A weekly series where we share our family’s actual Mediterranean diet meal plan, along with a few things we’ve been loving this past week. The goal is to simply share meal and recipe ideas.
Our Mediterranean Diet Meal Plan
We share our family’s weekly meal plan simply for meal ideas and recipe inspiration for anyone else looking for suggestions. Please keep in mind that every family and person is different and this is just what works for us.
We’ve saved all our previous weekly meal plans in one convenient location – Weekly Mediterranean Diet Meal Plans.
How We Meal Plan
We go more in depth on how we go about planning meals in this post – Meal Planning Guide but just to quickly summarize –
- Breakfast is usually pretty standard in our house so I don’t include it on our meal plan list
- My kids either bring a bagged lunch or buy hot lunch at school so I only meal plan for my lunch (and my husband if he is working from home that day)
- I include notes on some days to indicate if the meal is something we have to make quickly, on the go, etc. This really helps when it comes to planning meals and buying food to know our schedule in advance.
- On Saturdays we typically eat leftovers and eat out for lunch or dinner. I indicate that on the meal plan each week but just in case you were wondering
What We Ate This Week
This week my kids went back to school, soccer practice started for both of them and well…life got busy mid-week.
Over the weekend we took a last minute camping trip to celebrate the last free weekend in awhile. We tried to keep the meals easy while camping but I will say we purchased some pre-cut veggies from the store and cooked them over the campfire in a cast iron pan with some olive oil and dried herbs. They were fantastic!
Recipe Links
These are the links to the above recipes we enjoyed this past week.
- Chickpea and Cucumber Salad
- this is an adaptation of a Greek Salad – chopped cucumber, tomato, red onion, parsley, basil, feta, rinsed and rained chickpeas and a little avocado. Drizzle with olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper
- Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
- I love this sauce and simply paired it with frozen turkey meatballs and cooked pasta
- 10 Minute Garlic and Sesame Edamame
- a staple in our house, especially when I need a quick veggie for dinner
We enjoyed 2 recipes from my cookbook this past week, The Mediterranean Diet Made Easy.
- Tangy Arugula Tuna Wrap
- Lemon and Artichoke Chicken
Things We Loved this Week
In addition to the recipes we enjoyed above, we like to share few things that we loved this past week.
- DIY Homemade Lunchables
- my kids started school this week and I referenced this homemade lunchable post to make my life easier
- Have you ever had these frozen almond croissants? My kids LOVE them and I surprised them on their first day back to school with them for breakfast. They smell amazing while cooking. I don’t make them too often because you have to let them thaw overnight and I always forget to take them out in advance.
