This week's menu plan (with ratings!)
Monday - Grilled lamb w/ tabbouleh
preparation was easy peasy, and the flavour was out of this world!
Tuesday - Vegetable Risotto
preparation - slightly more complicated, but equally good.
Wednesday - Grilled fish, Greek Salad w/ homemade tzatziki sauce
preparation again was easy, and while I'm not a big fan of whiting, you could use any fish.
The tzatziki was sooooooooooo good; but we still smell of garlic.
Thursday - Pizza
We decided that once a week, we'll have one of our "old" meals, as a treat. So we had pizza, but I
used a proper pizza base, tomato paste, mushrooms and salami, plus fresh garlic and loads of seasoning.
Friday - Roasted pumpkin, lentil and ricotta salad.
preparation was a pain in the rump. The recipe said 10 minutes prep, but it was more like 30. I had to cut the pumpkin, peel it, and then cut it into smaller bits. Any suggestions on how to do this quickly would be most welcome. Otherwise, not much preparation required. Flavour? WOW!! I really didn't expect to like this one, since lentils smelled kind of peppery and I'm not a big fan of bean textures in general. But the flavour of the pumpkin, spinach, ricotta, red onion, and lentils, mixed with balsamic dressing, made a party in my mouth that's still going on!
Saturday - I think I'm just going to make another Greek Salad with some tuna on it, so we can use some of our leftover ingredients.
Sunday - Chicken and vegetable rice paper rolls
I expect the preparation to be a bit tricky, but we've eaten them before and they're worth it!
Off to clean the kitchen,
Sarah
P.S. Oh, and the other day Lachlan said to Charlie Brown "Charlotte Elizabeth", and after the briefest of pauses, she responded: "Sims". What a little cracker she is!
preparation was easy peasy, and the flavour was out of this world!
Tuesday - Vegetable Risotto
preparation - slightly more complicated, but equally good.
Wednesday - Grilled fish, Greek Salad w/ homemade tzatziki sauce
preparation again was easy, and while I'm not a big fan of whiting, you could use any fish.
The tzatziki was sooooooooooo good; but we still smell of garlic.
Thursday - Pizza
We decided that once a week, we'll have one of our "old" meals, as a treat. So we had pizza, but I
used a proper pizza base, tomato paste, mushrooms and salami, plus fresh garlic and loads of seasoning.
Friday - Roasted pumpkin, lentil and ricotta salad.
preparation was a pain in the rump. The recipe said 10 minutes prep, but it was more like 30. I had to cut the pumpkin, peel it, and then cut it into smaller bits. Any suggestions on how to do this quickly would be most welcome. Otherwise, not much preparation required. Flavour? WOW!! I really didn't expect to like this one, since lentils smelled kind of peppery and I'm not a big fan of bean textures in general. But the flavour of the pumpkin, spinach, ricotta, red onion, and lentils, mixed with balsamic dressing, made a party in my mouth that's still going on!
Saturday - I think I'm just going to make another Greek Salad with some tuna on it, so we can use some of our leftover ingredients.
Sunday - Chicken and vegetable rice paper rolls
I expect the preparation to be a bit tricky, but we've eaten them before and they're worth it!
Off to clean the kitchen,
Sarah
P.S. Oh, and the other day Lachlan said to Charlie Brown "Charlotte Elizabeth", and after the briefest of pauses, she responded: "Sims". What a little cracker she is!
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