The Plan:
Day 1: Sausage, fennel, and cauliflower cassoulet
Day 2: Stone soup
Day 3: Homemade pumpkin shaped pizza, Tossed salad
Day 4: Grandma’s “Ghoul”ash
Day 5: Pumpkin pancakes with maple butter
Day 6: Butternut squash “Mac N’ Cheese”, Steamed broccoli and carrots
Day 7: Stir fry with leftover veggies, eggs, rice, and store-bought Hoisin sauce
This meal plan was curated using local foods that are in season now or preserved during the peak growing season in the U.S. Midwest. The plan is an exact replica of what our family is eating this week unless we are out of town. Meal plans are developed using whole foods and my meal planning system (click here!) and are meant to be healthy and easy to prepare. Most recipes will take no more than 30 minutes of active cooking time. Occasionally meals may require all day slow cooking, advanced prep, or some oven time. Recipes are provided when available. I sincerely hope this will help with your own meal planning!
Pantry Shuffle:
Out of Storage: (preserved when in season and coming out of my root cellar, freezer, canned, or dehydrated stash)
- Homemade vegetable broth
- Italian sausage and ground beef from Mastodon Valley Farm meat share
Into Storage:
- Potatoes (store in root cellar ~55 degrees F)
Notes: Halloween Meals
Want another strategy to get your kids to eat their dinner? Make it a theme. Regular broccoli? Not so cool. But turn them into trees in a dark forest with carrot knights in shining armor and little Timmy will gobble them right up.
Halloween is the perfect opportunity to use this strategy. I’m making stone soup from the legendary tale. Pumpkin shaped pizza and pumpkin pancakes. And my personal favorite “Ghoul”ash, which I’ll make ahead of time and keep warm in the Crock Pot for after trick or treating. Each meal tells a story that grabs my kids’ attention and increases the chances of a clean plate. Give a try for yourself and let me know how it goes!
Bonus Notes: we are fast approaching Halloween and if you haven’t yet bought your candy to hand out, check out my article on what we hand out every year –> Eco-Friendly Halloween Handouts
