🥟 Week of Jun 1–7, 2026
🥟 Meal 1 — Asian Lettuce Wraps (Molly’s call)
🍄 Meal 2 — Creamy One-Pot Pasta with Chicken and Mushrooms NYT Recipe — One pot, ~30 min. Sear chicken, sauté mushrooms, add pasta + broth. → Full mise en place »
🍣 Meal 3 — Miso-Mayo Salmon Rice Bowls Adapted from BA Spicy Salmon Bowl — swap sriracha for miso — Broiler, ~20 min. Mix miso + mayo, spread on salmon, broil 8 min. Over rice + avocado + cucumber. → Full mise en place »
What We Learned
- Started too ambitious — suggested Halal Cart Chicken (rejected: too many components)
- Needed diversity — need 3 different cuisines
- Real sources matter — don’t make up recipes
- Easy swaps work well — “swap sriracha for miso” on a known recipe was a hit
- Always leave one slot for Molly — she often has a meal planned
- Pasta must be hearty — chicken + veg or pureed veg sauce
- Mise en place deserves its own page per recipe — keeps weekly plans clean and recipes reusable