Meal Plan

This week, we are having--
Vegetable Wild Rice Soup
Stroganoff and Salad
Fish and Asparagus
Sausage and Glazed Red Cabbage
Chickpea Curry

Glazed Red Cabbage

Okay, folks, I know that cooked cabbage is probably not on your list of top ten most awesome foods ever.  However, I promise that this recipe is actually really really good and you will look at red cabbage in a whole new way.  "Yum," you'll think, "cabbage!  I love cabbage!"

Glazed Red Cabbage
Nouns-
1 head red cabbage (duh), cored and sliced into thin ribbons
1 half yellow onion, sliced
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp orange marmalade
1 pinch cardamom
1 pinch allspice
1 pinch clove
1 dab of olive oil

Verbs-
Drip a few drops of olive oil into a large frying or saute pan.  Turn heat to medium.  Add the onions and stir until onions start to become translucent.  Add the cabbage.  Cook until wilted.  Add the spices, raisins, balsamic and orange marmalade, turning heat to medium high and tossing to coat.  Cook for 2-3 more minutes, then remove from heat and serve.  Amaze your friends!  Yum, cabbage!

Meal Plan

This week, we are having some fall-inspired dishes, including some yummy pear things.  Every year my grandma sends us a huge box of Harry and David pears, and though we haven't gotten ours yet, just thinking about it has me in the mood for pears.  Yummm.

 Here's the plan:

1. Turkey Chili
2. Salad with pears, candied walnuts and bleu cheese, paired with this fantastic salmon with balsamic pear sauce recipe, and probably some rice.
3. Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup
4. Chicken Sausage with glazed red cabbage and roasted herbed potatoes
5. Quinoa Burritos

Meal Plan

Here's what's for dinner this week:

Cauliflower Bacon Soup
Salad with Glazed Chicken and Feta
Tilapia with Sweet Potatoes
Butternut Squash Bacon Casserole
Vegetarian Crockpot Chili 

Meal Plan and Vegetable Curry Recipe

This week, we are having--

Vegetable Chickpea Crockpot Curry
Tilapia
Chicken Parmesan
Cauliflower Soup
Spinach Salad with Chickpeas, feta and oranges


Many things are leftover from last week's plan, because we ended up eating the bean and corn soup for a couple of days.  It were yummy.

The curry recipe turned out delicious, and is my new favorite cold-weather comfort dish.  Here it is:



Vegetable Chickpea Crockpot Curry
Nouns:
2-3 cups cooked chickpeas (I cook mine in the crockpot from dry, you can use canned if you want)
1 large onion, diced
1 1/2 green peppers, chopped
1 sweet potato, peeled and chopped
1/2 potato, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 cup green beans, trimmed and cut into one-inch lengths
1 tsp chili garlic sauce
1 tsp red pepper flakes
1 red chili pepper, minced
1 tsp fresh grated ginger
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp sugar
1 1/2 tbsp curry powder
2 cups vegetable stock
1 can lite coconut milk
1 cup fresh spinach

Verbs-
Put everything in the crockpot except the coconut milk and spinach.  Cook on low for 6 hours, until veggies are tender.  Turn to high and add coconut milk. Stir to combine and simmer 20 minutes.  Add spinach and stir until spinach is wilted.  Serve over rice or quinoa.  Yumm!