What We Ate & Loved – Mediterranean Diet Meal Plan Wk 21

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 was our first official week with the kids on summer break and it included a lot of backyard dining and get togethers with friends. We also are leaving for a trip coming up, so I’m trying to use up a lot of food I have on hand. Therefore, some of our meals might seem a little hodgepodge.

Recipes and Links to What We Ate

Below are the links to recipes for things we ate this past week. Please note that some nights don’t have a recipe (for example – leftovers).

• Tropical Smoothie
• Spicy Breakfast Tacos

• Greek Salad with Air Fryer Salmon
• Tuna Salad

I shared this video on Instagram of an easy way to get more fruit during the summer. How gorgeous did this fruit platter turn out?

Also, I was recipe testing some lamb recipes for an upcoming post and cannot wait to share them with you!

What We Loved this Week

I am getting some testing done later this week and have been trying to eat gluten free for awhile now and this is one of the best gluten free gnocchi I have found. It’s from Whole Foods and is located in their fresh, refrigerated pasta section. It’s so fresh and tastes exactly like regular gnocchi.

We love using it in this Spinach and White Bean Gnocchi Skillet from Recipe Runner.