Meal Planning

Time for weekly meal planning.  We got takeout one night last weekend and I just made spaghetti another night when I felt lazy, so I have a couple carry-over meals.  Here is what I have to use up:  one green bell pepper,

Seitan & Veggie Stirfry and Brown Rice

Veggie Pizza and Crudites with Homemade Ranch Dip   

Cinnamon Squash Chowder and Vegetarian Club Sandwiches
I think I'll plan on making this on Christmas Eve since it's easy and will afford me time to prep Christmas dinner.  It also doesn't yield a ton of leftovers, which is good since I'll need the fridge space for Christmas food.

Nachos
The colder and more Christmasy it gets (it's really not the cold, but it's almost Christmas), the more I want junk food.  I think I will end up making nachos this weekend.  I'll aim to have leftover soup or something from an earlier night so we don't make ourselves sick on cheese and chips and dips.

Crispy Breaded Tofu Strips and Baked Potato Skins and Vegan Cream of Broccoli Soup

Chilli-Garlic Noodles

Brinner
I really want to make some egg & cheese biscuits, maybe with homemade vegan sausage patties.  I have to make the biscuits from scratch though, so I'm not committing to anything more than "brinner" at this point.  We have eggs and cheese and veggies for omelets, as well as homemade pancakes in the freezer.


Tofu Parmigiana and Green Bean Casserole and Whipped Sweet Potatoes and Cranberry Waldorf Salad and White Rolls and Cherry Cake and Mulled Wine
This will be Christmas dinner.  I can pre-make pretty much all of it and then just pop it in the oven on Christmas day.  I only have like four sweet potatoes, but I don't know what else to do with them, so I'm going to wrap them in foil and bake them, and just whip them plain.  I think I've done that before, and I'm not concerned about the small amount since we'll have so much other food.

Meal Planning

Time for weekly meal planning.  I'm mostly trying to use up ingredients already taking up space in my fridge and freezer.  Here is what I'm making:

Bubble & Squeak
I'm making this tonight because I have leftover mashed potatoes and sauteed cabbage from last night and because I love it, and Sameer won't be home at a normal time, so I figure Sim and I can eat bubble & squeak and I'll buy him a frozen pizza since I think he hates bubble & squeak.

Black Bean Burgers with Chipotle Mayo and Sweet Potato Fries
This will use up the whole wheat burger buns I bought last week for the night we had pav bhaji.  I also have leftover chipotle mayo already made in the fridge, black bean burgers premade in the freezer, and a bag of organic sweet potatoes in the pantry for the fries.  I've also got two avocados, three tomatoes, and some lettuce that this will help use up.  I think I really just have to buy a red onion for this entire meal.

Veggie Pizza and Crudites with Homemade Ranch Dip 
I'm not sure if I have any more pizza doughs in my freezer, but the freezer is packed and needs going through anyway.

Enchiladas Verdes and Slow-Cooker Black Beans and Spanish Rice

Kichari and Cucumber-Tomato Salad 
I didn't end up making this last week, so I still have all the ingredients, including a cucumber I just bought yesterday.  I think the cucumber-tomato salad will just be those two vegetables with a dash of salt and a splash of balsamic vinegar.

Seitan & Veggie Stirfry and Brown Rice
I always have the ingredients for this on hand, though I might actually be out of frozen seitan after making fried vegetarian chicken last night.  Again, I really need to clean out the freezer, so I expect I'll either find more seitan or frozen tofu cubes I can use.

Green Bean Casserole and Cinnamon Squash Chowder and Crispy Breaded Tofu Strips
I still have all the ingredients for the green bean casserole that I didn't make on Thanksgiving because I was sick, and I still have the cinnamon squash chowder ingredients since I didn't end up making it last week.  

Buttermilk Cornbread and Vegetarian Chili 
The chili will use up some if not all of the chopped bell pepper in my fridge and freezer, probably all the chopped onions in the fridge, and maybe some other random vegetables.  I think I'll have to make a fresh batch of seitans for this, but it's considerably tastier than the lentil chili I make, which I sort of hate since I'm not really into chili in the first place.