Sunday Menu 🥑🥞🌮 no. 13
sweet summertime! And colorful meals to beat the heat
The Sunday Menu from Brittany’s Notebook is a look at what I’m cookin’ up this week, kitchen sounds, fave ingredients, and other reflections on all things delicious. Grab a snack and let’s hang out in the kitchen…
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Hello and happy Father’s Day to the fathers and father-like figures. My oldest boys just wrapped up school on Friday and there were strawberries at the farmer’s market this weekend so it’s officially summer for us! Next week is supposed to be a scorcher so I’m planning lots of refreshing, low-heat meals to keep us fueled.
It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had a chance to make it to the market, and the bounty has blossomed in that time. Seeing plump, fresh ingredients splayed out on tables is so exciting. Everyone was clamoring for a big bucket of the juiciest-looking sugar snap peas, which we also loaded up on and ate through most of before the day’s end. Sweet summertime indeed.
I’m officially in full-on-country mode right now and the level of joy it brought me to listen to Wide Open Spaces while flipping French toast and sipping coffee in my sunny kitchen on a Saturday is truly a vibe of its own. This album never gets old. But I’ve also been enjoying a lot of new country, Kenny Chesney, Jordan Davis, Kelsea Ballerini and Zach Bryan.
When I’m not listening to country I’m toggling between two audiobooks at the moment— Honey by Isabel Banta and Feel Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal (which is available on Spotify premium). I’m enjoying both very much.
We’re keeping things cool and colorful this week to kick of summer with packable lunches for the pool and minimal cooking options for breakfast and dinner.
🥞 breakfast:
French toast— we made this yesterday too and the kids love it, they don’t even use syrup for it!
pineapple overnight oats— bring on all the refreshing, tropical breakfast dishes