Weekly Menu Planning – July 2023

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Hi all

Hope you’re having a good summer whereever you are. I am enjoying the monsoon in India after many years, which ranges from unbearably humid heat to cool breezes and moist sprays enjoyed at an open window (while everyone else yells at me to shut the window because the rain will come in and wet the floors / furniture / people :joy:).

Cooking for 3 to 4, including one recuperating, vegetarian senior, plus a new addition for the next 2 weeks because my uncle will be visiting, which will change the cadence and composition of our meals.

Actuals (joke’s on you if you’re looking back at my plan :rofl: – or maybe on me :flushed:)

  • Pasta night: Burrata and corn raviolio (TJs) in a light tomato broth for mom, fettucine aglio olio e peperoncino plus shrimp for us, and fresh rosemary and onion focaccia for everyone
  • Sushi bowls for us, asparagus and paneer stir-fry (same ingredients) for mom
  • Grilled cheese (and ham and cheese) with broccoli soup
  • Chicken wings alla diavola with spinach and ricotta farfalle (mom had “desi” pasta)
  • Chutney bheja fry (offal, not going to elaborate) with fresh pao (dinner rolls)
  • Laksa (from a packet but doctored)
  • Parsi feast (takeout): Mutton Dhansak, brown (caramelized onion) rice, kababs, papad
  • Masoor (brown lentil) Biryani – just like Biryani, but meatless, Delicous.

Ideas for this week (adjusted for uncle’s constraints / preferences, but I am sure this will change):

  • Tonight: Mushroom and spinach quiche for us (deep Thomas Keller version if I can swing it), eggless spinach and ricotta “quiche” for mom
  • Mutton Biryani (homemade or my favorite place, my guess is mom will want us to make it at home)
  • Indian Chinese: Hakka noodles, fried rice, soya chilli chicken, paneer Manchurian
  • Thai green curry (chicken for us, mixed veg & paneer for mom)
  • Chicken curry (our simplest home favorite)
  • Prawns with peas, dal, rice
  • Fish curry + rice
  • Sushi bowls (spicy shrimp, asparagus, mushrooms, avocado, furikake) – on a night he’s out, though he enjoys sushi so maybe this would be a good break even when he’s home
  • Spanish tortilla, chorizo, alioli (pasta for mom) – ditto, but I know he loves Spanish food too

Ongoing wishlist (so I don’t forget what I want to eat :rofl:):

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