Meal Planning

We just got home from a week in Florida, I've gained four pounds, and it's hot here at home for pretty much the first time this summer, so I'm making cold, veggie-filled foods.  Here's what we're having this week:

Veggie Summer Rolls

Pasta Salad
My version of pasta salad is 1) vegan now, and 2) tastes better now that I've started using Annie's brand Tuscan Italian for the dressing.  It's heavy on the sun-dried tomato taste, which goes well with the other ingredients. I don't normally love sun-dried tomatoes, but this dressing is less acidic than the other Italian dressings I've used and it works well.

Veggie Burgers and Asparagus with Lemon-Caper Mayo

For the days Sameer is fasting, I plan to live off Super Salad with Garlic Caesar Dressing & Hemp Hearts (The How Not to Die Cookbook, pg. 83) and leftovers from the nights I do cook, and I'll feed Simran crudites and veggie dogs or Gardein chik'n fingers.  

I'm going to buy an avocado too and make some chocolate popsicles from the cherry chia chocolate pudding base in The How Not to Die Cookbook and blend some canned pineapple with the coconut milk in my pantry and a bit of agave nectar to make some piña colada popsicles, which Simran liked the last time I made them.

Meal Planning

My meal planning is getting very redundant, but I want to use up what I've got.  Here is what I'm doing through Friday.

Veggie Dogs and Brussels Sprouts
I'm just aiming to use up buns and veggie dogs here.  And I'm craving the Brussels sprouts with the mustard sauce.  Sim loves the Brussels sprouts as long as I give them to her before I put the sauce on (so basically they're just cooked in olive oil and salt and pepper).

Tofu Breakfast Scramble and French Toast
I'm seriously regretting not writing out the recipe I used for tofu scramble last time.  It wasn't particularly difficult, but I can't even remember which tofu scramble base recipe I used for the egginess part.  The French toast recipe I used last time I think is the one from The How Not to Die Cookbook, and I use the Ezekiel 4:9 cinnamon-raisin bread from the freezer section as the bread.  I can slice the leftovers into French toast sticks and Sim will take them with a side of veggie bacon in her lunch Thursday, so that'll be a nice way to get rid of leftovers.

Probably quesadillas on Thursday
Thursday is a fast day for Sameer, and I don't like cooking a full meal for myself and a child who doesn't even want it, so quesadillas have been increasing in frequency.  I figure if I use corn tortillas (i.e., whole grain) and fill them mostly with beans it's not too bad.

Meatless Ball Subs and Green Salad
I think I planned to make this recently but then didn't.  If I don't end up having 3+ hot dog buns left to use on this, I'll make spaghetti & meatless balls and just convert the buns into breadsticks like I always do.