Meal Plan for May Week 1

This month, Megan Gordon is back with us sharing her weekly meal plans! Megan is a writer and recipe developer living in Seattle, WA, the author of Whole Grain Mornings, and mom to a 2-year-old. Please welcome Megan!

May, I thought you’d never come! While I’m not naive enough to think that we’ll magically start seeing warmer temperatures in Seattle anytime soon, it’s nice to see the flowers in bloom and the longer days always inspire slightly more leisurely cooking in the evenings.

We just got home from a family trip to Hawaii, which was great in so many ways, but I always struggle a bit in thinking through how to eat well and feed our toddler healthfully when we’re not in our home kitchen. We definitely ate out a great deal, and didn’t have much control over the menu (our son couldn’t have been more pleased with the frequency of French fries).

So this week, I’m excited to get back into the kitchen, relying on fresh seasonal produce and lighter protein-packed meals. Here’s what I’m thinking: