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.
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!
Click here to learn more about my online cooking classes! If you like my recipes, you’ll LOVE my cookbook! ย If you have 1 minute, would you mind leaving a review on amazon? ย I would be so grateful, thank you!
Thanks Pamela! I love reading your recipes & commentary!
Thanks, Amber!
It looks really great. I want to do this. Thanks.