Meal Plan Monday

MONDAY

Kid Free Night! Out for dinner

TUESDAY

Curried Sausages, mashed potato & steamed vegetables

WEDNESDAY

Teriyaki Salmon, steamed rice and green beans

THURSDAY

Junior Masterchef Chicken Enchiladas

Just a little tip here: White Corn Tortillas are exceptionally difficult to work with in the recipe. They crack and fall apart when rolling up the enchiladas. I would stick to yellow corn, or flour tortillas for this dish.

FRIDAY

Pizza Night with Nana & Grandad

SATURDAY

French Food Safari French Onion Soup

 and Great British Bake Off Sticky Toffee Puddings

SUNDAY

Steak Bearnaise, mashed potato & vegetables

BAKING

Pear & Ginger Upside Down Cake

Australian Good Taste Magazine May 2013 p52

Grandma Smith's Slow Cooked Sweet Beef Curry

Recipe By: Grandma Smith
Serving Size: 6

Ingredients:
500 g chuck steak, cubed
2 tablespoons plain (all-purpose) flour
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon curry powder
2 tablespoons butter
1 brown onion, diced
1 carrot, sliced
1 green apple, diced
1 tablespoon sultanas
2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
500 milliliters beef stock

Directions:
1. Place the flour, curry powder and salt and pepper in a large zip lock bag and shake to combine. Pop the beef pieces in the bag and shake until the beef is coated in the seasoned flour. Set aside

2. Melt butter in a saucepan over a medium heat add the beef (reserving any excess flour) and fry until lightly browned.

3. Add carrot, apple and onion. Cook for about five minutes or until softened. Add sultanas, sugar, lemon juice and stock. Cook for a few minutes until pan is deglazed (all the brown bits come up off the bottom). Add any left over flour to the liquid, stir to combine.

4. Tip all of the mixture into the slow cooker and cook on low for 4-6 hours, or until the meat is meltingly tender. Serve with steamed rice.

Meal Plan Monday

MONDAY

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Roast Chicken with Honey Glazed Carrots, Potatoes & Silverbeet

I've got to be honest, we found the flavours of the ground cumin and coriander a bit overpowering in the vege dish. Far be it from me to think I know better than the great Curtis Stone, but if I were to make this again I would substitute the ginger for some crushed garlic, omit the ground spices and add a little fresh thyme. The chicken however was DELISH!

TUESDAY

Curried Sausages, Creamy Mash & Steamed Seasonal Vegetables

WEDNESDAY

Nachos Supreme - YES, AGAIN!

THURSDAY

Chicken Skewers with Satay Sauce and Stir Fried Vegetables

FRIDAY

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Beef Schnitzels, home made chips & salad

SATURDAY

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Homemade Cherry Tomato & Prosciutto Pizza with Garlic Bread

 TIP: There is nearly 2 hours to wait for the dough to prove (rise), and about 20 minutes cooking time. I use this time to do other things like, put on a load of washing, vacuum, dust (or do nothing at all!) There is only about 30 minutes, if that, of active prep.

SUNDAY

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Thai Red Curry Prawns & Jasmine Rice

This is a Jamie Oliver's 30 Minute Meals recipe. I am totally in love with this book and tend to include at least one or two of these recipes in each fortnight's meal plan. They don't take me 30 minutes, closer to 45 I think, but that is usually for a main, one or two side dishes and a dessert! I have omitted the cucumber side salad and the dessert tonight though.

LUNCHBOX

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Chocolate Slice

TIP: When cooled completely, wrap individual servings in cling wrap, place in a large zip lock bag in the freezer. Take out as required each day to add to lunchboxes.

Curried Sausages

Recipe By: Food.com
Serving Size: 6

Ingredients:
1 kg sausage
2 brown onions, finely sliced
2 1/2 cups Beef Stock, salt reduced
salt
pepper
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
1 tablespoon malt vinegar

Directions:
1. Cook the sausages in a large frying pan over a medium low heat, turning frequently. When cooked through, slice and set aside.

2. In the same pan the sausages were cooked in, sauté the onions until soft and slightly transparent. And the flour and stir for around 30 seconds or until combined and slightly brown.

3. Mix together the remaining ingredients in a jug then add to the pot to thicken (about 5-10 minutes). Add the sausages back to the pan to heat through.

4.  Serve with creamy mashed potato and steamed seasonal vegetables.

Meal Plan Monday

MONDAY

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Cumin Salt CrustedPork with Braised Buk Choy & Baby Carrots

TUESDAY

Tandoori Butter Chicken with Wilted Baby Spinach

WEDNESDAY

Steak Bearnaise with Home Made Chips & Simple Salad

THURSDAY

Chicken Fettuccine Carbonara

FRIDAY

Cook's Night Off!

SATURDAY

No Packet Tuna Mornay and Creamy Mash

SUNDAY

Chicken Parmegana & Salad

LUNCHBOX

Home Made Muesli Bar Slice

Meal Plan Monday (or Wednesday!)

Do you Meal Plan? Weekly, fortnightly or monthly? In a later blog post I will expand on the virtues I have found of meal planning. The benefits (especially for working mums) range from budget to time, reducing waste and more. But for now, here is what we are having (or have had) this week. Please check back as I will be adding recipe links and photos over the next few days.

MONDAY

Individual Creamy Chowder Pies

TUESDAY

Chicken Ceasar Salad with Home Made Dressing

WEDNESDAY

Grandma Smith's Hai Tai Minh

THURSDAY

Pine Nut Lamb Cutlets with Tuscan Style Salad

FRIDAY

Bangers Pepperonata

SATURDAY

Nachos Supreme

SUNDAY

Chicken Parmegana