2020 Week 29 Menu Plan
The 2020 Week 29 Menu Plan is complete. The meals continue to be a combination of favorites and intriguing new recipes. In addition I continue to plan at least one E meal each day.
Breakfast
The breakfasts planned for the week will focus on finishing up some “eat again” meals from last week. There will be two new offerings. The cream cheese pancakes are still another attempt to create really good pancakes. The muffins…the reason is simple…the recipe made my mouth water.
5 Ingredient Cream Cheese Pancakes
Cornmeal Muffins with Roasted Red Peppers and Feta
Lunch
The 2020 week 29 lunches continue to be suggestions, rather than absolutes. As I have explained in the past, if we have leftovers from dinner the leftovers become lunch. More often than not most of the lunch menu plan is changed. I just always like to have a plan as well as ingredients on hand. Always best to be prepared. Lately more often than not we have plenty of leftovers for lunch. That being said, we have moved several meals from previous menus forward.
Dinner
Fortunately our daughter has offered to cook three times this week using the Green Chef keto meals. She will be serving very interesting entrees on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Obviously that leaves only a few dinners for me to plan. I will be making one summer favorite the Italian Sausage Casserole. Additionaly I have decided to try a pasta dish that Giada prepared last Saturday on Food Network (off plan). It sounded so good…right up our taste bud alley and hopefully worth a venture off plan. The final new experiment will be the queso chicken.
Sweet Italian Sausage Casserole
Steaks with Sun Dried Tomatoes
Spaghetti with Lemon and Zucchini
Hits and Misses
Since I seldom prepare many fuel pull recipes, I have made an effort to find and include more in my planning. The “fuseless” quiche fills the bill and is ample enough to supply several breakfasts.
Upside down oatmeal has become a family favorite. It started with pineapple which was delicious. Because of how good it is, I was hesitant to try another version. Thanks to very ripe peaches, I prepared the peach upside down oatmeal. Outstanding.
Cheapskate Soup has become a go-to E lunch. The recipe is in the Trim Healthy Mama cookbook. It is a split pea soup and in the past I made a version of this soup when I had a ham bone or ham hock. This version is meatless and just as satisfying and tasty, but lower in calories and very healthy.
I think I have shared previously just how much we enjoy Greek food. When we lived in Chicagoland we had several favorite Greek restaurants and this is where I was first introduced to this shrimp dish. It wasn’t until we moved that I came across this recipe. Why I don’t fix it more often is a mystery. This time I actually completed the dish with the suggested sprinkling of mint which took it to the next level.
Food for Thought
Among other health benefits, Asparagus can act as a natural diuretic. This can help rid the body of excess salt and fluid, making it especially good for people suffering from edema and high blood pressure. It also helps flush out toxins in kidneys and prevent kidney stones.
Recap
There were not a lot of new meals over the past week. Instead I concentrated on sour dough. I spent hours reading and studying. I attempted my first loaf without considering timing. Valuable lesson learned. I also learned that I am my mother’s daughter. I cannot discard anything deemed useful. Therefore last week I made one loaf from starter and crackers and biscuits from the discard.
The starter is refrigerated as I study more. Looking forward to the week ahead with great healthy food. Bon Appetit!
