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Meal Planning for the Week

June 3rd, 2013 at 03:59 pm

I am very much utilizing the fact that strawberries are in season this week. Technically they are not in season yet here, that'll be another two to three weeks, so I'm a little outside of my local foodshed. But California is at least on my west coast foodshed and I'll do an awful lot for fresh strawberries. Except, apparently, get them planted yet again this year.

Honestly I haven't been very good about getting my veggies and fruits in the local foodshed the past few months. I think I just had some major weariness trying after winter ended. It is nice to try to be more sustainable and ethical in my food choices, but sometimes you really just want the darn pineapple from Hawaii.

I am, at least, keeping my meats inside my local foodshed, which is the most important part of it to me. I haven't had meat from more than 30 miles away in over a year, I know exactly where it has been raised, how it has been treated, and by what farmer. That makes me happy. If my organic carrots come from Cali than so be it.

Anyway...

Monday:
Roast chicken
Roast potatoes and carrots
Baked asparagus
Strawberries

Tuesday:
Chicken enchiladas
Salad
Bananas

Wednesday:
Baked salmon
Green beans
Oranges
Fried potatoes (from leftover roasted)

Thursday:
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Cole slaw
Strawberries

Friday:
Meatball sandwiches
Cole slaw
Pineapple

Saturday:
Homemade pizza (ham, onions, bell peppers)
Green beans
Bananas

Sunday:
Barbecued chicken
Broccoli/cauliflower/corn/asparagus baked in foil packets

Posted in Meal Planning | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “Meal Planning for the Week”

  1. PauletteGoddard Says:
    June 3rd, 2013 at 05:21 pm 1370280104
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    Just yesterday I had been thinking of calling up the farms within a 40-mile radius to see if they had any open hours for U-pick strawberries. A website I visited that day said the season began in late May. My rule of thumb is: if my roses are blooming for the first time, it's strawberry season, but I may have a broken thumb.

  2. LuckyRobin Says:
    June 3rd, 2013 at 08:16 pm 1370290579
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    We are usually a couple weeks behind your area. It may be just 90 miles north but that puts us in a different microclimate than Seattle/Everett. Even Skagit gets them a week before us.

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