A couple years ago, I crossed paths with Jenn Lueke (you likely know her as jenneatsgoood). In our initial brief interactions, I quickly learned that we share a similar wavelength in the kitchen—she is equally passionate about stretching one grocery haul into a week of meals.

Like Restaurant Dropout, The Jenn Eats Goood Newsletter is all about efficiency, without boredom or blasé repetitiveness. Jenn leans into meal prep in an admirable way with make-it-one-enjoy-it-all-week recipes like her popular Breakfast Biscuits, Chia Puddings, and Egg Muffins.

Her debut cookbook comes out on January 13th, and I, personally, am so excited to see everything that she’s been working on.

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In the meantime, we’ll be cooking a week of recipes from her book, so you can get a taste of everything Don’t Think About Dinner brings to the table (pun intended).

Baked Black Bean & Poblano Tacos, Herby Chickpea & Cauliflower Bowls, and Tomato-Basil Butter Bean Skillet

Access to hundreds of individual recipes (sauces, marinades, breads, grains, meats, etc.) and 90+ weekly dinner menus can be found below:

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A Mostly Vegetarian Week

This is a mostly vegetarian menu, but if you’re of the camp that believes meat makes a complete entrée (my husband included), I’ve added some recommendations for animal protein in the Substitutions section.

Unique Ingredients

There are some ingredients found in Jenn’s pantry staples that aren’t necessarily staples in the Restaurant Dropout pantry, per se. For anything that seems totally new, you can find a list of suitable substitutions for common alternatives in the Substitutions section.

Grocery List

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Printable Menu (update)

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Enhancement Options

You can give the Tofu and Broccolini recipe more heft by serving it with a side of Jenn’s Steamed Rice.

Alos, although great on its own, you can enjoy the Tomato-Basil Saucy Butter Beans with bread, or even stretch it by using it as a textured pasta sauce.

Prep List

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Optional Prep

This wouldn’t be Restaurant Dropout without a Prep List. That being said, there were a few things in Jenn’s recipes that could be made on the day, while other parts of the dish bake or simmer. I’ve added those elements as optional prep on the list since they won’t add to the cook time if you made them on the day.

Additional Prep Notes

• Prep List: Levels of Difficulty

• Scaling Up Recipes

• General Storage Tips

• Prepped Ingredient Storage

• What to Do with Leftover Fry Oil

• Recipe Rescues

• Dicing 101

Protein Substitutions

For the Sweet & Spicy Tofu…
🔄 Tempeh, Paneer, or + Chicken Thighs or Breasts

For the Lemony Chicken Thighs…
🔄 Chicken Breasts, Extra Firm or High-Protein Super-Firm Tofu, Mushrooms, or Seitan

For the Tomato-Basil Saucy Butter Beans…
🔄 Add Italian Sausage, or Plant-Based Crumbles

For the Black Bean & Poblano Tacos…
🔄 Add Ground Meat

For the Chickpea & Cauliflower Bowls…
🔄 Lentils, or Add Ground Meat

Additional Substitutions

Tapioca Flour 🔄 Arrowroot Starch, Cornstarch

Coconut Aminos 🔄 Reduced-Sodium Tamari, Reduced Sodium Soy Sauce

Butter Beans 🔄 Cannellini Beans, Navy Beans, Great Northern Beans

Nutritional Yeast 🔄 White Miso (what I would use), Cashew Butter, blended Cashews, Soy Sauce (1/2)

Curly Kale 🔄 Dino/Lacinato Kale, Spinach

Cheddar Cheese 🔄 Dairy-Free Cheese

Greek Yogurt 🔄 Dairy-Free Yogurt (like plain cashew- or coconut-based yogurt)

Elements

Sauces

Creamy Cilantro Sauce

Utilized in Herby Chickpea and Cauliflower Bowls.

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Grains

Jenn’s Steamed Rice

Utilized in Sweet & Spicy Tofu and Broccolini (optional), and Herby Chickpea and Cauliflower Bowls.

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Dishes

Sweet and Spicy Tofu and Broccolini

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Lemony Chicken Thighs and Rice

	Lemony Chicken Thighs and Rice 3.79MB ∙ PDF file
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Tomato-Basil Saucy Butter Bean Skillet

	Tomato-Basil Saucy Butter Bean Skillet 11MB ∙ PDF file
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Baked Black Bean and Poblano Tacos

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Herby Chickpea and Cauliflower Bowls with Lemon-Dill Sauce

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Consolidated Lists (update)

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Consolidated Recipes

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All Documents (Consolidated Lists & Recipes) - update

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We’ll be back next week with an all-new Restaurant Dropout menu. I’ll see you then. :)

As always, thank you so much for being here. Ciao for now, and happy cooking! 💖

Xo,
Zoe