This Week's Menu and Shopping List

Another busy week is over. Here is this week's menu:

Monday: Chard and yam soup
Tuesday: Simple, delicious stir-fry
Wednesday: Salmon quesadilla
Thursday: "Dry" curry
Friday: Grilled sole, Japanese dinner

Shopping List:
Italian sausage (2) - chard and yam soup
Pork butt (about 6 oz) - simple, delicious stir-fry
Canned salmon (6 oz) - salmon quesadilla
Ground pork/beef (6 oz) - "dry" curry
Sole fillet pieces with skin (2) - grilled sole
Black beens (1/2 cup cooked) - salmon quesadilla
Lima beans (1 cup cooked) - chard and yam soup
Chick peas (1 cup cooked) - "dry" curry
Chard (2 cups chopped) - chard and yam soup
Yam (1 medium - 1 cup chopped) - chard and yam soup
Onion (1 medium) - chard and yam soup, "dry" curry
Celery (2 stalks - 1/2 cup diced) - chard and yam soup
Canned tomato, whole or diced (1 cup) - chard and yam soup
Chicken stock - chard and yam soup, simple, delicious stir-fry, "dry" curry
Canned straw mushrooms (1 cup) - simple, delicious stir-fry
Canned bamboo shoot (1/2 cup sliced) - simple, delicious stir-fry
Canned water chestnut (1/2 cup sliced) - simple, delicious stir-fry
Pak choy (6 small) - simple, delicious stir-fry
Garlic (6 cloves) - simple, delicious stir-fry, "dry" curry
Tortilla (4) - salmon quesadilla
Cheese (1 cup shredded) - salmon quesadilla
Lime (1/2) - grilled sole

Suggestions for sides:
Salmon quesadilla: fresh salsa
"Dry" curry: salad
Grilled sole: ohitashi and miso soup

Things that may or may not be in your pantry/fridge:
Salt
Pepper
Bay leaf
Olive oil
Vegetable oil
Dried oregano
Soy sauce
Cooking wine
Potato starch
Ketchup
White wine