It’s Memorial Day weekend and I always feel very pensive and grateful during this holiday. ย And I always feel a bit sad, too. ย I know a lot of us are excited to have an extra day off, but I am taking some time to reflect on the ultimate sacrifice many of our servicemen and women made to allow us the freedoms that we enjoy and take for granted, quite frankly. ย Freedom and safety are often part of my gratitude practice and more so this weekend.

I also would like to practice some mindfulness this weekend when I am socializing. ย So often during holidays I eat things that deviate from what makeย me feel good and then I am annoyed with myself afterwards. ย I’m going to try to make choices this weekend that won’t make me annoyed afterwards!

Here’s your dinner planner for the week:

Monday (Memorial Day): Tasty Turkey Burgers, Wild Salmon Burgers, Grilled Vegetables with Lemon-Basil Dressing or Chopped Grilled Veg Salad, Sparkling Blackberry Shrub, Apricot-Cherry Almond Crisp

Tuesday: (use those leftovers!) Tomato, Roasted pepper and Basil Strata (use leftover burger or hot dog buns, if you have them from the weekend), arugula salad with simple lemon/olive oil dressing (or leftover dressing from the salads yesterday, if you have any leftover grilled vegetables, mix those in as well)

Wednesday: Roasted Chicken with Lemon-Glazed Rhubarb from the NYTimes, oven baked parsnip fries, grated carrot salad

Thursday: Veggie and bean burrito bowls with cilantro-lime rice and Mexican Sautรฉed Greens recipe (roast whatever you have!), avocado or guacamole and/or salsa

Friday: Sesame Noodle Salad from WhatsGabyCooking, for protein add blanched shelled edamame, hard boiled egg, rotisserie or poached chicken, or sautรฉed shrimp

Saturday Brunch: Spinach Pizza Quesadilla with a fresh side salad using your favorite organic greens from the farmers market

Sunday: Thai steak salad

 

Here’s what you can do ahead of time:

Sunday:

Make all dressings, sauces and sides

Make burger patties

Make shrub syrup

Wash and prep all veggies for the week

Make Cherry Almond Crisp

 

Tuesday:

Marinate chicken

Make cilantro lime rice

 

Saturday:

Marinate steak

 

Here’s a link to my previous dinner planners.

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3 Comments

  1. Amber says:

    Thanks Pamela! I love reading your recipes & commentary!

    1. Pamela Salzman says:

      Thanks, Amber!

  2. nerede รงekiliyor says:

    It looks really great. I want to do this. Thanks.