A Vegan Monthly Meal Calendar

Now it’s time for the MENU that is supported by all the groceries you just bought! However, I usually recommend making your menu and then purchasing items accordingly, that way you can plan your return trips for produce if you don’t grow it yourself!

To get the printable version, click the link above!

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1:Curried Carrot Soup and Coconut Rice	2: Burritos	3: Shepherds Pie	4: Mashed Potatoes with Miso Gravy and Chips with Pea Puree	5: Pasta with Red Peppers and Cream Sauce	6: Classic Burgers with Tots	7: Stir Fry
8: Thai Coconut Soup and Anise Rice	9: Chimichangas	10: Tator Tot Casserole	11: Simple Sesame Noodles and Rustic Roasted Veggies	12: Spaghetti with Foccacia Bread	13: Burgers with Avocado Aioli and Green Beans	14: Creamy Curried Veggies on Rice
15: Rustic Tomato Lentil Soup and Biscuits	16: Tostadas	17: Red Beans and Rice	18: Potatoes Au Gratin and Sweet Steamed Carrots	19:Macaroni and Cheez with Peas	20: Balsamic Burgers with Tots	21: Pizza
22:Homemade Pho (Or vegetable stew)	23: Taquitos	24: Mulligatawny (Very Thick Potato Pepper "Soup"-eat alone or with rice)	25: Baked Potatoes and Chips with Onion and Cheez Aioli	26: Coconut Cream Sauce Pasta with Zucchini	27: Roasted Veggie Burgers with Baked Beans	28: Paninis
29: Mushroom and Barley Soup with Fancy Biscuits	30:Taco Salad in Mini Tortilla Bowls	1: Zucchini Delight (Casserole made from leftover Baked Beans, Potatoes and Zucchini)	2: Steamed Veggies and Garlic Roasted Potatoes with Hollandaise	3: Bean Balls with Marinara over Noodles	4: Mushroom Loaded Burger with Tots	5: Peanut Sauce on Steamed Veggies and Rice

Please keep the list of acidic and alkaline foods in mind while you make your menu, and then your grocery list. I am including this step for the more advanced foodies for a little challenge! The body’s blood performs best at a slightly alkaline state, warding off illness and disease, yet the foods our country is most likely to consume are acidic...even as I type this, I’m drinking my morning coffee, very acidic.

For those of you who want to try out a vegan diet for a month, don’t worry about acidic or alkaline foods, you are already making a wonderful step towards having a healthy body! Check out Forks Over Knives for inspiration! 

(Or buy the movie and cookbook for future reference!) Remember, you don’t have to be a strict vegan to achieve the health benefits, you could be a dietary vegan (like myself) or a flexitarian that eats around 90% vegan foods, but has no qualms with some meat or dairy once in awhile (much like our first generation agrarian ancestors), this was our family in the beginning. I am providing links to the best prices I've found, (the middle one is to rent it) however, the movie is available on Netflix if you have that service!

As a general rule of thumb, to make meal planning run more smoothly, we have administered “Soupy Sunday,” “Mexican Monday,” “Tuesday Two Casseroles,” “Potato Wednesday,” “Pasta Thursday,” “Friday Burger Night,” and “Super Awesome Saturday.” Tuesday Two Casseroles is dedicated to making a double batch of casseroles, because sometimes you run into a dinner crisis, sometimes an event comes up and you need to bring food, sometimes you have guests over and you need to feed a crowd, and sometimes you know someone in need who could use a quick, reheatable meal! Super Awesome Saturday is host to those wonderful meals that always take a little longer, or require a little bit more expensive ingredients if you have a couple dollars left!

For Breakfasts you will make: Granola, Oatmeal, Peanut Butter and Chocolate Sandwiches, and batches of Pancakes and Waffles for the weekends!

For Lunches you will eat: Leftovers and Salads, you should have plenty of carrots, cucumber, beans, and salad dressing for some delish salads...toss in some crumbled tortilla chips or make bread, let half of it go stale, then bake it into croutons!

For snacks you have the tools to make hummus dip for carrots, dips for chips, super awesome and amazingly healthy for you double chocolate cookies, banana and zucchini breads, toast, and chocolate pudding!

Don’t fret just yet, recipes are coming! Most of the items on your menu you can look up and go for it, but for the sake of utilizing your food stores wisely, I intend to provide you with all the tools you need to keep your budget!