This Week's Menu and Shopping List

Another week has passed. Here in Bay Area, it's been so warm (almost hot!).

Monday: Ginger pork, daikon radish rice
Tuesday: Mushroom and bean pot pie
Wednesday: Steamed fish in parchment paper
Thursday: Chicken with black vinegar sauce
Friday: Tuna gumbo

Shopping list:
Pork (10 oz) - ginger pork
Lima beans (2 cups cooked) - mushroom and bean pot pie
Fish fillet (2 pieces) - steamed fish in parchment paper
Chicken thigh (4 pieces) - chicken with black vinegar sauce
Tuna, solid albacore in water (1 6oz can) - tuna gumbo
Ginger (1 medium piece) - ginger pork
Ground sesame (1 Tbsp) - ginger pork
Daikon radish (about 1/2 cup of sliced white part - about 2-3 inches - and 1/2 cup of chopped leaves) - daikon radish rice
Pie crust (one sheet) - mushroom and bean pot pie
Crimini mushrooms (1/2 pack) - mushroom and bean pot pie
Onion (2 medium size) - mushroom and bean pot pie, tuna gumbo
Milk (2 cups) - mushroom and bean pot pie
Asparagus (12) - steamed fish in parchment paper, tuna gumbo
Spinach (1/4 cups) - steamed fish in parchment paper, (salad)
Greens (pak choy, spinach, or string beans) - chicken with black vinegar sauce
Carrot (1) - tuna gumbo
Celery (2 stalks) - tuna gumbo
Red pepper (2 small or 1 large) - tuna gumbo
Canned tomato, whole or diced (1 cup) - tuna gumbo
Fish stock (3 cups) - tuna gumbo

Suggestions for sides:
Spinach salad (pot pie)
Wild rice cooked with shallots and mushrooms (steamed fish in parchment paper)
Salad or steamed vegetables with Asian dressing (chicken with black vinegar dressing)

Things that may or may not be in your pantry/fridge:
Soy sauce
Mirin
Cooking wine
Sesame oil
Vegetable oil
Sticky Korean/Japanese rice
Margarine or butter
Flour
Salt
Pepper
Parchment paper
Sugar
Chili pepper
Dried oregano - optional
Fresh parsley - optional