Beyond Rice and Tofu

Woo-hoo! Two weeks in a row now, I have managed to post my meal plan. I think the reason why it feels like such an effort to do this is because I typically don’t go grocery shopping until Tuesday or Wednesday evening during the week. I don’t like shopping on the weekends because it gets way too crowded. And Mondays usually aren’t good because the stores don’t always get their new produce shipments in right away after the weekend, so I prefer to wait until Tuesday or Wednesday. So making a meal plan on Sunday instead of Monday or Tuesday night at 9pm feels a bit awkward. It will take some time to get into this habit.

Be sure to check out all the other Meal Plan Monday listings over at Org Junkie.

As I have said before, I usually only make 4 dinner meals a week and rely on leftovers the rest of the week. These are all familiar recipes that have passed the test.

Lentil Salad Provencal

Spicy Tofu with Vegetables and Cucumber Salad from Complete Book of Thai Cooking by Linda Stephen

Mixed Pepper Pizza with salad

Napa Noodles

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This week, I am on the ball! I got organized and started writing this post so I could link up to I’m An Organizing Junkie’s Meal Plan Monday. Over there she links up to hundreds, literally, of other bloggers who post their weekly meal plans online. This is a great resource if you are stuck in a rut and want to try something new. Surely you will find something on there you would like to try.

As for us this week, we have three old favorites and two new recipes:

Curried Tofu with rice – this didn’t get made last week

Three Bean Tacos

Tofu Stir Fry with brown rice

Thai Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese – new to us

Greek Quinoa and Avocado Salad – new to us – thanks, M, for the recipe!

I will post reviews later in the week. Check back later!

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Many of you may already be aware Meal Plan Monday’s on OrgJunkie. This is a great way to inspire others to try new things and get new ideas for yourself. I love the idea. Unfortunately, since I am just getting this thing started, I am posting my meal plan for the week one day late. Maybe I can get my act together next week and actually cross-post on OrgJunkie on Monday. What a concept!

I usually only plan to make 4 dinners per week and the other three days we eat leftovers or something quick out of the freezer. I find that if I make many more meals we end up wasting food. Either we don’t get to the produce in time or I throw away a lot of leftovers, which actually just go to the chickens or in the compost, but it still feels wasteful.

I also don’t usually assign days to the meals but try to make the one with the most fresh produce first, working my way down so that we eat the produce at it’s best. For this week we have two ‘new to us’ recipes to try and two others that we have had (and enjoy) before.

Curried Tofu with Rice

Double Bean Pasta with Tomatoes

Asian Peanut Slaw with Tofu – new to us

Indian Saag with rice – new to us

What are you eating this week?

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