Menu of the Week: Meal Plan Monday and Gluten Free Menu Swap
Variation on this grilled zucchini salad with baby zucchini! (so cute!)
Gluten Free Mommy (Natalie) is hosting this week’s Gluten-Free Menu Swap with a theme of cherries. Love those in season! And, I always enjoy posting my menus with Org Junkie. Check her site for some great menu plans.
Monday: American
Cauliflower-Cheese Pie with potato rosti crust (potential entry for Go Ahead Honey It’s Gluten Free)
Tuesday: Mexican
Black Bean and Corn Soup (from Vegetarian Southwest Cookbook)
with Homemade Corn Tortillas and/or Rice
Something with zucchini squash blossoms
Wednesday: Japanese
Miso eggplant
Rice
Grilled Sesame Tofu
Friday: Indian Dinner Party
Aloo Jeera Potatoes
Fried Chana Dal Pakora or Dal Vada
Rice
with Rasgulla for dessert
This week I posted
a super-yum recipe for GF Eggs Benedict
a Report on dining at Disneyland for our sixth anniversary
and
I opened the fifth installment of the Adopt-a-Gluten Free Blogger Event- hosted here at the Book of Yum this month!
I even have a salad of the week for you… The dressing of the week is a yummy and light thai dressing, perfect for those fresh spring greens at Farmer’s Markets right now.
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Peanut Thai Salad Dressing
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Ingredients
7 tbsp. unsweetened natural peanut butter
1/2 cup to 1 cup hot water (depending on desired consistency) 4 tbsp. cider vinegar 1 1/2 tbsp. raw honey 1 1/2 tsp salt 4 medium cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp srirachi sauce 2 tsp lime juice 2 tsp sesame oil (optional)
Directions
Whisk all ingredients together and taste. Adjust seasonings as you like.
Use as a salad dressing. Good with organic greens, grape tomatoes, avocado and carrot spirals… Jicama would be a great addition too! |
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June 16th, 2008 at 6:25 am
This looks delicious Sea!! I love the salad dressing recipe! I will have to try it with a salad one night this week! Thanks for sharing!!!
June 16th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Great menu, everything looks yummy! The salad dressing sounds so good, I’ll have to try that.
My Menu Plan
June 16th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Your menu looks great! The Mexican black bean and corn soup looks especially tasty. Have a great week!
Allie
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June 16th, 2008 at 11:40 am
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June 16th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Wow that looks so good! I love peanut dressing so much, definitely something I will need to try!
June 16th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Yummy! I love a good salad dressing.
June 20th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
The salad dressing is just the kind of recipe I’ve been looking for. Sounds wonderful