This week’s real food meal plan and agenda focus on the holiday, spending time with family and all things cherry!
Happy 4th of July! Is it really July? I thought summer break just started.
We’ve been enjoying time with extended family out in the country. It’s beautiful! It makes me want to find our own little farm even more.
Cherries are here!
Cherry season has started in Michigan. I love this time of year. Cherries, followed closely by blueberries and peaches. I may be biased, but this really is an amazing place to live. Nothing beats fresh Michigan cherries, blueberries and peaches.
We’ll be cherry picking and then working on freezing most of our haul.
In the kitchen.
That will take up some of my time in the kitchen. My other projects include:
- graham crackers
- muffins
- cherry jam
- cherry cobbler
- rolls
Since my husband is on vacation we’ve got a few fun outings planned. Plus my oldest is seeing a new doctor. I’m really excited about it.
On the menu.
Meals are simple as always and as much prep ahead as possible. Hopefully I can get my kids in the kitchen with me for some of it. Here is this week’s real food meal plan.
What’s on your menu? Any fun holiday foods?
ROTATION: Each day starts with dinner and goes through lunch the next day. Foods in () are things yet to be tried.
Sunday 2
B – yogurt, fruit, granola
L – roast beef, mashed potatoes, roasted cauliflower
D – grilled brats and hot dogs, roasted purple cabbage, pearsauce
prep:
notes:
Monday 3
B – oatmeal bake, smoothies
D – grilled cheese, sauteed zucchini, blueberries
prep: prep smoothies
notes:
Tuesday 4
B – toast w/ sunbutter and peach jam, spinach blueberry smoothies
D – grilled burgers, salad w/ cherry honey mustard, cherry rhubarb jello, roasted potatoes
prep: make jello, soak millet
notes:
Wednesday 1
B – cereal, fruit | millet porridge, jello | salad
D – squash chicken soup, muffins, salad
prep: bake muffins, prep smoothies
notes:
Thursday 2
B – yogurt, granola bar | squash cherry smoothies, muffins
D – roast chicken legs, roasted cauliflower, seasoned rice
prep: soak flour for pancakes, soak teff, freeze cherries
notes: clean
Friday 3
B – cereal, fruit | teff porridge, fruit | avocado, chicken, rice
D – pancakes w/ cherry topping, sausage, beans, spinach
prep: bake cherry cobbler, make cherry jam
notes:
Saturday 4
B – pancakes, sausage, fruit
D – grilled steak, grilled zucchini, salad, rolls w/ peach and cherry jam
prep: bake rolls
notes:
Day 1: squash, cabbage, banana, strawberry (pineapple)
Day 1: squash, cabbage, carrot, tapioca, strawberry (cassava)
Day 2: corn, grapes, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, broccoli, avocado (amaranth, tomato, orange, raspberry)
Day 2: grapes, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, broccoli, amaranth, raspberry
Day 3: teff, eggplant, zucchini, blueberries, asparagus, spinach, sunbutter (kiwi, quinoa)
Day 3: teff, eggplant, zucchini, blueberries, asparagus, spinach, sunbutter, sorghum, quinoa
Day 4: pumpkin, lettuce, cucumber, cherries, split peas, rice (millet, egg, dairy)
Day 4: pumpkin, lettuce, cucumber, cherries, olives, peppers, onion, coconut, millet (egg)