Oct 30th - time for more soup stock

Saturday lunch - chicken salad sandwiches (cilantro, tomato, mayo, balti seasoning)

Actual: could have used a bit more cilantro and mayo

Saturday dinner - flank steak fajitas with cheddar, fried onions, roasted tomato, horseradish mayo

Actual: the tortillas were perfect with this

Sunday lunch - flank steak & udon mazemen (with roasted tomato?) https://thefoodietakesflight.com/miso-butter-mazemen/

Actual: very good.

Monday lunch - chicken quesadilla (leftover chicken salad + cheese + tortillas)

Actual: I probably should have added a bit more tex-mex spicing, but it was surprisingly effective. Also, those tortillas need to be used up very soon, they are getting a bit dry.

Monday dinner - butter chicken paneer on roast sweet potato home fries

Actual: scrambled eggs on toast. Work was draining emotionally.

Tuesday - zucchini-paneer fritters

Actual - ??? We must have had something

Wednesday - eggplant shakshukka

Actual - zucchini fritters

Thursday dinner - butter chicken on roasted sweet potatoes

Friday lunch - green beans, noodles, fried egg, bocconcini, cilantro, tahini sriracha dressing

Tuesday-whenever: need to finish up the green beans with lunches. Probably a mix of eggs and rice and sauces. There is some red lentil stew to use as well

- green beans with miso-butter is delicious

Week of Oct 24 - eggplant, green beans

Eggplant, cilantro, green beans, red lentil coconut curry, lap cheong sausages, roast sweet potato  

Sunday lunch - something with the last of the pork belly (cubano inspired? mazeman noodles? eggplant?) 

Actual: udon, reheat pork belly and roasted eggplant in a soy-mirin-miso-ginger-garlic sauce, fried egg, cilantro

Sunday dinner - lap cheong, green beans, rice, chili crisp

Actual: egg fried rice with lap cheong and green beans, hoisin & oyster sauce

Monday lunch - red lentil coconut curry, green beans, cilantro

Monday dinner - maple chipotle lime chicken and zucchini tacos with pico de gallo

Tuesday lunch - tuna, green beans, sweet potato, egg

Tuesday dinner - butternut squash soup & bread

Wednesday lunch - miso garlic butter green beans, fried egg, red pepper flakes, croutons

Wednesday dinner - eggplant shashukka 

Thursday lunch - 

Thursday dinner - zucchini-salmon panko-crusted fritters

Week of Oct 17 - cheese curds, labneh, bacon

There is leftover cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving, cheese curds from making turkey poutine, some labneh in olive oil that needs to be used up before it goes off, and some bacon ends bought from going to the store for cheese curds with a gift certificate. Cilantro because it was on sale and I wasn't thinking when we were grocery shopping

Sunday brunch - cranberry sauce muffins (https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/leftover-cranberry-sauce-muffins/)

Sunday lunch - labneh, rice, tomato, egg

Sunday dinner - southwest panzanella (marinated grilled zucchini, roasted pepper, cilantro, cheese curds, bacon, croutons, pickled red onion, maple chipotle lime dressing) 

actual: no bacon or pickled red onion, but overall very successful

Monday lunch - labneh, lentils, tomato, bacon

Monday dinner - zucchini, egg, bacon, salsa fresca, cheese curd tacos onion soup with toast and cheese curds

actual: it was the start of the cold weather, and the idea of using some of the soup in the freezer really appealed. Added some of the beef jus from last week's short rib braise, which improved a frankly mediocre onion soup very well. I rushed the soup and hadn't allowed the onions to caramelize enough before adding stock.

Tuesday lunch - labneh, lentils, bacon, rice, tomato

Tuesday dinner - coleslaw with orange segments, grilled chicken

actual: okonomiyaki to finish up the cabbage

Wednesday lunch - roast eggplant, lentils, egg, rice, tomato jam, labneh, tahini

Wednesday dinner - chicken, zucchini, red onion, salsa, cheddar, tortillas

Actual: forgot the red onion, but worked out mostly ok. A bit liquidy from the zucchini

Thursday lunch - pork belly udon soup

Actual: moved to Saturday lunch, added to 

Thursday dinner - byo roast sweet potato, corn, pulled pork, salsa, cheddar

Actual: great for a low thought dinner with the pork brought out from the freezer, and pickled onions made several days ahead. stretched the leftover salsa from Wednesday with another tomato and lime juice, and then had more leftovers for Friday.

Friday lunch - out tex mex lentils, chicken, zucchini, rice, labneh, salsa bowl of leftovers

Friday dinner - gilled cheese with tomato jam

Week of Oct 9 - another week of vacation - potential leftovers?

Sunday - honey garlic sausage, cabbage, rice noodles, tamarind dressing, fried onions

Actual: the tamarind dressing was a bit too thin, and the liquid from the noodles and cooking the cabbage probably exacerbated that, but the sausage was well received

Monday - Thanksgiving

Tuesday - roast sweet potato home fries, eggs, tomato jam, stuffing panko-crusted cauliflower cheese croquettes, harissa-mayo dipping sauce

Actual: pretty good, the mix was a bit wet, but the panko helped to have a crisp outside and contrast

Wednesday (lunch) - roast turkey, tomato jam, bacon, cheese sandwiches

Actual: didn't bother to make bacon, just had the turkey/tomato/cheddar on toast and took it with us for a nice walk. Good way to start moving through the leftover turkey.

Wednesday (dinner) - panko crusted salmon cakes with mashed potato, corn and chipotle. roasted bell peppers, shishito peppers

Actual: a very easy way to use up some of the mashed potato and peppers from Thanksgiving

Thursday (lunch) - soy-mirin green beans and almonds, shishito peppers with furiyaki, thinly sliced steak, rice 

Thursday (dinner) - okonomiyaki braised short ribs, brussel sprouts, mashed potato, bread

Actual: leftover oatmeal stout from last night, a cup of onion soup that didn't have many onions in them, a bit of a romano pecorino rind, and the last of the mashed potato from Thanksgiving. Forgot to add bay leaves and probably could have added a tad more salt, but overall it was a very nice piece of meat.

Friday (lunch) - butter chicken, rice

Actual: as per plan. there was a lot of discount chicken to freeze, and I decided to hold back the tenders for butter chicken (pulling a cup of sauce from the freezer)

Friday (dinner) - tacos steak, bell peppers, shishito peppers, green beans, rice

Actual: not quite as good as Thursday lunch, not sure what I did differently. At least one of those peppers was unexpectedly hot

Saturday -  zucchini, corn, salmon fritters turkey poutine on sweet potato home fries

Actual: bought actual cheese curds which squeaked nicely, and added a quick fried onion, lemon-caper dressing which really elevated the whole thing to not just be turkey and gravy on potato

Week of Oct 3 - vacation (feta, green beans)

Sunday lunch: green beans, rice noodles, curried coconut butternut squash, fried onions 

Actual: way too much lemongrass and curry. Tried to compensate with peanut butter, sugar, lime juice

Sunday dinner: chicken breast, napa cabbage, rice, ssamjang sauce, mayo 

Actual: quite nice for very little effort

Monday lunch: green beans, hard boiled egg, rice, ssamjang sauce

Monday dinner: Cubano bowl - roast sweet potato home fries, pulled pork, roasted pepper, feta, mustard sauce, gherkins

Actual: very good. mustard sauce mixed in mayo and yogurt. could have added more gherkins

Tuesday lunch: green beans, rice, curried butternut squash soup

Actual: way too much ginger and/or lemongrass. peanut butter helped

Tuesday dinner: zucchini-feta fritters, tomato jam

Wednesday lunch: green beans, feta, hard boiled eggs, pomegranate dressing, walnuts

Wednesday dinner: ramen out 

Thursday lunch: quiche (feta, spinach), tomato jam takeout sandwiches for our long walk

Thursday dinner: shashukka takeout chicken