Well Meal Plan Mondays are back. Fortnightly, 'cause that's how I roll. For how long they'll be back I don't know, but on Friday I sat on my arse all day I had some spare time on my hands so put together this fortnights meals in advance. Oh I have been doing meal plans but nothing concrete and definitley not in advance like I once did. More like half weekly.
So with footy training in full swing and now basketball taking up my Monday evenings I need to be more prepared. Mondays need to be quick foods and preferrably meatless and Tuesdays and Thursdays are perfect slow cooker nights after footy training! This fortnight most of my recipes are from my trusty Taste iPhone app. Some are old favourites and some are new, yet to be tried recipes.
Oh and I still have that "no working oven" thing going on.
So with footy training in full swing and now basketball taking up my Monday evenings I need to be more prepared. Mondays need to be quick foods and preferrably meatless and Tuesdays and Thursdays are perfect slow cooker nights after footy training! This fortnight most of my recipes are from my trusty Taste iPhone app. Some are old favourites and some are new, yet to be tried recipes.
Oh and I still have that "no working oven" thing going on.
Week 1
Monday - {Meat Free Monday} Potato & Roasted Garlic Soup
Tuesday - {Slow Cooker} Mediterranean Style Lamb Shanks
Wednesday - Green Thai Chicken Curry
Thursday - {Slow Cooker} Chicken Cacciatore
Friday - {Family Fun Night} Clean Home Made Pizzas
Saturday -
Sunday - {Slow Cooker} Beef & Red Wine Casserole with Cheesy Dumplings
Week 2
Monday - {Meat Free Monday} Gnocchi with Spicy Tomato & Feta Sauce
Tuesday - {Slow Cooker} Beef Curry with Rice and Pappadums
Wednesday - Kangaroo Fillet with Salad and Baked Potatoes
Thursday - {Slow Cooker} Whole Spiced Chicken with Sweet Potato Chips & Salad
Friday - Fish coated in Dukkah with Avocado Salsa {unless we head out for Date Night!!}
Saturday - Thai Beef Salad with Nam Jim
Sunday - Spaghetti Bol
I'll post some of these recipes and link them back to here in the next few days so check back if you're interested in any of them. If there's one you'd like but I don't link it please let me know and I'll put it up.
Do you use a slow cooker during the cooler months?
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Love your meal plan! I'm always amazed by people who plan a fortnight. I don't think I could do it.
ReplyDeleteI just got a new 6L slow cooker for my birthday. Love it. With a newborn and a toddler it's so much easier to just chuck it in and let it cook :)
Here's my meal plan for this week - http://www.thesmidy.net/flyingdrunkenmonkey/meal-plan-%E2%98%85-27th-may-2nd-june-2013
I do it 'cause if I don't plan I find myself visiting the shops every day or two and I spend waaaaaay too much money... I'm thinking of changing to monthly planning. That'll mean monthly shops for meat and groceries and then weekly for fresh fruit and veg... I buy bread and milk in bulk and freeze too - so much easier :)
DeleteI love my slowcooker - wish I had one back when my kids were little! So handy!!! I do a double batch when I can and the left overs can be used the following week when I just can't be arsed to cook anything!! Heading to check out your plan now!!
I really really need to plan more!! Quick queston whats a clean pizza?
ReplyDeleteMeal planning really does help Ann! I always feel so much more organised when I do it!
DeleteClean pizza is pizza make from a clean eating recipe I found. It's made on Mountain Bread instead of the usual flour dough base :) I'll post it once I've made it :)