Monday, May 6, 2019

There is so much food in my refrigerator right now.  I need to use up anything I can and buy as little new food as possible.  I currently have: one red bell pepper, three fresh jalapenos, a ripe avocado, green lettuce, two tomatoes, a small amount of watercress, an entire package of whole wheat pita pockets, and quite a few flour tortillas (some whole wheat, some not).  Here is what I'm going to do:

Vegan Seafood Salad in Pita Pockets and Crudites
This seafood salad was why I bought the pita pockets and red bell pepper in the first place, so I won't have to buy much more.  I do need celery, a new red onion, and a lemon.  This should use up a pita pocket or two, plus some of the red bell pepper (I'll chop and freeze the rest), avocado, tomato, and the watercress.  I'll probably give Sim baby carrots and celery sticks with hummus for her veggie side.  I'll either eat that or a salad if I have the energy to make more salad dressing before dinner.

Yellow Rice & Black Beans with Broccoli (The How Not to Die Cookbook, pg. 152)
I have to make broth for this, so I'll need to use up the rest of the broth on other recipes.

Tofu & Vegetable Stirfry with Brown Rice
I'll use some of the broth for the stirfry.  I don't use oil in this recipe anymore.  I just saute everything in vegetable broth instead.  Sameer actually thinks it tastes better this way.

DIY Sandwiches and Yellow Split Pea Dal with Watercress (THNTD Cookbook, pg. 134)
I have so many random sandwich fixins and veggie dogs that I'll just do that plus the soup for Sim.  I'll have the soup over rice and a salad or something.  I want to make this soup to use up the rest of the broth as well as one of the jalapenos in my fridge.  I also already have tons of yellow split peas that I don't really use, and I'd like to see how the texture differs from chana dal in this sort of recipe.

Lots of healthy vegan recipes this week.  Hopefully we can handle this much healthy.  On the bright side, none of it looks particularly challenging.  I'll just have to set aside some time to prep the things that need prepping (e.g., I need to mix up more savory spice blend, make broth, and chop some vegetables).

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