Menu of the week: recipe ideas from Monday December 16 to Sunday December 22

Winter is making a comeback and with it, a host of colorful vegetables: potatoes, squash, carrots, endives, and even salsify find pride of place on our winter plates. Roasted, gratinated, simmered or in comforting soups, they will not fail to satisfy our taste buds and warm our stomachs all season long. Apples, pears, and even citrus fruits, good allies of winter, are available in intoxicating cakes and other delicacies that soothe the heart.

What menu for the week?

Monday

Winter salad with croutons, nuts and bacon
Carrot tart tatin with honey and hazelnuts
Chocolate-chestnut cake

Tuesday

Salmon rice soup
Potatoes, parmesan sauce
Marbled creams with pear, honey and cocoa

Wednesday

Multicolored salad with seeds, carrots, endive, and lamb’s lettuce
Juan Arbelaez ham coquillettes
Chestnut apple compote

THURSDAY

Oyster mushroom focaccia
Baked beans and maple syrup
Citrus salad with orange blossom

Friday

Butternut cream soup with coconut milk
Thai-style sea bream papillotes
Pistachio and coconut tart

SATURDAY

Salsify and green mayonnaise fritters
Roasted Winter Vegetable Polenta
Hazelnut apple crumble

Sunday

Endive coleslaw
Beef meatballs, thyme potatoes
Clementine French toast

My shopping list for the week

This week, at the greengrocer, we put lamb’s lettuce, arugula, endives, oak leaf salad, radishes, orange and purple carrots, potatoes, butternut squash, salsify, beets, spring onions, radishes, oyster mushrooms, into our basket. eryngiis mushrooms, leeks, fennel, garlic and onions. As for fruit, you will need chestnuts, tangerines, pears, oranges, grapefruit, clementines, lemons and limes. Don’t forget the fresh herbs: chives, chervil, lemongrass, dill, Thai basil, coriander, parsley, tarragon, bay leaf and thyme.

A quick detour to the butcher to pick up slices of smoked brisket, white ham and ground beef. At the fishmonger, take a head of salmon and whole sea bream. Finally, at the baker’s, get some country bread.

Then, head to the salty grocery store to get some spices: cinnamon and ginger. We continue by taking white beans, pistachios, hazelnuts, pine nuts, walnut kernels, roasted and salted almonds, cream and coconut milk, chestnuts, round rice, polenta, cornstarch, breadcrumbs, small spelt, mustard, shellfish , soy sauce, nuoc-mâm sauce and white miso paste.

Let’s move on to the sweet grocery store with white sugar, brown sugar, dark chocolate, speculoos, hazelnut powder, orange blossom, coffee, cocoa, vanilla pod, honey, icing sugar, maple syrup, almond puree and grated coconut.

Stop at the fresh produce section to pick up unsalted and semi-salted butter, parmesan, Roquefort cheese, milk, liquid cream, shortcrust pastry and Greek yogurt.

Have a good week and enjoy your meal!