Midweek Meals
New recipes, reader faves, more ideas 🌞
Happy Wednesday. Today, I have new recipes, a few reader faves, and a few more ideas to inspire your meal plans for the rest of the week.
Midweek Update
Whew. What a week! It’s been a whirlwind of good and bad. My sweet Grammy cat has been having some health issues, so we’ve been back and forth to the vet the last couple of weeks. We found out on Monday that she may have a tumor, so we took her yesterday for a cytology test, and we’ll get the results next week. Fingers crossed that it’s nothing!
In addition, I’ve been cooking to keep myself busy. I finally have my Double Blueberry Cornflake Upside-Down Cake recipe to share in all of its crunchy, caramel-y, berry glory (recipe below).
I also have a new draft recipe to share! As I mentioned, I’ve started paid subscriptions on Substack, and part of that is receiving draft recipes to try before they go live. This has been in response to many requests for recipes before I’m 100% ready to share them (so they’ve been tested by me at least once already). If you can’t bear to wait for new recipes, you can sign up with the button below.
Today’s draft recipe is this beauty (that I can’t stop eating):
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MINI RECIPE
This is such a tiny little recipe, but I wanted to share it anyway. I’ve been obsessed with espresso tonics and trying to make them at home. The one I’m holding in the photo above is the iteration that I will absolutely be drinking all summer. It’s a refreshing combination of agave, lime juice, Topo Chico Lime with Mint Sparkling Water, and espresso.
You’ll need 34g agave, 34g lime juice (about 2 tablespoons of each, give or take a few grams), a 12-ounce can of Topo Chico Lime with Mint Sparkling Water, and 2 ounces espresso. Simply combine the agave and lime juice in the bottom of a highball glass and stir to combine them. Add a good amount of ice (enough to fill the glass ¾ of the way). Add nearly all the Topo Chico (leaving a bit of room for the espresso). Pour the espresso on top and stir to combine. Drink it down a bit so you can top off with the rest of the Topo Chico if needed.
NEW RECIPES
Double Blueberry Cornlake Upside-Down Cake
Double the blueberry, double the fun. This Double Blueberry Cornflake Upside-Down Cake is a sweet and fun little cake for summer that you can absolutely eat for breakfast (on account of the cereal, of course).
More Gloop
This time with caffeine! This week’s Gloop is one I’ve been enjoying so much. It’s cacao nibs with dates and plenty of instant espresso to really give me the jolt I need when I hit the 2 PM slump.
READER FAVES
Ground Chicken Stir-Fry
Thank you for the 5-star review, Lisa! Such a great midweek recipe to keep on rotation and a wonderful way to use nice summer grape tomatoes. Yummy!
Baked Beef and Feta Meatballs
Thank you for the review, Vicki! I’m happy you were able to offset the heat of the harissa with more maple syrup!
Vegan Garlic-Ricotta Red Lentil Balls
Thank you for the 5-star review, Elizabeth! We enjoyed these all week long, and they were even better the next day!
MORE MEATBALLS
Since the theme seems to be meatballs (I’m also making meatballs tonight), I’ll share a few more of my fave meatball recipes:
Chicken Meatball Pita
Juicy, fragrant chicken meatballs taste even better on a warm pita with plenty of hummus. Paired with summer vegetables, it’s a dinner you’ll want on repeat.
Sweet Chili Meatballs
These sweet chili meatballs are fragrant, sweet, spicy, and perfect for a weeknight dinner.
That’s all for Midweek Meals! I hope everyone has a great rest of the week, filled with lots of tasty food. If you make one of my recipes, please drop a comment on the post to let me know how it turns out; I’d love to hear from you! You can also respond directly to this email! Byeeeeeeee! 💖💖
-kylie
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