Map out your weeknight meals with these recipes from Mark Bittman. Here, he makes four dishes that require only one grocery list: Stewed vegetables, tomatoes and beans with couscous, grilled chicken with cilantro and lime, poached fish in ratatouille, and chicken enchiladas.
Shopping list:
2 whole chickens
2 fish steaks
Couscous
20 tomatillos
4 medium poblano chiles
2 or 3 serrano chiles (optional)
6 onions
Red onion
Shallot
2 red or green bell peppers
2 cans whole tomatoes
1 ½ to 2 lbs. eggplant
8 cups chickpeas or cannellini beans
2 zucchinis
½ cup kalamata olives
Capers
Basil
Cilantro
Fresh parsley or dill
Lime juice
Olive oil
Vegetable stock
Peanut oil (or grapeseed)
Queso fresco
Salt
Black pepper
Garlic
Cayenne
Mexican or other oregano
Crushed red pepper (optional)
