This week's farmers market meal plan + recipes — 1st week of April

Happy spring! To answer some recent FAQs: No, ramps aren’t back yet. Yes, I’ve seen snap peas (albeit only from one farm). And no, Rainier cherries are still nowhere to be found.

I just got back from a quick work trip to Miami, where the sufficiently warm weather and high humidity now have me in summer mode. And with that, a need for quick meals that’ll allow me to maximize my time outdoors. That’s what most of this week’s meal plan will focus on: Meals that require little active prep time or can be meal-prepped.

My haul breaks down to 49 servings of meals and snacks — $3.39 per serving. The cheapest was my $0.50, while the priciest was my $27 grass-fed short ribs.

Fruits + vegetables

• green gem + red romaine lettuces

• flowering mustard greens

• grumolo (heirloom Italian chicories)

• golden garlic

• stonecrop

• candy cane + golden beets

• yellow onions

• garlic

• purple daikon

• sweet potatoes

• red onion

• red, yellow, orange, and white carrots

• bosc pears

• ruby frost, cameo, crimson crisp, and arlet apples

Protein

• whole sea bass

• whole mackerel

• littleneck clams

• smoked nitrate-free Berkshire bacon

• fresh free-range eggs

• goat cheese

• fresh extra-firm tofu

• grass-fed short ribs

• grass-fed ground beef

• pasture-raised ground pork

• pasture-raised ground chicken

Subscribe to see my meal plan, which stretches this haul into 49 servings of breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and snacks. I also provide meal substitutions and some recipes.