Your June 2024 recipes are here
A start-of-summer weeknight's dream
This summer, my single-minded focus is on keeping you out of the kitchen and in the sunshine. For June you get what I’m tentatively calling a meal prep ‘nugget’ - 3 recipes with 2 overlapping components so you can cook once, eat twice; a dreamy berry quinoa salad that’s perfect for meal prep, and a stunning weeknight-friendly pasta.
20-30g protein per serving
Fiber-rich recipes with 30 plants a week when you make all 5 dishes
Guided by the 6 tastes in Ayurveda to satisfy your senses
Plus
a shopping list organized by aisle (no more getting overwhelmed and making random decisions at the supermarket that have you wasting produce) - this month’s list should average you between $70-$100, depending on where you live
clear meal prep instructions to get you from kitchen to dinner in less than 30 minutes while beating that evening brain fog
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Black Bean & Roasted Zucchini Nourish Bowl
The Nourish bowl is back! And this time it’s part of a meal-prep nugget. Prep some easy Cuban-style Black Beans and Roasted Zucchini on the weekend (I had to turn to Reddit to find a non-soggy zucchini tip - you add salt after roasting) . Load it up on some Greek/non-dairy yogurt and enjoy for a no-cook experience on a weeknight. This bowl can also be scooped up with some whole grain sourdough or pita.
23g protein - Greek yogurt, Black Beans, Nuts
Cottage Cheez & Roasted Zucchini Pizza On Toast
Weeknight Simple welcomes a new template dinner, Pizza on Toast! We use a high-protein cottage ‘cheez’ or tofu ricotta topping, along with the Roasted Zucchini (that you made on the weekend) on toasted Ezekiel Bread. This one is almost ridiculously simple, but creates an elevated experience, one that got compared to my favorite restaurant, ABC Kitchen (!) at my dinner table. I will take that compliment, thank you very much.
27g protein - Cottage ‘cheez’, Ezekiel Bread
Huevos Rancheros
A dish from my cookbook that got weeknight-ified with some easy hacks. The Cuban-style Black Beans make a re-appearance, and we use store-bought tortillas to create an easy but sumptuous meal. Weeknight dinner or weekend brunch, you choose!
32g protein - Eggs, Black Beans, Almond flour tortilla
Berry Quinoa Salad w/ Goat Cheese & Edamame
My salad game has gotten prettay, prettay, good if I may say so myself! This protein-packed berry salad could be the sneaky summer superhit you were looking for - the perfect combination of colors, textures and just the right amount of sweet from the berries meeting tang from the balsamic dressing and goat cheese. If you’re meal-prepping this salad (which I encourage), you can either put the dressing at the bottom or add it before you eat.
24g protein - edamame, quinoa, nuts, goat cheese
Pesto Spaghetti w/ Green Beans and Blistered Cherry Tomatoes
I borrowed the technique of matching green beans to spaghetti from this awesome recipe from Food & Wine. The pesto gets a protein boost from peas, and we quickly blister cherry tomatoes to ooze out their goodness in this easy weeknight pasta that will get rave reviews.
25g protein - lentil pasta, mozzarella, green pea pesto
This might really be my easiest meal-plan yet, and I’ve got some exclusive new recipes for paid subscribers coming up this summer, so if you wanted to get a free trial of Weeknight Simple, there’s no time like the present!
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