Dinner Meal Plan Oct 10- Oct 15, 2010

Some weeks I just want to give up all this food prep and cooking on the weekends, and go out to eat to avoid all the pots, pans and dirty dishes... and then I eat out and realize how much better it tastes when I (we) cook it at home... and how much healthier... so then I feel a little better about spending my weekends preparing for the week... just a little. My preference would be a personal chef (but something tells me that's not going to happen)!
So here I am... I've already cooked up a few things for the week, inlcuding:
-Sauteed squash, eggplant, onions in olive oil in a deep saucepan (salt and pepper to taste)
- Sauteed tomatoes in olive oil (salt, pepper and fresh basil)
- Roasted potatoes drizzled in olive oil (salt and pepper to taste)on 400.
- Spicy Leek and Potato Soup is cooking on the stove right now.
- Black beans soaking on the stove right now (soaking directions on bag)

All this food prep today, will make packing lunches (for my husband and myself, along with dinner, so much easier.

Sunday: Pasta with Tomato sauce (sauteed earlier today)and mixed greens salad.
Monday: Tacos with black beans (and the fixins)
Tuesday: Salmon with roasted potatoes and mixed greens salad
Wednesday: Potato soup
Thursday: Squash, Eggplant compode with side cous cous
Friday: Pizza night (homemade pizza) and lots of vino!

Dinner Meal Plan Sept 26- Oct 1

We have a couple weeks worth of potatoes from the farm that I haven't had time to do anything with, so today I'll roast them (cut in half with olive oil and salt, on 400 degrees, for about 30 min. We'll use them as a side dish with meals this week.

Salad returns to the weekly box: Lunches for the week

Sunday: Boca burgers with the fixins, and roasted potatoes.

Monday: Stewed Okra and Tomatoes (also throw the few squash that were included in the box) with brown rice.

Tuesday: Roasted potatoes and pan fried salmon (in olive oil)

Wednesday: Soft shell tacos with vege burgers (sauteed with chili spices) with the fixins. Canned pinto beans sauteed with onion.

Thursday: Pesto pasta (frozen pesto- see recipe in previous post-made and frozen last week)

Friday: Homemade pizza (dough from Fresh and Easy)

Weekly Meal Plan Sept 19- Sept 24

It's been a little while... with family in town, no time to meal plan... back to reality!

Sunday: I'll try a new recipe: French Onion Soup I'll probably use the vege broth that I made a few weeks back (in freezer, instead of chicken and beef broth). Also, tomato, cucumber, onion, and garlic salad with olive oil vinegrette.

Monday: Vegetable stir fry (greens, onions, garlic, carrots)

Tuesday: Giambotta (This is a really formal recipe, however, my family makes this with whatever we have in the fridge- it's always great tasting and easy)

Wednesday: Vege burgers and the fixins

Thursday: Pesto pasta with cannellini beans (for added protein)

Friday: Homemade pizza (dough from Fresh and Easy)

End of summer grill out

Using the CSA box this week we put together a great grill out, including; for starters, fresh guacomole and chips, a main course of potatoes with cilantro pesto (boil and cut potato into wedges, mix in cliantro pesto), tomato cucumber and basil salad, shrimp tomato and pepper kabobs on the grill, followed by melon for dessert. Yum!

Dinner Meal Plan Aug 22- Aug 27

Sunday: Dinner with family, contribution of a cucumber/tomato salad

Monday: From this month's issue of Sunset: Surf and garden quesadillas with avocado salad

Tuesday: Grilled Eggplant sandwiches

Wednesday: Vege Stir fry (carrots, onion, chard) and potatoes

Thursday: Halibit sauteed in Tomatillo Salsa Verde served with tortilla chips

Friday: Homemade pizza with leftover veges

Dinner Meal Plan Aug 15- Aug 20th

Great CSA box this week! Quick meal plan for the week after a busy weekend!

Sunday: Squash and tomatoe sauce (sauteed in olive oil)with cannellini beans over spaghetti, cucumber salad

Monday: Vege tacos (soy burgers with taco mix), with homemade quacomole, tomatoes, onions, cilantro

Tuesday: Vege Stir fry (carrots, greens, onions)

Wednesday: Tilapia with Salsa Verde (See salsa recipe in previous post), string beans

Thursday: Cilantro pesto or use a classic basil pesto recipe (substitute cilantro for basil) over pasta and tomato/cucumber salad

Friday: Pizza night (Homemade pizza with leftover veges from the week)!

Dinner Meal Plan Aug 8th- Aug 13th

Last week I made Green Salsa, Tomatillo Salsa Verde, which I intended to freeze, however, we wound up eating it all week- with eggs in the morning, as well as putting it over Halibut for dinner. I'm going to make more this week- delicous.

I made a batch of tomato and radish salad, with garlic and garbanzo beans, to bring for lunches this week.

Sunday: Pasta with homemade marinara sauce (from garden tomatoes and squash)with white beans

Monday: Vege Stir Fry (chard, carrots, onion, garlic) with brown rice

Tuesday: Salmon sauteed in Salsa Verde (made on Sunday) and cucumber and tomatoe salad

Wednesday: Vege burgers and Green bean salad

Thursday: Cilantro pesto (substitute cilantro for basil)

Friday: Homemade pizza (with leftover veges)