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This week’s menu: The ultimate veggie burger, Filipino macaroni salad and pindi chana
Shaheen Peerbhai, grade-A foodie and chef extraordinaire, has put together this week’s daily menu planner with touches from France, the Philippines and China.
I’m Shaheen Peerbhai, food blogger, photographer, journalist, and once-upon-a-time baker. I am also your very own culinary concierge. Need to liven up that breakfast-on-the go? Getting bored with what’s in your lunchbox? Running out of ideas for a tasty, healthy dinner after you get home from work? I’ve scoured cookbooks, recipes sites and my own kitchen to figure out how you can eat well and eat right. Minimum fuss. Maximum taste.[caption id="attachment_24133" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="Macaroni Salad. digipam from Flickr"]![Macaroni Salad]( "Macaroni Salad")
[/caption]To make things even easier here’s your shopping list for all the dinners I’ve thought up for the upcoming week. This way you never have to run to the store on your way home.You can just do it all this weekend. But if you don’t get around to it, don’t worry, I will publish an individual shopping list for each dinner recipe during the week. This week’s menuMonday: French Tuna Sandwich; Homestyle Chinese Cashew ChickenTuesday: Akuri Parsi Scramble; Italian Vegetable StewWednesday: Filipino Macaroni Salad; Ultimate Veggie BurgerThursday: Cornflakes Crusted French Toast; Pindi Chana with Amchur and AnardanaFriday: Lentils with Broiled EggplantShopping listHere’s the shopping list for this week and for the big weekend meal. Remember that this shopping list is for the main dishes and not for the suggested accompaniments. It also assumes that you’ve got your basic ingredients in place as listed in our suggested pantry list.
Shaheen writes about her quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie and baking escapades on The Purple Foodie.
[/caption]To make things even easier here’s your shopping list for all the dinners I’ve thought up for the upcoming week. This way you never have to run to the store on your way home.You can just do it all this weekend. But if you don’t get around to it, don’t worry, I will publish an individual shopping list for each dinner recipe during the week. This week’s menuMonday: French Tuna Sandwich; Homestyle Chinese Cashew ChickenTuesday: Akuri Parsi Scramble; Italian Vegetable StewWednesday: Filipino Macaroni Salad; Ultimate Veggie BurgerThursday: Cornflakes Crusted French Toast; Pindi Chana with Amchur and AnardanaFriday: Lentils with Broiled EggplantShopping listHere’s the shopping list for this week and for the big weekend meal. Remember that this shopping list is for the main dishes and not for the suggested accompaniments. It also assumes that you’ve got your basic ingredients in place as listed in our suggested pantry list.| Vegetables and Herbs 2 bell pepper 100g French beans 2 celery sticks 3 carrots 1 small aubergine 1 can of tomatoes or 400g fresh tomatoes 2 red bell peppers 300g French beans Zucchini Alfa alfa sprouts Thyme | Fruits Pineapple Peaches and cherries 1 orange |
| Cheese and dairy Cheddar cheese Yoghurt | Meats 1 can tuna 500g boneless chicken |
| Carbs, Lentils, Breads 1 baguette 1 box macaroni Chickpeas Bread crumbs Black lentils (masoor dal) | Miscellaneous 1 jar of Kalamata or Nicoise olives 1 jar artichoke hearts 100-150g cashew nuts Oyster sauce Rice wine Sesame oil Raisins |
First Published:Jun 12, 2011, 06:00:00 IST
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