Ah, the party’s over.  My last day of summer is Labor Day.  Mr. Picky starts school on Tuesday, so I have asked him to make a list of breakfasts, lunches and dinners he would happily eat.  So, many of this week’s dinner ideas come from my son.  I am not normally this democratic, but I believe in starting the year on a strong note!

Here is your dinner planner for the week:

Labor Day: Slow cooker BBQ chicken sandwiches, coleslaw, and sweet potato fries

Tuesday: Vegetable fried rice, sesame spinach salad

Wednesday: Grilled shrimp, California Greek salad

Thursday: Vegan taco salad from the Crunchy Radish

Friday: Grilled marinated flank steak, farro with golden beets, cucumber and feta

Saturday lunch: Kale, mushroom and brown rice bake

Sunday: Roasted summer vegetable tian, slow cooker whole chicken

Do ahead:

Sunday

Prep (wash, dry, shred and refrigerate) cabbage and carrots for coleslaw

Make coleslaw dressing

Cut sweet potatoes into fries and refrigerate

Make spice mix for sweet potato fries

Make rice for fried rice and brown rice bake

Make sesame spinach salad dressing

Make Greek salad dressing

Make dressing, cashew cream, and walnut chorizo for taco salad

Wash kale

Thursday

Marinate flank steak

Make farro for salad

Roast Beets for salad

Make mint dressing for farro salad

Friday

salt chicken for Sunday’s slow cooker chicken

Here is a link to all of my dinner planners.