Happy Mother’s Day in advance to all the beautiful mamas out there!  I hope you have some time to do what makes your heart sing.  I am going foraging (yes, foraging!) with the fam.  Follow along on instagram on sunday to see all the action.  And then next weekend I am going to Dallas for #1’s graduation.  Gasp!  That went fast, didn’t it?  I’m really proud of my daughter and I am looking forward to celebrating her and her accomplishments!  I won’t be cooking all that much this week, but I know you’ve got to eat!  Here’s your dinner planner for the week:

Meatless Monday: Falafel bowl: Cooked quinoa (or your favorite grain or cauliflower rice), baked falafel, shredded/chopped romaine lettuce, chopped cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, pickled radish, and tahini sauce

Tuesday: Orange-ginger salmon with asparagus from Clean Eating Magazine (use this method as an easy way to wrap the fish in parchment), brown rice (make extra for stuffed peppers)

Wednesday:  Chipotle cauliflower tacos, serve with avocado, shredded cabbage and pickled onion or radish or pineapple slaw from my cookbook or jicama slaw, chipotle sweet potato fries

Thursday: Eggplant meatballs on roasted spaghetti squash (see this recipe for how to roast spaghetti squash)

Friday: Turkey and rice stuffed bell peppers, grilled broccolini (use this method for grilling the broccolini and finish with a squeeze of lemon, no breadcrumbs)

Saturday Lunch: Saturday chopped salad from my cookbook (use all the leftover veggies from this week!)

Sunday: Lemon-thyme chicken, roasted smashed potatoes, sautéed spinach

 

Here’s what you can do ahead:

Sunday

Cook quinoa (or whatever grain you want to use for the bowls)

Wash/dry greens/lettuce and herbs

Pickle radish (Use this recipe as a guide, but use your food processor slicing disc to make quick work of the radish. Make extra if you want some for your tacos on Wednesday.)

Make tahini sauce and salad dressings

Trim tough ends of asparagus and place cut ends in a small amount of water in the fridge

Make spice mixture for tacos

Cut sweet potato into fries and store in the fridge

Make chicken or vegetable stock

Wednesday

Make eggplant meatball mixture and refrigerate

Roast spaghetti squash and refrigerate

Make marinara sauce or use jarred (make sure you have extra for stuffed peppers)

Thursday

You can make the stuffed peppers up to the point of baking and store, covered, in the fridge until you’re ready to bake them

Saturday

Prep the chicken

Wash potatoes

Here’s a link to my previous dinner planners.

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