Meal Planning

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No fish for me today! I'm thinking maybe lamb chops, but will only have enough for two meals. I have some sweet potato I need to cook too, maybe into a mash with frozen mixed veg on the side.

Grocery order comes tomorrow. I want to change it to add more chocolate before the price hike.
 
Fish for me today. I remembered to take the salmon out of the freezer, so having it with a baked potato later, got 2 pieces so I'll have the other tomorrow night.
 
I have a HUGE tray of kangaroo meat balls in the oven. The smallest mince pack they sell is 1 kilo and I bulked it up so much with carrot and onion and eggs and breadcrumbs that it barely fit in the mixing bowl. The dogs were milling around my feet waiting for me to drop any! I didn't, it had onion in it. But there was so much I could barely fit on the oven trays.

I hope they cook ok. I am probably going to get sick of them, but the way I made them I can grab a couple out of the freezer at a time and use them in different ways anyway. Maybe some rissoles, maybe spaghetti, maybe just in salad. Now I have to rearrange the freezer to find room for them!
 
Delivery due tomorrow evening, depending on what time it arrives will depend on what I make. However I'll have pork and mash at some point this week.
 
All this talk of food reminds me that I need to think about something for dinner!
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I have to do meal planning for this weekend and next week as Abbs Dad is due over form France and is staying for a few days. Sigh I hate meal planning cause then you got to buy it (and cook it then wash it up! lol)
 
I'll be doing the meal plan tomorrow as tesco is due at bedtime!

I am getting the extra bits from aldi on way home from work.
 
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Tesco arrived, so rough plan for week is

Weds/Thurs pork chops and mash
Fri: something with chips
Sat/possibly Sun too: pie with roasted potatoes and veg

Very potato heavy this week, but I've got the old pack to use up before I open the new pack.
 
Mashy tato is the best. I just discovered that they sell frozen and premade MASHED POTATO! I had no idea! I wouldn't bother with it though cos now I do a really simple mash with skins on. Air fry the potatoes and then mash with a fork add butter and milk and salt and all done in a much quicker time than peeling and boiling them used to take.

I love my air fryer. Its been just fantastic for reheating the bulk meals. I rekon they come out nicer reheated with the air fryer vs with the microwave alone.

I had reheated curry today. Later I will get a mini pizza out of the freezer for dinner. Between the curry, roo balls, youfoodz and mini pizza, its been a nice easy cooking week 😀 all caught up on the dishes for once 😀

Watermelon was on special so I got a quarter and cut it up ready for snacks whenever I go past the fridge. Grapes were on special too, but still expensive. $9 for 800gms. They were fantastic grapes though, but its pretty expensive for a snack. Im glad they were such good quality or I would have been pissed.
 
TamsinValencia said:
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Yum 🙂 What kind of roast meat? Were there lots of leftovers?

I woke up wanting to fast. But then the familiar twinge of a migraine on my walk reminded me that fasting is a bad idea and just causes spewathons and I do NOT want to get back into that cycle. So I might just try for light meals today.

Having the freezer full of food makes me feel so safe, especially because I have another delivery food tomorrow! Im going to change some of tomorrows delivery for higher quality over quantity cos Im set for food right now but still need the delivery for milk, dog food and bunny food (which isnt enough to cover minimum delivery fees). So maybe seafood, like frozen salmon or something fancy cos I havent had that in ages.
 
Using the oven today, don't usually use it but I bought a whole chicken instead of just breast pieces.
I'm not yet sure on the meal plan for it, except I'll do a curry.
I've got mushrooms, so maybe a chicken and mushroom pie as well.
Tonight however it'll be something simple like rolls or chicken and chips.

While the oven is on I'll make banana bread.
 
Long term meal planning, I want to make my own sage and onion stuffing this year. I'm growing both sage and onions, so I should be able to make it, need to check what other herbs the recipe requires, but it's not going to be for a few more months. I'll pickle onions as well if I can, if not, it'll be caramelised onion chutneys instead.
Better start saving jars again.
 
I got confused by the frozen Salmon label. I thought it said Australian but its just packed in Australia. Says it's from Norway. Is that ok? I didn't know much about Norway. I've only had Australian salmon before. But the packaging is good, single serves, makes it easy.

I will have it with cauliflower cheese 🙂 still going on those big bags I got last time I was in the city. Defo getting that again!

Defo not getting single serve frozen veggies in cheese sauce again, ridiculously expensive and not as nice as mine homemade.
 
Pie filling is made, chicken and mushrooms.
Still got more mushrooms to use up so I'll do a risotto on Friday with them.
Made creamed leeks as well, which are now portioned and in the freezer. Did consider putting that in the pies, but went with a creamy garlic sauce instead.
Brownies are in the freezer now too, and I've got banana bread for my sweet treat this week.
 
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I like barley risotto made with pearl barley. Rice seems to be a let-down.
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