I love fall. I have the windows open to the fresh air, and have major cravings for swiss chard, kale, apples, soups and pumpkin in everything!
This is my second week of making a batch of muffins for my morning sweet fix. I’ve been sneaking in flax and oat bran for good measure.
I also decided I need a cookie fix and I had leftover canned pumpkin – the soft pumpkin pecan cookies are crazy good – very cakelike with a decadent brown sugar glaze.
To counteract the cookies I have a super healthy soup for lunch. The red kale is so pretty and it was a great way to use some of the last of the basil from my garden.
Muffin of the week: Low fat Apple Walnut Muffins
Cookie of the week: Soft Pumpkin Pecan Iced Cookies
Lunch Soup of the week: Red Kale and White Bean Soup
Monday: Leftover Pasta with pumpkin mushroom sauce (I will post recipe later). It’s a combo of these recipes and my own touch: http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=550003# and http://www.momadvice.com/blog/2009/09/creamy-pumpkin-pasta.html
Tuesday: Tofu stir-fry with bok choy, and other greens in a soy ginger sauce with green beans in black bean sauce and steamed dumplings
Wednesday: Chickenl-ess Parmigiano with vegan Cesar salad and garlic bread
Thursday: Slow cooker Lentil Chard Soup or Curried lentil with greens soup
Friday: Homemade biscuits and veggie sausage gravy
Saturday: Gumbo of some kind – maybe z’Herbes
Sunday: Clean out the fridge veggie soup made in the slow cooker and fresh bread recipe from sparkpeople
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YUM YUM YUM! This is one of your most delicious menus ever. I want to devour every single thing on it!
I have a similar craving for fall flavors, and you hit all the right notes. I can’t wait to see that pumpkin mushroom sauce recipe! And those cookies make me want to cry…
I love kale, and I love it even more in soups! Thanks for the link for Red Kale and White Bean Soup – I will be trying it!