What’s on the Menu? (week 26, 2012)

The week is almost over but I didn’t have an opportunity to share my CSA vegetables and menu plan before today! I bet you could hardly wait.. ;P

• tomatoes
• leek
• turnip tops
• lollo rosso lettuce
• escarole
• 3 varieties of radish

In addition on Friday I got some local organic broad beans, marrowfat peas, cilantro and (curled) parsley.

Other ingredients in my fridge that need to be used up:

• 3 stalks of rhubarb
• scapes (garic shoots)
• snow peas
• spring onions
• avocado
• carrots
• mint
• basil
• cranberries…
• open jar of cooked brown lentils
• soygurt
• soy cream
• La Bute Island’s “blue cheese style” Sheese
• firm tofu
• silken tofu
• creamy basil dressing
• rhubarb chutney & syrup
• cranberry compote

So here’s this week’s menu!

Menu plan June 27th – July 3rd

• [Wednesday] Turkish takeaway from Ana’s Kuzin for Mr Gnoe’s B-day!
  Starters: prosecco wine with mixed nuts, Lebanese & pide bread, houmous, baba ganoush, antep ezmesi (chilli peppers, tomato, garlic & herbs) and non-vegan eggplant-yoghurt spread (ali nazik).
  Entrée:  Imam Bayildi (stuffed eggplant), börülce (beans in spicy tomato sauce), kisir (summer salad), rice with chickpeas and bulgur with peas.
  Dessert: fresh mint tea with homemade (!) baklava, limoncello ice from Roberto’s and cherry, followed by ice wine.

  

• [Thursday] Turkish leftovers (including dessert! :)) and mixed salad with pide croutons.
• [Friday] Chloe Coscarelli’s avocado-pesto pasta with steamed snow peas and spicy sautéed turnip tops with mustard & pecans (great recipe that I will share someday).
• [Saturday] Mr Gnoe: probably something cheesy ;) / Gnoe herself: lunch & veggie BBQ  @ Viva Las Vegas Food fest > leftovers at home because I was too tired to stay for the party.
  
  
• [Sunday] Lunch: Happy Herbivore’s fat-free tofu scramble with mushrooms using black salt for the 1st time!
  Dinner: escarole mash with ‘blue cheese style’ Sheese, oven-roasted cashews and mushroom gravy, sided with cool cucumber salad (La Dolce Vegan! p.83) and more baklava for dessert.
  
  
  
• [Monday] Leek & potato soup with cilantro (La Dolce Vegan! p.109), mini crustless tofu quiches and broad bean salad (Mediterraan koken p.48).
  
  
  
• [Tuesday] Rice with Teresa’s garlic shoot stir fry (La Dolce Vegan! p.138) OR another scape recipe via PPK forum (to be decided) with eggplant.

Optionals: Wolffie’s Black Bean & Lentil Salad (La Dolce Vegan! p.72),  puy lentil-carrot salad.

What’s on YOUR menu this week?

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