Menu Plan for Week of August 16, 2009
The favorite meal last week was the Thai Spicy Green Beans. We liked it so much that I am having Thai on the menu again this week with a red curry (will post the recipe soon). It seems to be alternating between too hot, and quite reasonable temperatures making it challenging to plan a menu.
Breakfasts: Healthy granola, greek yogurt, fresh peaches
Lunches: leftovers, sandwich alternatives
Dinners:
Sunday: Spicy chickpeas, sauteed zucchini, brown rice, orange coleslaw
Monday: Super simple fish, stir-fried spinach, crash hot potatoes
Tuesday: Leftover fish, broccoli-tomato salad, summer fruit salad
Wednesday: Thai red curry vegetables, brown rice, peach and tomato salad
Thursday: out
Friday: Split pea soup, salad, blueberry syrup over frozen yogurt
Saturday: Veggie burgers, tomato and corn salad, fruit salad
see other menus at Menu Plan Monday and Gluten Free Menu Swap
Nice blog Liz! My 2 cents for your menu plans:
1) Eggs. I know you have them under “sandwich alternatives”, but don’t forget about them. Your diet is not too strong on the protein side, because the protein in chickpeas and grains is not complete. Eggs have top-quality whole protein. On the other hand, recent research has found that their cholesterol content is not too serious, because most of our cholesterol is made by our bodies, so exercise and a low-fat diet are more important for having a low level of it, than diminishing its intake. I would use even more eggs in your kind of diet.
2) An idea for tasty and healthy fish: prepare a bechamel (white) sauce, but sauteing onions with the butter first (removing the onions before mixing with the flour), adding some mustard while cooking, and finishing the cooking of the fish in this sauce. It tastes somewhat like cream, but with much less fat, and it has milk.
3) An idea for dips: mixing a bit of blue cheese and chopped pasley into low-fat cream cheese (try different brands/flavors).
Thanks for the tips you’re giving on this and other posts. See you around!
Hi Andy, some great suggestions. Interestingly, when I was looking at this week’s menu, my first thought is that it seems awfully vegan. And although I enjoy eating and preparing vegan dishes, it is a bit odd to have more than 1-2 nights as relatively vegan. Ah well, we are omnivores, and I think last week might have been a meat heavy week where I had picked up some carnitas at the store to serve in soft tacos.
I definitely eat a lot of eggs, continued to eat them even when people thought they were bad for you, still eat them as they are coming back into vogue. In addition to boiled eggs and deviled eggs, I make fritattas and egg scrambles w/ leftovers all the time. I plan to post some more egg recipes soon.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Hi Liz,
the peach and tomato salad sounds divine. thanks for the idea!
Hi Cheryl, the peach and tomato salad is my absolute favorite for summer, and for bringing to potlucks. The peaches are unusually spectacular this year.
Thanks for hosting GFMS
Hope to see you at Crock Pot Wednesdays on diningwithdebbie.blogspot.com this week. Thanks for posting. Debbie
Hi Debbie, will stop by.