Since you may be wondering: I stocked up with $20 of veggies the farmer’s market for last week’s menu and managed to get away with a $90 total grocery bill! Including the groceries we already had at home, that means $90 fed three hungry vegans for an entire week. That comes to just about $4.5 per meal, or $1.50 per person per meal. We still have bunches of stuff left over, too, since one farmer gave us no less than 10 cups of kale for our $2, and we got some free veggies from a friend of ours who gardens.
Here’s our menu for this week. You may notice a couple of repeats from the last menu: that’s because we had a few scheduling issues come up, and had to rearrange some meals. A couple of my recipes got shoved to this menu instead. This week I’m taking it easy. We’re going to be busy so I tried to make lunches easy.
Sunday, September 12
Lunch: Boca Nuggets and homemade Dill-Spiced Cottage Fries
Dinner: Roasted Vegetable Lasagna (made using a recipe from 1000 Vegan Recipes) -also making a raw portion
Monday, September 13
Lunch: leftover Lentil Pasties (from last week) and Cabbage Saute
Dinner: Yellow dal with Spinach over rice (1000 Vegan Recipes p263)
Tuesday, September 14
Lunch: Quinoa Burgers with Grilled Mushrooms and steamed green beans
Dinner: Chickpea Cutlets (from Veganomicon), coleslaw, steamed carrots
Wednesday, September 15
Lunch: Boca Chikn Nuggets, leftover cottage fries from Sunday, peas
Dinner: Breakfast for Dinner! Mushroom Frittata (Vegan With a Vengeance), Oven Roasted Potatoes, fruit smoothies
Thursday, September 16
Lunch: Chickpea Broccoli Casserole (Vegan With a Vengeance) and fresh fruit
Dinner: Summer Rolls with Dipping Sauce (VWAV p84), Rice Noodle nests (Wok cookbook), Thai Green Soup (VWAV)
Friday, September 17
Lunch: Smoothies and sandwiches, fresh veggies and Goddess Dressing
Dinner: Seitan and mushroom stroganoff
Saturday, September 18
Lunch: Sicilian rotini with mint-almond pesto
Dinner: Argentinean Vegetable Stew (1000 Vegan Recipes p254) with homemade bread bowls
Tags: cooking, food, homemade, menu, planning, schedule, vegan, vegetarian, what we eat
September 14, 2010 at 2:30 am |
Junk food to me is any food that is in a box or comes from a restaraunt. Not all restraunts serve junk but the majority do. Making vegetables and fruits the biggest portion of my diet has helped me lose a lot of weight.