Meal Planning

I need to go grocery shopping tomorrow for some more fruit and a couple ingredients for tomorrow night's dinner, so I'm going to meal plan the next week now.  Here is what I'm planning to make:

Pepperoni Pizza Spring Rolls and Grey Stuff 

From the "Delish Loves Disney" edition of Delish magazine.  Because making/eating fun themed food makes me happy and Simran has been falling asleep at night reading this magazine.  Sameer ate some of my vegetarian pepperoni, so I'm going to pick up more tomorrow as well as some whole milk for the grey stuff (cookies 'n cream pudding?) recipe.  

[Edited 7/9/2021: Both the spring rolls and marinara turned out really well.  I had been afraid the rolls would fall open during the frying process, but everything actually went really smoothly.  They basically taste like homemade Totino's pizza rolls.  We'll finish the leftovers easily, but if we'd had too many, I bet they could be frozen and reheated in the toaster oven in the style of pizza rolls.

I wanted to make some dark leafy greens sauteed Italian style to go with this junk food dinner.  I bought dandelion greens because they were the freshest looking greens at the store.  They were pretty bitter and disproved my theory that absolutely any dark leafies would taste good prepared this way, but it was fine and we finished them.

The grey stuff (topped with chocolate pearls) was a bit thin when I was piping it, so it isn't as pretty as I had hoped.  Delicious though and incredibly rich.  It's basically Oreo pudding.  That trifle glassful was WAY too much for one sitting, but on the bright side that means we get to have it again tomorrow.]

Plant-Based Spaghetti and Meatballs

Again from "Delish loves Disney."  We haven't had veggie meatballs since we ran out of the delicious Trader Joe's ones early on in the pandemic, and I forgot to buy more when I finally returned to Trader Joe's about a month ago.  This recipe seems pretty basic though and probably tastes good.  Thinking about making this Sunday night while the weather is still cool.  Might buy some dark leafy greens to make sauteed Italian style as a side dish.

[Edited 7/13/2021: I made this tonight alongside some cheesy garlic bread made from aging burger/hot dog buns and a green salad from some excess lettuce.  The meatballs are made of a Beyond Meat puck, a bunch of food processed cremini mushrooms, fresh garlic, basil, parsley, salt, and pepper.  Sim gave them a 7/10 and said they taste like the meatlessballs we usually eat, which are the ones from the Trader Joe's freezer section and are fantastic in my opinion.  I would definitely make this again and maybe freeze the meatballs for later after the baking process.  The marinara was a really easy recipe from a large can of tomato sauce, but I also threw in the homemade marinara sauce leftover from the pepperoni pizza spring rolls, which added some more texture and flavor because it was an entirely different recipe.  I'm gonna pick up a few groceries tomorrow and get some more buns so I can make tonight's leftovers into meatball subs tomorrow night and hopefully finish them off.  It's basically all the same components minus the noodles, but it's delicious enough Sim won't fuss about it.]

 

Falafel and Fresh Pita Bread

Sameer's been talking about making this since May.  We'll see if he wants to do it this week. 

 

Black Bean Burgers

Because I have some made already in the freezer and I can cook them in the toaster oven. 

Creole Red Beans & Rice

Because I already have the ingredients.  I should toss my diced peppers and onions in the freezer though to keep them fresh until I make this.

 

Vegan Thai Green Curry Noodles

Looks quick to cook and delicious.