Things I wanna make:
French toast dinner
Samosa
Paneer
https://www.southerncastiron.com/balsamic-veggie-grilled-cheese
What’s in the Freezer:
– 6 Bracciole
What to make:
Ham and Cheese Breakfast Casserole
^make this with leftover ham and hamburger buns in the freezer when I get back (needs cheese and stuff I need from the grocery)
https://thegourmetrd.com/simple-spaghetti-with-garlic-peas-parmesan/
Week starting 6/14
- Frittata (buy eggs, use frozen veggies in fridge)
- Veggie Burgers
- vegetarian pot pie
- Pretzel roll grilled cheese with tomato soup
Week starting 5/21
- Monday – grilled cheese & soup
- Tuesday – Masala and Pita
- Wednesday – frittata
- Thursday – leftover masala
- Friday – leftover frittata
For week starting May 24
– Masala (already have ingredients)
– pizza (already have ingredients)
– vegetarian pot pie (already have ingredients)
– veggie burgers (already have ingredients)
– Dan birthday dinner (ingredients in cart)
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For Week Starting May 17
Corn frittata https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/corn-scallion-and-potato-frittata-103719
Vegetarian Gyros https://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/vegetarian-gyros
Vegetarian pot pie
Pizza (margarita pizza)
Tacos
Don’t forget baked cubed potato with onion!
For Week Starting May 10
- Frittata (make early in the week before asparagus goes bad, have everything)
Enchiladas (use my recipe, but use a store bought sauce)
Pizza (cheese, red suace, etc.)
Veggie burger with fries (already have everything for this)
For Week Starting May 3
– Frittata with croissants
– Mom’s one-pot pasta (she said to ask about recipe, recipe in text but she has changes. Add garlic to recipe, put oil in pot. Sauce garlic and tomatoes for a few minutes. Add a teaspoon of salt and crushed red pepper flakes to the oil. Pasta on top of the oil, water on top of that. Have everything ready before you start cooking – https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018322-one-pot-spaghetti-with-cherry-tomatoes-and-kale (makes way too much for us–halve this reciipe)
- Tacos (Done)
– Salmon patties with buttered noodles
For Week Starting April 23
Frittata (with more eggs, and maybe different veggies) with croissants
– Use “Spring vegetable” recipe
– Use asparagus we already have (so make early in the week)
– Use regular onion instead of scallions
Veggie burgers on pretzel rolls with fries
Pizza https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/homemade-pizza-crust-recipe/
For week starting April 19
- broccoli quinoa thing (make early in the week, broccoli is getting old)
- tacos
- – 1lb ground beef with the spice packet
- – tortillas
- – cut up some tomatoes & onions with cilantro
- – refried beans
- – chihuahua cheese
- mom’s frittata
- 6 eggs
- 1 lb spinach
- 1/2 onion
- 4 ounces feta cheese
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper
Saute onion and spinach. Remove from heat. Add feta cheese to warm spinach mixture. In another bowl, mix the eggs, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 tsp pepper. Spay pie pan with PAM, put spinach mixture in pie pan, pour egg mixture on top. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
- pasta with tomatoes, asparagus, and red onion
- 1 lb pasta
olive oil - 1 bunch asparaus
- 1 red onion
- 1/2 pack of cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup pasta water - Cut asparagus into 1-2 inch sized pieces, cut onion in chunks about the same size (not diced, 1/2 onion in six pieces). Mix 2 tbsp of olive oil and then put it in the pan and bake at 450 for 15 minutes. If not done, maybe bake for 5 minutes more. Start boiling water and then cook pasta, reserve a cup of pasta water.
Lazy way: Add cooked vegetables and halved cherry tomatoes (half a pack) into hot pasta and serve.
- Less Lazy: Saute 2 tbs olive oil with 1-2 cloves diced garlic. Throw pasta into that, mix in (at most) 1/2 cup pasta water, add halved cherry tomatoes
- – leftover minestrone & croissants (no ingredients needed)
For week starting April 12
- Leftover minestrone with crescent rolls (buy just the rolls) – 1-2 days
- Masala (buy 5-6 tomatoes, onions, 2 cans garbanzo beans) – 2 days
- Gnocchi with broccoli again (have enough to make again) – 1 day
- Egg sandwiches on pretzel rolls (already have everything for this) prolly with fries already in freezer – 1 day
Grocery list:
crescent rolls
5-6 tomatoes
2 can garbanzo beans
Ingredients
1 package of skillet gnocchi
1 pack grape tomatoes
1 stalk broccoli
2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Cut up tomatoes (halved) and broccoli.
- Mix tomatoes, broccoli, gnocchi, and two tbsp olive oil.
- Toss, salt, and bake at 425 for 15 minutes. Stir, if it’s not cooked enough, bake for 5-10 more minutes.
For Week Starting
Masala with pita (mom’s cookbook page 86)
1 tsp olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
4 cups chopped tomatoes
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp curry
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/8 tsp ground red pepper
2 cans garbanzo beans
1 tsp garam masala
1/2 cup greek yogurt
Heat oil and cook onion until soft. Add tomatoes and next five seasonings and cook until tomatoes lose their shape (about ten minutes), stirring often. Add garbanzos and masala. Heat to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 5-10 minutes. Turn off heat and stir in yogurt. Serve on pita.
Minestrone
Cut up vegetables, put in pot with olive oil and fry them together all at once. Then add tomatoes, water, and seasonings. bring to a boil, then turn it down and simmer it for 20 minutes and should be done. Add basil and oregano at the end (dried basil).
1 onion, diced
4 large cloves garlic, diced
4 carrots, diced
1 tsp olive oil
1 bunch kale
2 cans kidney beans
1 28oz can crushed tomatoes
1 16oz can crushed tomatoes
10 cups water
2 tsp salt
1 tsp peper
1.5 tbsp basil
1.5 tbsp oregano
Cut onion, garlic, carrots heat in olive oil about five minutes. Then throw kale in and heat for a few more minutes. Then throw everything else in. Turn up the heat so it boils. When it boils, turn it down to a simmer for 30 minutes. Keep pan partially covered.
Gnocchi
1 package of skillet gnocchi
1 pack grape tomatoes
1 stalk broccoli
Cut up tomatoes (halved) and broccoli. Mix tomatoes, broccoli, gnocchi and two tablespoons of olive oil. Toss, salt, and bake at 425 for 15 minutes. Stir it up, if it’s not cooked enough, put back in the oven for 5-10 more.
Salmon Patties with buttered noodles
2 6oz cans salmon
1 small onion, chopped
1 egg
2/3 cup panko breadcrumbs
pepper
Mix all ingredients. Shape into patties. Fry or bake 350 for 30 min. Serve with buttered noodles.
For Week Starting 2/16
Another flipping pad thai (thug kitchen, p. 153)
Roasted Beer and Lime Cauliflower Tacos with Cilantro Coleslaw (thug kitchen, 166)
Broccoli Quinoa: https://maggieeats.food.blog/2019/11/06/broccoli-quinoa-casserole/
Vegetarian pot pie: https://maggieeats.food.blog/2019/11/06/vegetarian-pot-pie/
Tuna salad: https://www.culinaryhill.com/classic-tuna-salad-sandwich/
For Week Starting 1/21
Roasted Corn and Poblano Risotto
https://www.spoonforkbacon.com/roasted-corn-poblano-risotto/
- use water with a tiny bit of lemon juice instead of wine and stock
– use green peppers if they don’t have poblano
Lemon Risotto with Asparagus
https://www.loveandlemons.com/spring-lemon-risotto-asparagus-peas/
Curried Chickpea Salad Sliders
https://www.loveandlemons.com/curried-avocado-chickpea-salad-sliders/
– Buy buns for the love of god don’t make them
Grilled Pineapple Pork Sandwiches
https://pinchofyum.com/grilled-pineapple-pork-sandwiches
For Week Starting Jan 7
Indian Spiced Cauliflower Soup
– Skip the green chili]
Lemony Collard Green Pasta
https://cookieandkate.com/lemon-collard-greens-pasta/
Crispy Bean Torillas
https://cookieandkate.com/bean-tostadas-recipe/
Cauliflower and Caramelized Onion Tart
https://smittenkitchen.com/2010/02/cauliflower-and-caramelized-onion-tart/
For Week Starting Dec 7
From cutie-pie store get:
1/2 lb chicken for pad thai
1 bunch collard greens
Pad Thai (Make with chicken)
https://fakeginger.com/tofu-pad-thai
Save one green onion for pizza
Fettuccine & Sweet Corn Cream (Make with cresta rigate pasta)
https://www.loveandlemons.com/fettuccine-sweet-corn-cream-vegan/
use leftover onion, frozen corn
Rosemary Lemon Pasta, make with fresh spaghetti
https://www.loveandlemons.com/rosemary-lemon-pasta/
Quinoa–Red Lentil Risotto With Asparagus & Peas
https://food52.com/recipes/76695-quinoa-red-lentil-risotto-with-asparagus-peas
Use Half of the asparagus (other half for pizza)
Shaved Asparagus Pizza
https://smittenkitchen.com/2010/05/shaved-asparagus-pizza/
Use half of the asparagus (other half for risotto)
Borscht
https://ofbaking.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/my-best-borscht/
Green Burgers with Burger Buns
https://ofbaking.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/swiss-chard-burgers/
https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/beautiful-burger-buns-recipe
For Week Starting Nov 30
Need to get from the cutie-pie store:
– 1 lb chicken fillets
– 18 ounces boneless pork loin, sliced into thin strips
Baked Sticky Lemon Chicken Tenders with Mashed Potatoes (liked but diff sauce_
– https://www.jessicagavin.com/mashed-red-potatoes/
– https://www.saltandlavender.com/baked-sticky-lemon-chicken-tenders/
Note: Use chives instead of parsley for chicken tenders and in mashed potatoes
Tobasco and Asparagus Quinoa, serve perhaps with french bread (okay, but won’t make again)
https://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/tabasco-asparagus-quinoa-recipe.html
– Use Dan’s hot sauce instead of tabasco and decrease amount used by half
– ordered pine nuts from Amazon
– save some cilantro for tacos
Light Yakisoba Noodles (okay, but won’t make again)
https://food52.com/recipes/77502-light-yakisoba-noodles
– make with rice noodles we already have (Yakisoba noodles are crazy expensive)
– no mushrooms, swiss chard instead of kale
Carmelized Pork Tacos (amazing)
https://pinchofyum.com/caramelized-pork-tacos-with-pineapple-salsa
– instead of shallot, use thee other half of onion from the noodles recipe
– use celery instead of cucumber
For Week Starting Nov 23
Falafel burgers. need also to make the hamburger buns. Freeze extra of these also.
Makes 8 (freeze the other six for future meals), serve with fries
https://www.loveandlemons.com/falafel-burgers-yogurt-dill-sauce/
Creamy Garlic Pasta, serve with french bread
https://www.saltandlavender.com/15-minute-creamy-garlic-pasta-recipe/
Easy Mongolian Chicken, make with rice
https://www.saltandlavender.com/easy-mongolian-chicken-recipe/
(Need to defrost chicken in freezer)
– Diebergs doesn’t have fresh ginger, so I had to use dried instead
Lemon Asparagus Pasta, serve with french bread
https://www.saltandlavender.com/creamy-lemon-asparagus-pasta/
Mexican Street Corn Soup
https://thestayathomechef.com/mexican-street-corn-soup/, top with cojita cheese and cilantro, serve with bread
Need to make french bread to go with two pastas and with soup
Bread Recipe: https://www.thespruceeats.com/bread-machine-crusty-french-bread-3051757
Hamburger Bun Recipe: https://www.thespruceeats.com/bread-machine-hamburger-hot-dog-buns-3051749
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