The Leen

This week, I’ll be participating in Happy Week, headed up by Lisa at Curious Girl. Every day from now until Saturday, I’ll share something with you that makes me happy.

Today, it’s this:

That’s everything I bought at the Farmers’ Market on Sunday. Amazing!

Fresh produce, flowers, food…it all makes me happy. And sharing the experience with my sweet girl on a sunny Sunday morning — well, so much the happier. (Not pictured: the amazing apple turnover we got from the French bakery that had a stand at the market, which we ate in about 27 seconds flat while buying the newly-picked first crop Gravenstien apples and the bunch of cosmos.)

I think it may have helped bump me up out of my cooking rut. I’ve got a menu planned for the week (two nights down, three to go) that I’m actually excited about, thanks to these amazing things I bought yesterday.

I really appreciate all your suggestions. I’d love the recipes all of you mentioned, so if you can, send them my way. And I really appreciate all the ideas. I haaaaate being in a cooking rut; hopefully it’s broken now for a while.

To keep me accountable, I’ll share my meal plan. It’s nothing super fancy. The only new-to-me recipe is the potato salad. The rest are tried and true favorites, but I guess that’s a good way to start. Only one night of pasta, and no taco/burrito meal, which is pretty amazing as that’s one of our primary fallback items.

Sunday: Lentilles de Puy, salad, bread.

Monday: Pesto, new potatoes and green beans, salad, bread

Tuesday: Vegetable Dinner: corn on the cob, green beans, roasted brussels sprouts, salad

Wednesday: Sesame Lentil Stir-Fry

Thursday: Garlicky Potato Salad with Greens, salad

I’ll let everyone know how it goes!