Plan day 4/5

This is a soup week all around!  It just kind of happened that way...

Our organic order this week includes: bananas, Fuji apples, red pears, baby carrots, zucchini, green onions, kale, fingerling potatoes, and yams, and I added beets to the order (for naturally coloring Easter eggs)

We also boosted our dairy order this week.  Usually we receive a gallon of milk (as two half gallons) and this week we added two dozen eggs (some for coloring!) and 2 pints of heavy whipping cream.

Sunday - Leftover pizza from Saturday night

Monday - Vegetarian chili and sesame seed bread (I already know this will be a busy day so this is a meal we will purchase pre-processed, but it is both locally produced and organic, and is available at our Bush's, a Michigan local store)

Tuesday - Bot Bie (using an organic chuck roast we bought on sale and froze, green onions from this week's organic delivery and potatoes from a previous delivery, homemade noodles, and beef stock we have on hand since we don't have a soup bone), and green beans (organic frozen, a bag which we need to use from our freezer because I don't like to keep them too long)

Wednesday - Zuppa Toscana (using chicken stock we opened last week and need to use up, kale and potatoes from this week's organic delivery, and a pint of heavy whipping cream, which I ordered from the dairy)

Thursday - Leftover Bot Bie with zucchini (from the organic order)

Friday - Dinner with Jon's parents

Saturday - Leftover Zuppa Toscana

Sunday - I'm planning next Sunday ahead because it is Easter and we are hosting a family dinner here.  My mom is bringing ham, which we will do in the oven, and I will be making scalloped potatoes (something she needs to show me the secret to while she is here!) and we will also be preparing a nice citrus salad.  The organic strawberries are on sale again this week at Meijer so I am hoping to make strawberry shortcake as a special dessert treat (using the second pint of whipping cream for the homemade whipped cream)

Grocery list - We will visit the store twice this week - once on Tuesday and again on Friday for our Easter dinner items.  Our main dinner list will include 1lb uncased Italian sausage (for the Zuppa), and that's it.  I will be making bread and english muffins on Wednesday, so our breakfast and lunch list includes only OJ, oatmeal (which we ran out of) and either tofu or sushi for our special shopping day meal (a new tradition for Calvin and me).  Additionally we will be looking to replenish our stores with beef, chicken, and/or veggie stock (when we find it on sale), and frozen veggies (most notably beans).  Our Easter list, for shopping on Friday, includes organic spring mix greens, grapefruit, and almonds (for the salad), strawberries, and Bisquick for the shortcake (which I will learn to make from scratch sometime SOON, but not with company coming over), and bulk potatoes (for the au gratin, and I will also be making potato salad next week since I will have all the hard boiled eggs on hand).

Happy Holy week to you all!