Meal Planning Thread

[brazen20au]

i don't want them getting up though! it's MY time til 7/730ish. so i want them all to stay in bed

[faffa_70]

ROFL fair enough! 

[cookie1]

Well done in having 3 demos Kathryn.  I hope they have/are going well.

[I Love Bimby!]

Kathryn, well done on 3 demos over the weekend!  That's a huge effort!!

[brazen20au]

wow, i didn't see that - well done!!!

[judydawn]

Sat up in bed until midnight, surrounded by all my books and folders - couldn't come up with anything to cook for the next 2 days so gave it away until this morning.  Within 5 minutes I had my recipes   Maybe recipe planning is a job for the morning not late at night.

Today - Tuna corn casserole (Trudy gave me her favourite non-TMX recipe but I'm going to give preparations a go in the TMX)
Tuesday - Moussaka & salad

[I Love Bimby!]

Well done Judy!  Sometimes our brains get too tired late at night to think straight 

[Thermomixer]

I see mama_bel has posted for this week - great stuff, especially the link to OrgJunkie

http://belcooks.blogspot.com/2009/08/menu-week-starting-24th-august.html

[mama_bel]

Monday - bulk cooked curry, rice, steamed veg, yoghurt (TM for curry prep)
Tuesday - home late - slow cooker mexe bake, salad, mountain bread chips (TM for mexe beans)
Wednesday - home late - mashed potato (TM), boiled eggs (TM), salad
Thursday - home late - pasta & basic tomato sauce (TM)
Friday - stirfry (TM), rice, omelette (TM)
Saturday - homemade pizzas (TM bases and sauce)
Sunday - roast vegies, salad or steamed greens, white sauce or gravy (TM)

Other cooking and baking - in the Thermomix - rice & almond milk, mayonnaise. Picnic lunch and snacks for Wednesday and Saturday. In the very least!

[quirkycooking]

Monday -
lunch: Corned beef, potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, broccoli and peas with dairy-free white sauce (TMX)
dinner: Hush puppies made with leftovers, with leftover white sauce

Tuesday -
lunch: Fried rice (using leftover rice from breakfast)
dinner: Tuna noodle casserole (TMX) x 2, and salad + steamed dim sims (TMX Varoma)

Wednesday -
(Out all day - dinner prepared ahead for family)
lunch: leftover fried rice, dim sims, salad
dinner: Tuna noodle casserole

Thursday -
lunch: Chicken & spelt salad (TMX), vege sticks.
dinner: (home late) Crockpot creole bean soup.

Friday -
lunch: Leftover soup and spelt rolls
dinner: Homemade canneloni (TMX)

Saturday -
lunch: (out all morning) Crockpot baked potatoes & salad
dinner: friend's place for dinner

Sunday -
lunch: (church) Crockpot roast beef & veges
dinner: leftovers

[Thermomixer]

You seem to go out a lot Jo - luckily you are organized 

[judydawn]

Now I know another reason why I can only do a 2 day meal planner - if I cook the full recipe quota, it lasts us 2 or 3 meals.  Don't I have it easy compared to some of you.

[JaneeZee]

I'm intrigued Quirky, what are Hush Puppies made with left overs?  Where I come from they are suede shoes favoured by people over the age of 60!!

[quirkycooking]

I'm intrigued Quirky, what are Hush Puppies made with left overs?  Where I come from they are suede shoes favoured by people over the age of 60!!

I was wondering if anyone would comment on that!!!  They are cornbread made with no oil/butter so the batter is thick, then shallow fried in small blobs like patties.  I add my leftover chopped up corned beef and veges, and we eat them with white sauce - yum!  I think the traditional hush puppies are just the cornbread, once you add meat/veges they're cornbread fritters, my mum tells me. (My parents are from Texas, this is a southern American thing which I grew up with!) 

You seem to go out a lot Jo - luckily you are organized 

Yes, I know!  My husband tells me I go out too much! 

[brazen20au]

yes, the life of a "stay at home" mum. is not being home all that much at all LOL