Happy Sunday!  I had a great, but quick trip to New York where I did a back-to-school segment on The Today Show. If you missed it, you can check it out here.  Now I’m in Dallas for the weekend to help my daughters get situated at college and I have a fun event happening at The Gem on Monday.  See my Events page for details!

For those of you asking about resuming cooking classes, I will be back in action in September!

Here’s your dinner planner for this week:

Meatless Monday: Black bean burgers with smoky red pepper sauce and charred corn salad with tomatoes

Tuesday: Balsamic-Herb flank steak from my cookbook and Italian potato salad

Wednesday: Mexican Cobb Salad

Thursday: Brown rice bake with kale and mushrooms with green salad

Friday: Mediterranean quinoa salad and grilled lemon-herb shrimp from my cookbook

Saturday lunch: sheet pan nachos with vegan queso, refried beans (Amy’s is a good brand if you don’t want to make your own), salsa, guacamole or avocado (Layer tortilla chips on a sheet pan and drizzle vegan queso all over and dollop with refried beans.  Put another layer of chips on top and repeat with queso and refried beans.  Place in a 350 oven to warm through — about 10 minutes.  Top with salsa, guacamole or avocado and anything else you like!

Sunday: Mexican Lasagne

Here’s what you can do ahead if you need:

Sunday

Cook the black beans unless you’re buying canned for the burgers

Cook the brown rice for the burgers and the rice bake.

Wash the herbs for the week

Roast the red pepper for the sauce (or buy prepared roasted red peppers)

If you want to save yourself time, you can prep the burgers all the way to the point of cooking and place them in the fridge covered. You can also make the smoky red pepper sauce and refrigerate.

Shuck corn cobs

 

Make post marinade for the steak

Blanch green beans

Make Cobb salad vinaigrette

Wash and stem kale

Friday

Make red sauce for lasagne

Dice veggies for lasagne or even saute

Here’s a link to my previous dinner planners.