Back home

There's been a lot of travel in the last few weeks...which included a week of eating fries, with and without various forms of vegetarian gravy or other sauces...meals in Toronto...Philly...New York...Boston...
It's nice to be in my home town for a weekend and have time once again to buy fresh vegetables and cook...the week ahead...

Saturday:
Lunch:
Paratha with battered cod fillet and apple cider cole slaw (sauteed cabbage, golden raisons, pine nuts, and cider vinegar) [The concept: nouveau fish tacos]

Prepped sourdough bread--let it rise while I went off to Pride festivities

Dinner:
Lovely evening at Dimitri's

Evening: Divided dough into two rounds, tucked edges under, wrapped, and placed in fridge

Sunday Morning: took out bread to let it sit

Sunday Dinner:
Whole wheat sourdough bread with flaxseeds and pine nuts (Bake time 30 min)

Spinach and toasted quinoa with goat cheese and sauteed shiitake mushrooms (Prep: 10 min)

Paired with a glass of Falanghina

Also prepped:
Roasted tomatoes for gazpacho (15 min), blended ingredients, strained, cooled in fridge
Salsa (with ingredients from gazpacho)
Kale with shiitake mushrooms

Monday
Lunch:
Spinach and toasted quinoa with goat cheese and sauteed shiitake mushrooms
Bread

Snack: tortillas and salsa

Dinner with a friend!

Evening: Make brown rice

Tuesday
Lunch: brown rice with thyme shiitake mushrooms and kale
Dinner: tomato gaspacho with goat cheese, raspberries, and almonds or pine nuts

Wednesday
Lunch: bread with hummus, tomato, spinach, basil and avocado
Dinner: tbd based on time... cabbage with pine nuts and raisins? vegetarian bolognese?

Thursday
Lunch: Pasta with chickpeas and kale
Dinner: Sandwich