Visiting the farmers market and bringing home tender kale, spinach, radishes and asparagus was the highlight of last week. While my own garden was delayed by a very wet spring, our local farmers seem to have dodged the raindrops to get their crops planted. The menfolk bought tomato plants and I planned the herb garden.
The menu for this week:
- Asian Shredded Beef with rice and stir-fried veggies
- Diane’s Buffalo Chicken Burgers, slaw, hash browns, baked beans
- Inside out Turkey Lettuce Wraps-a salad using ground turkey, stir-fried veggies minced fine or shredded, bean sprouts and San-J Thai peanut sauce over shredded romaine because one of my kids loves the PF Chang lettuce wraps, but not the mess of making and eating them. We compromise with a salad and use turkey.
- Steamed fish and greens from the Cook It Allergy Free app for the fish eaters and leftover burgers for the one who can’t even stand the smell of fish. We love this recipe that combines fish with spinach and chard.
- Grilled chicken, baked potatoes, grilled asparagus
- The rest of the week is not mom’s problem. I’ll be in DC for Eat Write Retreat!
Heather at Celiac Family is hosting the swap this week with rice as the theme. We use jasmine or basmati rice for our stir fries and Asian dishes every week. My youngest can’t tolerate brown rice. Fried rice is a favorite of my kids and their friends who visit. It’s a great way to get lots of veggies into them. Visit Cheryl for the headquarters of our swap if you’d like to join us.
Laura at Organizing Junkie has a weekly menu roundup with hundreds of ideas.
Be sure to read my post on feeding gluten-free teens and see the list of bloggers participating in 30 Days of Easy Gluten-Free Living. For more family-friendly, gluten-free menus visit my archives.
Have a great week! What’s on your menu?
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Sounds like a great week Wendy! and I can’t wait to see how things go at Eat, Write, Retreat!!
Me, too. My last big fling before the kids go off to college and we all hunker down and get very frugal.
Those herbs look fantastic! Mine are still looking a little thin. Thanks for all the delicious meal ideas this week. The Inside Out Lettuce Wraps are a great idea.
Hope we are able to get together this weekend. It would be great to meet you in person.
It would be a shame to be only miles apart and not meet.
Love the pictures of your herbs! I’m hoping to get a garden planted sometime soon
The buffalo chicken burgers sound yummy! Have a wonderful time at Eat Write Retreat!
Yummy menu, as always. I can’t wait to check out the teen article with my own teens. I bet we’ll find great ideas- thanks for the link! I love the herb pic. We got some things planted this weekend also. A little late this year, but I am hoping it means fall will be late also…
Have fun in D.C.!
Catching up on the comments I couldn’t get to in DC, Angela. We had a lot of fun. wonder if I’ll get anything planted. Stormy and rainy again today. What a welcome home.
Your herbs look great and your menu sounds wonderful! Have a great weekend!
Thanks, Carol. We did have a wonderful weekend.