Tiffanie: this week's menu

Ugh, three weeks not recorded! Here they are!

Two weeks back:

• curried peanut sauce bowl with tofu and kale, rice
• massur dal and carrot soup, bread
• lentils with spinach and sausage
• potato salad with green and white beans, summer corn fritters, melon slushies
• English jacket potatoes
• roasted eggplant and pepper spread

Last week:

• pineapple fried rice
• chickpea cutlets, mustard sauce, sauteed greens, baked potatoes
• pasta night: garlic pine nut sundried tomato spaghetti
• roasted cauliflower soba lentil tahini bowl
• taco night with chile-beer tempeh
• Creole hoppin' jean with hot sauce and guac and chips

This week:

• chilaquiles and tortilla soup
• pozole rojo
• corn chowder with basil, baked zucchini chips
• sweet potato, squash, and black bean enchiladas
• probably a pasta night and a taco night...

I borrowed the cookbook Thug Kitchen from the library, and am trying out a bunch of recipes this week. I'm also going to try out a cake, a waffle, and a brown rice bowl with edamame breakfast recipe.

Tiffanie: this week's menu

Ok, it's really the last two weeks. Apparently I need some encouragement?

Two weeks ago:

• curried peanut sauce bowl with kale and tofu and rice
• escarole with white beans, spicy cauliflower side
• mapo tofu, rice, seaweed, sauteed greens
• pizza night, salad
• pasta night: tempeh meatballs with spicy slurpy sauce

Last week:

• brown curry with veggies and tofu, rice, salad, corn on the cob
• roasted tomato basil soup (Barefoot Contessa recipe), olive oil bread
• polenta with sauteed chard and toasted pumpkin seeds, Field Roast sausages
• pizza night, salad
• pasta night: spaghetti with garlic, sun dried tomatoes, and pine nuts.

Tiffanie: this week's menu

Sadly lagging here!

Last week:

• taco night with chimichurri sauce and kale with black beans
• cauliflower mushroom pot pie with olive biscuit crust, salad
• lentils with rice and caramelized onions, and spiced pita crisps
• pasta night: garlic pine nut sundried tomato parsley with spaghetti
• homemade pizza night

This week:

• lal dal (red lentil curry), jasmine rice, sesame slaw
• dragon noodle salad, sesame tofu
• olive lentil burgers, home fries
• taco night
• pizza night (easy to make the dough if you're home a couple of hours ahead of time)
• pesto cauliflower pasta with tofu
• blondies
• zucchini olive breakfast cake. I will leave the goat cheese in, but sub in soy milk and flaxseed/yogurt for the eggs.

Tiffanie: this week's menu

Oh, I am way behind... here's the last three weeks!

• hoppin' jean with guac/chips, salad
• garlic and sun-dried tomato and pine nut pasta, salad
• taco night, with mushrooms and greens
• broccoli tofu stir fry, rice
• curried couscous salad (as a snack)

• eggplant and bread crumb pasta, salad
• sauteed peppers and onions with Field Roast sausages, buns
• chickpea cutlets, mashed potatoes, mustard sauce
• tortilla soup

• pasta with tempeh meatballs and spicy sauce, salad
• pineapple tofu fried rice
• taco night with chile beer tempeh
• garlic tomato soup with orzo and greens
• spaghetti pie for the kids
• pizza night (homemade) with pesto sauce
• cowboy cookies and muesli

Tiffanie: this week's menu

It's spring weather, all cool and possibly sprinkly? Makes me want soup!

My plans include:

• mushroom barley soup, with no-knead bread
• snobby joes (i.e. lentil based), salad
• pasta night: slurpy spicy tomato sauce, with olives and capers, salad
• mole skillet pie
• lentils and rice with caramelized onions and spiced pita crisps, slaw

Tiffanie: this week's menu

The plans this week include:

• white beans and escarole, baguette, fried zucchini slices, Field Roast sausage
• bok choy, chickpea, and cashew saute. Jasmine rice. Roasted sweet potatoes and baby turnips. Baked tofu. Seaweed.
• cauliflower tahini bowl with soba noodles and lentils
• brown curry with all the veggies and tofu, rice, salad.
• baked potatoes with chili, salad
• no-bake energy balls
• muesli

Tiffanie: this week's menu

My plans this week include:

• sesame crusted tofu with garlicky spinach, jasmine rice, roasted sweet potatoes
• chickpea cutlets with mustard caper sauce, mashed potatoes, green salad
• broccoli tofu stir fry (again; the kids like this one)
• pasta night: eggplant with bread crumbs and spicy tomato sauce
• massur dal and carrot soup, homemade bread

Tiffanie: this week's menu

Another late post...

Last week we planned/ate:

• curried peanut sauce bowl with kale and tofu and rice
• cauliflower mushroom pot pie with olive biscuit crust (Veganomicon)
• tempeh meatballs and spicy slurpy tomato sauce
• mapo tofu, rice, slaw, roasted seaweed
• lal dal, rice, sauteed greens

This week's plans include:

• bok choy with chickpeas and toasted cashews, rice, roasted sweet potatoes
• broccoli tofu stir fry, rice, seaweed
• pasta night: garlic/pine nut/sun dried tomato spaghetti
• chili with mole sauce and zucchini, skillet cornbread
• posole verde
• energy balls, muesli
• sides for when I need one: spicy cauliflower with sriracha, braised fava beans, steamed artichokes with mustard dipping sauce

Tiffanie: this week's menu

Rather late here... perhaps I need some moral support? People, post!

This past week, we ate:

• leek potato soup, no-knead bread
• pasta night: sun dried tomato pine-nut garlic with spaghetti, green salad
• hoppin' jean, with guac and hot sauce and chips, plus fennel orange salad
• curried peanut sauce bowl with kale and tofu and rice
• waffles (wholesome waffles from Isa Does It), roasted purple potatoes with onions and herbs, smoothies. The waffles were pretty good; they have oats and wheat germ and flax seed in them, so they have a nice texture. Kids were split. I like them with some maple syrup.
• snack plate/leftover night, with English jacket potatoes, simple fried rice (scallions and scrambled egg), etc.

Tiffanie: this week's menu

Some cool weather and rain, plus a birthday dinner out at Mio Vicino...

The plans include:

• brown curry with veggies and tofu, jasmine rice, roasted seaweed
• pasta with spicy tomato sauce, eggplant with bread crumbs
• butternut ginger soup with homemade bread
• braised red cabbage with red wine and sausages and apples, bread
• vegan biscuits & gravy, roasted potatoes, smoothies

Tiffanie: this week's menu

Ok, more like the last two weeks... I've been sick forever, so I'm way behind on documenting...

We ate:

• peanut noodles with baked tofu, roasted seaweed, raw kale salad with avocado
• chickpea and artichoke heart stew, homemade bread
• butternut ginger soup, bread
• curried peanut sauce bowl with kale and tofu (twice, since the sauce makes enough for two meals)
• bok choy and chickpea saute with toasted cashews, rice, baked tofu
• pizza night (homemade dough), with spinach and roasted garlic
• sausage and greens pasta with tomato sauce
• english jacket potatoes, chickpea cutlets with mustard sauce, cole slaw
• caramelized leek dal soup, slaw

The plans for this week:

• leftover caramelized leek dal with jasmine rice and coleslaw
• tofu mushroom potato stew with miso gravy, collard greens
• millet spinach polenta with sun dried tomato pesto, roasted sweet potatoes
• taco night, with chili-beer marinated tempeh and mushrooms
• pizza night, cause 1/2 the kids like pizza night. And 2/2 eat it.

Tiffanie: this week's menu

I've been sick for two weeks straight, so the meals have been quick... Here's what happened in the last two weeks:

• chana masala (chickpea tomato curry), rice
• sweet potato and curry soup (quite tasty, has lots of rice in it)
• pasta night: sun dried tomato and garlic with pine nuts
• seitan shepherd's pie
• veggie soup with homemade bread (made my own pureed "bouillon", worked very well)
• curried peanut sauce bowl with kale and tofu
• pasta night: tempeh meatballs
• takeout pizza twice

My plans for this week: (note, I generally plan for Sunday night - Weds, and use leftovers and improvise for the remaining three nights. I should be planning 1-2 more meals, but usually I'm able to create a meal from what we have on hand, plus my CSA box arrives on Weds, so I have more options later in the week.)

• brown curry with tofu and veggies, rice, sauteed collard greens
• creole hoppin' jean, spicy cauliflower, chips, guac
• lentils with spinach and sausage
• pasta night: eggplant with bread crumbs

I'm still not entirely back to healthy, so I'm keeping it pretty simple. Now that my husband isn't working every Thursday night, I need to start planning another meal again (normally I just made a hash for myself and whatever the kids wanted). It may be time to resurrect the snack plate night...

Tiffanie: this week's menu

Late again! Here's what happened:

• pasta night of eggplant and bread crumbs, with spicy tomato sauce
• curried peanut sauce kale tofu bowl over rice
• taco night with marinated chili-beer tempeh
• pancake night with smoothies
• shakshuka (spicy tomato sauce with greens and poached eggs and feta), fennel and orange salad
• tortilla soup + leftovers
• also no-bake energy balls and banana bread and cowboy cookies

Tiffanie: this week's menu

Geez, I'm not recording these in a timely manner!

Last week's plan:

• Creole hoppin' jean, over two dinners. Once with spicy cauliflower, once with collards sauteed with mirin. Plus chips and hot sauce and beer.
• pasta with tempeh meatballs, fennel orange salad. I seem to be the only person eating this salad anymore, but I don't care. More for me!
• potato leek soup, bread.
• breakfast burritos, with potatoes, mushrooms, peppers, onions, guac.
• sweet potato hash with eggs
• broccoli tofu stir fry with rice

This week's plan:

• mapo tofu with rice, roasted seaweed, roasted brussels sprouts and sweet potatoes
• chana masala (chickpea tomato curry), rice, spicy cauliflower
• pasta: spaghetti with garlic, pine-nuts, and sun dried tomatoes
• chickpea cutlets, potatoes (either smashed or English jacket roasted), cabbage slaw
• veggie soup (to use up the odds and ends and turnips), homemade bread

Tiffanie: this week's menu (and last week's)

Hmm... I seem to have forgotten to share last week's plans! Here they are!

Last week we ate:

• olive walnut brussels sprouts pasta (delicious! From Isa Does It)
• pasta e ceci (a chickpea tomato sauce, all in one pot). Tasty.
• split pea soup, homemade honey oat bread.
• kale apple soup. Sweet and kale-y, but not bad. Grilled cheese sandwiches, English jacket potatoes.
• spaghetti pie, from Honest Pretzels.
• rye toasting bread with cherries and pumpkin seeds. I like it, but it is very strong in molasses.
• sweet potato hash with veggies.

This week's plans include:

• spaghetti with eggplant and bread crumbs, fennel orange salad.
• pineapple fried rice (Simple Suppers, from Moosewood)
• cauliflower mushroom pot pie with olive biscuit crust. Brussels sprouts.
• more honey oat bread
• curried peanut sauce kale tofu bowl, roasted sweet potatoes.
• sweet potato hash with kale.