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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.
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 menu Monday: French Tuna Sandwich; Homestyle Chinese Cashew Chicken Tuesday: Akuri Parsi Scramble; Italian Vegetable Stew Wednesday: Filipino Macaroni Salad; Ultimate Veggie Burger Thursday: Cornflakes Crusted French Toast; Pindi Chana with Amchur and Anardana Friday: Lentils with Broiled Eggplant
Shopping list Here’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 |
Shaheen writes about her quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie and baking escapades on The Purple Foodie .
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