Classics ✨With a Twist✨

Salad Flatbread, Tinga Tostadas with Bean-oa, Garlic Confit Potatoes, & More

Hi, hello, and happy Friday everyone!!!

Welcome to our first (ever!!!) edition of Restaurant Dropout with a set menu, shopping list, prep list, so many recipes, and MORE!!!

I firmly believe in keeping weeknight dinners interesting, yet not too complicated, to give you something to look forward to each night because life’s too short to eat boring food!!!

That said, I wanted to include familiar flavors with a twist in this week’s menu - you’ll see a Caesar-ish salad on pizza, not-your-typical Niçoise, and cilantro-lime…wait for it…bean-oa (aka bean-quinoa).

Now, before we dive in, I wanted to note that as I was cooking this week, there were several times I had an “oh sh*t” moment because I forgot to mention a few essential kitchen items last week.

They’re not that big of a deal if you don’t have them, but they are all things I use weekly that also make my life easier.

Essential Kitchen Items, Continued…

• Salad Spinner

• Sieve Strainer

• Slotted Spoon/Spider

• A Blender and/or Immersion Blender (My Recommendations: immersion blender, low-cost blender, high-cost blender)

• Kitchen Scale

Day 1: Crispy Potato & Quinoa Bowl (a cousin of the Niçoise Salad)

Elements:

• Kale/Romaine Blend

• Cherry Tomatoes

• White Beans (optional)

• Blanched Asparagus

• Lemon Parmesan Dressing

• Quinoa (tossed with olive oil and salt)

• Crispy Yukon Golds (tossed in garlic confit)

• Crispy Shallots

• Quartered Hard-Boiled Eggs

• Optional: Serve with freshly cooked Flatbreads on the side

Day 2: Caesar-ish Salad Flatbreads

Elements:

• Flatbread Dough

• Garlic Confit

• Parmesan Cheese

• Pepper

• Kale/Romaine Blend

• Lemon Parmesan Dressing

• Crispy Shallots

• Quartered Hard-Boiled Eggs

• Optional: Grilled Chicken Breast

Day 3: Tinga Tostadas

Elements:

• Tostadas

• Mashed Black Beans

• Chicken Tinga

• Kale/Romaine Blend

• Pickled Jalapeños + Red Onion

• Cilantro Lime Dressing

• Cotija

• Cilantro

Serve with Cilantro-Lime Bean-oa (Bean Quinoa) on the side

Day 4: Lemon Salmon with Garlic Confit Potatoes

Elements:

• Yukon Golds (mashed with buttermilk or shallow fried in olive oil)

• Garlic Confit

• Blanched Asparagus (tossed in Lemon Parmesan Dressing)

• Salmon

• Optional: Crispy Lemon Slices

Day 5: Burrito Bowls

Elements:

• Cilantro-Lime Bean-oa

• Chicken Tinga

• Kale/Romaine Blend

• Cherry Tomatoes

• Cilantro Lime Dressing

• Pickled Jalapeños + Red Onion

• Cotija

• Cilantro

• Crispy Tortilla Strips

• Lime Wedges

This is the exact grocery list I used at the market to get everything I needed for the week. Of course, quantities will vary depending on the number of people in your household, but as a household of 2 people, this was enough to last us for the whole week.

Total Cost

This week’s grocery bill (minus the proteins) was about ~$60 (in Northern California). That’s $6 per person, per meal!!!

Also, a few notes to preface the grocery list…

• White Beans

  • The white beans were added this week for more fiber and protein, but if you’d like to leave them out - leave them out. They’re not essential at all.

• Additional

  • I included superscripts with corresponding notes (on the bottom of the list) directly on the PDF - for clarity, I’d recommend reading through those before adding anything to your cart. :)

Grocery List

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