Meal Planning - April 28 - May 6, 2020

 The menu is just for ten days this time. I went to the store early last week and bought $200 worth of groceries, but I'm not entirely sure what exactly I bought with all that money. That would have been a huge shopping trip under normal time, but a shopping trip where I'm just buying usual things and planning meals around it? It's crazy. To make it worse, I don't feel as though I did a terribly good job of buying the usual things because making the meal plan for even ten days proved a little challenging if we didn't want to eat the same food day after day. I cannot wait for the greens in the garden to get big enough to use. That will help a lot!

Tuesday, April 28

Green chicken curry
     This is one of our favorites which has lots of green beans
Fresh noodles
Baby bok choy
     I froze some baby bok choy back in March, and this is what I have left. It will get boiled and then a sauce with garlic and hoisin sauce among other things goes over it.

Wednesday, April 29

Sausage risotto
     I try to keep arborio rice on hand.
Salad

Thursday, April 30

One-pan sausage and tortellini
     I had bought some dried tortellini a while back, so this seems like a good use for it.
Sauteed zucchini

Friday, May 1

Pulled pork sandwiches
     In the crock pot. I found some pork roasts on sale grocery trip before last.
Coleslaw
     I still have one head of cabbage from the six I bought before the quarantine.

Saturday, May 2

Zucchini enchiladas
     This are filled with shredded spinich, ground beef, and onion. I have some homemade enchilada sauce in the freezer that I made a while back. There will be lettuce and tomatoes served on top to check off the fresh vegetables.
Refried beans
     I'm going to try to make them from scratch this time.

Sunday, May 3

Gyros
     This is a new recipe for us. We love gyros and miss having our favorite gyros place close by. This uses ground lamb, of which I still have some, and it is made into patties which is served inside pita bread. I'm going to try to make my own pita bread for this. It will also have a white yogurt sauce as well as lettuce and tomatoes served on them.
Yellow rice
     I still have the tiniest amount of saffron that I brought back from the Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, China.

Monday, May 4

Bread and onion casserole
     This is what I make when the heels of bread have started to take over the freezer. It's pretty much just a strata with onions and cheese.
Cooked carrots

Tuesday, May 5

Garlicky white bean soup
     This is a meat heavy menu. We needed something meatless.
French bread
      From scratch

Wednesday, May 6

Homemade hamburger helper
Egg noodles
Salad

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