Menu of the week: recipe ideas from Monday July 29 to Sunday August 4

In summer, our heart swings between colorful salads and barbecued delicacies, not to mention homemade frozen desserts without an ice cream maker. All around summer fruits and vegetables like tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, peppers, melons, strawberries, peaches, or even apricots.

What’s on the menu for the week?

Monday

Zucchini, Parmesan and Pine Nut Salad
Prawns, pastis marinade, garlic and olive oil
Apricot clafoucrumble with tonka bean

Tuesday

Fresh water with melon
Salad with bulgur, falafel, yogurt and mint
Pannacottas with oat milk, verbena and strawberry coulis

Wednesday
Marinated sardine fillets
Pasta with pepper sauce and fresh goat cheese
Coconut and dried fruit balls

THURSDAY

Rose, strawberry and lime detox water
Dakos and chicken souvlaki skewers
Instant vine peach sorbet

Friday

Easy Eggplant Caviar
Rustic zucchini, burrata and parmesan tart
Coffee and avocado milkshake

SATURDAY

Salad of cucumbers, pomegranate, tomatoes, parsley and green peppers
Pork ribs with honey and mustard
Poached Apricots with Basil

Sunday

Oven fries
Barbecued Mouclade with Parsley
Lemon ice cream (without ice cream maker)

My shopping list for the week

The radius vegetableswe take green, yellow and white zucchini, cherry tomatoes, garlic, onion, cucumber, spring onion, yellow peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, spring onions, zucchini, avocado, sweet green pepper and potatoes. Not forgetting basil, parsley, coriander, mint and verbena for the aromatic herbs.

Don’t forget to stop in the department of fruits, because this week we will need lemons and limes, apricots, melons, strawberries, vine peaches, ending with a pomegranate.

Side seayou will need prawns, sardine fillets, mussels, when on the side earthonly chicken breast and pork ribs will be needed.

The radius dairy productswe will need parmesan, yogurt, whole milk, butter, fresh goat cheese, feta, burrata and whole cream.

For the sweet preparations of the week, we check our cupboards and if necessary we stock up on white and icing sugar, cornstarch, flour, gelatin, grated coconut, chopped oilseeds of your choice (pistachios, almonds, or hazelnuts), rosebuds and honey.

Olive and sunflower oil, wine vinegar, pine nuts, bulgur, candied tomatoes, chickpeas, oat milk, short pasta, Kalamata olives, coffee, sweet pickles and mustard will be essential on the side grocery store.

We also stop to take some spices : tonka bean, cumin, paprika, cardamom, cayenne pepper and saffron.

As always, we don’t forget about eggs, useful in baking and very practical for a summer omelette that has it all!

About the drinksonly Pastis and pomegranate juice are to be included on his list.

We finish with a country bread.

Good week !