Week Seventeen Menu

Sunday
Italian

• Calzone stuffed with your favorite veggies and vegan cheese
• Salad

Monday

• Pepper "steak" (using seitan strips)
• Rice
• Salad

Tuesday
Italian

• Vegan risotto
• Green beans
• Spinach salad 

Wednesday

• Lentil stew
• Ciabatta bread with vegan margarine or drizzled with olive oil and sliced garlic
• Garden salad
• Brussels sprouts

Thursday
Warm weather favorite
Mexican

• Gazpacho
• Flour tortillas

Friday
Comfort food

• "Hamburger" gravy (made with Boca crumbles and soy milk)
• Cornbread
• Peas and carrots
• Garden salad

Saturday
Tex-Mex

• Southwestern "egg" rolls (use flour tortillas and fill with Tex-Mex ingredients--black beans and corn, salsa, seitan and/or tofu, onions, bell peppers, chilies, vegan cheddar or Jack cheese, and spice up with chili powder and cumin)
• Refried beans

Breakfast of the Week

• Biscuits and gravy (make gravy with vegan sausage and your favorite vegan milk)

Dessert of the Week

• Vegan zucchini bread

Week Eleven Menu

Sunday

• Veggie Kebobs (with cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, chunks of green pepper, onions, and any other veggies you like) with vegan BBQ sauce on the side
• Baked potatoes
• Green salad with mock Ranch dressing (check out the recipe on PETA's website)
• Millet cooked in veggie broth

Monday

• Linguine in lemony olive oil sauce with peas
• Marinated mushrooms
• Edamame

Tuesday
Tex-Mex

• Brown bean soup (see my recipe here)
• Cornbread
• Garden salad with Italian dressing

Wednesday
Chinese

• Orange "chicken" (substitute seitan for chicken)
• Vegan wonton soup (there are plenty of these recipes if you search for them!)
• Steamed rice

Thursday
Mexican

• Vegan enchiladas (vegan enchilada sauce with black beans, diced onions, tomatoes, and peppers wrapped in corn tortillas)
• Spanish rice
• Calabacitas

Friday

• Quinoa in tomato-garlic sauce
• Roasted veggies (think sliced onions, squash, and red bell peppers drizzled with olive oil)
• Wilted greens salad

Saturday
Chinese

• Szechuan noodles
• Steamed carrots
• Edamame

Breakfast of the Week

• Cornbread muffins slathered in your favorite jam or Earth Balance margarine or even plain!
• Sliced peaches 

Snack of the Week

• Hummus and falafel chips

Week Nine Menu

Sunday
Fall favorite

• Vegan Tomato Soup
• Grilled "Cheese" Sandwiches (made with vegan American cheese)
• Millet with vegan margarine

Monday
Mexican

• Arroz con "Pollo" with Boca Chik'n Nuggets (see my recipe here)
• Warm whole wheat tortillas
• Refried beans

Tuesday

• Quinoa and bean salad (combine quinoa and beans with your favorite spices, veggies, and vinegar and oil and toss)
• Steamed carrots lightly sprinkled with sea salt

Wednesday

• Pinto beans and rice with Tex-Mex flavors (garlic, cumin, jalapenos, and Anaheims)
• Cornbread
• Green salad with light vinaigrette

Thursday
Comfort food

• Vegan Shepherd's Pie (substitute either Boca crumbles or mild beans--think pinto or kidney--for hamburger and Vegan cheese for cow's cheese)
• Garden salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, green onions, and diced carrots
• Steamed rice

Friday
Italian

• Lasagna with spinach and either tofu or vegan cheese (add onions, green peppers, mushrooms, and whatever other veggies sound good, smothered in marinara sauce)
• Salad in Italian dressing
• Crusty garlic bread

Saturday

• "Beef" Stroganoff (check out PETA's website for a recipe called "Better than Beef Stroganoff")
• Rice pilaf in vegetable broth
• Steamed green beans

Breakfast of the Week
Quick and Easy

• Cascadian Farm Organic Cinnamon Crunch cereal in vanilla soy or almond milk

Dessert of the Week

• Strawberries over vegan shortcake