Welcome To A New Week!

Hey everyone, this week's meals are as follows. We are going to make eggplant parm, “chicken” and asparagus, a chicken chili, miso glazed pork loin, and sausage with cheesy mashed potatoes. Below are the ingredients and a little write up about shopping and things to look out for!

Groceries

Fresh and Produce:

• 2 eggplant

• 2 bay leaves

• 1 red onion

• 2 carrot

• 8 garlic cloves

• 4-6 basil leaves

• 1 bunch of asparagus

• 3 bell peppers

• 1 yellow onion

• ½ head cauliflower

• 4-6 green onion

• 2 russet potatoes

• 1-2 cups arugula

• 1-2 radishes

Aisle of Spices, Dried Good, Oils, etc:

• 10oz pasta

• 1 28oz can crushed tomatoes

• 1 cup panko

• 1 - 1 ½ cup flour

• 3 tbsp tomato paste

• 1 cup rice

• 1 cup soy sauce

• 1 can of pinto beans

• 1 can of kidney beans

• 1 can of black beans

• 1 tbsp mustard

• ½ tsp mustard powder

• ½ tsp cinnamon

• ½ tsp smoke paprika

• ½ tsp cayenne

• 2-3 cups stock of your choice

• 3 tbsp honey

Freezer/Cold:

• 1 cup parmigiana cheese

• 1/3 cup light brown miso

• ½ cup high quality pickles

• ½ - 1 cup Gouda cheese

• 3 tbsp cream

• 3 tbsp milk

• 2 tbsp butter

Protein:

• 1 egg

• 2 cups of plant based chicken substitute

• 2 chicken quarters and 2 whole wings

• 1lb pork loin

• 2 German or Polish style sausages

Staples (You should always have these):

• Red pepper flakes

• Salt

• Black pepper

• Olive Oil

• Grapeseed oil

• Cumin

• Coriander

• Chili powder

• 1 tsp ground ginger

• garlic powder

Optional:

• 1 ginger knob

• 1-3 spicy chilies

• Pickled beats or sauerkraut

Notes On Shopping

As always, these shopping items only cover what we will be using in the recipes. These recipes are also written for 2 large or 3 servings so you may need to pick up more items, but all the recipes are scalable.

The eggplant parm requires slicing the eggplants and letting them dry in the fridge for 24 hours, so be sure to keep that in mind.

The “chicken” and asparagus could easily be made with real chicken, but be sure to adjust your shopping list and cooking method to accommodate the real deal.

When searching for miso it can be hard to find at some big box stores, but any Asian market will have it along with any of your specialty style grocery stores. It will last a long time in your fridge so no need to worry about it going bad if you have to buy a big container of it.

Some of these recipes use a couple of things from some of our previous recipes so you may have some items left from those, or for all of our premium members you may need to check some older posts if you liked them and want to reuse some of those tips, tricks, and measurements.