Hello, lovelies!  I had a great week back teaching classes again.  But even better is the quick weekend getaway happening right now in Park City.  My son has a long weekend from school, so my daughters decided to meet up with us here.  Nothing better for me.  I don’t even care that it’s too cold and I have drank more hot chocolate (really it’s cacao-collagen-maca) in the last 24 hours than I usually do in a month.  Yippee!  Here’s your dinner planner for the week:

Monday: Middle Eastern Vegetable Soup with Freekeh from my cookbook – this is plenty for my family but if you need something more, you could serve it with avocado toast or a green salad

Tuesday: Ginger Salmon from Kale and Chocolate served with roasted sweet potatoes and carrots

Wednesday:  Chicken Piccata (i have no image, so I’m repeating the lemon-thyme chicken image), served with polenta and sauteed spinach. 

Thursday: Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos and green salad with radish, avocado and Homemade Ranch Dressing

Friday:  Asian Noodle Salad with seared tofu and stir-fried bok choy from my cookbook

Saturday lunch: egg salad with grain-free seed crackers.

Superbowl Sunday:  Here are some of my favorite options:

•       Turkey and Black Bean Chili, Vegetable Chili, slow cooker sweet potato and black bean chili, Cornbread, Baked Potatoes and topping bar, Mexican Chopped Salad
•       Meatball subs, homemade pizzas, Vegetarian Antipasto Chopped Salad, Mini Lasagne Cupcakes, Italian 7-layer dip
•        Taco bar (Ground Beef , barbacoa, slow cooker chicken, and Fish), Refried beans, Cilantro-Lime Slaw, Arroz Verde

I generally make Guacamole and Baked Tortilla Chips,  plus jicama cut into thin “chips,” “Vegan Queso” with chips and baked sweet potato rounds, crudités with Hummus.  

I have also done sliders/mini burgers, Mini Chicken Tostadas, Roasted Baby Potatoes with Broccoli and Cheese, spinach and artichoke dip

Here’s what you can do ahead if it helps you:

Sunday: 

Make all sauces, marinades and dressings

Make all stocks/broths.  Freeze anything that won’t get used within 4 days.

Wash salad greens

Cook dried beans unless using canned.

Make rice, if using

Saturday: 

Make vegan queso

Make hummus

Prep any veggies (i.e. chop veggies for chopped salad)

Prep any ingredients or recipes for the taco bar

Make any of the chilis 

Here’s a linkto my previous dinner planners.

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