The Plan:
Day 1: Broccoli cheddar soup, Crusty sourdough bread
Day 2: Out for a birthday celebration (the last one this year!)
Day 3: Homemade pizza
Day 4: Beef and butternut squash stew
Day 5: Tomato soup (frozen supply), Grilled cheese
Day 6: Loaded baked potatoes
Day 7: Grilled ginger-sesame chicken chopped salad
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)
- Carrots
- Onions
- Garlic
- Butternut squash
- Potatoes
- Tomato soup
- Beef stew meat from Mastodon Valley Farm meat share
- Turkey broth
Into Storage:
- Celeriac (store in produce bag in refrigerator root cellar)
- Sweet potatoes (root cellar)
- Russet potatoes (root cellar)
- Festival squash (root cellar)
- Daikon and beauty heart radish (store in produce bag in refrigerator root cellar)
Notes: Bread in America
As a blogger, I get all sorts of reports about my website from Google and various other companies. I’m not the greatest at keeping up with these things so I don’t often pay much attention to the statistics. Honestly, they don’t really matter to me. My main goal is to help whoever I can to make their lives a little easier while at the same time embracing their health and the health of the environment. I don’t care about number of followers, I don’t put advertisements on my site, and I don’t make a profit. This is purely a hobby for me!
However, I was surprised when I glanced at the latest Google report that showed I am getting more hits on an article I wrote last year entitled, “What is Wrong With Bread in America?”. I actually forgot about this article and was surprised to see that it made it onto the first page of Google for multiple searches (try googling “why is american bread so bad” – currently ranked #5!)
I still stand behind everything in this article and continue to only buy bread that has minimal ingredients, locally made, and usually sourdough. I gave up bread for many years and then came back to it a couple of years ago using these guidelines and it is amazing that I can now eat bread without feeling exhausted, bloated, or having brain fog.
What you eat matters. Pay attention to the ingredients and invest in quality food and you will instantly transform the health of your family.
Check out my article if you are interested: What is Wrong With Bread in America?
I would love to hear your feedback or maybe a personal story about bread in your life!
