Weekly Meal Recap: 8/11-8/17

Lots of events and eating out this week, so I didn’t do much cooking. I was pretty happy with how the main lunch dish of the week turned out though–I don’t cook chicken very often so it’s always a bit of an experiment! For breakfasts I made peach pie (enjoyed with yogurt I made last…

Weekly Meal Plan: 8/11-8/17

First, we assess the leftovers. Starting this week with: peanut sauce coconut milk some potatoes and hard boiled eggs 1/2 red onion white onion some cabbage plum tomatoes figs crisp yogurt peaches blueberries I’m planning on going out for dinner Monday and Tuesday, and since there’s a farm stand I can go to on my…

Weekly Meal Recap: 8/4-8/10

The plan for this week was mostly leftovers, which worked out pretty well although as usual I had a bit more than expected. Crisp for breakfast: $3 peaches + $5 blueberries + $4 milk made into yogurt = $12 for 5 breakfasts but there’s lots of yogurt and a few servings of crisp leftover. Let’s…

Fresh Corn Grits with Swiss Chard and Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

From Afro-Vegan by Bryant Terry Ingredients: 2 pounds cherry tomatoes, quartered 1 T plus 2 t olive oil 1 T plus 1.75 t coarse sea salt 12 ounces Swiss chard, stemmed and cut into bite-size pieces Kernels from 2 large ears of sweet corn 1/2 cup finely diced yellow onion 1 large garlic clove, minced…

Skillet Baked Orzo

From The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook by America’s Test Kitchen Ingredients: 1 T olive oil 1 onion, chopped fine 4 garlic cloves, minced 12 ounces (2 cups) orzo Salt and pepper 3.5 cups vegetable broth 1/2 cup white wine 2 zucchini, quartered lengthwise and sliced 1/2 inch thick 8 ounces cherry tomatoes, halved 3 ounces (3…

Weekly Meal Plan: 8/4-8/10

After feeling like I had a little too much from the farmers’ market last week I tried to reign it in a bit this week, plus I’m very happy to report my first really sizable green bean harvest from my garden! I decided that was a good excuse to make gado-gado (third time this season,…

Weekly Meal Recap: 7/28-8/3

Once again, things did not go exactly according to plan–which is making me feel like it is actually a useful exercise for me post plans and recaps separately. Most of the variation was based on trying to make sure I didn’t let things go to waste (both leftovers and ingredients) but some of it was…