Meal Planning

Time for weekly meal planning.  I didn't end up making any part of the sushi meal planned for last week because I no longer have a sushi mat, I didn't order a new one, and what I thought was frozen dashi turned out to be cinnamon squash chowder.  I can use up the sushi ingredients in other dishes, but I still have to figure out how to use the shiitake mushrooms.  Here is what I have to use up:  at least a pound or two of organic russet potatoes, 4 oz of shiitake mushrooms, an avocado, TONS of apples and apple-pears from the farmers market, a bunch of asparagus spears, one roma tomato, one cucumber, five eggs, and about three cups of ready made cinnamon squash chowder.  The weather is turning cooler again, so I can start breaking out the soup recipes.  Here is what I'm going to make:

Black Bean Burgers and Cinnamon Squash Chowder
I have all of this ready to go in the fridge and freezer except for burger buns.  I think I'll make this tomorrow.

Miso Soup and Pan-Steamed Asparagus with Lemon-Caper Mayonnaise and Various Leftovers 
I think I'll just make new dashi and make miso soup to use up the shiitake mushrooms.  I will also make this asparagus again to use up the asparagus I had planned last week to use in sushi.  I still have some leftover lemon-caper mayo anyway, and it was fantastic.  I ate all the leftover steamed asparagus from the last batch.  This should also be a good way to use up some random leftovers from the fridge.  If there aren't enough edible leftovers in there, I can always make a batch of brown rice.  I think I'll make this meal tonight to clear things out a bit in the kitchen before grocery shopping tomorrow.

Seitan & Veggie Stir-fry and Brown Rice

Chile Garlic Noodles
I haven't made this in awhile, and I finally miss it.  I shouldn't need to buy much aside from cabbage.

Veggie Pizza and Green Salad with Homemade Ranch Dressing

Pav Bhaji 
This will use up hamburger buns I need to buy to go with the black bean burgers, and it will make a dent in the number of potatoes in my pantry too.  And use up the roma tomato. 

Beef-less Stew 
This will use up a couple potatoes too.

I'm going to make some baked apples too, I think, as well as another batch of date caramel for dipping fresh apples.  I think there was a healthy baked apple recipe on straightupfood.com.  I'll have to check again.