Showing posts with label meal planning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meal planning. Show all posts

Thursday, January 27, 2011

meal planning - help!

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I don't usually make meal plans. I just don't like to do it, and while that makes me feel minorly guilty, it is something I can live with.

But. I also do not like having no idea what is for dinner.

I think that this has become more of a problem for me as we've changed our eating habits. No longer can I pop a frozen pizza in the oven on evenings when I'm stumped for ideas. Also, we're eating a lot less meat since we've chosen to switch to free-range/pastured (i.e. pricy!) So throwing together hamburgers or meatloaf or something in the crock pot isn't as much of an option either.

I am definitely open to suggestions. Here's what I have to work with (and I'm shopping on Saturday, so feel free to suggest items for the grocery list):

3 bunches of kale (yes, I'm feeling over-run!)
lettuce
carrots
cauliflower head
onions
cabbage (not sure what it is called, but it is the same as the green kind pictured above)
broccolini
1 zucchini
spinach
apples
oranges
lemons
pasta
canned pumpkin
canned tomatoes
canned pears
dried split peas
brown rice
bread (well, the ingredients for it, anyway)
shredded cheddar
milk

What are the most interesting, yummy meals you can dream up, using those ingredients?