Category Archives: Meal Planning

Weekly Meal Plan – Week of March 25

Last week’s menu went according to plan and it was great. I used up many items from my pantry and freezer and I got to try a new dish. The mung beans and potato salad was actually so good and super easy, but instead of frying the onions I caramelized them and mixed in a garlic/lemon/oil […]
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Weekly Meal Plan – Week of March 11

After a wonderfully clean vegetarian week, we’re back on a more inclusive diet, but still mostly Mediterranean, with focus on beans, whole grains, vegetables and very little red meat. Monday: Leftover lentil and sweet potato pie from Sunday Tuesday: Stuffed zucchini, Lebanese style with rice and ground beef (koussa mehsheh in Arabic) with yogurt Wednesday: Vegetarian pinto beans stew (Fasolya hamra bi […]
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Weekly Meal Plan – Week of March 4

I have three words for you! “Cauliflower Crust Pizza”! You must give it a try! That and some butternut squash brownies! I’m not just jotting some words together but I have attempted both dishes last week and they were a success. For the brownies, I used several recipes as a base and went with what I had on […]
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Weekly Meal Plan – Week of Feb 25

I finally gave those Adzuki beans a try and I loved them. I found them to be much milder in taste than other bean varieties. The Adzuki bean chili with raw onions and  hot salsa on top was yum. However, I failed to prepare spaghetti squash because I had accidentally bought butternut squash instead. My husband did his secret happy dance as […]
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Weekly Meal Plan- Week of Feb18/Feb24

So how did you all spend Valentine’s day? Ours was pretty special as this year we also celebrated part of it with our daughter. We took her out on a date with the Smurfs ;). Here she is enjoying her time watching her first play! Yesterday, I was supposed to post the Sunday Roundup but as […]
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