*Every Wednesday I write a blog post with all of the vegetarian (or vegan!) dinners we ate this week!*
I was so late with last week’s WWAW post, that I just decided to combine two week’s worth of dinners! Hopefully it’s not too long to read.
WEEK ONE:
Wednesday: Fried Rice
This is a nice easy dinner. I just marinate extra firm tofu, cut into cubes, in soy sauce and then fry it up in a non-stick pan over medium high heat until it’s crisp on all sides. Then I fry a little cooked brown rice in a skillet with oil, add frozen veggies, and season with more soy sauce. I normally add a scrambled egg, but I skipped that this time and it was still great!
Thursday: Dinner Club
I love my neighborhood MOMS club’s dinner club. Each month the host picks a theme and everyone brings a dish. This month’s theme was salads, which was really fun and relatively healthy! I brought my curried couscous salad. I made pasta and TJ’s meatless meatballs for Ben and the kids.
My dad was in town so we went out for dinner with the kids at Rustico. Kind of embarrassed to admit that we got the exact same pizzas I got the week before at my girls’ dinner. They were so good!
Saturday: Indian Food
After a long day with cranky kids, we decided it was in everyone’s best interest to get take out.
Sunday: Cilantro Pesto Tacos
This was another recipe from Thug Kitchen (expletive warning!). It was really good, but I should have cooked the beans more. I normally like to heat them in a pot with a little water and some seasonings but i just heated these in the microwave and then mixed them with the pesto, so they were too dry.
Monday: Caramelized Tofu
Ben’s former colleague now has an awesome Indian Food Blog. She recommended this recipe to me when I asked her for some good vegan dinners. This was really good! We all loved it!
Tuesday: Roasted Buddha Bowl
I thought this was really good, and the kids seemed to enjoy it, but it was pretty light. Ben said it seemed like “spa food.” If I make it again, I will pair it with a soup or just make a lot more of it.
WEEK TWO:
Wednesday: Birthday Dinner 1
We tried out a new Mexican restaurant for Ben’s birthday and it was no bueno. We were excited when we started with the chips and salsa, which were fantastico. But the rest of the food was really bad. Plus they had obvious Spanish mistakes on their menu. I don’t want to slam them on my blog, but if you want to know where to avoid, send me an email and I will tell you!
Thursday: Birthday Dinner 2
As you may remember, Ben and I agreed that his birthday dinner would be exempt from our vegan month. I asked Ben what he wanted me to make for his dinner and this is what he picked. Really good, but I did have a bit of a stomach ache after eating such rich food! Pasta with pesto cream, garlic bread, caesar salad, and tiramisu
I surprised Ben with one more special birthday dinner at Elizabeth’s Gone Raw, after reading an article listing it as one of DC’s most innovative restaurants (thanks for sending the article, Nicole!). It was such a cool experience and I would highly recommend it! We’d never had “raw” food before and it is very impressive to see what they can do without really cooking. Ben and I both LOVED the “ceviche.”
Saturday: Coconut Lentil Soup
This was pretty good, but not really my food-style, if that makes any sense. The kids liked it though!
Sunday: Leftovers
Hooray for leftovers.
Monday: Salt and Pepper Tofu and Gingered Sweet Potatoes
Yum, yum, yum, yum. I love this salt and pepper tofu recipe, and was really happy with this ginger and sweet potato salad recipe that I had never made before. Highly recommend it. We also had rice.
Tuesday: Chinese Food
Decided to get take-out Chinese, just because I didn’t feel like eating what we had planned. I am not sure if it was completely vegan, but it was certainly not high in dairy. We got spicy cold noodles, sauteed spinach with garlic, garlic eggplant, homestyle tofu, and ma po tofu. Yum! And the kids LOVE Chinese!