My Gluten Free, Locavore-ish Weekly Meal Plan

So I’m a little behind making and posting this week’s meal plan, mostly because I’ve been a bit lackadaisical this weekend about putting it together. My apologies to anyone who came by looking for it! 

Part of the reason I’ve been lackadaisical about putting the meal plan together is because I’ve embarked on an intensive cooking project, one which involves making a whole lotta pasta. Anyone who has ever made pasta, ravioli, wontons, etc. will know how tiresome this can be. If you’re doing it every day the last thing you want to be doing is thinking about even more food. 

So far this past week I’ve made:

* GF fettuccine with salmon              * GF ravioli filled with ricotta and spinach

* steamed Asian rice noodles             * GF white ravioli balls with tomato cream sauce

* GF orzo                                           * basil and kale pesto

I’ll explain more about all this soon enough, but tonight I’m finally sitting down to plan this week’s cooking, so let the meal planning begin!

Chicken Noodle Soup for snacks and lunches

With the cold, comes a thinning out of the farmers market, and next weekend is the last day for the outdoor market. Once the market moves inside, things will start to get a little sparser, so that will definitely have an effect on the meal planning. But this week we were able to get a fair amount of produce and I’m meal planning around the following finds:

* 1 bunch of organic kale                    * 1 bunch beets

* ½ lb spray-free mixed greens           * 2 small heads cabbage

* 1 lb organic carrots                           * 2 heads broccoli                              

* 2 small cucumbers                            * 2 bunches of parsnips                                  

* 1 Festival squash                              * ½ lb spinach

* 3 large turnips                                   * 1 bunch Swiss chard

* bunch of red onions                         

Week of: November 2 – 9
In the Freezer: Vegetable Scrap Stew, Chicken Noodle Soup, brown rice, cooked black beans, peas & veggies, frozen homemade GF pasta and ravioli, roasted sweet potato, Vegetable Scrap Stew
In the Fridge: Above veggies plus parmesan cheese, ricotta cheese, feta cheese, eggs, juice,
In the Cupboard: Dried pasta, black beans, lentils, GF flours, chocolate chips,
Breakfasts: Farmers Market Omelette,  Spiced Squash Scones, homemade yogurt with farmers market local honey
Day:	Dinners
Saturday	GF noodles with baked salmon and grape tomatoes
Sunday	My adorable husband is making his root veggie stew
Monday	I’m experimenting making GF tricolor tortellini
Tuesday	Defrosting Vegetable Scrap Stew: Cannelini Beans & Swiss Chard Stems for a quick and easy dinner
Wednesday	If all goes well, Monday’s leftover tortellini will become tortellini soup
Thursday	Thai Salad from my OAS cookbook
Friday	Scrap Stew Two: Apple Cinnamon Cabbage Stew
Snacks: Steamed squash salad with kale (using my festival squash instead of butternut), Chicken Noodle Soup Flatbread made with pesto and roasted delicate squash

 What are you cooking this week? 

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