This weekend is the big Drop-Off!!  Mr. Picky is going to college.  If you think YOU can’t believe it, how do you think I feel??  Because I’m traveling on Monday, I can’t do my regular Monday IG Live at 5.  If I get my act together, maybe I can try to do it on Tuesday.  I’ll post on Instagram if I can.  If you are looking for a little help with school lunches or even bring-to-work lunch, I have a free PDF that I created for you!  Click here for the download. Here’s your dinner planner for the week:

Meatless Monday: Sweet potato and black bean tacos, fiesta salad with salsa vinaigrette

Tuesday: Marinated seared ahi, black rice or sautéed cauliflower rice, any raw or roasted veggies you have + a sauce/dressing (the Chinese chicken salad dressing from QTQ is amazing here!)

Wednesday: Smoked braised lentils with or without turkey sausages, roasted broccolini – use this method

Thursday: Greek turkey meatballs from Quicker Than Quick– so many ways to serve these!  Kids love them in pita with tzatziki or pasta/spaghetti squash with tomato sauce doctored up with dried oregano and fresh mint + feta; or in a bowl with rice (add some dill – yum!) or cauliflower rice and roasted veggies; or on a Greek salad bowl.

Friday: Pasta with 5 minute cherry tomato sauce and shrimp (add the shrimp to the tomatoes just as the tomatoes are done and sauté until the shrimp are cooked through – about 3-4 minutes), grilled squash salad

Saturday brunch: zucchini-blueberry bread 

Sunday: Late summer minestrone, salad

 

Here’s what you can do in advance if it helps you: 

Sunday: 

Wash greens

Cook black beans if making from scratch

Roast sweet potato cubes

Make marinade for tuna steaks

Make Chinese chicken salad dressing

Monday: 

Cook black rice

Wednesday: 

Make meatball mixture

Make tzatziki if using

Friday: 

Bake zucchini-blueberry bread

 

 

I have LOVED seeing all your creations of my recipes on Instagram. If you make any of my recipes, please tag me @pamelasalzman #pamelasalzman so I can check them out!

My cookbook, Quicker Than Quick, is on sale for $14.99 on Amazon!  If you have 1 minute, would you mind leaving a review on amazon?  I would be so grateful, thank you! Take a peek at my first cookbook “Kitchen Matters”!