Thursday, November 5, 2026

Menu 11/9-11/15

Monday: Dinner with friends

Tuesday:  Lemon Chicken & Vegetable Soup Sauté 1 diced onion, 2 chopped carrots, 2 chopped celery stalks, and 2 minced garlic cloves in 1 tbsp olive oil. Add 1 package Abbot's chicken, 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth, 1 chopped zucchini, ½ cup chickpeas, and 1 tsp oregano. Simmer for 20–25 minutes. Finish with the juice of one lemon and fresh parsley.

Wednesday: Savory & Nourishing Lentil Soup Recipe  with GF sourdough bread
We will freeze a portion of this.

Ingredients:

10 Cups Of Water
5 Cups Vegetable Stock (Or Chicken Stock If You Prefer)
3 Stalks Celery
1 14.5 oz can Diced Tomatoes
3 Cups French Lentils (dry)
1 Yellow Onion
1 Bunch Swiss Chard
1 Butternut Squash
3 Tbsp Curry Powder
2 Tbsp Raw Sugar
2 Bay leafs
1 sprig of fresh thyme
Salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:
Pour 10 cups of water and 5 cups of stock into a large pot, on medium heat.
Dice celery and onion.
Peel butternut squash, slice in half, remove seeds and pulp, and dice.
Chop swiss chard into small strips.
Rinse lentils and remove any stones.
Add celery, onions, squash, chard, diced tomatoes, and lentils to pot of heating water.
Add curry powder, thyme, salt, pepper, bayleaf, raw sugar, and coconut oil.
Once the water begins to boil, bring the heat down to a simmer and cover the pot.
Cook for 3 hours, stirring every 30 minutes.

Thursday; Baked Ziti using up the rest of the tofu ricotta or leftovers

Friday: Chili and Engine 2 corn muffins, p110

Saturday: Mexican Rice and Beans

Sunday: Spaghetti

Monday, November 2, 2026

Chickpea Cheesecake


This recipe is from Instagram

Ingredients
1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
14 oz tofu
8 soft pitted dates
1/2 cup cacao powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup oat milk

Blend 
Line springform pan with parchment paper
Pour into pan
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes
Cool, refrigerate until chilled

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Menu 11/2-11/8

 Monday: dinner with friends

Tuesday: Stroganoff

Wednesday: Falafels and roasted veggies

Thursday: Black Bean and sweet potato burrito

Friday: Creamy Chicken & Broccoli Soup
Sauté 1 diced onion and 2 minced garlic cloves in 1 tbsp olive oil. Add 1 package Abott's Chicken, 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth, and 4 cups chopped broccoli. Simmer for 20 minutes. Blend 1 cup of the soup with 1 cup tofu ricotta, then stir it back into the pot for a creamy finish.

Saturday: Mexican Rice and Beans

Sunday: Spaghetti




Friday, October 23, 2026

Menu Oct 26 - Nov 1, 2026

Monday: Dinner with friends

Tuesday: Broccoli Gnocchi
Ingredients 1 pk GF gnocchi 4 ¼ cups broccoli (1 medium head broccoli) 1.5 cups onion 1 pk fava bean tofu 1 can white beans, drained  1 TBS dijon mustard 2 TBS nutritional yeast 1 tsp garlic powder (or fresh garlic) 1 cup Follow Your Heart Parmesan cheese salt and pepper to taste, we used thyme salt

Instructions
1.Chop the onions and add to a casserole dish along with the gnocchi. Season with a little water, salt and pepper. Place in the casserole dish you are cooking the recipe in and put in the oven at 180℃/356℉ for 10 minutes.
2.Meanwhile make the cheese sauce by combining the tofu, Dijon mustard, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, and blending until smooth.
3. Cut the broccoli into small florets.
4. Remove the onion and gnocchi from the oven.
5.Add the drained white beans and add the broccoli to the gnocchi and leeks. Mix.
6.Pour over all the tofu cheesy sauce and top with vegan cheese.
Bake for 15- 20 minutes.

Wednesday: Chickpea and Kale Stew with sourdough bread

Thursday: Leftovers

Friday: Melis Minestrone Soup with sourdough bread

Saturday: Mexican vegetables with rice and beans or leftovers

Sunday: Spaghetti

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Menu October 19-25th

I will be out of town part of this week, so i will be fixing some on my son's favorites for while I am gone.

Monday: Dinner with friends

Tuesday: Vegan Pizza using Sunday's leftover sauce from the lasagna

Wednesday: Lo Mein
We used Millet Ramen noddles

Thursday: Baked Vegan ziti
This is from Costco Connection October 2026 altered to fit our needs

8 oz GF pasta, cook according to directions on box
1 red bell pepper
10 oz mushrooms
1 zucchini
1 tsp dried oregano
4 cups pasta sauce
1.5 cups Good Planet Mozzarella
1/2 cup tofu ricotta
1/2 cup Follow Your Hear Parmesan Cheese
Directions:
Place the vegetables in a large casserole dish with the spices and 1 TBS of water. Bake about 10 minutes
Remove vegetables from Dish
In casserole dish layer half pasta, sauce, vegetables, ricotta, and mozzarella. Repeat with the remaining. Top with the parmesan cheese. Bake 20 minutes and garnish with fresh basil.

Friday: Vegan Alfredo with a side of broccoli
We used pinenuts instead of cashews and fava bean tofu

Saturday: Loaded Mexican Rice

Sunday: Spaghetti

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Menu 10/12-10/18

 Monday: dinner with friends

Tuesday: Spicy stir-fried oyster mushrooms lemongrass and sugar peas

Wednesday: Eggplant Minestrone Soup
While we still have eggplant we made this again. We used vegan ground beef, added 3 cups of cannellini beans, a can of tomato sauce, 4 extra cups of broth, 2 jars of tomatoes, plus the fresh tomatoes and 2 tsp of Basil Salt. 

Thursday: leftovers

Friday:  Chik'n Tortilla Black bean Soup
We used Abbott's chik'n

Saturday: Vegan Gumbo

Sunday: Vegan GF Lasagna
Using fava bean tofu/hemp ricotta, Good planet mozzarella, Follow Your Heart Parmesan, vegan sausage and GF noodles. 
Ricotta
1 pk of drained fava bean tofu cut into pieces
1/2 cup hemp hearts
2 TBS nutritional yeast
2 TBS olive oil
3 TBS lemon juice
1 tsp basil salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 clove garlic
Pusle all ingredients in a food processor until it is crumbled. 

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Italian Caviar

 


Ingredients:

• 1 pint grape tomatoes, chopped
• ½ cup chopped green olives
• ½ cup chopped black olives
• 1 package of Fava Bean Tofu 
• 1 cup artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
• ¼ cup sliced pepperoncini
• ¼ cup chopped fresh herbs, basil, oregano, parsley...
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice (optional)
• 2 tsp Italian seasoning
• minced garlic cloves to taste
• Salt, to taste 2 TBS olive brine
1 TBS nutritional Yeast
1 tsp dried oregano

Add everything to a bowl, toss, and serve with GF sourdough bread or GF crackers!