Menu Plan Monday, Week Twenty-Two

Time for another Menu Plan Monday! Skipped writing up a menu plan last week as my "plan" was simply to go out a lot and enjoy the end of Taste of Hartford! Ate many delicious things -- some of which I plan to try replicating in my own kitchen.

Surprisingly for August, I still have lettuce coming out of the garden, but I don't know how much longer that will last. My lettuce plants bolted shoulder high during the last monsoon (seriously, does it never stop raining here?) and I chopped them down hoping they'd regrow. While they did, I have to keep on top of the plants, because they desperately want to bolt again.

My cherry tomato plants are also fruiting like mad which means I'm putting cherry tomatoes in pretty much every dish -- would appreciate any recipes you would be willing to share or recommend!

(This week's menu is abridged as we are going to Vermont for a long weekend).

Monday

• "Farfalle with Cherry Tomatoes, Arugula, and Goat Cheese" from Cook's Illustrated (March/April 2005). Ingredients: Farfalle, cherry tomatoes, arugula, goat cheese, shallot, garlic.
  

Tuesday (work)

• "Tuna White Bean Salad" on lettuce leaves with cherries and Kashi TLC crackers. Ingredients: tuna,cannellini, red onion, celery, carrots, cherry tomatoes, garlic, herbs, vinegar, light mayonnaise.
  

Wednesday

• Mmm! Having dinner at the eighth annual "Taste of Southington" -- local restaurants serve tasting portions for a minimal fee.
  

Thursday (work)

• Salad (garden lettuce and cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, carrot, garbanzo beans) with cherries, Kashi Heart to Heart crackers, and Jif Natural peanut butter.

Sunday

• Turkey burgers on whole white buns with garden lettuce and tomatoes, corn on the cob, and cukes & tomatoes in light Italian.