What’s for dinner at your house today? Leave a comment below so we can inspire each other! Or does that question strike fear into you, ha ha! Happy Thursday from Copenhagen where we’re enjoying some hot September sunshine. Helene and I love an early morning dip! It’s been a wee while since we’ve talked about menu planning so…
…I’m here with a few tips! But first up, here’s what we’re eating this week at Casa Copenhagen!
- CHICKEN Butter Chicken with basmati rice (made in my beloved ricecooker) and hot naan bread (I use this simple but tasty recipe for butter chicken)
- MINCED MEAT Homemade spaghetti bolognese (I use half minced beef, half black lentils and a ton of veggies for the sauce to save money and also to give it more flavour)
- FISH Baked cod fillets with lemon cream sauce, served with roasted rösti potatoes from the freezer and flash-fried Danish summer cabbage
- LEFTOVER NIGHT Usually a frittata or quiche with whatever veggies need using up, or good old Danish smørrebrød (rye bread open sandwiches with various toppings)
- PASTA Speedy wholemeal fusilli pasta with spicy ‘Nduja paste, cream, peas and parmesan cheese
- FREEZER/EASY MEAL FOR FRIDAY NIGHT Build-your-own-beef burgers with a big salad and homemade fries
- VEGGIE OR EGGS Stir and bake crustless courgette pie. See how I make it in this video! (The original recipe uses meat but I often just replace that with more veggies.)
If you’re new to menu planning, just take a few steps today. Write down 2–3 easy dinners your family enjoys, check what you already have in your fridge or freezer, and slot those meals into your week. And remember—you don’t have to go from all takeaways to cooking everything from scratch! Keep some balance. It’s perfectly okay to buy a ready meal or two (my motto is Keep It Simple, Sweetie) for those days when plans change. Or decide that one day each week will be a takeaway night—no guilt, and you can really enjoy it!
Menu planning doesn’t have to be complicated or fancy—I keep our plan simple and flexible. However, I guarantee that a few minutes of advance planning you will save time, money and mental energy. Yay!
Velbekomme! Bon appétit! So, what’s for dinner at your house? And don’t forget—if you haven’t grabbed your FREE ticket yet for this year’s Get Organized Conference, time is running out! As well as cleaning, digital organizing, crafting, wardrobe and Christmas planning, there are lots of great classes this year on food budgeting and menu planning – so you won’t want to miss it. Click here to register today!
Plus don’t miss my class on Decluttering without Guilt: Host a Swap Party! That’s next Tuesday – mark your diaries for 9 September! I will also be chatting LIVE with Tasha from Get Organized, where you can ask questions!
Hugs
Diane in Denmark
PS: Want more easy dinner inspiration? See our family’s favourite recipes and some Danish classics!
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Add Yours →Hering salad with potatoes
Today we will have a large kale salad with chicken, apples, feta, and almonds. I harvested the kale from my garden this morning. Thank you for sharing your recipes. Tomorrow is my shopping day, and I plan to buy the ingredients for your Butter Chicken and Cod in Lemon Cream Sauce.
Bubble and Squeak and cucumber, tomato, red onion salad. I had all the veggies from my farm share box!
Hallo Diane, we ate macaroni with diced ham, leek, zucchini, crème fraîche, and Italian herbs.
It was delicious
Meal plan this week:
Meatball, Mushroom & Carrot Ramen in a ginger garlic broth
Creamy Chive Chicken with rice and apple salad
Salmon with boiled potatoes and a radish salad
One night is out to eat – the rest of the nights are fend for yourself/leftovers 🥰
They sound delicious.
Vegetarian/vegan household so tonight my son is cooking a spicy tofu stir fry with brown basmati rice. Last night it was chilli -lots of beans-with guacamole.
Tonight we’re having fish tacos with mango salsa, later this week we’ll have butternut squash ravioli with brown butter sauce, then In-N-Out burgers over the weekend . I’m going to give the baked fish with lemon sauce a try, it looks delicious.
We base ours on what my husband picks up on clearance on his way home from work, some sort of carb from the pantry and then whatever vegies I can scrounge from the garden, fridge or freezer. So tonight is gourmet sausages, mashed potato and a bit of a green mix of silverbeet, broccoli, kale and maybe some frozen peas.
We had homemade meatballs in marinara sauce, a couple of small naan and a side salad. It was delicious.
I’ve cooked up a delicious big pot of warming chicken and veggie coconut curry (red) with Basmati rice! Tonight is leftovers reheated of this! Currys and stews etc are always even more flavourful the next day anyway in my opinion. “Cook once, eat twice” once a week is one of my secret strategies that I always look forward to for dealing with busy life! I’d do this more often but my fussy eating kiddos don’t roll with it too often, once a week though I can sneak it in and it’s as good as takeaway or eating out! 🙂
We had leek tarte with broccoli bottom and today red-beet-soup with spring rolls from the supermarket
Thank you for sharing and all your inspiration!
(Tomorrow I will make your oat rolls once again😅)
We had leek tarte with broccoli bottom and today red-beet-soup with spring rolls from the supermarket
(Tomorrow I will make your oat rolls once again😅)
Home made pizza, the bread machine will make he dough for me today while I am at work!
I’m going to try your butter chicken recipe!
Lasagna, we ate here of the store
Had a painful day
This week I have: vol-au-vent (Belgian recipe) with curry (my extra) and rice
today I will see what works🤭