Hey pals and fellow house cooks!
That is my weekly meal plan e-newsletter, together with 7 weeknight meals + 3 wholesome salads (for the week of September 30 – October 6, 2024)! Beneath, I’ve included some attractive photographs from my hikes this week, exhibiting off the beautiful fall foliage right here in Colorado. I reside at about 9,000 toes and have seen the leaves turning golden at the least every week (possibly even two!) sooner than normal this yr. Nature is forward of schedule and it’s spectacular!
7 weekday meals + 3 wholesome salads
DAY 1: Creamy Pumpkin Pasta Shells Filled with Sausage, Spinach, and Tomatoes (you may as well use pumpkin puree)
DAY 2: Rooster and wild rice with roasted candy potatoes, mushrooms and garlic butter sauce (You can even use cubed pumpkin as a substitute of candy potatoes)
DAY 3: Greek shrimp orzo with cherry tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, feta cheese, inexperienced and kalamata olives, lemon juice and contemporary basil (make it GLUTEN FREE utilizing GF orzo or lengthy grain rice)
DAY 4: Thai Impressed Coconut Curry Salmon (half-hour, UNO-PAN)
DAY 5: Cranberry Walnut Rooster Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing It’s the good recipe for leftover hen or roast hen. Serve it as is, with a croissant, as a wrap or as a sandwich.
DAY 6: Black Bean and Beef Enchilada Casserole (with pinto beans, black beans, inexperienced chiles, cheese and inexperienced onions) is gluten-free as it’s made with corn tortillas and gluten-free enchilada sauce.
DAY 7: Pork Loin with Candy Balsamic Plum Sauce Glaze
SALAD 1: Apple and spinach salad with pistachios, feta cheese and honey-mustard-lemon dressing
SALAD 2: Pumpkin Pasta Salad with Brussels Sprouts, Walnuts, and Dried Cranberries (you may as well use candy potatoes as a substitute of pumpkin)
SALAD 3: Corn, Tomato and Spinach Salad with Creamy Pesto Dressing
Fall Foliage in Colorado, September 2024
At increased elevations, the leaves have a tendency to show yellow somewhat earlier. Dwelling at 9,000 toes, we sometimes get probably the most spectacular fall foliage within the first two weeks of October. However this yr, the leaves determined to placed on their present early, at the least every week or two forward of schedule! September is not over but and a lot of the aspen bushes have already burst into their golden glory. I like it and could not be extra excited to take all of it in throughout my walks!
With the leaves altering shade so rapidly and unexpectedly, my husband and I (nicely, principally me) have put climbing on the prime of our precedence listing to take pleasure in all this magnificence earlier than it is gone. Fall colours are short-lived, sometimes lasting solely about two weeks at their peak. So yesterday we went on an incredible hike and I am excited to share these photographs from yesterday’s journey!
I feel most ladies can relate: husbands and boyfriends have a knack for taking probably the most unflattering photographs of us! I will not share the actually dangerous photographs my husband took of me, however let’s simply say photographs like this are a standard sight round right here!
The one under is healthier. My husband generously provides me about 30 seconds (sure, a full 30 seconds) to pose for a photograph. After that, it is over, and I’ve to by some means look first rate in that small time frame! It is a race in opposition to time each time!
I used to be very shocked to come back throughout these wildflowers yesterday on our hike! I imply, it is the top of September, however they’re nonetheless thriving. It is most likely due to all of the rain we have had this summer season. The river is noticeably low now that every one the summer season soften has come to an finish.
My poor husband damage his ankle fairly badly, so our climbing adventures have not been what they was once final month. You may see him struggling up the hill; even use a stick for extra stability!
There actually is nothing extra to say than how really lovely this time of yr is. No amount of cash will ever purchase or replicate the wonders of nature!
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