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.
I’m laughing at your comments about people who buy cookware, etc and then don’t really use it and/or go on about how they have no time to cook. I know people of all ages who do this and I don’t understand it. Why do you buy things you don’t use and if you don’t have time to cook then what in the world do you do for food? It’s all ludicrous.
Looks like a delicious week. I make time to shop. I have time to cook. I’m getting better about meal planning.
So glad it’s still chili season!