Saturday, February 24, 2007

This Week's Menu and Shopping List

Another week has passed. Let's review this week's menu.

Monday: Portabella mushroom and sun-dried tomato pizza
Tuesday: Pork and celery stir-fry
Wednesday: Kale and sausage minestrone
Thursday: Chicken and beans, spinach miso soup
Friday: Grilled flounder

Shopping List:
Flounder fillet (2 pieces, any white fish) - grilled flounder
Chicken drum (4) - chicken and beans
Pork (1/4 pound) - pork stir-fry
Sausage - minestrone
Pizza dough (1 package) - pizza
Portabella mushroom (1) - pizza
Sun-dried tomatoes - pizza
Red onion (1) - pizza, grilled flounder
Celery - pork stir-fry, minestrone
Ginger - pork stir-fry
Anchovies - pizza
Shredded mozzarella cheese - pizza
Fresh basil leaves - pizza
Kale (one bunch) - minestrone
Potatoes (6-7 baby ones) - minestrone, grilled flounder
Carrot (1) - minestrone
Chick peas (1 cup cooked) - minestrone
Soy beans (1 cup cooked) - chicken and beans
Zucchini (1) - minestrone
Onion (1 medium-sized) - minestrone
Spinach (1 bunch) - miso soup, grilled flounder
Seaweed (dried) - miso soup
Garlic - grilled flounder

Things that may or may not be in your pantry/fridge:
Salt
Pepper
Sesame seeds
Soy sauce
Cooking wine - sake
Vegetable oil
Olive oil
Canned whole tomatoes (1 small)
Chicken stock
Brown sugar
Sesame oil
Bay leaf
Dried oregano
Miso
Dashi no moto

I think pizza was the one that took most time and ingredients to make this week. I think it's worth making something that's little elaborate once a week though!

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