Go forth, eat great things, have some wine.

— Me

I’m at work, tired and hungry. I think about what we have at the house…and realize I have to go to the store, then go home and cook. If we’re lucky, we’ll eat around 10ish; I’ll go to bed exhausted, and repeat the next day. Or maybe we can eat out?

Enter ‘meal planning’! Every couple of weeks, I research four recipes I’d like to try, or come up with my own. I’ll draft a list of ingredients, and either buy them all at once, or divide them to buy on the weekends. I hate throwing away food just because it spoiled waiting in the fridge.

We’re not vegan in our household just yet, but we’ve cut back quite a bit on meat. So I try to incorporate meatless recipes, or substitute ingredients in recipes I like for vegetarian or vegan options. With that in mind, I’m adding a PDF with the four recipes I chose for these last two weeks, and their corresponding ingredients list.

• Pasta with Beef Marinara
• Roasted chicken thighs, potatoes & veggies with pan vinaigrette
• Szechuan Tofu with Cauliflower
• Black bean ‘mamposteao rice’

PS I made a modification! When I published this, I hadn’t made the rice, so I didn’t remember I usually bake the ‘amarillos’. I made the update on the PDF. 🙂

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