This Week's Meals and Shopping List

Sorry for the delay, friends! Can I use New Year's Eve/Day events as an excuse? Thanks:)

Here's what I'm planning for this week:

BREAKFAST OPTIONS:

Oatmeal

Banana

Peanut or Almond butter sandwich on Ezekiel 4:9 bread

MID-MORNING SNACKS:

nuts/dried fruit

homemade popcorn with nutritional yeast for topping - MAKE THIS AHEAD

Fresh fruit - kiwi, apples, pears, banana chopped

celery with peanut or almond butter

LUNCH OPTIONS:

edamame lightly salted over brown rice

Green apple with peanut butter

Leftover of the dinners listed below

Peanut butter sandwich (if not eaten for breakfast)

AFTERNOON SNACKS:

nuts/dried fruit

popcorn - MAKE THIS AHEAD TONIGHT, following the directions we sent

Fresh fruit - kiwi, apples, pears, banana chopped

Veggies

DINNERS (all served with a small side salad of carrots, cucumber and almonds):

Crock-Pot Red Lentil Stew

Seven-Vegetable Couscous (this one is amazing and beautiful, people!)
Quinoa Protein Bowl
Whole Wheat Garlic Pasta Packed with Greens and Chickpeas (with Broccoli, Kale, Chickpeas, Zucchini)


SHOPPING LIST: (adjust to exclude items you already have or to include more of items you prefer)

fruits and veggies:
1 Bunch Bananas
Apples - green and red
Oranges and Clementines - a large bag, we do our own orange juicing, occasionally)
Pears (we like the brown ones)
Kiwi
Pomegranate
Grapefruit
Cantaloupe
1 bunch Celery
3 Onions
3 garlic bulbs
2 heads of Broccoli
2 bunches of organic carrots with stems
1 lb plum tomatoes (4-6)
Small chunk of fresh ginger (need at least 2 T ginger)
1 bunch Cilantro
3 bunches Kale
Butternut Squash (3 lbs across 2 recipes)
3 small Zucchini
2 small turnips
Fennel bulb
Flat leaf parsley - only need a few sprigs

Condiment-types, grains and Bulk-bin items:
Mellow White Miso
Dijon Mustard
Lemon Juice
Small tub of fresh ground almond butter and 1 tub of fresh ground peanut butter
365 Nut and Cranberry mix (from whole foods)
Bag of popcorn kernals
Bag of long grain brown rice
Dry Quinoa
Shelled Hemp Seeds
Nutritional Yeast
1 lb red lentils - dried
Steal Cut Oats
Cane sugar
Sliced almonds - about a cup
1 1/2 cups whole wheat couscous

Spices, Oils, Canned/Boxed:
Small container Vegetable Oil
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Coriander
Cumin
Cinnamon ground and cinnamon sticks
Tumeric
Cardamom
Paprika
Red pepper flakes
1 14-oz can light coconut milk
Almond Milk
1 15oz can of whole peeled tomatoes
Salt & pepper
2 cans Chickpeas
1/2 pound of Jerusalem Artichoke Pasta or 100% whole-wheat spaghetti

Frozen:
2 bags of frozen edamame (i like to buy the steamer bags)

1 bag frozen peas
Ezekiel 4:9 bread

Recipes to come!