Saturday, January 30, 2010

meal planning

I thought it would be fun to share our basic dinner plans for the month of February. I'm intending to try out a whole bunch of new recipes, so it should be both fun and challenging. Almost all of these will also be served with some sort of salad, and / or whatever vegetables happen to look good at the store that week:

1. French Onion Soup with salad
2. Stir Fry (red pepper, broccoli, mushrooms, onions, carrots, and whatever else I can find. Sauce made from sesame oil, garlic, ginger, crushed red pepper and soy sauce)
3. Penne with Tomatoes, Olives and Two Cheeses (Thanks Carrie!)
4. Greek Couscous Salad (whole wheat couscous with feta, red onion, tomato, cucumber, and this dressing which is the best Greek dressing I've ever had!)
5. BBQ Seitan with salad and corn pudding
6. Tofu Cutlets with green beans and herbed stuffing (made from homemade bread. I'm just going to wing this recipe).
7. Black Bean Tacos (homemade corn tortillas, black beans, shredded cheddar, diced onion, avocado, diced tomato, etc.)
8. East African Sweet Potato Patties with Piri Piri
9. Bruschetta on homemade bread with pasta salad
10. Lablabi (Tunisian Chickpea Stew)
11. Tempura Vegetables with homemade dipping sauce (not sure what this will entail yet)
12. Cajun Blackened Tofu with Mango Ginger Salsa (from the World Food Cafe Cookbook)
13. Tortilla Espanola with salad
14. Gnocchi (one of my favourite things in the world, but something I've only actually made from scratch once when I was 16!) This recipe sounds absolutely incredible, but we'll see how motivated I am!
15. Orange Pan-Glazed Tofu with salad.
16. Homemade Ravioli in a mushroom cream sauce with salad.
17. Lentil Soup with homemade bread
18. Make your own pizza night. Homemade crust, topping choices to include homemade tomato sauce, homemade pesto sauce, olive oil, mozzarella, goat cheese, caramelized onions, roasted garlic, olives, red peppers, & mushrooms.
19. Homemade black bean burgers with sweet potato and beet chips
20. Pesto Pasta with Peas, Parmesan and Artichoke Hearts.
21. Mushroom, Sage, and Sweet Corn Quinoa (I've handed out this recipe before, but it's one of our absolute favourites!)
22. Pineapple Pepper Tofu (from The Vegetarian Gourmet's Easy International Recipes)
23. Chili with Cornbread
24. Spanakopita with Greek Salad
25. Baked Potatoes with a variety of stuffings (broccoli and cheese, mushrooms, etc.)
26. Mojadara
27. Enchiladas (not sure on either the sauce or fillings yet.)
28. Moroccan Vegetable Tagine (Another all-time favourite, this recipe includes onions, diced tomatoes, cinnamon, cayenne, turmeric, cumin, coriander, chickpeas, carrots, lemons, diced dried apricots, diced green olives, green beans, vegetable stock.)

I'd love to hear some of your favourite recipes and meals (particularly for breakfasts and lunches) I always love trying new things!

6 comments:

M and M said...

yummy yummy! Inspired! I'm wrapping up my 30 days (will blog about it this weekend) and asking, what's next? My thoughts are to stick with "Lose It" since I didn't follow through in January on journaling food I eat.

cathy said...

thank for saving me a boatload of work when I do my "eat vegetarian" challenge. I'll just cut and paste your menu. you ROCKSTAR, you!

D said...

Can I just contract out and you send me your leftovers everyday?

Cindy said...

Sounds fab but sadly, my kids would probably eat maybe 4 of those meals at best. (We do pasta and tostadoes A LOT!). Me, I make the best cous cous I have ever had. I mean bar none. My secret ingredient (and I won't make it without it): toasted, slightly burnt (I burn them myself :), (raw) almond pieces. Seriously, the burny taste is out of this world in cous cous and I always get lots of compliments. Lemon juice and rice wine vinegar is important too (and peas, bell peppers, corn, all veggies welcome).

Melodie Monberg said...

My kids are picky too...and I make homemade hummus which they actually eat!

1 can garbanzo beans
1/2 c tahini
1 lemon, juiced
2 cloves garlic
salt and pepper

Whirl it all in a blender and go to town. For dinner I make tabboluah (super easy with a processor) and pitas with the hummus. My kids love making their own sandwhiches and I LOVE how easy it is!

Love your list and will be coming back to try some of the recipes myself!

Mark and Sarah said...

Thanks for all the delicious ideas! I will be referring back here lots.