Week of July 30, 2012

Sorry it has been awhile since I posted my meal plans.  It's been a crazy July!  This week my inspiration came from the August 2012 Cooking Light magazine.

Monday:  Grilled Vegetable and Fontina Pizza

Tuesday:  Seared Scallops with Haricot Verts and brown rice

Wednesday:  Chicken Cordon Bleu with asparagus  (my version)

Thursday:  Corn Pancakes with Smoked Salmon and Lemon-Chive Cream  (my version)

Don't get overwhelmed because you think these sound like fancy recipes.  I'm going to substitute Swiss cheese for Fontina cheese because I'm not a huge fan of Fontina cheese.  Haricot verts are just fancy green beans.  Chicken cordon bleu is just a fancy name for a chicken, ham and cheese roll-up.  The smoked salmon is prepackaged and the lemon-chive cream is just sour cream and chives mixture together.  See!  It's not so daunting.

Grocery List

Produce

• Shallots
• 2 lemons
• 12oz haricot verts (or green beans)
• Portobello mushrooms (I used baby bellas)
• Garlic
• Red bell pepper
• Zucchini
• Red onion
• Basil leaves (unless you have some in your garden!)
• Thyme (dried will work too)
• Asparagus
• Chives (I have these in my garden)
• 1 1/4 cups corn kernels (I used frozen corn)

Meats

•  1/2lbs scallops
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1.25oz pancetta (you could substitute sliced deli ham)
• 6oz smoked salmon

 Dairy

• Shredded Fontina cheese (I used Swiss cheese)
• Refrigerated pizza dough
• Shredded Gruyere cheese (I used Swiss cheese again)
• Light sour cream (I used plain Greek yogurt)
• Buttermilk
• Eggs
• Butter

Miscellaneous

• Dijon mustard
• Dry white wine
• Brown rice
• Crushed red pepper flakes
• Panko or bread crumbs
• Yellow cornmeal
• Sugar
• Ground red pepper
  

Happy Cooking!

Jenny