Okay, Okay, I'm back

Okay, here I am back again.  It has been a busy month of cleaning, organizing and more cleaning.  Showing a home is alot of work, never mind constantly having to be out of the house, all at odd times, dinnertime, naptime or lunchtime.  But we are SOLD, so now back to daily life.

My meal planning was shot during this time as most days we had to eat out and for us that was fast food, eating out almost every night was expensive, we had to cut that cost down.  I ate alot of fries or the occassional veggie burger, which was always dry and bland.  So now that things are a bit more settleed I am trying to get rid of most of the pantry items, I don't want to pack and move it.  Also our new house doesn't have a pantry.  Yikes!

This week on the menu is alot of pastas and noodles, tonight is cold sesame noodle salad.  I also have alot of lentils, bulgar (which I am not sure what to do with), split peas and canned soup.  If anyone has an idea for bulgar, let me know. 

Last weekend I did manage to make big batches of sauces, Thai peanut sauce, miso gravy and Thai noodle sauce all from Ruth Tal's "Refresh".  I poured them into ice cube trays and put the frozen cubes into a freezer bag and defrost when I need them.  I am a HUGE sauce fan, love the sauce.  She has such great recipes for quick lunch ideas or an easy dinner.  I try to have most of the ingredients on hand so I can make anything from the book.  

I am still struggling to find a balance between my meals and the familes.  There are always alot of pots and pans and extra work to make two meals.  I am trying to make meals where I can substitute my faux meat with the rest of the families meat dishes.  My poor husband has been very patient while I try to figure this all out and has been having far too many vegetarian dishes to his liking. 

So I am sure the next month of packing is going to cut into the vegetarian meal planning and meal planning in general.  I hoping once we have moved I can get back into it and start posting menu's and recipes.

Any suggestions on combining meat and meatless meals, please pass them along, I would greatly appreciate it.

Stay healthy and happy.