What we ate this week

The aim is to have the menu set up at the start of the week rather than reporting on what it was! However, prior to me throwing away the piece of paper with the menu on for this week just gone...

Monday: Red Onion and Goats Cheese Tart (brilliantly simple, loved by the whole family and they even eat salad with it! Recipe to follow in future weeks)
Tuesday: Meatballs in tomato sauce on pasta. I made the meatballs prior to Christmas and froze so another relatively simple meal. Well we are all just back to work/school.
Wednesday: Pork Shepherds Pie (Using up rest of roast pork from Sunday - again recipe will follow as this is a family favourite)
Thursday: Turkey curry aka freezer meal. Home made curry sauce with left over white meat from the christmas turkey. Doubt if I will ever get round to typing up all my left over turkey meals - making them is a day after Boxing Day task.
Friday: Cheese Pudding - see next post for the recipe.

An aside (and note to self for next year): great leftover recipe for the dark meat from the remains of the turkey inspired by the Jamie Oliver recipe (OK so I didn't have anywhere near the right ingredients to do Jamie's recipe so had to adapt.... considerably)

Shred, using your fingers, the remainder of the dark meat from cold turkey
For each 'handful' (will weigh out what a 'handful' is next year) add a teaspoon of five spice powder and dry fry (aka cook in frying pan on medium heat with no oil). Stir or shake every now and then until it resembles crispy duck shreds

Serve as if the turkey is crispy duck, in wraps with hoi-sin sauce, shredded cucumber and spring onions.