🍋 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.
📅 Full weekly plan
| Day | Lunch | Dinner |
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| Monday |
Gazpacho
Gazpacho is the signature cold soup of Andalusia in southern Spain, born in the sun-scorched farmhouses of the Guadalquivir valley where field…
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Storceag
Storceag is the great fish soup of the Danube Delta, the signature dish of the Lipovans — Russian Old Believers who settled in the reed-laced…
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| Tuesday |
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.
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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…
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| Wednesday |
Naengmyeon
Naengmyeon originated in Pyongyang — now the capital of North Korea — where it was eaten year-round but particularly during winter celebrations when…
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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.
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| Thursday |
Sarson da Saag
Sarson da saag is considered the signature dish of the Punjab region, both on the Pakistani and Indian sides, a recipe intrinsically tied to the…
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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…
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| Friday |
Tripe Soup
Ciorbă de burtă is a defining fixture of Romanian Sunday tables, rooted in the kitchens of Muntenia and Oltenia.
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Gomen
Gomen is the green side dish that rounds out almost every traditional Ethiopian meal, a light, fresh dish designed specifically to balance the heavy,…
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| Saturday |
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…
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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.
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| Sunday |
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.
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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…
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🛒 Complete shopping list
All ingredients for the week, sorted alphabetically. Estimated ~€34–44 for 2 people.
~€34–44 / week
132 ingredients
- Vegetables & herbs
- Meat & fish
- Dairy & eggs
- Dry goods
- Sauces & oils
- Bakery
- Miscellaneous
- Pantry staples
Why plan meals in advance?
- Reduce food waste by up to 30%
- Save time and money — one shopping trip
- Eat healthier
- Eliminate the daily "what should I cook?" stress