Burns night yesterday. Kids have never had haggis so, we're opening the week with ...
M Haggis (tatties and neeps to accompany of course)
Mr B has treated himself to a single malt.
T Chicken fajhitas.
Great standby for when staggered family eating is required (various evening activities happening). Used to be a sneaky way of getting salad into the menu as well - but now they are older...
W Pork rissoles - going to try with mushrooms. If it works will write up recipe later in the week
(Sunday roast was boned, rolled leg of pork, ie this is one of my left over recipes). Post trial feedback - it didn't work well enough for me to write up recipe.
Th Freezer meal
F Chicken and pesto pasta.
Monday, 26 January 2009
Sunday, 25 January 2009
Recipe: Lamb Meatloaf
10 oz cooked lamb
3 oz bacon (depends on how lean the lamb is to whether I use streaky or back bacon)
1 large onion
1 tbsp parsley
2 fresh sage leaves
2 eggs
2 tbsp tomato juice (from a tin of tomatoes if making tomato and onion sauce to accompany)
salt and pepper.
Mince the lamb, bacon, onion and herbs together in a food processor.
Beat the eggs, tomato juice, salt and pepper together in a separate bowl and then mix into the meat mixture.
Grease a 2lb loaf tin and line the bottom with greaseproof paper.
Cook in oven preheated to 200C for 35 minutes (it is cooked if a knife put into the middle of the loaf comes away clean)
Serve with a tomato and onion sauce made from the rest of the tin of tomatoes, new potatoes and a seasonal green vegetable.
3 oz bacon (depends on how lean the lamb is to whether I use streaky or back bacon)
1 large onion
1 tbsp parsley
2 fresh sage leaves
2 eggs
2 tbsp tomato juice (from a tin of tomatoes if making tomato and onion sauce to accompany)
salt and pepper.
Mince the lamb, bacon, onion and herbs together in a food processor.
Beat the eggs, tomato juice, salt and pepper together in a separate bowl and then mix into the meat mixture.
Grease a 2lb loaf tin and line the bottom with greaseproof paper.
Cook in oven preheated to 200C for 35 minutes (it is cooked if a knife put into the middle of the loaf comes away clean)
Serve with a tomato and onion sauce made from the rest of the tin of tomatoes, new potatoes and a seasonal green vegetable.
Salads
Lunch at work is salad and soup (home made of course) for Mr B and salad for Mrs B. The exception is on a Friday when Mr B treats himself to something from the sandwich van (all day breakfast bap I think is a favourite) to celebrate the end of the working week.
Last week salads:
Lamb and new potato
Egg
Parma Ham and Porcini topping (remaining from the Jamie Oliver recipe)
Blue Cheese and Walnut
This week potential salads:
Tuna Nicoise
Feta Cheese and Olive
Pork and caper
Sprouted beans (must go and set some going)
Last week salads:
Lamb and new potato
Egg
Parma Ham and Porcini topping (remaining from the Jamie Oliver recipe)
Blue Cheese and Walnut
This week potential salads:
Tuna Nicoise
Feta Cheese and Olive
Pork and caper
Sprouted beans (must go and set some going)
Menu for last week
Last weekend Mr B cooked his brilliant cassoulet. It fills our largest casserole dish, and that's BIG, so stocks the freezer for a number of future 'freezer' meals. It contains lamb, pork (belly pork and sausages), chicken and duck on the meat front. This time it also contained a very local pheasant as well. A large cock pheasant made the mistake of deciding that the food we give our chickens was also for him. He made a good addition to the pot.
A leg of lamb was our Sunday roast, so the menu for the week contained a lamb meat-loaf.
M Jamie Oliver's (yes still delving into his At Home recipe book) Pasta with Leeks and Prosciuto
Can't find a link to the actual recipe - go buy the book, highly recommended. The feedback from family: 'yum', 'you can't taste the leeks' the latter being from a leek cynic.
T Lamb Meat Loaf
One of my 'left over sunday roast' recipes. Will type it up later.
W Chicken Stir Fry
Buy pack of chicken breast fillets, a stir fry vegetable mix that takes your fancy, medium egg noodles and, if you haven't got the inclination to make, a stir fry mix (eg sweet and sour). Result - sweet and sour chicken and vegetable chow mein. If you really want to have recipe for this then add a comment or, in the case of my kids, ask your father.
Th 'Sea' Pie
Not what you're thinking: I thought it was a fish/seafood based pie when I married into this family. Turns out it is a posh version of corn beef hash. This recipe is part of Mr B's repitoire. Recipe will be added to blog at a later date.
F Freezer meal.
Great standby either for when we can't think of anything else or evening plans change!
A leg of lamb was our Sunday roast, so the menu for the week contained a lamb meat-loaf.
M Jamie Oliver's (yes still delving into his At Home recipe book) Pasta with Leeks and Prosciuto
Can't find a link to the actual recipe - go buy the book, highly recommended. The feedback from family: 'yum', 'you can't taste the leeks' the latter being from a leek cynic.
T Lamb Meat Loaf
One of my 'left over sunday roast' recipes. Will type it up later.
W Chicken Stir Fry
Buy pack of chicken breast fillets, a stir fry vegetable mix that takes your fancy, medium egg noodles and, if you haven't got the inclination to make, a stir fry mix (eg sweet and sour). Result - sweet and sour chicken and vegetable chow mein. If you really want to have recipe for this then add a comment or, in the case of my kids, ask your father.
Th 'Sea' Pie
Not what you're thinking: I thought it was a fish/seafood based pie when I married into this family. Turns out it is a posh version of corn beef hash. This recipe is part of Mr B's repitoire. Recipe will be added to blog at a later date.
F Freezer meal.
Great standby either for when we can't think of anything else or evening plans change!
Friday, 9 January 2009
Recipe: Cheese Pudding
I am ending the week on a cheap classic (as in I remember it being made by my mother on a regular basis). Definatley one for the kids when they get to college.
Preheat oven to 200C
Half pint of milk - heat to boiling point.
Add 4oz fresh breadcrumbs (small cubes of white bread do just as well) and 1oz of butter.
Stand for 5 mins
Add 4 oz grated cheddar cheese and season
Mix in 1-2 eggs (I normally use 2 medium)
Pour into greased 1 pint dish and cook until risen and brown on top (25-35mins depending on depth of dish - insert a skewer and it will come out clean if it is cooked)
In summer server with new potatoes and a green veg
In winter serve with baked potatoes and a green veg
Probably worth noting at this point that I have 3 chickens who between them produce an egg a day in the depths of winter (2 or 3 per day during the summer). Free range eggs are therefore readily available in this household. With teenage son still in rapid growth mode, we also have numerous ends of bread loaves. These ends only get fed to chickens as a very last resort. You'll spot the theme!
Preheat oven to 200C
Half pint of milk - heat to boiling point.
Add 4oz fresh breadcrumbs (small cubes of white bread do just as well) and 1oz of butter.
Stand for 5 mins
Add 4 oz grated cheddar cheese and season
Mix in 1-2 eggs (I normally use 2 medium)
Pour into greased 1 pint dish and cook until risen and brown on top (25-35mins depending on depth of dish - insert a skewer and it will come out clean if it is cooked)
In summer server with new potatoes and a green veg
In winter serve with baked potatoes and a green veg
Probably worth noting at this point that I have 3 chickens who between them produce an egg a day in the depths of winter (2 or 3 per day during the summer). Free range eggs are therefore readily available in this household. With teenage son still in rapid growth mode, we also have numerous ends of bread loaves. These ends only get fed to chickens as a very last resort. You'll spot the theme!
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.
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.
Starting post
At some point I will add this to the About this Blog panel!
This is a blog aimed as a place for me to record menu plans for family of four, somewhere to store the recipes I have on scraps of paper (such as my mothers wonderful recipe for marmalade - seville oranges in season soon!) and potentially where kids can access their mothers recipes when they attempt flying the nest. I have been meaning to start this for months. New Year resolution - maybe!
This is a blog aimed as a place for me to record menu plans for family of four, somewhere to store the recipes I have on scraps of paper (such as my mothers wonderful recipe for marmalade - seville oranges in season soon!) and potentially where kids can access their mothers recipes when they attempt flying the nest. I have been meaning to start this for months. New Year resolution - maybe!
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