The forecast is for it to be hot and sunny all this coming week, so looking to do lots of fresh salads, cooking on the BBQ, chilled desserts and making the most of summer vegetables and fruit.
Ok, off to the shops now, armed with my meal plan. I’ll see how close I can get!
Saturday
thin crust wholewheat pizza with salad
fresh melon and berries
melon with cucumber, goats cheese and sundried tomatoes
BBQ salmon skewers with chargrilled courgettes and new potatoes
cherry and choc chip gelato with cherry cinnamon coulis
Sunday
salad niçoise (tuna, anchovies, olives, tomatoes, egg) with sauté potatoes
melon and blueberries
lamb and apricot tagine with minted cous-cous
creme catalan au lavande
Monday – Fast Day
Fresh green salad with nuts and seeds
Griddled sardines with tomato and red onion salad
Peach and raspberry sundae (frozen fromage frais)
Tuesday
Gazpacho
Salad with charcuterie, toasted walnuts and roquefort
Nectarine
bean and coriander dip with taco chips
griddled chicken and peppers in a tortilla wrap (fajitas)
frozen lime and coconut dessert
Wednesday
piedmont stuffed peppers with puy lentil salad
frozen banana ‘ice cream’
chicken skewers with satay sauce and pickled cucumber, with pilau rice
baked stuffed peaches
Thursday – fast day
summer minestrone
crustless courgette quiche with green beans almandine and cole slaw
fresh fruit salad with fromage blanc
Friday
leftover crustless quiche with salads
peaches with blue cheese and crackers
steak haché with sauce au poivre, french fries and mixed salad
apricot frangipani tart with creme fraiche
