This week I am trying to feature those summer vegetables that will not be available too much longer–tomatoes, zucchini, okra and eggplant. We’re also featuring our Julia Child 100th birthday dinner, which costs more than most of the week 🙂 But, totally worth it. And, we are astonishingly under budget at $75.24. That helps make up for last week!

Budget

• The Produce Box (cantaloupe, heirloom tomatoes, okra, eggplant, sweet peppers, squash, garlic, onions, cherry tomatoes): $22
• Various farmer’s market (new potatoes, zucchini): $4.00
• Rainbow Farm (whole roasting chicken): $12.00
• Locals Seafood (pink snapper): $18.00
• Hillsborough Cheese Co (mozzarella): $6.00
• Trader Joes (frozen mango, yogurt, soy milk, shallots): $13.24

Menu

• Wednesday–Red Pepper Tart, tomato and cucumber salad; leftover peach cobbler
• Thursday–Pan seared pink snapper w/cherry tomatoes, corn, roasted okra
• Friday–Tuscan eggplant parmesan w/roasted tomato sauce, leftover tomato and cucumber salad
• Saturday–Homemade pizza
• Sunday–Julia Child Birthday Dinner–roast chicken, roasted new potatoes, sautéed grated zucchini in butter and shallots, stuffed tomatoes, peach tart
• Monday–Leftovers from Sunday
• Tuesday–Carryover local pasta with roasted vegetables