Sunday 21 October 2012

Fall and Winter GAPS Meal Plan

This plan should serve my needs from November to March.   Once a week I bake, make a ferment, and do prep work and chopping so its done early and relatively easy.  My lunch is always leftovers from the night before.

*ingredient re-used that week
^ingredient re-used the following week

Week 1
Sweets:
Apples
Bananas

Ferment:
Tomato jam/relish^

Weekday Breakfasts:
Chia seed cereal with dried cranberries and bananas.

Weekday Meals:
Butternut squash, thyme, and leek soup
Ligurian Ministrone (vegetable minestrone with basil and spinach)
Tomato, coconut milk*, and tarragon soup
Pumpkin^, coconut milk, cinnamon soup
Trout with green beans and carrots

Weekend Brunch:
Pear 'sauce' [applesauce made with pears]

Weekend Meals:
Portobello, watercress, lentil soup
Roast chicken^ with sweet peas

Week 2

Sweets:
Pumpkin tarts with walnut crust
Brownies

Ferment:
Carrots

Weekday Breakfast:
Applesauce with nuts

Weekday Meals
Cabbage rolls
Thai cashew chicken on spaghetti squash*
Spaghetti squash with bell peppers and feta
Taco salad
Whitefish with capers, olives and tomatoes with beans

Weekend Brunch
Smoked salmon cucumber^ lettuce wraps with horseradish

Weekend Meals:

Grapefruit dill perch with puréed carrots
Roast chicken with mashed cauliflower

Week 3

Sweets:
Lemon Raspberry Loaf 
Almond apricot* muffins

Ferment:
Cucumbers

Weekday Breakfast:   
Banana bread with blueberries or walnuts

Weekday Meals:
Antipasto and lentil salad
Sesame chicken thighs with shredded veg salad
Apricot pork with green beans
Thai coconut chicken soup

Charcuterie, cheese^ & sauerkraut

Weekend Brunch
Bacon^ and eggs

Weekend Meals
Mustard seed crusted salmon with mashed cauliflower
Roast beef^ with mushrooms and bell peppers^

Week 4

Sweets:  
Date brownies
Cinnamon bun muffins

Ferment:
Sauerkraut

Weekday Breakfast: 
Bacon, egg, and cheese muffins

Weekday Meals:
Spaghetti squash* with pomodoro sauce
Beef pad khing (ginger stir fry) on spaghetti squash
Sausage, cabbage, and bell pepper stew
Tikka masala on spinach^
Sesame salmon with broccoli

Weekend Brunch
Scrambled eggs

Weekend Meals
Mussels in marinara sauce
Roast chicken with grilled eggplant 

2 comments:

  1. omg I love this menu plan!
    I can't believe I didn't see it before!
    Thank you very much GD41.

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    1. I'm so glad you like it!! Thanks for your comment!

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