Open Your Grocery List! | Introducing Mise
A grocery list & two healthy meals for your week, EVERY week, starting now.
Hello everyone! I hope you’ve had a beautiful weekend so far. I’m super excited to share A BRAND NEW WEEKLY SERIES here which I’m calling Mise from now, going forward — until forever? LOL. Well, hopefully, if you’ll have me.
INTRODUCING MISE. WHAT IS IT?
The plan is this: every Sunday, you’ll get a grocery list. The grocery list will include everything you need to make two healthy, nourishing, and nutritious plant-based meals (which stretch for an extra lunch or dinner, of course), so you know exactly what you’re buying or ordering before the week starts and what you’re using it on. Monday, you’ll get the first recipe sent to your inbox, and Wednesday, you’ll get the second. Love this for us??? If you’d like them early, I will (most weeks) be publishing them directly on dadaeats.substack.com so you can peep them before your inbox does.
[2] HEALTHY, PLANT-BASED MEALS + A GROCERY LIST EVERY WEEK!
Each recipe in this series will be, in typical me fashion, made with healthy - minimal ingredients, no refined sugars, gluten or dairy. BUT they will be comforting, delicious, and warming! I promise! I’d never lie to you! But seriously, think hearty & healthy salads, grain bowls, Indian curries, veggies as the star, etc. etc. The goal is to take a couple meals off your plate so that you can head into the week with two healthy (vegetarian) meals already checked off your to-do list - plus, both will contain enough for 2-3 people (aka leftovers / lunches / dinners for the next day). Some of these recipes will be inspired by Ayurvedic principles and tips, something I absolutely love studying and learning more about to optimize our health and wellness via food.
Each recipe in this series will be, in typical me fashion, made with healthy - minimal ingredients, no refined sugars, gluten or dairy. BUT they will be comforting, delicious, and warming! Think hearty & healthy salads, grain bowls, Indian curries, veggies as the star, etc. etc.
Popularized by Auguste Escoffier and his French kitchen brigade system, a mise en place is a chef’s way of putting everything in place — i.e. your prep — ahead of cooking to ensure a streamlined workflow. I love the idea of this being the “Mise” for your week in a sense, getting you prepped and ready for a successful week ahead. I’m so, so excited about this and I can’t wait to have you join me.
The amount of time I spend planning, grocery shopping, and cooking just two meals a week adds up so quickly, which is why I am starting Mise. This series will be a true labor of love in pursuit of making your cooking life easier, so I’d love to have you in the paid community of this letter to enjoy it.
If you’re new here, the paid letter (which includes Mise) will be $5 a month - the lowest tier I could go - basically the price of a coffee (well today I paid $7 for a coffee so…I guess it’s less)! Each recipe will essentially cost you less than $1. Hope you enjoy this new series, I’m so excited to help make your meal planning + cooking for the week a little easier.
RECIPES OF THE WEEK
We’re starting off with two delicious recipes: Rajma (Healthy Kidney Bean Stew) served with fluffy Basmati Rice & Peanut Tofu Noodle Bowls.
RECIPE 1: RAJMA WITH BASMATI RICE
Rajma is one of my favorite Indian dishes. It’s a kidney bean stew that’s full of plant-based protein and healthy and warming spices. In every Blue Zone region, beans are a key part of the diet. They’re truly so great for you, not to mention affordable! I like to pair mine with basmati rice, cooked in the way my mom taught me (the best rice hack on earth)!
P.S. once your cabinet is stocked with the below spices, you can make virtually all of my Indian recipes. I imagine this particular grocery shop might be heavier than the ones to come - I assure you, that a lot of the ingredients that you purchase for this recipe can be used going forward in others! Spices are KEY to plant-based cooking - the reason it often has such a bad reputation is because most people aren’t spicing their food enough. Not here ;)
GROCERY LIST: RAJMA
Extra-virgin olive oil
Whole Cumin seeds
1 yellow onion
1 head of garlic
1 hand of ginger
Turmeric
Cayenne
Ground Cumin
Ground Coriander
Garam Masala
Kosher salt (I like using Diamond Crystal)
1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
1 carton vegetable broth
1 15.5 oz can kidney beans
1 green Chile (you can omit - if you choose to keep, I suggest thai green chilies or serrano)
1 bunch fresh cilantro leaves
1 package basmati rice
RECIPE 2: PEANUT TOFU NOODLE BOWLS
Tofu is one of those controversial and misunderstood ingredients that when prepped and seasoned correctly (and preferably dunked in a delicious sauce) will change the game in your plant-based protein life. Crusted + paired with noodles, veg, and a peanut sauce, there’s really nothing not to love.
GROCERY LIST: PEANUT TOFU NOODLE BOWLS
1 package extra firm tofu
1 box corn starch
Kosher Salt
Extra virgin olive oil
Creamy, natural peanut butter (I get a lot of questions on peanut butter. If you live near a Trader Joe’s, my favorite is the Organic Creamy Salted Peanut Butter - it has a green top and says “valencia” on it. If you have time to order, One Trick Pony Peanut Butter is divine. Any natural, creamy peanut butter works here)
Coconut aminos
Toasted Sesame Oil
Maple Syrup
Rice Vinegar
Red pepper flakes
2 limes
1 package kelp, soba, or brown rice noodles
1 head of purple cabbage (you can also get a pre-shredded package)
2 large Carrots
Shelled edamame (you can get frozen)
Sesame seeds (I like using a combination of black and white)
1 Avocado
1 bunch fresh cilantro
Flaky salt
That’s your grocery list! I’ll see you this week for the recipes :)
Happy Sunday. Take care of yourself today. x
Xx Samah
Wow this is so helpful! These two recipes look so good and so healthy…our family will definitely be trying both this week and the grocery list makes it even easier! Thank you!!!
Very excited for this!