i am super bad at remembering the food i like to eat outside of special recipes so i'm starting a list of dinners! i get a meal service for two dinners a week, but the rest of the time i cook for myself - due to disability and/or laziness, usually about 3 nights a week. i absolutely can't stand eating the same thing more than two nights in a row, so i try to switch it up a lot, but i do have some staples on rotation. there will be no recipes or photos here, these are the dinners i whip up from ingredients i keep on hand. i am lucky to live at home with my parents on their grocery budget with access to a lot of specialty stores and farmers' markets, so the pantry and fridge are very well-stocked. i love food and finding new things for my casual cooking repetoire, i'm hoping listing these will be inspiring and help me brainstorm more! this page design is festival marketplace inspired.

please do not take anything on this page as nutrition advice or diet recommendations, i have struggled with disordered eating for as long as i can remember, and this is not a food diary for any tracking purposes. this most definitely isn't everything i eat. however, if some combo sounds good and you try it out and love it, let me know!

Tofu Stir-fry

store-bought baked tofu, zucchini, broccolini, mushroom, green onion, brown sauce, rice

★★★★★

this one was Good i got all my favorite vegetables and i made the brown sauce so so good with extra ginger and garlic and szechuan peppercorns

Tofu Bowl

pan fried store-bought baked tofu, cucumber, avocado, rice, crunchy onion, ginger-sesame-ACV vinaigrette, weird random sauce that i didn't end up liking

★☆☆☆☆

this was kinda ass and it's my own fault. i didn't really want it, my sauce was bad, my avocado was underripe. the cucumbers were good that's the only savior

Korean BBQ Seitan Bite Salad Bowl

store-bought k-bbq seitan wings, arugula, roasted zucchini, apple, avocado, peanuts, crispy onion, ginger-sesame-ACV vinaigrette

★★★★☆

this one was really good salad-wise but it gets four stars because i don't know if i actually like these seitan wings or not. they're fine but not great

Ravioli with Chicken and Peas

sauteed chicken breast, store-bought ravioli, frozen peas, pan sauce of shallots/butter/white wine/chicken fond/lemon

★★★★★

i forgot how damn good a sauteed chicken breast can be i usually bake them so i don't have to watch it. i did this with two different raviolis, the sauce kept well in the freezer

Pasta and Broccolini with Garlic Sauce

angel hair, leftover roasted broccolini, garlic butter pan sauce

★★★★☆

yummyyyy could've used a protein i guess but i barely felt like making a sauce

Mushroom Risotto with Broccolini

mushroom risotto in the instant pot, roasted broccolini

★★★★☆

this risotto was really good and i saved some in the freezer and then my mom ate all my freezer leftovers >:(