Monday plan day, 6/1

Is it really June already?  Between the wedding, the run, and all the oddities between we took a couple of weeks off from our strict weekly planning, but we're ready to get back to something resembling a normal routine (even though most of the summer is off routine for us, and we wouldn't have it any other way).

So... our organic delivery this week will bring us bananas, kiwi, apples, strawberries, rhubarb, blueberries, artichokes, kale, fingerling potatoes, tomatoes, broccoli, onions, and celery.  We called the dairy and added two pints of heavy cream, 12 eggs, and 1 lb butter to our usual order of milk and cottage cheese.

Monday - it's beautiful, so we'll grill!  Steak on the grill, plus sweet potato hash on the side, using sweet potatoes delivered last week and beans from our backstock.

Tuesday - The weather report is threatening rain, so we'll plan to cook inside and make Zuppa Toscana, using the potatoes and kale from our organic delivery and cream from our dairy, plus we have an open box of organic chicken stock in the fridge from last week that needs to be used up.

Wednesday - More rain possible, so we'll cook inside again and make beef and eggplant pie, using ground beef from the freezer, eggplant that was delivered last week, and celery from this week.  We have tomato sauce in our cupboard for this, but will need to pick up some fresh parsley, since we haven't started our herb garden yet!

Thursday - It is supposed to be beautiful so back to the outdoors we go for grilled shrimp and tabbouleh salad.  We'll count this as our vegetarian meal this week, and will be using cucumbers delivered last week, bulgur and ginger root from our backstock, and parsley left from the B&E pie.  We will have to pick up some shrimp, fresh mint, and green onions to complete this one.

Friday - Leftover zuppa.

Saturday - It's time to celebrate Calvin's birthday with our families, so we'll make homemade pizza and strawberry shortcake!  We'll pick up cheese for this, and fresh organic strawberries that are on sale this week at Meijer, and we have everything else on hand already, including the cream from our dairy to make homemade whipped cream, yum!

Sunday - Leftover pie.

Monday - leftover pizza if there is any, grilled burgers if not.

Our grocery list this week is very small.  We are still eating from the month's worth of shopping I did back at the end of April, so that turned out to be good planning.  I do want to pick up the shrimp, fresh herbs, and those few fresh fruits I mentioned above.  We also need more olive oil, and I will be looking for sales on organic meats to put in our freezer.  Since I will be at Meijer, which has a great selection of affordable USDA organics, I will also look to restock our tomato sauces and soup stocks.  One of these days I will learn to make and preserve those for myself, I just haven't gotten there quite yet.  The good news is, we have gotten to the point where I make all of our bread products.  It's one step at a time, though, and the next thing on the list is homemade noodles.

Happy week!