Eating seasonally means that you’re getting the best flavors possible. It also means you can shop locally at roadside stands or your local farmer’s market for the freshest and best! This week we’re capitalizing on that with an easy Marinated Peach Dinner Salad with Shrimp, Jalapeño Hush Puppies, an ice cream dessert and so much more!
This Week’s Secret To Success
- The recipes in this week’s meal plan are perfect for making in the same week together! They share lots of the same ingredients, making grocery shopping and prep easy and efficient!
- I’ll be looking to my local farmer’s market for all of the produce.
- I’m also looking at my recipes to find those ingredient overlaps, like shrimp and fresh peaches to make a plan for prep and the best way to purchase those products so I don’t over or under buy.
Getting The Most From This Menu
This week is loaded with summer variety! Lots to mix and match here!
- Carve a third meal out of these recipes by serving the seafood mac and cheese as a meal of it’s own with the jalapeño hush puppies and/or the green salad!
- If you choose mac and cheese + salad as a meal, slide the sweet potatoes up to pair with the chicken tenders and serve the peach & shrimp with the hushpuppies for 3 easy meals.
- Or simply ditch the chicken tenders and serve the mac and cheese + salad to simplify meal 1.
- You can pare down meal 2 also by dropping the sweet potato wedges.
How I’m Setting My Table
Tasty & convenient recipes are only half of any dinner equation!
Have you gotten what you need for your July 4th table yet?
Here are my last minute paper suggestions for a festive, patriotic table! Add some ferns and potted red geraniums for the perfect finishing touches.
Menu 1- Marinated Peach Dinner Salad with Shrimp
Whipped up with southern summer nights in mind, this gorgeously delicious dinner salad of plump shrimp, juicy marinated peaches & red onion, goat cheese and pecans is just what you’ve been craving! Drizzled with a simple honey balsamic dressing and served with a side of crusty bread, this easy recipe bursting with flavor and color is what true summer dining is all about. Serve it with jalapeño hush puppies and sweet potato wedges for the perfectly flavored dinner.
Menu 2- Crispy Ranch Chicken Tenders & Sides
If seriously tasty chicken strips are your thing, then Crispy Ranch Chicken Tenders are for you! Loaded with all the flavor of buttermilk and Ranch seasoning, these chicken tenders are bound to become your favorite easy fried chicken recipe. This week, serve them up with an easy green salad and an ultimate seafood mac n cheese!
Dessert This Week
Loaded with salted peanuts and layer of vanilla ice cream on an easy homemade Oreo crust and topped with the best fudgey chocolate topping you’ve ever tasted, this homemade, family-sized take on Dairy Queen’s Buster Bar is one of those summer treats that is just knock-your-socks off good.
Breakfast Made Easy
This easy banana bread recipe is a simple standout when it comes to this classic loaf! Whipped up with brown sugar, pecans and sour cream, this recipe guarantees the absolute best, most moist slice of homemade banana heaven around!
Snack of the Week
These pretty little Peach Skewers with ham, mozzarella, basil and a drizzle of balsamic glaze are one of the easiest and most refreshing ways to serve peaches this summer. A perfect peachy bite that’s full of unexpected flavor, they’ll be gobbled up as quickly as you put them out!
New To Monday Menu?
Southern Discourse subscribers receive Monday Menus directly in their email inboxes, along with a little weekly scripture encouragement here in the post. At Southern Discourse we’re all about bringing connection & friendship back to the table by wrapping everything in the faith and grace from which true hospitality springs!
Subscribe to join our community and receive your Monday Menu + enriching food for the soul every week!
Rate & Comment