Back to the meal planning table… There have been a couple of holes in my menu plans over the past few weeks – trips me right up and gives me so much grief… It’s so eeeeeasy when I have it down on paper in advance.
So here we go. Yes, I know it’s not Monday – it’s Thursday – but as my online grocery order is coming this afternoon, here is the plan for the next 7 days:
Thursday
- Crockpot Chili, will serve with brown rice, tortilla chips and grated cheddar cheese (My kids don’t like kidney beans so, thanks to a clever tip I read on http://recipezaar.com/, I’ve blended the whole tin and added it to the meat mixture. So the chili has the trademark red colour but the consistency of meat sauce.)
Friday
- Homemade Pizza, with bacon (for me!) and pepperoni (the other three), served with raw veggies (cherry toms, cucumber sticks, etc)
- kids get their weekly ration of sweets today, so no dessert (see my earlier blogpost ‘TGIF’ )
Saturday (good, old family night)
- Lamb ‘Culottes’ (large steaks – sorry – don’t know what cut of meat that is in English!), served with mustard, roasted Portobello mushrooms, tomato salad, fresh raw spinach and baby potatoes
- perhaps Krista’s brownies for dessert 🙂 🙂 while we are enjoying “Merlin” on the telly
Sunday
- Swedish Sausage Stew, served with bulghur wheat with the leftover fresh spinach mixed in
Monday
- Char Sui Crockpot Chops, sugarsnap peas and chinese noodles
Tuesday (scout night)
- (all-in-one-dish) Roast Chicken Legs with oven-baked potato wedges and fresh, raw veggies or maybe flash-fried Danish ‘pointy’ spring cabbage
Wednesday
- Homemade Beefburgers, either served on top of fried toast with balsamico/cream sauce (a swanky, grown-up version) or on buns with crisps + veggies on the side (traditional style)