Meal Planning Monday - Week 6

Back on the wagon!

Delicious looking Garlic Roasted Chickpeas, quinoa, garlic sauteed spinach
Roasted Red Pepper and Goat Cheese Penne, caesar salad
Jerk tofu, ginger mashed sweet potatoes, bbq'd zucchini, beet salad
Lentil sloppy joes, mashed potatoes, carrots, green salad
Black bean chipotle soup, bruschetta, kale salad

Meal Planning

It's not Monday and I've missed a week, but anyhow...

Vegnews Macaroni and Cheese (best mac n cheese EVER) and green salad
Marinated grilled mushrooms, greek salad (with vegetarian ricotta salata), lemon bbq'd potatos, tzatziki, pitas
Beet and basil salad, broccoli, mashed sweet potato, jerk tofu
Something thai. I bought some red curry paste and some ginger and some kaffir lime leaves. With jasmine rice.

Extra treat: I want to make vegan current friands. Not sure how that's going to work.

Meal Planning Monday: Week 1

I hate how easy it is to not meal plan and then end up eating out a million times per week. It's wasteful, not very healthy, and not very economical. Time to jump on the meal planning bandwagon. 

Dinners
Mango baked beans (AfR),steamed broccoli, green salad
Macaroni & cheese (Pioneer Woman), cauliflower, asparagus
Crockpot chili, cornbread, kale salad
Tofu po'boy sandwiches and grilled parm eggplant
White bean & kalamata salad, grilled portobellos and zucchini
BBQ Tempeh and Citrus Salad

It's a big salad week, evidently, but it's already four thousand degrees here in Guelph (*almost* makes me wish we lived near the lake) and slaving over a hot stove is not my idea of a gay ol' time. Also, Dash has been enjoying the simple delights of iceberg, cucumber, and red pepper salads with simple balsamic dressing, and you can never go wrong by adding more greens! Anyway, this list will take us through Saturday, and since these guys are all to serve 4 people (with the exception of chili, some of which we will freeze for later, and tofu po'boys, which will lose their glorious crunch) we'll have our lunches made too!

Not Cupcakes

The last couple of times I've made cupcakes I've been all "Yeah! Gotta make cupcakes!" and then made them and not actually wanted to eat any, so they've been donated to the worthy cause of the stomachs of the people with whom I work. I decided it was time to talk about something else then, too.

I love multi coloured quinoa. It's the perfect side to this orange tofu and braised baby bok choy.

For the bok choy, heat a little olive oil (mediumish heat) in a wide shallow pan, add some well cleaned bok choy and a couple of cloves of garlic, crushed. Give it a stir, add a splash of water, and cover and let steam until crispy and bright green, just a few minutes.