Vegan Menu for Week Twenty-Three

This week we have a variety of flavors to tempt your taste buds and help you enjoy your kitchen again.  There are menu ideas that span the globe, from China to the Caribbean, and links to seriously easy recipes that will taste like you spent forever in the kitchen.

Sunday
European (Russian)*

• Vegan red borscht soup
• Rolls

Monday
Caribbean

• Caribbean black beans and rice
• Baked papayas
• Vegetarian rolled greens

Tuesday
Greek

• Fasolia gigandes (butter bean stew)
• Pita bread
• Kolokithankia Tiganita (fried zucchini)

Wednesday
Northern Africa (Algeria)

• Loubia B'dersa
• Rice salad

Thursday

• Spicy lentil casserole (see the recipe here under "Main Meals")
• Pasta salad (a little vinegar and oil, some chopped veggies like onions and tomatoes, tossed with rotini)

Friday
Cold weather favorite

• "Cheesy" broccoli soup (see the recipe here)
• Biscuits

Saturday
Chinese

• Vegetable Chop Suey
• Steamed brown rice

Sanck of the Week

• Tortilla chips and salsa or pico de gallo

Dessert of the Week

• Vegan fudge

* Just a silly note--I had a heck of a time deciding if I wanted to place Russia under European cuisine or Asian.  Russia's land mass, after all, falls more in Asia than in Europe.  It's huge!  What finally made the deciding factor for me was a Wikipedia article on "European Cuisine."  It included Ukranian Borscht as a European dish.  So...I had been toying with the idea of putting this Russian dish under "Asian cuisine," but now I'm comfortable labeling it as "European," in case you wanted to know!

Vegan Menu for Week Twenty-Two

This time of year is always quite busy for me, as it may be for a lot of you.  Sometimes dinner ideas are hard to come up with, especially unique, inspiring ones.  I hope you find some ideas here that make you hungry and eager to cook (and eat)!

Sunday
Latin America (Cuban)

• Moros y Cristianos (Cuban black beans and rice--translated means "Moors and Christians")
• Tortillas

Monday
Indian

• Dal palak
• Rice

Tuesday
Greek

• Fasolada (bean soup)
• Sourdough bread

Wednesday

• Moosewood Restaurant's Mushroom Pecan Burgers
• Sweet potato fries

Thursday
Italian

• Pasta e fagioli soup
• Tuscan bread with roasted garlic

Friday
Chinese

• Broccoli with garlic sauce
• Brown rice

Saturday

• Pasta salad (use lots of veggies and your favorite bean to move this to entree status)
• Steamed Brussels sprouts
• Green salad

Breakfast of the Week

• Warm bran muffins slathered in margarine

Dessert of the Week

• Oatmeal raisin cookies

Vegan Menu for Week Twenty-One

How exciting!!!  I just keep piling on the dinner ideas.  I hope they inspire you as much as they do me!

Sunday
European (Spain)

• Arroz negro
• Steamed artichokes
• Marinated mushrooms 

Monday

• Vegan rueben sandwich (search and you will find!!!)
• Vegetable soup 

Tuesday
 Asian

• Szechuan Tofu
• Steamed rice
• Spring roll 

Wednesday
Mexican

• Black bean tacos (add your favorite ingredients)
• Spanish rice
• Calabacitas 

Thursday
Indian

• Rajma Masala
• Saffron rice
• Chole (curried chickpeas) 

Friday
Greek

• Faki soupa (lentil soup Greek-style)
• Spanakorizo (spinach and rice)
• Warm pita bread

Saturday

• Mushroom and rice pilaf
• Garden salad
• Sauteed squash and onions 

Breakfast of the Week

•  Cinnamon toast

Dessert of the Week

• Vegan gingerbread cookies