Happy weekend!  I’m in Palm Springs this weekend with my family and my sister-in-law and her family.  We are attending Desert Trip, also known as “OldChella,” a three-day concert with “vintage” artists like The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters and others.  It has been very fun and very civilized watching music with other AARP members (and almost-members.)  Palm Springs is hot as you know what right now, so as soon as I get back home, I am going to make the biggest acai bowl ever!!

Monday: Chili cheese fries: baked fries, vegetarian chili, vegan cheese sauce

Tuesday:(my sister-in-law is cooking this meal!) Onion-braised beef brisket with potatoes and roasted carrots, green salad with persimmons and pecans

Wednesday: Break the Fast: chicken and matzo ball soup, spanakopita, noodle kugel, frittata, fish platter, tuna salad, salads, fruit, sweets

Thursday: Spaghetti squash with pesto, sautéed garlic shrimp (image is the herbed spaghetti squash with pecorino recipe)

Friday: Slow cooker chicken tacos (I will turn mine into a salad with salsa, avocado, and plantain chips), sprouted corn tortillas and black beans

Saturday lunch: Spicy lentil summer rolls from Sprouted Kitchen

Sunday: Tom Kai Ga rice casserole from Feed Me Phoebe

 

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

Sunday

Soak and cook beans for the chili and make extra for Friday’s taco salad

Make the veggie chili

Make the vegan cheese sauce

Make chicken stock for soup

Prep swiss chard for frittata

Monday

Make the brisket and refrigerate

Make matzoh balls (my mother-in-law will make them for me!)

Assemble spanakopita

Make tuna salad

Make pesto

Make spice mixture for chicken

Tuesday

Cook Swiss chard for frittata

Make lentils for summer rolls

 

Here’s a link to all my dinner planners.