I believe I ought to dub final week the “Week of Zucchini” although, if I’m being trustworthy, it’s extra just like the summer time of zucchini for our household as a result of we’ve been incorporating into so lots of our meals! Our backyard is flourishing and it’s served as the right motivation to make use of heaps and plenty of our homegrown zucchini in our meals.
Under you’ll see a random assortment of meals, together with some recipe experiments, throwback recipes, an evening out at a baseball sport and extra!
Week of Weeknight Meals: July 2023
Discuss a throwback meal! For Monday evening’s dinner, I really revisited a brilliant outdated weblog publish (hellooo, 2011) as a result of one thing at the back of my thoughts remembered loving a squash casserole I made greater than a decade in the past. My mind can’t keep in mind principally something after I birthed kids however my pre-2015 food-related reminiscence is outwardly thriving. I shortly Googled “squash casserole pbfingers” and I immediately discovered the publish and made the recipe once more, although this time I swapped out yellow squash for zucchini. It was simply as scrumptious as I remembered and Ryan and I liked this one!
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Tuesday: Leftover Salmon Salad
Ryan had a piece dinner on Tuesday evening and I stored issues easy for myself and integrated some leftovers right into a salad. I used leftover roasted cabbage and zucchini as the bottom of my salad and topped it with edamame, corn, leftover salmon and an orange-ginger dressing. It wasn’t something wonderful but it surely was tasty and a pleasant strategy to get some greens into my stomach on the finish of the day.
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Wednesday: Pulled Hen Sandwich with Fries
We spent our Wednesday evening on the Charlotte Knights baseball sport and ordered meals for our household on the sport. I opted for a BBQ pulled hen sandwich topped with cole slaw and served with a facet of fries. Easy sport day meals!
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Thursday: Zucchini Lasagna
Shock, shock, extra zucchini! Thursday evening’s dinner appeared like my try at a zucchini lasagna. I layered zucchini and tomato slices with a mixture of ricotta cheese, cream cheese, cottage cheese, recent basil and Italian seasoning and poured Rao’s marinara over every layer. It wasn’t the prettiest meal but it surely was so tacky and so scrumptious!
We arrived in Florida simply earlier than supper time on Friday which meant we made it in time to dig right into a meal with my dad and mom earlier than bedtime. My mother ready Brunswick stew, certainly one of my favorites, and I had two bowls of the stew together with some bread and butter. I must get this recipe from her to share with you guys as a result of the flavour profile is so distinctive and an awesome alterative to hen soup. In the event you’re trying to attempt one thing comparable within the meantime, this recipe appears to be like near the one my mother makes and has nice critiques.
Query of the Day
What was the perfect factor you ate final week?