Alright, fine. I’ll admit it. Since i started sharing recipes with you all, I have actually started enjoying cooking (a little bit) again lately. I think sharing what I’m making has forced me to actually take my own advice and plan meals for the week. The result is that I don’t get to the end of the day and have to figure out what I’m making, I already have a plan. It’s made the end of the day less stressful.
I honestly used to love cooking so much (about 12 years ago) that I considered a cooking/meal prep blog. My thought at that time was I’d send out recipes to people based on what was on sale that week…. sound familiar??? But I’m not a chef and certainly don’t take quality photographs, so I knew I’d never be able to make what I was cooking look like all those recipe blogs I enjoyed.
Anyhow, here’s my plan for the week.
Vegetable Paninis
I first tried this recipe from the EveryPlate subscription I’ve done (on and off) for a couple years now. I don’t eat mayonnaise, so I leave that out and use avocado instead. I use any excuse I can find to add avocado to things. I did this meal last night, so I can tell you that I also made French fries and steamed carrots to go with it.
Stir Fry
I have made this stir fry for years. I’ve altered the ingredients in various ways, but I keep the sauce the same. This week I’ll do a veggie stir fry. I typically double the veggies and the sauce when I make it. I’ll do broccoli, bell peppers, cabbage, sugar snap peas and carrots because those are the veggies that I had already and/or purchased this week. I also use veggie broth instead of chicken broth
Sweetgreen Harvest Bowl Knockoff (lakeshorelady.com)
This is a new recipe for me. I LOVE the restaurant Sweetgreen and this is the salad I would always order. Until recently I was only able to eat here when I the DC/Virginia area. Thankfully the quick-service restaurant is starting to branch out to other states! I found this copycat recipe and I’m excited to try it out! The Harvest Bowl is what I would always order.
Salmon, Rice and Veggies
This is my easy meal this week. This is kind of a staple meal in my house. I’ll actually be making this today (Monday) because it’s a busy day and this one is easy to pull together. I marinate the salmon in teriyaki sauce and then I’ll likely use the minute rice I got from Target on sale last week and some type of veggie. Whatever sounds good when I start cooking that I find in my fridge.
Rainbow Shirataki Bowl with Peanut Lime Sauce • It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken
When I was going through my recipes, this one stood out to me. I know it’s not really a “fall” recipe, but I break all the rules. LOL. Y’all know I’m kidding; I’m a total rule follower. In the kitchen, however, I have a hard time following a recipe exactly as written. I can’t remember how I altered this one, so I’ll let you know once I make it this week