My GF, Locavore-ish Weekly Meal Plan and 'What's Cookin' Sunday?'

Yeowza it’s cold this week! We had 5 minutes of snow flurries on Wednesday, and I decided it was finally time to turn the heat on.  As a consequence and as is befitting the cold, this week’s meal planning features plenty of soups and stews to warm my arthritic bones. 

 

Also,  I've finally gotten around to putting together a Meal Planning Page dedicated entirely to meal planning and cooking around local foods, so swing by and check it out for more meal planning resources. 

Now let the meal planning begin!! 

This past week I had a ton of lovely fall root vegetables and I experimented a lot with making up new recipes. For example, along with the Vegetable Scrap Stew I posted earlier, I also made:

* another scrap stew with apples, cabbage and chicken

* a ravioli dough stuffed with roasted sweet potatoes and sautéed greens

* a roasted delicata squash flatbread

* Sautéed turnip greens

* Beet root hummus

* Miniature Pumpkin Pies

* Vegetable wontons

I’ve photographed them all and hope to get around to posting them soon.

 

This week I’m planning meals around the following farmers market finds:

* 2 bunches of organic kale                * 1 bunch beets (with tops)

* ½ lb spray-free mixed greens          * 1 large turnip

* 1 lb organic carrots                          * 1 head broccoli                                

* 2 small cucumbers                           * 2 bunches of parsnips                                  

* 1 Festival squash

Week of: October 26 – November 1
In the Freezer: Vegetable Scrap Stew, Chicken Noodle Soup, Sweet Potato Blueberry Muffins (from my cookbook available this coming week!), cooked brown rice, cooked black beans, peas & veggies, Beet Chocolate Muffins
In the Fridge: Grandma’s Pickles,  homemade Greek yogurt, parsnips, squash, beets, kale, mixed greens, cucumber, carrots, broccoli, eggs, apples, grapes, cabbage, cheese
Breakfasts: Organic Cornmeal Salsa Bread, Farmers Market Omelette,
Day:	Dinners
Saturday	Leftover night: Apple Cinnamon Chicken Cabbage Scrap Stew (recipe to come) and Chicken Noodle Soup
Sunday	Hubby is making his root veggie stew
Monday	Salmon and broccoli pasta
Tuesday	GF Spaetzle with sautéed kale
Wednesday	Easy Asian Stir Fry
Thursday	??? Surprise night! (maybe something with mashed parsnips?)
Friday	Vegetable Scrap Stew
Snacks and Lunches: Steamed squash salad with kale (using my festival squash instead of butternut)
What’s Cookin’ Sunday: Roasting beets and squash, experimenting with pasta recipes

 

What are you cooking this week?

Sweet Potato Blueberry Muffins (from my OAS Cookbook available this coming week!)

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