Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plan – 2.1.20

Hi, happy Saturday!!

I was reading this interesting article the other day about how weekend baking/cooking projects are becoming the new trend among millennials, along with owning KitchenAid stand mixers and Le Creuset Dutch Ovens to make them. The bake- and cookware are almost status symbols or conversation pieces. What was most interesting (to me) is that these same twenty-somethings do almost no home cooking during the week (due to perceived lack of time/energy), only these specific weekend challenges. I had to laugh a bit at that because I definitely thought I had no time when I was twenty-something and had no children…but now that I have Remy I really have no time, but have to make sure dinner gets on the table somehow even more so than I did before! It’s the irony of aging.

Thankfully we have meal planning tools to make all this cooking/meal prep a bit easier (MILLENNIALS, ARE YOU LISTENING?!?!).

Here’s what we’ve got for you this week:

• vegan tacos with tahini cheese – wow, yes
• slow cooker curried butternut chili – making life so much easier on a Monday
• black-eyed pea stew with green herb smash – that green herb sauce is LYYYFFEEE
• roasted garlic spaghetti squash with sun-dried tomatoes – sounds so good
• one pot garlicky chard with chickpeas – totally want to try this

Happy eating!

Sunday

Vegan Tacos with Tahini Cheese Sauce from She Likes Food

Prep Ahead Tip: Cheese sauce can be made up to 2 days in advance

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Recipe is vegan and gluten free

 

Monday

Slow Cooker Curried Butternut Chili from Hummusapien

Prep Ahead Tip: Vegetables can be chopped in advance

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Recipe is vegan and GF

 

Tuesday

Black Eyed Pea Stew with Green Herb Mash from Eats Will With Others

Prep Ahead Tip: This recipe comes together quickly, no need to prep ahead.

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Recipe is already vegan and gluten free.

 

Wednesday

Roasted Garlic Spaghetti Squash with Sun-dried Tomatoes from The Roasted Root

Prep Ahead Tip: Spaghetti squash can be roasted up to 4 days ahead 

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Recipe is vegan and gluten free

 

Thursday

One Pot Garlicky Chard with Chickpeas from Making Thyme For Health

Prep Ahead Tip: Chard can be washed and chopped in advance

Vegan/Gluten-free Substitutions: Recipe is already vegan and gluten-free.