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    Home » Meal Planners » Veggie-Loaded Weekly Meal Planner

    Veggie-Loaded Weekly Meal Planner

    Posted on February 7, 2021 · Last Updated on February 6, 2021 · By Srividhya G · Leave a Comment

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    Make the veggies delicious and exciting with this simple veggie-loaded weekly meal planner. As always, I have breakfast, lunch, and dinner options! Check out what I have on my menu for this week. 

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    PS – Substitute the rice with grains of your choice.

    It’s that time of the week where I sit and plan my meals. And I am back with a new meal planner, this time with a lot of veggie options.  

    For all my new readers, I have been sharing some meal planners for the past two years. I have shared over 25 meal planners, and you can check them out all under the “meal planner” category. All meal planners and unique, and you can draw some inspiration. 

    Veggie-loaded weekly meal planner

    Last week, I couldn’t incorporate many veggies, and I went with all easy-to-make and straightforward recipes. So this week, I decided to incorporate more veggies in exciting ways. 

    Usually, I steam or bake brussels sprouts, but I plan to make rice with it more like my zucchini rice. Instead of zucchini, I am using Brussels sprouts. Also, instead of chow chow/chayote squash kootu, I decided to make chutney this time. I have recipes like veg stew, poha, khichdi, where I can add more veggies.

    I got some fresh peas, planning to add them in stew, poha, and paratha as well. You can also add it with cabbage stir-fry. 

    I have been answering a few frequently asked questions around weekly meal planners for the past few weeks. Check out my previous faqs on these meal planners. 

    The other common question that I get is – how I pick the recipes and rotate them.

    Picking Recipes for a Week of Meal Planning

    How do I get inspiration for my recipes, I ask my family, especially my son. My meal planners are usually designed based on my family’s likings. I have a 12-year old son, and he can handle spicy food. Except for pasta and wraps, I don’t cook separately for him. 

    I love leftover makeovers, and I always pick dishes that I can serve with two different meals. 

    For instance, this week, I have sambar for Monday night, and I am serving with idli and using the leftovers to serve with dosa. Same with veggie stew, I can pair it with roti as well as idiyappam. 

    Then, of course, depending upon our schedule, I pick the dishes. When my schedule is tight, then I opt for easy one-pot meals or semi-homemade dishes. 

    I make sure I have the idli-dosa batter, and you can make zillion recipes with the batter. Apart from idli and dosa, I use the same batter to make uthappam, paniyaram, etc. 

    You might see some of our family favorites come in rotation on my meal planners. I hope this helps. If you have any particular questions, do let me know in the comments. 

    Without any further ado, here is this week’s meal planner.

    Meal-Prep-

    • Chop all the required veggies. 
    • Prepare the idli-dosa batter. 
    • Make sure you have yogurt and other condiments required for this week.  
    • You can soak the lentils and sprout them during the weekend or soak them the day before.
    • I always knead the dough the previous day. But you can knead in bulk and refrigerate.
    • Cook the lentils and freeze them 

    Now here are the details and the recipe links. 

    Recipe Links For the South Indian Vegetarian Weekly Meal Planner

    Monday Menu

    • Breakfast – Puttu (I have ragi and quinoa puttu recipe on my blog. But I am planning to make with store-bought puttu flour this time.
    • Lunch – Brussels sprouts rice (I am planning to make it similar to my zucchini rice) with beets stir-fry
    • Dinner – Idli with sambar

    Tuesday Menu

    • Breakfast – Dosa with sambar
    • Lunch – Moong dal khichdi with chayote squash chutney
    • Dinner – Rasam with cabbage stir-fry and chayote squash chutney

    Wednesday Menu

    • Breakfast – Poha
    • Lunch – Roti with veg stew
    • Dinner – Idiyappam with veg stew

    Thursday Menu

    • Breakfast – Pear smoothie for us, and I am planning to make some cheese dosa for the kiddo
    • Lunch – Pindi chole with rice and cucumber raita
    • Dinner – I am planning to make a simple sandwich with leftover pindi chole.

    Friday Menu

    • Breakfast – Cauliflower and peas paratha. I don’t have this recipe on my blog. I will share it soon.
    • Lunch – Cauliflower and peas paratha.

    I hope this menu planner helps, and you all can draw some inspiration. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below. I will share the daily updates on my Instagram and my FB group. So stay connected!

    Stay Safe & Happy Cooking!

    Vidhya

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