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Howdy, mates and fellow house cooks!
That is my weekly publication with a meal plan, which incorporates 7 weeknight meals + 3 wholesome salads (for the week of September 30 – October 06, 2024)! On the backside, I’ve included some attractive photographs from my hikes this week, showcasing the gorgeous fall foliage right here in Colorado! I dwell at about 9,000 toes, and I’ve observed the leaves turned golden at the very least every week (possibly even two!) sooner than common this 12 months. Nature’s forward of schedule, and it’s breathtaking!
7 weeknight meals + 3 wholesome salads
DAY 1: Creamy Butternut Squash Pasta Shells Filled with Sausage, Spinach, and Tomatoes (you can even use pumpkin purée as an alternative)
DAY 2: Rooster and Wild Rice with Roasted Candy Potatoes, Mushrooms, and Garlic Butter Sauce (you can even use cubed butternut squash as an alternative of candy potatoes)
DAY 3: Greek Shrimp Orzo with Cherry Tomatoes, Solar-Dried Tomatoes, Feta, Inexperienced and Kalamata Olives, Lemon Juice, and Contemporary Basil (make it GLUTEN-FREE utilizing GF orzo or long-grain rice)
DAY 4: Thai-inspired Coconut Curry Salmon (30 Minutes, ONE-PAN)
DAY 5: Cranberry Pecan Rooster Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing is the right recipe for leftover hen or rotisserie hen. Serve it as is, with a croissant, as a wrap, or as a sandwich.
DAY 6: Black Bean and Beef Enchilada Casserole (with pinto beans, black beans, inexperienced chili peppers, cheese, and inexperienced onions) is gluten-free as it’s made with corn tortillas and gluten-free enchilada sauce.
DAY 7: Pork Tenderloin with Candy Balsamic Plum Sauce-Glaze
SALAD 1: Apple Spinach Salad with Pistachios, Feta Cheese, and Honey-Mustard Lemon Dressing
SALAD 2: Butternut Squash Pasta Salad with Brussels Sprouts, Pecans, and Dried Cranberries (you can even use candy potatoes as an alternative of butternut squash)
SALAD 3: Corn, Tomato, and Spinach Salad with Creamy Pesto Dressing
Prime feedback of final week!
I’m maintaining with my new custom of highlighting a few of the greatest feedback I’ve acquired over the previous week!
From Rena on the weblog:
“Simply discovered your weblog through a crusing good friend that docks subsequent to us right here in Ohio. After I was rising up we lived in Golden, CO and in Lander, WY, so I get pleasure from you sharing your life journey (meals and hikes) in photos!! And seeing moose in individual is superb! I’ll undoubtedly be making an attempt a few of your 1pan dinners. They appear completely tantalizing! After I’m sitting, I am normally knitting and I handle a knitting group that meets as soon as every week.
Okay, so lengthy story, brief……Thanks for the weblog and I am excited to be right here. 🙂”
From Ashely on the weblog:
“Simply wished to let you already know I really love your weblog. I learn it each week and have a tendency to buy and make a number of issues from it. Thanks for serving to me hold issues FRESH!!”
From Wanda on the weblog:
“I completely love each recipe I’ve ever tried of yours! The dishes look so vibrant! They style so good! Thanks Julia for doing what you do!”
From Lisa on my Fb web page:
“I really like SO MANY of the recipes you publish! I actually assume yours is my favourite web page for recipes. Thanks 
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From Wendy on my Fb web page:
“Love your recipes!! The images makes me need to make the whole lot.”
From Stephanie on my Fb web page:
“I respect the effort and time you set into this web page as now we have loved a lot of your recipes.”
(word from me: I do put plenty of effort into my website as I nonetheless do just about the whole lot: develop the recipes, fashion them {photograph} them, write them, create these newsletters, handle my social media. Thanks for appreciating my efforts!!)
From Gail on my Fb web page:
“OMG. I’ve been saving and having fun with your recipes for about 6 months and for some cause I believed you had been outdated! Possibly as a result of you might have so many scrumptious recipes, I simply assumed it might take you a very long time to create them. Properly accomplished you and thanks. You rock!!”
(disclaimer: I’m not that younger!!! You would be shocked if I informed you my age, lol)
A giant heartfelt THANK YOU to everybody who takes the time to interact with my content material! Leaving a remark or perhaps a fast evaluate is among the greatest methods to help a bit meals weblog like mine. Plus, it retains me motivated and helps me really feel like I’m not simply speaking to myself on a regular basis—although I try this too, lol!
Fall Foliage in Colorado, September 2024
At larger elevations, the leaves have a tendency to show yellow a bit earlier. Residing at 9,000 toes, we normally get probably the most gorgeous fall foliage within the first two weeks of October. However this 12 months, the leaves determined to placed on their present early—at the very least every week or two forward of schedule! September isn’t even over but, and many of the aspens have already burst into their golden glory. I completely find it irresistible and couldn’t be extra excited to soak all of it in throughout my hikes!
With the leaves altering colours so shortly and unexpectedly, my husband and I—okay, largely me—have bumped mountain climbing to the highest of our precedence listing to get pleasure from all this magnificence earlier than it vanishes! The autumn colours are short-lived, normally lasting nearly two weeks at their peak. So, yesterday, we set out on an unbelievable hike, and I’m excited to share these photographs from yesterday’s journey!
I feel most girls can relate—husbands and boyfriends have a particular knack for taking probably the most unflattering photos of us! I gained’t share the actually unhealthy ones my husband took of me, however let’s simply say photographs like this are an everyday factor round right here!
The one beneath is healthier. My husband generously offers me about 30 seconds—sure, 30 entire seconds—to strike a pose for a photograph. After that, he is accomplished, and I’ve to someway pull off trying first rate inside that tiny time-frame! It’s a race in opposition to the clock each time!
I used to be so shocked to come back throughout these wildflowers on our hike yesterday! I imply, it’s the top of September, however they’re nonetheless thriving. It’s most likely because of all of the rain we’ve had this summer season. The river is noticeably low now since all of the summer season snowmelt has come to an finish.
My poor husband damage his ankle fairly badly, so our mountain climbing adventures haven’t been fairly what they was this previous month. You may see him struggling to make it up the hill—he’s even utilizing a stick for some additional stability!
There’s actually nothing extra to say than how actually lovely this time of 12 months is. No amount of cash can ever purchase or replicate the wonders of nature!
Please do not be shy and say “Howdy” within the feedback! Have the leaves turned yellow but the place you reside? Or higher but, inform me in case you’ve tried any of my recipes (or are planning to)!
