Here’s What to Cook Every Night This Week (March 2 – 8)
We did it! We made it through February. But there’s still plenty of time for comfort food (and eating it in your pj’s at 7 p.m.). Presenting this week’s meal plan—spoiler alert, it features six different kinds of cheese.
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Shopping List:
Produce
2 heads cauliflower
1 red onion
1 sweet onion
1 white onion
10 garlic cloves
2 stalks celery
1 cup grape tomatoes
1 English cucumber
1 lemon
1 avocado
1 bunch fresh cilantro
2 bunches fresh parsley
1 bunch fresh thyme
1 bunch fresh rosemary
1 bunch fresh basil leaves
8 carrots
2 red bell peppers
2 medium zucchini
1 bunch lacinato kale
2 bunches curly kale
2 limes
3 cups corn kernels (fresh or thawed)
1 head broccoli
2 bunches broccolini
1 bunch scallions
One 1-inch piece ginger
Meat
4 eggs
1½ pounds ground turkey sausage (preferably organic)
1 pound precooked spicy sausage
1 pound skin-on chicken thighs
Dairy
2 sticks butter
½ cup whole milk
¼ cup heavy cream
8 ounces sour cream
8 ounces feta cheese
1 pound Parmesan
1½ cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
½ cup crumbled cotija cheese
⅓ cup Boursin cheese
6 ounces burrata cheese
Grains
1 package polenta (corn grits)
1 package short pasta (such as ditalini)
1 large, round flatbread or prebaked pizza crust (at least 12 inches in diameter)
Canned and Packaged Goods
1 jar kalamata olives
½ cup walnuts
One 16-ounce jar of salsa
2 bags tortilla chips
One 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes
1½ cups dried white beans
4⅓ cups low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth
Pantry Ingredients: extra-virgin olive oil, fine sea salt, black pepper, herbes de Provence, kosher salt, crushed red-pepper flakes, dry white wine, bay leaf, cayenne pepper, all-purpose flour, sesame oil, sesame seeds, vegetable oil, soy sauce, honey
Monday: Keto Instant Pot Greek Cauliflower Rice
If you’re like us, you spend most of Monday racing around like a maniac. Luckily, with this ridiculously easy (ten-minute!) Instant Pot meal, you don’t have to worry about dinner.
Tuesday: Salsa Shakshuka
Scrambled eggs? Yawn. Breakfast for dinner doesn’t have to feel like an afterthought. Whip up this 15-minute skillet meal by Chanie Apfelbaum of the food blog Busy in Brooklyn and you’ll see what we mean.
Wednesday: Turkey Sausage and Veggie Polenta Bowls
Polenta feels super fancy and luxurious, but it’s surprisingly quick and versatile. Read: It’s a great weeknight staple. This veggie-forward version is next on our dinner rotation.
Thursday: Slow-Cooker Pasta e Fagioli Soup
News flash: All you have to do is bust out your Crock-Pot for a mini trip to the Tuscan countryside. (And best of all, you can assemble the ingredients and start cooking before going to work, and dinner will be hot and ready when you get home.)
Friday: Cheater’s Spicy Sausage Pizza with Burrata
OK, this isn’t exactly diet food. But after a hard week, we think you deserve a pizza that’s piled high with meat and cheese (and OK, a few veggies).
Saturday: Mexican Street Corn Dip
Sometimes you just need to eat a giant plate of nachos and call it dinner. This is one of those nights.
Sunday: Meal-Prep Honey Sesame Chicken with Broccolini
Take 30 minutes to assemble these adorable square meals and you’ll have three more servings to eat throughout the week. Bam, we just saved you two hours.
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