I arrived on Long Island the other day and made my way out to my parents’ house for a week with my sisters and their kids.  I just love Long Island in the summer.  The West Coast is great, but there’s nothing like East Coast summer.  I am a little jet lagged still despite assuming the time zone once I arrived.  Hopefully I can beat it tonight!  I have created a great summer menu for the week ahead, although I will be cooking for a crowd so I will follow a different plan.  You can follow along on Instagram for the details.  But I will be including all the summer goods like corn, zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, peaches, green beans, basil, peppers and berries!

Here’s your dinner planner for the week:

Meatless Monday: Vegetarian chopped antipasto salad

Tuesday: Grilled Summer Salad with Chicken Spicy Cashew Dressing from my book (omit chicken for a vegetarian/vegan version; add boiled potatoes for more substance, if you think you need it)

Wednesday: Turkey and brown rice stuffed bell peppers, millet cauliflower mash

Thursday: Chicken Souvlaki with Tzatziki (you can do this with beef or lamb, too), Garlic rice, Grilled broccolini 

Friday: Clamboil (recipe coming early in the week!), tomato and cucumber salad (you can do Fattoush with or without the pita chips)

Saturday: Baked berry oatmeal 

Sunday: Dinner salad with radicchio and roasted sweet potatoes from bon appetit healthyish

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

Sunday

Wash lettuce

Make all dressings, sauces, and marinades

Grill chicken for salad

Make rice for stuffed peppers

Wednesday

Prep broccolini (wash, trim)

Marinate chicken

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!

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