🍋 Weekly meal plan

Summer Light – Fresh & Bright

Vibrant salads, cold soups, grilled fish and meals that don't ask for hours in the kitchen. Gazpacho, ceviche, Greek salad — summer on a plate.

2 people 7 days ~€34–44 / week 123 ingredients

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Day	Lunch	Dinner
Monday	Avgolemono Avgolemono is Greece's golden-yellow soup — chicken or rice broth thickened with an emulsion of eggs and lemon juice, scented with citrus zest and…	Gazpacho Gazpacho is the signature cold soup of Andalusia in southern Spain, born in the sun-scorched farmhouses of the Guadalquivir valley where field…
Tuesday	Gravlax Gravlax is a Scandinavian method of curing raw salmon with salt, sugar, and dill.	Romanian Vegetable Spread Zacuscă is the winter pantry of every Romanian household — a dense spread of roasted aubergine and peppers, simmered at length with onion and tomato…
Wednesday	Greek Salad Horiatiki — literally 'village salad' — is the soul of the Greek summer table: tomatoes warmed by the sun, cucumber straight from the garden, a slab…	Grilled Sea Bream Grilled sea bream is the soul of Mediterranean tavernas from Greece to Cyprus and the islands of southern Italy — a whole white-fleshed fish, simply…
Thursday	Salade Niçoise Salade niçoise is the summer plate of Nice on the French Riviera — garden vegetables, hard-boiled eggs, oil-packed tuna and anchovies bound by Provençal olive oil.	Vietnamese Spring Rolls Gỏi cuốn — literally 'rolled salad' — comes from southern Vietnam, where the heat calls for cool, fresh food rather than fried street snacks.
Friday	Radauti Sour Chicken Soup Ciorba rădăuțeană is one of the youngest of the Romanian classics — it is said to have been invented in the 1970s by Cornelia Dumitrescu at a…	Tripe Soup Ciorbă de burtă is a defining fixture of Romanian Sunday tables, rooted in the kitchens of Muntenia and Oltenia.
Saturday	Sea Bass Provençal Loup de mer à la provençale weds the Mediterranean sea bass to the vocabulary of Provence — cherry tomatoes, black olives, capers, garlic, herbs from the garrigue.	Borscht Borscht is the great soup of the Slavic east, a dish so deeply embedded in both Russian and Ukrainian culture that its origins predate the national…
Sunday	Sushi Modern sushi was perfected in 18th-century Edo — present-day Tokyo — where speed and precision were the craft, and the rice was the art, not the fish.	Ratatouille Ratatouille is the essence of Provençal summer cooking, born in the market kitchens of Nice and the Var, where farmers had an abundance of…

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123 ingredients

All ingredients for the week, sorted alphabetically. Estimated ~€34–44 for 2 people.

Vegetables & herbs

Meat & fish

Anchovies
Chicken breast500 g
Pork belly200 g
Prawns200 g
Pre-cleaned beef tripe800 g
Salmon600 g
Sashimi-grade salmon fillet200 g
Sea bass fillets200 g
Tinned tuna in oil200 g
Whole chicken1.5 kg

Dairy & eggs

Block feta200 g
Cream
Egg yolks
Eggs6 large
Full-fat sour cream250 g · 300 ml
Hard-boiled eggs

Dry goods

Japanese short-grain sushi rice2
Long-grain rice150 g
Rice paper wrappers
Rice vermicelli100 g

Sauces & oils

Beef stock2
Hoisin sauce
Red wine25 ml
Tomato passata500 g
Tomato paste25 ml
White wine100 ml

Bakery

White bread100 g

Miscellaneous

½ cups water
Aquavit25 ml
Beetroot500 g
Lovage leaves
Nori sheets
Sea bream500 g
Wasabi
Wine vinegar

Pantry staples

Apple cider vinegar
Bay leaves
Black pepper
Dill and parsley
Dried oregano
Herbes de provence
Neutral oil
Olive oil
Rice vinegar
Salt
Soy sauce
Sugar

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Reduce food waste by up to 30%
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Eat healthier
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