5 Meals to Make With Your Farmers Market Haul

Welcome to Forkcast—our weekly meal plan with 5 recipes, a grocery listing, and tricks to maintain dinner simple. This week’s lineup comes from dwelling cook dinner Christen Vidanovic, who’s all about benefiting from summer time produce.

By the start of July, I’m normally fairly settled in my summer time routines: barefoot within the grass, flipping one thing on the grill, and waving to buddies pulling up with drinks and children in tow. It’s the type of month the place the traces between weekday and weekend blur—camp days soften into sundown picnics, and dinner is normally on the deck.

Through the peak of summer time, the farmers market isn’t an errand—it’s an journey. I come dwelling with armfuls of stone fruit and herbs, zucchini and tomatoes, usually with out a plan. That’s the spirit this week’s meal plan faucets into: versatile, flavorful dishes that allow the season shine, whether or not you’re cooking for one or feeding a crowd. There’s a mixture of grill-friendly dinners, low-effort lunch concepts, and a pair candy methods to benefit from all that summer time fruit.

Breakfast: Caramelized Peach Pancakes

A satisfying technique to begin the day. Prep the peaches forward so all it’s a must to do is pour and flip.

Lunch: Grilled Zucchini Orzo

Good for a picnic or a sunny stoop lunch. Grill the veggies with dinner the evening earlier than and lunch principally makes itself.

Dinner 1: Shrimp Tacos with Charred Corn & Peach Salsa

Juicy grilled shrimp meets candy corn and peach salsa in a taco that tastes like a summer time get together. Margaritas are non-compulsory.

Dinner 2: Tomato Salad with Grilled Corn, Feta & Hazelnuts

A no-cook stunner. Grill your corn forward, then toss every part collectively for a light-weight however satisfying dinner. High with rotisserie hen or a soft-boiled egg to make it a meal.

Dessert: Summer season Skillet Cobbler

Effervescent summer time fruit beneath a biscuit-y topping, baked in a single pan. Use no matter fruit you’ve acquired available.

Produce

• 6–8 peaches (4 for pancakes + salsa, 2–4 for cobbler)

• 4 medium zucchini (3 for orzo + 1 for hash or fritters)

• 4 ears of corn (2 for tacos, 2 for salad)

• 4 medium tomatoes (for salad)

• 1 small eggplant (non-compulsory addition to grill)

• 2 summer time squash (non-compulsory, grill for lunch bowls)

• 1 head garlic

• 2 medium onions (1 for salsa, 1 for common use)

• 3 limes (for salsa + dressing)

• 2 jalapeños (for salsa)

• 1 bunch contemporary mint (for salad + non-compulsory hash)

• 1 bunch contemporary basil

• 1 bunch contemporary parsley

• Non-compulsory: ½ lb tomatillos (for additional salsa prep)

Dairy & Eggs

• 1 dozen eggs

• 8 oz feta cheese

• 1 stick unsalted butter (for pancakes + cobbler)

Meat & Fish

• 1½ lbs shrimp, peeled and deveined (for tacos)

• Non-compulsory: Rotisserie hen or ½ lb steak (for topping salad)

Pantry

• 1 lb orzo or different small pasta

• Olive oil (not less than ½ cup)

• Vinegar (white wine or apple cider, for dressing)

• Pantry spices: cumin, chili flakes, cinnamon, sugar, baking powder

• ½ cup hazelnuts (for salad)

• All-purpose flour (for pancakes + cobbler)

• Brown sugar or uncooked sugar (for cobbler topping)

• 1 bundle small tortillas (8–10 rely)

1. Grill as soon as, eat twice:

Grill additional zucchini, corn, and summer time squash when you’re cooking dinner—these veggies develop into the bottom for salads, orzo, or perhaps a breakfast hash later within the week.

2. Leftover love

Additional grilled veggies can get tossed with pasta, stuffed into quesadillas, or blitzed right into a French dressing.

3. Stretch your staples

Use tortillas for tacos, then flip extras into lunch quesadillas or veggie chilaquiles.

4. Salsa sensible

Make one large batch of salsa (just like the charred peach + corn model), and use it as a topping for tacos, eggs, and even grilled meat later within the week.

5. Want a aspect?

Strive these Zucchini-Corn Fritters with Spicy Yogurt Dipping Sauce alongside the Tomato Salad with Grilled Corn, Feta & Hazelnuts. Crisp, golden, and filled with summer time taste.