Plan day 3/15

Our organic order this week is bringing: bananas, pears, apples, kiwi, grapes, beets, carrots, cabbage, potatoes, onions, yams (we'll be saving for next week), and arugula.

Sunday - Stir fry (vegetarian). This was supposed to be last Thursday's meal, but we ended up with far more leftovers than we'd anticipated (both from last Sunday's stuffed squash and from Tuesday's Zuppa) and got two more nights out of those meals, pushing the tofu and bok choy stir fry to tonight. Just as yummy tonight, though!

Monday - Grilled lemon-mustard chicken, brussels sprouts (Calvin's choice), curried quinoa (uses ginger root we have left from the stir fry, as well as some frozen vegetables we need to use up)

Tuesday - Corned beef, of course (we'll be experimenting with this recipe again, which will use up the last of last week's parsley)! Along with cabbage, potatoes, and carrots (all of which are coming in our organic order) and Irish soda bread.  Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Wednesday - Leftover stir fry (vegetarian)

Thursday - Leftover chicken

Friday - Leftover corned beef

Saturday - Penne, chicken sausage, and arugula pasta (we've got the sausages to be used in our freezer, the dried cannellini beans already on hand, and arugula coming in our order), plus this will probably leave us with leftovers for Sunday night.

Grocery list - Our dinner list includes corned beef (on sale at Busch's) and Irish beer (gotta have it!) for Tuesday, and tomatoes, penne, pesto ingredients, goat cheese, and white wine for the pasta. We will also add buttermilk (for the soda bread) to our dairy order this week (we'll use the rest of it for special pancakes next weekend - we make pancakes once a week, storing enough to plop in the toaster for Calvin each morning, since that is his favorite part of breakfast - this is cheaper and healthier than buying the boxed frozen pancakes at the store). I made english muffins and whole wheat bread this week, so the only other breakfast item we need is OJ. We will also need to restock our frozen peas, brussels sprouts, and edamame, and organic unbleached white flour. Since Busch's has the corned beef sale, and they also sell a better selection of organic cheeses and nicely priced wines, that is where we will do our shopping this week.

I should mention, because I don't think I have before now, that our weekly dairy order brings us two 1/2 gallons of milk and a pint of cottage cheese (all organic, local, and very fresh) every Tuesday. On Mondays we can call to make changes or additions to this order, as we will be doing this week by adding salted butter (to restock for general use) and buttermilk. We also purchase our eggs (cage and antibiotic free) and several other dairy items from them when needed.

Happy week to you all!