Meal Plan 2/27

I can't believe my little man is a month old tomorrow! Time flies! We're loving every minute of it though and Charlotte is such a great big sister!!

So here's what I have for this week :)

Monday: Southwestern Quinoa Vegetable Casserole, roasted cauliflower
Tuesday: Bean Soup, corn bread, salad (vegan)--leftovers are great over a baked potato for lunch or a light supper
Wednesday: Cheese Lasagna from a friend, bread, salad
Thursday: Spaghetti Squash Crostini, stirfried mushrooms, sugar snap peas, and carrots(vegan)
Friday: Black bean tacos with avocado and lime (vegan if you don't put cheese on yours, it always depends on my mood)
Saturday: Kidney beans and vegetable gratin, potato side (maybe baked rounds or something)
Sunday: Leftovers

Bean Soup Recipe

Bean Soup

Ingedients:
1 can vegetarian baked beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can pinto beans
1 can green lima beans
1 can butter beans
1 can green beans
1 T molasses
1 1/2 cup ketchup
1 cup brown sugar
1 T mustard
1 stem diced celery
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 large onion chopped

Drain beans. Mix all ingredients but celery, pepper and onion together and place in slow cooker. Cook on low until hot (4 hrs minimum but it can stay in longer) Right before eating, saute onion, pepper and celery in oil and add to soup.

Serve with cornbread (I make my own because Jiffy has animal lard).

Leftovers are great served over a baked potato!

New Meals

Ok so I've been really slacking as a blogger! I had my baby Jan 27th and it was a BOY!!! We are getting adjusted and I'm finally getting a little more time :).

Here's our meal plan for this week! A few people are bringing us food so there aren't as many meals planned as a regular week, but I'm not complaining :-)!

Saturday: Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps (vegan) (its the 2nd recipe... we didn't use oyster sauce)
Sunday: Pasta with homemade pasta sauce (vegan... depending on pasta) (no crumbles or mushrooms), garlic bread, salad
Monday: Delicious Big Bowl Quinoa, (vegan)Steamed Broccoli
Tuesday: Zucchini Rice Frittata (from Moosewood... I think we might use different cheeses in it), fruit salad
Wednesday: Friend is bringing us food!
Thursday: More food from someone :)
Friday: Food from a friend!
Saturday: Polenta Casserole (from Moosewood), Salad, homemade bread
Sunday: Vegan mac and cheese (vegan) (recipe below), Fresh Veggie side (not sure what we'll get from our co-op yet)
Monday: Southwestern Quinoa Vegetable Casserole (vegan if you don't use cheese or sub it), side (not sure what yet)

Vegan Mac and Cheese: From my friend Kari... she brought us food after I had my baby!

I just cook potatoes, carrots, and onions in a little water until they were tender. Then I put them in then blender with rice milk, olive oil, salt and tumeric root. Blend, add to cooked pasta and then bake until bubbly. The bread crumbs on top are optional.

Mealplan 12/9

I've been a terrible blogger! So much for my weekly postings w/ a full menu! Life has been a bit too hectic!

Anyways, here's a few more meals to give you some ideas :)

Stirfry over rice (beans for protein)-I haven't been much into tofu these days.
Black beans and Rice in tortilla
Pizza-homemade with veggie toppings (I think we have a green pepper and some onions in our fridge!)
Grilled cheese
Pizza Bagels, green beans
Baked Ziti (I have one frozen from last time-yum & easy!)

More Meals :)

So I'm kinda slacking this week! I've been so exhausted and we had a nice time enjoying our long Thanksgiving weekend :).

Here are a few meals that we had this week. Since tomorrow is payday (yay!) I'll be making new meals for then :). I'm trying to make them a bit more simple these days!

Pizza Bagels (veggie & cheese), green beans
Fake "Chick'n" sandwiches with cheese, roasted butterling potatoes, salad
Fettetuni Alfredo with broccoli (homemade sauce), garlic bread
Spaghetti Squash Mexicana (Vegan), green beans

The Spaghetti Squash recipe is from Veganomican which is an amazing cookbook! Everything is amazing :).

Meal Plan beginning 11/21/2010

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!! We're celebrating with a friend and making some of the dishes (all vegetarian of course).

We ate leftovers a couple of times (we had so many!!) so we have two leftover recipes, but I'm just going to take the French toast one off, so we have one repeat from last week. Oh and LOTS of salad. I ordered 2 heads lettuce in my co-op and they're HUGE!

Meals for this week:
Greek Stuffed Zucchini, Green beans with lemon and garlic
Vegan Fajitas, salad (vegan)
Broccoli Tortellini Casserole, salad
Eggs with toast, fruit salad
Thanksgiving
Leftovers (Thanksgiving)
Leftovers (Thanksgiving) or something light like grilled cheese, cereal, etc.

For Thanksgiving this year I'm making:
Veggie Meatloaf (cook lentils according to package instructions... I always use more too)
Cheesy Potatoes (altered to be veggie)
Veggie Gravy (I have packets from another co-op I'm in)
Rolls (breadmaker)
Cranberry stuff
Stuffing (just using veggie stock instead of chicken stock)
Pumpkin Pie
Sparkling Cider

Appetizer: Cheeseball and crackers

Meal Plan beginning 11/14/2010

Well we didn't get to two of our meals from last week so they're on the menu for this week :).

This weeks meals:
French toast with fresh fruit topping (your choice), eggs (optional)
Baked ziti with roasted peppers, lettuce salad with homemade croutons
Greek stuffed zucchini, fresh cucumber slices
Chickpea veggie burgers, homemade potato wedges
Leek and bean cassoulet with biscuits
Baked Potatoes topped with baked beans, sour cream, cheese, butter, etc., big salad
Sweet potato curry over rice, green beans with lemon and garlic

Just as a note: there are a bunch of shortcuts you can take with some of these recipes. You don't have to make tomato sauces for the ziti or stuffed zucchini. You can use store bought croutons. You can also just buy french fries or something along those lines with the burgers :).