed to prepare the brisket in advance. Due to the fact that the oven needed to be at 250 degrees for several hours it made preparing the sheet pan salmon an impossibility. I reverted to a favorite version in the air fryer. I will give the sheet pan salmon a try next week.
I love this bucatini. It is plant based, but lacks protein which I try not to serve as an entree, but it is so darn good. Occasionally it is worth splurging on pasta and enjoying the comfort the meal brings to the table.
Sun Dried Tomatoes, Basil and Balsamic Bucatini
Easter
I made this for Easter dinner. The sauce was great…the piece of meat highly disappointing. It was almost totally fat and difficult to eat. A great way to prepare, but not the result we had hoped for.
Midge’s Famous Brisket *New Recipe
This was a new potato recipe and one that I will repeat. Using the convection setting on the oven made all the difference.
Recap
Aside from a disappointing entree on Easter the 2025 week 17 menu was a success. I am going to listen to The Food Revolution Summit this week. It has been quite educational the past few years and always has the latest information on healthy food choices. There are different points of view within the scientific community and I am interested in researching the different options. The journey to health continues. Bon Appetit!
