Welcome to Week 3 of Seasonal Eating Meal Plans for 2020! This week, we relied on pantry stores and checked out Butcher Box as a reliable source for clean protein in winter meals.
Each week’s meal plan will be released on Sunday with our newsletter. It will include a shopping list and recommended recipes.
Along with the downloadable meal plans, I’ll explain any prep required to eat seasonally with ease each week of the year.
You can also find the weekly meal plans in the Files section of our Facebook community. Click here to join!
52 Weeks of Seasonal Eating Meals Plans All in One Place
There’s a library of all the meal plans with dates at this link! Feel free to use them for meal ideas. Mix and match recipes to make your own meal plans using seasonal ingredients!
Browsing the meal plans and recipes is also a great way to create a well-stocked pantry. Use it with this Seasonal Kitchen Pantry Planner to make sure this season’s harvest is available for next season’s meals!
You can find the Week 1 Meal Plan here.
Week 4 Seasonal Eating Meal Plan | Mid-Winter Produce on Display
Week 3 Seasonal Eating Meal Plan | January 19-25
It’s been a week of cooking from the crisper, freezer and pantry.
I had so much fresh food from last week’s farmers market that I hardly had to shop for ingredients this week! It worked out well because I was chained to my computer organizing a soul-wrenching brain dump I call, Planning the Kitchen Garden from Seed to Pantry.
Thank goodness for frittatas! These quiche-like one pan egg dishes are the perfect way to use veggies before they expire.
The Week 3 Meal Plan for January 19-25
I was hungrier this week. Now that I’ve completely recovered from my holiday cold, I’ve been spending more time on the rowing machine! It’s been great catching up on Outlander while rowing away for an hour!
Here’s the meal plan for Week 3, January 19-25. Click the image to download the PDF for reference.
Create your shopping list using the recipes listed below.
Most weeks I’ll share my own shopping list. This week, however, we really dug deep into the foods we had on hand.
As for proteins, I signed up for Butcher Box because they were running an enticing special. The scallops and salmon in the seafood stew came from our first delivery. I am very happy with the product and plan on writing a review in the near future.
If you are curious, here’s my Butcher Box affiliate link. It gives you a free pack of Alaska Wild Caught Salmon FREE in your box each month.
Grocery List Organizer for Week 2 of Seasonal Eating
You’ll find the recipe round-up for week 3 below. Use it to build a shopping list after you pull home sourced ingredients from your pantry.
Click here to download the Seasonal Eating Grocery List Organizer.
Be sure to shop in your pantry first!
Many of the ingredients for week 3 meals came from my pantry. A place of great joy and pride for me!
January is a PERFECT time to organize and plan your pantry. The whole process can actually help you plan your kitchen garden.
Guess what? That’s our big project in the seasonal kitchen this week.
Want to get the Seasonal Kitchen Pantry Planner? Well, click here to learn more!
Recipe Round-Up for Week 3 of Seasonal Eating | January 19-25
NFL playoffs are in full swing! And, the pace of life is beginning to pick up now that we’re knee-deep into the new year. A great time-saver meal that is super flavorful and easy is a charcuterie board.
We eat a dinner that is a pile of yummy things on a cutting board at least once a week. Here’s a nice overview of how to pull different styles of boards together. If you are fortunate enough to have an Aldi in your community, their meats and cheeses are flavorful, affordable, and perfect for a game-day meal!
And, here are other recipes to support your seasonal menus in January!
These recipes will give you a basic guide for techniques and flavor profiles fitting to late January meals.
Don’t be constrained by them. Rather, see them as guideposts while creating tasty meals in your seasonal kitchen!
My favorite way to start the day is with my first cup of coffee in a dimly lit and very quiet room.
Easy, flavorful, and nutritious first meal! Substitute frozen berries for the kale to mix up the flavors!
Same method, different flavor profile using local ginger.
Frittatas are a perfect meal for seasonal eating because you simply use what you have for the base recipe, then add your eggs and cheese! Another fast, filling and nutritious meal for a busy night.
Pan Seared Salmon - Crispy Skin Salmon takes 10 minutes to make!
We only use cast iron in my seasonal kitchen and they hold the perfect heat for salmon filets.
We enjoyed this Buddha Bowl recommended by one of our tribe members after posting last week's meal plan. It's a keeper!
We try to make enough roasted vegetables to last for a few meals, but we love them so much it's never enough!
Please don't ask Bob about this night's meal. I got so engrossed in my writing I burnt the meat! We had to smother it in BBQ sauce. Not a shining moment!
I used this recipe as a guide. Definitely used my own tomatoes! We had some nice seafood in our ButcherBox delivery this week and I wanted soup, so we had soup!
The Disclaimer
I am not a nutritionist.
These are simply my actual meal plans for the 52 weeks of 2020.
You will notice that my meals are low carb. This is a lifestyle choice of my own and I do not advocate or recommend any dietary regimen. If you would like to explore the nutritional aspects of meal plans, work with a certified nutritionist.
There’s a party happening and we’re waiting for you to arrive!
A bunch of us meet every day in the Create Your Seasonal Life Facebook Group and over on Instagram!
We also gather over email once a week to focus on one specific garden, kitchen, or wellness topic in-depth, with lots of step-by-step how-to’s. The best way to jump into the email conversation is with the Seasonal Living Workbook, you can download it here and explore the seasonal living framework with an email course!
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