Swipe my Meal Plan | Week 11
- Allie
- Jun 6, 2017
- 5 min read
Hey, friends! I hope you're all doing fabulously well. I have been suffering through a bout of poison ivy for the first time in my life and it. is. miserable! It's spread across my body and I'm a little freaked out, so today I head to the doctor because I refuse to allow this poison ivy to kill any more of my happy summer vibes.
Ryan gets it every summer and this is just making me feel so bad that I wasn't ever very sympathetic about it.
At the market last week, I had such a great time sourcing the fresh foods on my grocery list. I was able to find every single vegetable I needed to go along with my CSA basket and meal plan. The cracked black pepper bread from Edgewater Grille stepped our avocado toast up a notch. I was able to pick three perfectly straight zucchini from Stoll's to spiralize for the low-carb chicken parmesan, and Graber Produce had gorgeous cauliflower for the early Summer salad.
It got me thinking that it might be a good idea to put together a list of fresh foods from the meal plan for you to look for when you're out at the farmer's market. You can find the list at the bottom of this post, and it contains items that you can probably find locally available. Then when you head to the grocery store later, you can fill in the rest of your grocery list from the recipes.
Follow along with me on Instagram as I cook these meals starting Monday! Just a reminder: If you pick up your Aficionado Farms CSA basket on Saturday (like I do), this meal plan will go through the NEXT week. So, you'll see another meal plan from me on Wednesday, before your week of eating this food listed below is up. Don't get thrown off by that -- it's for the following week.
If there's a less confusing way for me to articulate this, please leave a comment below!
Surprise, there are apples in there, too! Buy a bag of them, you'll use more in the smoothie below, and in the kohlrabi and kale salad later. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, right?
Sesame Apple Green Smoothie (see recipe blow)
Tahini is the secret ingredient in this one! Don't let buying an unfamiliar ingredient scare you away. It's not too pricey -- runs around $6-$8 at The Fresh Market. It's the key to making homemade hummus creamy and is excellent in salad dressings, so it's great to keep on hand.
This is the type of meal for which I would make a double batch of everything. It'll keep excellently in the refrigerator and makes an easy, protein-packed weekday lunch. Make enough quinoa to reserve 1 Cup for the kohlrabi and apple salad.
I know what you're thinking. This sounds weird. Just give it a try! It's different, no doubt. But the roasted radishes have a sweet quality that they don't have when they're raw. The honey amplifies it perfectly.
Feel free to turn this in to a pizza night and use other toppings if you don't think everyone in your house will enjoy this. But I implore you, make at least one of these and taste it before making a judgement against it.
Here's a little flatbread tip: I love to buy the pre-packaged naan at the grocery store and use that for the base! They even have miniature ones that are great for letting kids create their own little pizzas.
Kholrabi, Apple and Kale Salad with Quinoa and Dill, and Pistachio-Garlic Scape Pesto (see recipe below)
This one happened on accident. I made it as a snack when some vegan friends came over last week and it turned out so good! This can be served on its own as a light, vegan meal, or would be great paired with grilled chicken or salmon. The pesto will be used again in the Peasant Supper at the end of this meal plan.
Peasant Supper
My favorite kind of meal. For as many recipes as I post here for you guys, what would make me truly feel like I've succeeded is if I've taught people the importance of not asking Pinterest for permission to eat certain foods in certain ways. Simply put: food served at dinnertime counts as dinner. With technology and TV chefs telling us what and how to eat, we've forgotten how to make a meal without a recipe. So, for the final day of the meal plan, I'm simply going to share with you what we're eating, and challenge you to come up with something on your own WITHOUT Pinterest. See below.
RECIPES
Sesame Apple Green Smoothie
Recipe adapted from Superfood Smoothies by Julie Morris
Ingredients:
1 Frozen banana
2 Cups (packed) chopped kale
1/2 Tbsp unsalted tahini
1/2 Tsp ginger powder
1 Apple, core removed and chopped into chunks
2 Cups of ice
2 Cups of coconut water
Directions:
Blend all ingredients together, except the ice, until smooth. Add the ice and blend until frosty. Taste, and sweeten if desired with honey. Blend again.
Kholrabi, Apple and Kale Salad with Quinoa and Dill, and Pistachio-Garlic Scape Pesto
Ingredients:
1 Apple, julienned (I like to do this on a mandoline, but cut into matchsticks with a sharp knife is fine)
3 Kholrabi, julienned (Same as above)
1 Large handful of kale, finely chopped
1 Cup of cooked quinoa.
2 Tbsp fresh dill
1 Lemon, juiced
2 Tbsp olive oil
Directions:
Combine the pesto with the lemon juice and olive oil in a bowl and whisk. The consistency should be that of a thick dressing. If it needs to be thinned further, add a little water, 1 tsp at a time, until the desired consistency is reached.
In a large bowl, toss together the apple, kohlrabi, kale, quinoa and dill. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss again to coat. Taste, and if necessary, adjust the seasoning by adding more dressing, salt and pepper.
Peasant Supper
If you were a very privileged peasant, that is.
In large bowls, I plan to serve each of us the following, at room temperature:
Blanched green beans, with left-over garlic scape pesto for dipping
Hard boiled eggs
Pea shoots with lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper
Bread and butter
Gruyere cheese
MARKET LIST
See if you can find these locally before heading to the grocery store! My favorite time to shop is at the Historic Newburgh Farmer's Market, right after picking up my CSA basket on Saturday! Follow me on Instagram, as I'll post my adventure next week on Instagram Stories, and give you the low-down on what looks good from the different stalls!
Bread
Honey
Eggs
Basil
Parsley
Dill
Green Beans
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