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Weekly shopping tips:

• Several ingredients are common throughout this week's menu, so buy in bulk!
  • Buy about 5-6 Hass Avocados
  • Buy about 8 Peaches
  • Buy one pack of bacon (use bacon instead of prosciutto to save money), or if watching weight use turkey bacon, or sliced ham
  • When picking peaches, look for a fresh peach scent, telling you its ripe, you also want the peach to be slightly soft, again not hard, not mushy, and avoid peaches that are too green.
  • To find a ripe avocado, look for an avocado that is a little soft, not rock hard, not mushy.

Monday

• Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Lola's Horchata
• Fresh Peach Cake

Dovetailing Tips:

• Your using one flour tortilla in your soup tonight, save the rest of the tortillas for fajitas on Wed.
• Save 2 peaches for salad on Thursday and chop the remaining fresh peaches and make your chunky peach popsicles that are for dessert on Wed.

Tuesday

• California BLTs
• Watermelon Cucumber Salad
• Strawberry Tart

Dovetailing Tips:

• Extra strawberries will be used for balsamic strawberries on Thursday.
• To keep fresh strawberries from growing mold mix 1 part vinegar to 10 parts water, add berries, swirl and drain. The vinegar will kill the mold spores.

Wednesday

• Chicken Fajitas
• Guacamole
• Chunky Peach Popsicles

Dovetailing Tips:

• Enjoy those peach popsicles you made on Monday!

Thursday

• Fruit and Gorgonzola Salad with Prosciutto
• Salmon Cakes
• Balsalmic Strawberries

Dovetailing Tips:

• Use bacon in place of prosciutto, or omit if you prefer.
• Also instead of gorgonzola you could use feta, or whatever cheese you already have!

Friday

• Healthier Meat Loaf Makeover
• Bacon Braised Green Beans
• Neapolitan Ice Cream Pie

Dovetailing Tips:

• Instead of Prosciutto in the meatloaf, which can be a bit more expensive, just use 2 slices of bacon

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Tina Wilder
Weekly Newsletter Contributer since 2013