Weekly Meal Plan: April 20 - 26

Hi everyone! I'm having such a great time in Halifax and I'm going to bombard you with posts about all our amazing meals when I get back. But for now, here's a post with last week's meal plan for my last week at my apartment:

FOODS TO USE UP: Chicken, eggs, meatballs, cilantro, feta cheese, cheddar cheese, all my fruits and vegetables, tortillas

MEAL PLAN:

Saturday: Dinner at Veg Out with Andrea and Rae. This curried chickpea and spinach stuffed sweet potato was amazing!

Sunday: I was at a staff party at Organic Works for dinner - Chef made us an awesome family-style dinner with way too much food and wine. But for lunch I had black bean tacos with guacamole, pico de gallo, cheddar cheese, and plain Greek yogurt.

Monday: Black bean stuffed sweet potato with all the leftovers from Sunday's lunch. I've been on a huge Mexican food kick for the past few months and I'm still going strong.

Tuesday: Chicken stir fry with brown rice topped with leftover Goddess Bowl sauce - this was the perfect meal to help me use up all the veggies in my fridge!

Wednesday: My last two meatballs, a fried egg, roasted sweet potato and Brussels sprouts

Thursday: Mom came to help me move out, so we went out for sushi at Gozen. I got started with a wakame salad - I could seriously eat like four bowls of this stuff!

My entree was a sushi special that came with a veggie California roll and 2 pieces each of salmon, tuna and red snapper sushi.

Friday: Best of the Best Farm Start fundraiser dinner aka. the night I gave myself a food hangover!

GROCERY LIST: Bananas, blueberries, broccoli, 2 sweet peppers, 1 sweet potato, 2 tomatoes, avocado, carton of egg whites, plain Greek yogurt, coffee filters

What are your favourite vegetables to put in stir fries?

Are you hooked on any cuisines at the moment? 

Weekly Meal Plan: April 13 - 19

Hi everyone! I can't believe I'm moving in 3 days! I'm not even close to ready for it - I still have so much packing to do. Also despite my efforts to eat up the contents of my fridge and freezer, they are still pretty full.

But I tried to plan my meals last week around using up all my food, which helped make a dent. Here's what I planned:

FOODS TO USE UP: Meatballs, cilantro, salmon, feta cheese, pancetta, Irish soda bread, edamame, corn, tortillas, marinara sauce

MEAL PLAN:

Saturday: Edamame soba noodle bowl with a homemade sesame soy stir fry sauce

Sunday: Meatballs with a BBQ sauce glaze, roasted sweet potatoes and broccoli

Monday: Salmon with lemon and parsley, grilled balsamic vegetables, and herb roasted potatoes

Tuesday: Pasta and meatballs with marinara sauce and veggies

Wednesday: "Cobb salad" with a hard boiled egg, pancetta, cherry tomatoes, avocado, and feta cheese over baby spinach with a lemon Dijon dressing and Irish soda bread on the side.

Thursday: Green goddess bowl from my Refresh cookbook with marinated tofu, steamed greens, brown rice, nori, a lemon tahini sauce, and toasted sunflower seeds.

Friday: Leftovers from Thursday.

GROCERY LIST: Bananas, apples, sweet peppers, zucchini, kale, spinach, cherry tomatoes, regular tomatoes, avocado, parsley, lemon, broccoli, large white potato, ginger, black beans, tofu, eggs, and milk.

When was the last time you moved? Any tips?

What was the last recipe you made from a cookbook?

This post is a part of the What I Ate Wednesday link up over at Peas and Crayons.

Weekly Meal Plan: April 6 - 12

Hi everyone! I've got another meal plan post for you today. Last week was a good one - mostly because it involved three nights of Mexican food. And that means three nights of guacamole. And cheese. Enough said.

I've also started planning my meals around all the foods in my fridge and freezer that I have to use up before I move - there's a lot in there! I made a good dent this week though. Here's what was on my meal plan:

FOODS TO USE UP: Cilantro, frozen beef stock, frozen tortillas, frozen spinach, and frozen homemade Irish soda bread

MEAL PLAN:

Saturday: Tofu stir fry with Sunbutter sauce over brown rice. This is one of my favourite meals so I like putting it on my meal plan at least every few weeks!

Sunday: Sushi with Andrea and Shannon. I got a wakame salad, California roll and salmon roll. Nothing out of the usual for me.

Monday: Homemade beef and quinoa soup with Irish soda bread (from my freezer) on the side. I started out following a recipe for the soup, but I ended up just winging it. It turned out great though!

Tuesday: Soft shell tacos with ground turkey cooked with taco seasoning, homemade guacamole, homemade pico de gallo, lettuce, cheddar cheese, and plain Greek yogurt. Messy to eat - I'm pretty sure half of the fillings fell out onto my plate - but so good.

Wednesday: Taco salad with all the leftover toppings on romaine lettuce. This left me stuffed because of all the protein and healthy fats in this meal. Also, it was a pretty big portion - that bowl is actually a serving bowl!

Thursday: Glory Bowl, which is originally a recipe from the Whitewater Ski Resort in British Columbia. Apparently they had such great dishes there that their customers begged them to make a cookbook, so they released Whitewater Cooks. I wish more restaurants would do that!

Friday: Leftover taco salad

GROCERY LIST: Bananas, apples, berries, sweet peppers, onions, celery, tomatoes, avocado, romaine lettuce, beets, white potatoes, cheddar cheese, stewing beef, ground turkey, taco seasoning, oats, nutritional yeast, plain Greek yogurt, vanilla Greek yogurt

This post is part of the What I Ate Wednesday link up at Peas and Crayons' blog.


What meal do you eat over and over again?

If you could have a cookbook from any restaurant, which restaurant would it be?