Saturday - Thai food at our local Thai restaurant for celebration dinner. Approx cost $50 (3 of us)
Sunday - lamb chops and veg with chocolate mud cake sandwich cookies
Lamb chop - - $11.00
zucchini, mashed potato, carrots, broccoli and beans
The chocolate biscuits were made by Claudia and the recipe is unbelievably complicated!!!
Monday - Pork chops and stirfry vegetables and mini mint slices
Pork chops - $5.80 for 2
bok choy, carrots, capsicum, beans, corn, zucchini, broccoli
soy sauce
I just had stir fry veg as I try to have at least one meat free night a week.
Tuesday - Fried rice and rest of mini mint slices
3 rashers bacon - approx $2
rice
peas,corn,capsicum,bok choy, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, beans
onion and garlic
soy sauce and chinese 5 spice powder (1/2 teaspoon)
Made enough to do lunches for next two days
Wednesday - honey soy chicken legs with noodles and veg, birthday cake
8 chicken legs - $5.80
rice noodles
honey soy sauce
broccoli, beans and carrots
Super fantastic rainbow marble cake baked by Claudia
Thursday - roast chicken and veg and brownies
chicken - $6.90
potatoes, sweet potato, carrots, beans, cauliflower, broccoli
Brownie recipe
Triple Choc Brownies
Ingredients:
200g dark choc, chopped
200 g unsalted butter,cubed
3/4 cup (155g) brown sugar
3 eggs, whisked
100g milk choc bits
100g white choc bits
3/4 cup (115g) plain flour
Method:
Pre-heat oven to 170 C, Line pan with baking paper.
Place the chocolate and butter in saucepan and melt over a medium heat. Stir regularly. Set aside to cool slightly.
Add the sugar and eggs to chocolate mixture and mix until combined. Stir in the choc bits and flour and mix well. Pour into the pan.
Bake for 25 minutes or until crumbs cling to a skewer. Set aside to cool completely.
These were also for a craft class on friday.
Friday - Lebanese lamb pizzas - birthday cake
Lamb mince - $5.75
onion and garlic
cinnamon (1/2 teaspoon)
chilli (1 teaspoon)
2 medium tomatoes , chopped
tortillas
Recipe
Saute the onion and garlic, brown the mince, add the chilli, cinnamon and tomatoes cook til all fluid gone. Pile onto tortillas and cook in oven til tortilla crispy ( not long). Serve with lemon wedges and yoghurt.
I only got one box of fruit and veg this week so that cost is only $9.
Protein - $28
F&V - $9
Other - $70 (incl $50 dinner out)
Baking - $10
Total cost of the evening meal over the week - $117
