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Weekly Menu Plan 06.17.13

gluten menu plan

A few weeks ago I decided to challenge myself to go through my closet and try to wear a different outfit every day for 30 days. This is an attempt to get out of the habit of wearing the same 5-10 outfits over and over and then getting to the end of the season and realizing that I didn’t wear half of my closet! I think I’m going to take the same approach to menu planning.

I usually sit down here to do this post each week and scan over my Recipe Index and throw my menu together willy nilly. But I have a huge recipe binder where I collect all my favorite recipes (I even print out the recipes that I use frequently from my favorite cookbooks so I have them all in one place) and I don’t use half the recipes in there. So I decided to change that. Today I went through the entire binder, pulled out recipes I don’t think I’ll ever try or make again, and I planned out the next 8 weeks of meals on a spreadsheet, using every single recipe in that binder at least once. When I get through all of it, I’ll just repeat it. I did a summer version for now. When the weather turns, I can do another with my winter recipes. I’m thinking of creating some “printables” with meal plans and grocery lists that I can provide for those who want to join me. Would that be useful??

For this week, here’s what I’ve got on the agenda.

Dinner Menu

MONDAY: Kielbasa on the Grill, Bok Choy with Bacon & Onions, Dill Fingerling Potatoes

TUESDAY: Easy Gluten Free Pizza Pasta with a side salad

WEDNESDAY: Chicken PiccataRoasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Caramelized Onions, French Potato Salad (recipe to come)

THURSDAY: Grilled Flat Iron Steaks with Wine Reduction (recipe to come . . . if I feel motivated enough to actually make this) with dill fingerling potatoes and mustard greens

FRIDAY: Citrus & Herb Whole Roasted Chicken with Carrots and Onions, leftover fingerling potatoes and/or potato salad

SATURDAY: Phillies Game (in other words, junk dinner)

SUNDAY: Pesto Goat Cheese Pizza and a side salad

And this week I’m going to post my grocery list. This is really for me — because once I put my meal plan together, I rarely go to the next step and make a grocery list for it, so I end up shopping almost every day. Or I deviate and make something not on my plan so I can use what I have at home. Even though this is more for me than you, I am posting everything needed for these recipes even though I have some of it on hand already, in case you want to use it too!  I am hoping that by doing this, I will be able to stick to my meal plan this week!! I love that some of these ingredients are used in several dishes – such as the bacon. It was coincidence, although I should get better about planning my weeks of meals this way.

Grocery List

  • 2 packages nitrate-free kielbasa (I use Applegate Farms)
  • 1 lb grass fed ground beef (local farm)
  • 1 lb nitrate-free bacon (local farm)
  • 1 whole chicken (local farm)
  • 8 oz pepperoni (I use Applegate Farms)
  • 1 dozen eggs
  • 1-1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts (farmer’s market)
  • 1 jar Rose Romano’s Italian Peppers Marinara with Red Bell Pepper
  • 3 onions
  • 1 orange
  • mustard greens (CSA)
  • 2 heads garlic
  • dill (CSA)
  • parsley (CSA)
  • basil (my windowsill)
  • scallions (CSA)
  • 1 head bok choy (CSA)
  • 1 bag brussels sprouts (Trader Joe’s)
  • 1-1/4 lbs organic fingerling potatoes (Wegmans)
  • 2 lbs small red or white boiling potatoes
  • 3 lemons
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 lb organic carrots
  • dried sage, parsley and thyme
  • sea salt and black peppercorns for freshly ground pepper
  • 16-oz gluten-free elbow macaroni (DeBoles is my fave)
  • gluten-free all-purpose flour (I use Bob’s Red Mill)
  • gluten-free seasoned bread crumbs
  • chicken broth (homemade or 1 qt box – I buy the box if I don’t have homemade on hand)
  • olive oil
  • Champagne vinegar
  • apple cider vinegar
  • dijon mustard
  • chardonnay
  • prepared pesto or enough basil to make my own
  • butter (I stock up on Kerrygold at Trader Joe’s)
  • 4 oz goat cheese
  • 2 GF pizza crusts (we use Against the Grain)

Gluten Free Living LIVE CHAT

Also, if you’re around at noon on Monday, June 17th, feel free to join our LIVE CHAT over at the Udi’s Gluten Free Community where I’m a Community Leader. We will be talking about gluten free living during the summertime, and we’re giving away some FABULOUS GIFT PACKS with Udi’s products. YUM!

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4 Responses

  1. What a great idea! I need to try this with all the recipes that I’ve pinned! I just need the time to do it. I might start small, maybe plan 2 weeks at first to see how it goes. My family is really picky about certain things. Maybe I should have all of them pick out some recipes they would want to try.

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