Menu of the week: recipe ideas from Monday October 14 to Sunday October 20

With the days getting shorter and temperatures dropping, there’s nothing better than comforting fall recipes to warm you up. This week, autumn vegetables are appearing on our plates: soups, gratins, stews or even autumn salads, they are suitable for all tastes. Autumn fruits are far from being left out: figs, apples, pears or oranges form the basis of our sweet treats and other delicacies. Add a pinch of cloves, a dash of maple syrup or a touch of cinnamon and you have delicious fall creations.

What menu for the week?

Monday

Arugula, ham, feta and hazelnut salad
Classic lasagna
Almond and cinnamon rocks

Tuesday

Orange salad, fennel, hazelnuts and beet juice
Endives with ham and plenty
Cottage cheese and roasted figs

Wednesday

Half-pears stuffed Italian style and Fourme d’Ambert
Lentil pancake pizza with carrots, beets and ricotta
Chocolate and butternut squash cake

THURSDAY

Cauliflower soup, croutons and soft-boiled eggs
Butternut risotto, hazelnuts
Passion fruit floating island

Friday

Smoked pumpkin hummus
Polenta gratin like a croque-monsieur
Caramelized bananas, vanilla ice cream

SATURDAY

Raw butternut salad
Rocamadour carrot tatin
Apple and five-spice cake

Sunday

Cauliflower florets with coconut milk and tahini yogurt sauce
Grilled salmon and chanterelles
Moist coffee cake with creamy coffee frosting

My shopping list for the week

This week, at the greengrocer, we put chanterelles, carrots, arugula, young shoots, spinach shoots, spring onions, celery stalks, fennel, beets, kohlrabi, endives, fingerling potatoes, squash in our basket. butternut, pumpkin, cauliflower, red peppers, shallots, garlic and onions. For fruit, you will need grapes, oranges, apples, figs, pears, apples, passion fruit, bananas, lemons and limes. We especially don’t forget the fresh herbs: chives, bay leaf, thyme, rosemary, basil, verbena, mint, coriander.

A quick detour to the butcher to pick up some white and serrano ham, smoked bacon, ground beef and pork sausages. Then go to the fishmonger and get some salmon fillets. At the bakery, add country bread to your basket.

Then, head to the salty grocery store to get spices: oregano, cinnamon, nutmeg, fennel and mustard seeds, curry leaves, fenugreek, cumin, Espelette pepper, coriander and five-spice. We continue by taking hazelnuts, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, lasagna sheets, coral lentils, carnaroli rice, chickpeas, sesame paste, coconut milk and cream, polenta, breadcrumbs. Let’s move on to the sweet grocery store with agave syrup, icing, brown and coconut sugar, coffee extract, powdered almonds and hazelnuts, orange blossom water, honey, dark chocolate, brown sugar, and coffee.

Stop at the fresh produce section to pick up feta, ricotta, parmesan, grated and whole emmental, milk, thick and liquid cream, full-fat white cheese, Greek yogurt, unsalted and semi-salted butter, plenty, monk’s head, fourme d’Ambert, rocamadours and shortcrust pastry.

Finally, go to the frozen section for some vanilla ice cream.

Have a good week and enjoy your meal!