In Absenstia

I've been away a while, but I've still been cooking. I don't mind writing, but things would be so much better with pictures, and the pictures just take too much time to remember to take them, take them, upload them to the computer then upload them to Google Picasa. I'm sure there's a better easier way - probably if I had a smart phone, but I'm not planning to get a smart phone. I'll just opt out of pictures at the moment unless I think I made something exceptionally pretty, which is not usually the case.

A couple weeks ago I started, in earnest, trying to come up with a menu of 4-5 items for the week. Here was the proposal for the week of February 18th:
Baked Potato Soup
Bok Choy with mushrooms and noodles
Zucchini Enchaladas
Pasta with Broccoli

It took more than a week to get through all of those, including leftovers and take-out/pizza, etc. However, I enjoyed not having to think too hard and also shopping ahead of time to prepare.

This week, I opted for:
Chilaquiles w/veggies and chorizo
Falafel
Tofu with veggies stir fry
Japchae
Seitan steaks with Mashed potatoes, gravy and veggies (peas/corn)

So far, we've had the chilaquiles and the Japchae. When I grocery shopped for this week, I hadn't gotten everything because I was worried some things might go bad (veggies for stir fry, etc), so I'll be off to the store tonight to get the remaining ingredients. I think we'll have the falafel tonight :)