2012 Week 2 Meal Plan

So I've decided that I like posting individual recipes better than posting everything at one sitting. What I plan on doing is making recipes (and taking photos!) throughout the week and then on the weekend post a meal plan (which will really be the previous week's meal plan but you of course can make it for the upcoming week). If I get really ambitious I may add a grocery list for the week. I will usually do 4 or 5 recipes with one or two days planned for leftovers and one "off" day (which is usually Sunday because we have dinner with our church LifeGroup), so I will only show dinners for 6 days (usually).

So, here is the first of the meal plans in that fashion. I hope to get the next one out this weekend so I won't always be posting the full plan in the middle of the week. Enjoy!

Day 1 - Hearty Pumpkin Soup with Orange
Day 2 - Polenta with Roasted Tomatoes and Swiss Chard
Day 3 - Garlic and Greens Spaghetti Squash
Day 4 - Pumpkin Soup day 2
Day 5 - Thai Red Curry Mahi Mahi Salad (page 242 of Food Network Magazine's Great Easy Meals or visit foodnetwork.com)
Day 6 - leftover round-up - meaning pull out all the remaining leftovers and everyone scavenge :)


Grocery list:
Possibly already on hand:

• 2 onions
• brown rice
• 1 lb carrots
• chicken or veggie stock
• polenta
• garlic
• nutmeg
• cinnamon
• red pepper flakes
• sea salt
• pepper
• EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
• Parmesan or Romano Cheese
• Thai red curry paste
• sugar
• fish sauce
• Asian chile sauce
• peanuts or cashews

Probably need to purchase:

• 1 baking pumpkin or kabocha squash
• 1 small spaghetti squash
• 1 orange
• 2 bunches Kale or Swiss Chard or Spinach
• 28 oz can plum tomatoes
• goat cheese (chèvre)
• frozen peas or edamame
• 1 can coconut milk (not lite)
• 1¼ lbs Mahi Mahi
• limes
• Bib or red leaf lettuce
• 1 bunch watercress
• 1 cucumber
• 1 bunch scallions
• 1 red or yellow bell pepper
• cilantro