Menu Monday: Nourishing Body and Soul

 

We had a lot of fun cooking this past week, and I’m excited to share with you the recipes we enjoyed! Are you ready?

Monday: Air Fryer Shrimp and Greek Orzo Salad

What We Loved: All of it! I think this one will be a long-term keeper. The shrimp was SO easy. I dumped all the ingredients in a bag and let them marry for a few minutes and then put it all in the air fryer. GREAT flavor. I discovered I only had half a box of orzo, so I decided to halve the pasta and keep the veggies at the full amounts. It worked out really great! Ryan said the entire thing was excellent!

Tuesday: Air Fryer Shrimp and Greek Orzo Salad + Lemon Blueberry Sheet Pan Pancakes

What We Loved: All of it again with the regular meal. I also tried out this lemon blueberry sheet pan pancake to have for breakfasts for a few days. I ended up making it in a 9x13 and baking it a little longer than the recipe called for. It’s really good, but it’s not protein rich, so I don’t know that it’s a good long-term keeper.

Wednesday: Subway Date

What We Chose (Again): This was grocery shopping night for us, and we were out of everything, so we ate at Subway before shopping. I’m on a turkey club kick – on flatbread, so that was my choice. Ryan went for the ham and turkey sandwich that is on the protein menu.

Thursday: Italian Grinder Salad

What I Loved: This is not a new recipe for us. I first found it for our Olympics Opening Ceremonies party this past winter. But it’s fast to assemble and is so good. I anticipate making this one often this summer while our lettuce is in season! (Here is a similar free recipe.)

Friday: Wedding Date

What We Had: I am giggling so hard because I was SO HUNGRY when it came time to eat that I flat our failed to get a photo of a single morsel of the food. So here’s my empty plate! The wedding dinner was a buffet line, and you could choose between chicken alfredo and spaghetti with meat sauce. I did not realize that you had to choose that before you got in line – because they didn’t have both choices in each line. I ended up in the chicken alfredo line, so that’s what I had. Sadly the person in front of me got the last of the roasted vegetables for the entire night. I chose not to get bread, though they did have garlic bread and breadsticks. I did have a little Caesar salad. The food was good, and then it was gone.

Saturday: Chicken Cobb Salad

What We Had: I used turkey bacon in this recipe, and we had spinach on hand, but other than that I think I followed it exactly. Everything was tasty and colorful! I cooked enough bacon/chicken/eggs that we could quickly have leftovers on Sunday! (Here is a similar free recipe.)

Sunday: Pulled Pork and Coleslaw

What We Loved: These two oldies but goodies from our recipe box saved the day on a busy Sunday. I put the pork loin in the slow cooker before we left for church and made the coleslaw after lunch so it could marry throughout the afternoon. I love having dinner without hard work on a Sunday night!