Menu - Week 27/2/12

Well here I am -  late again!  Seems to be the story of my life lately.  I get things part done (the writing and shopping for the menu) but don't get them finished (the blogging). For March my resolution is - Be Better Organised!!.  I can't do year long resolutions because I get bored and slack and I forget  - so I find it better to have a monthly goal which hopefully will turn into a habit!

Our household goal this month is to get a worm farm to reduce our contribution to waste.  We don't have much food wastage but peelings and the odd bit of leftover rice etc make me feel guilty when I put them in the bin so a worm farm will help there.  Also it will provide fertiliser for the herbs for free.  I used some of our sage with last sunday night's roast.  Very yummy!!

This weeks menu:

Monday:
Breakfast - toast and fruit
Lunch - everybody out
Dinner - pork (leftovers) and veg stir fry with soy rice (cooked by Claudia)
Dessert - yoghurt

Tuesday:
Breakfast - cereal and fruit
Lunch - sauteed mushrooms and garlic on seeded toasted roll
Dinner - pepper and lime chicken with vegetable stir fry
Dessert - easy apple pie

Wednesday:
Breakfast - banana bread
Lunch - cream of vegetable soup and a crusty roll
Dinner - pork chops and vegetables
Dessert - apple pie (leftovers)

Thursday:
Breakfast - boiled eggs and toast
Lunch - toasted cheese and tomato roll
Dinner - sausages, chips and salad
Dessert - yoghurt

Friday:
Breakfast - waffles and maple syrup
Lunch - everybody out
Dinner - sweet chilli pork balls, rice and broccoli
Dessert - choc chip cookies

Saturday:
Breakfast - out
Lunch - out
Dinner - home made pizza and salad
Dessert - icecream

Sunday:
Breakfast - croissants and jam
Lunch - bacon and cheese rolls with salad
Dinner - home made tacos
Dessert - fruit salad

This week's household spend was $20 fruit and veg (co-op) and $90 for the rest of the household supermarket expenses.  Have had to buy more milk though so that was another $3.  Am starting to run out of a few dry goods basics so will have to do a bigger shop this coming week.  Hope your household budget is going well.

Eat well, Live well!
Cheers
Susie

Menu - Week 20/2/12

More timely this week because I have started the week in a more organised frame of mind!  Some weeks are just train wrecks but this week is starting well.  The $20 box of fruit and veg is still coming and I have some lovely variegated eggplant and red banana chillis to use up before tomorrow so I am going to be a bit creative with tonight's vegetable offering!  The banana chillis I am going to put into a soup that I will have for lunch tomorrow and thursday.  My daughter is back at school so she usually has a meat and salad roll and a fruit salad as her meal at school and when my son is working he takes a salad and a fruit salad.

Monday:
Breakfast - Cereal and fruit
Lunch -      sandwich
Dinner -     roast chicken and vegetables
Dessert -   golden syrup dumplings

Tuesday:
Breakfast - pancakes
Lunch -      vegetable soup
Dinner -     chicken ceaser salad
Dessert -    none

Wednesday:
Breakfast - Toast and yoghurt
Lunch -       everybody out
Dinner -      sausages on the bbq, chips and salad
Dessert -     fruit salad

Thursday:
Breakfast - cereal and fruit
Lunch -      vegetable soup
Dinner -     steak on the bbq, potato salad, carrot salad, tomato salsa
Dessert -   none

Friday:
Breakfast - banana bread
Lunch -      cheesy jaffle
Dinner -     morroccan drumsticks with tumeric and almond rice and middle eastern vegetables
Dessert -    watermelon

Saturday:
Breakfast - banana bread
Lunch -      sushi
Dinner -     lamb korma, saffron rice, dhal and pappadums
Dessert -   yoghurt

Sunday:
Breakfast - croissants
Lunch -       hot dogs
Dinner -      roast pork and vegetables
Dessert -    none


I have started growing my own herbs and if I can keep the possums from eating them I should be able to start harvesting in a few weeks.  I love fresh herbs in cooking - chives in scrambled eggs, mint in greek yoghurt, sage with pork - ooooh my mouth is watering!!

Eat well, Live well!
Cheers
Susie

Menu - Week 13/2/12

Better late than never I say!!

Monday:
Breakfast - Toast and fruit
Lunch -       Sandwiches
Dinner -      Soy/sweet chilli pork balls and rice
Dessert -     Fruit

Tuesday:
Breakfast -  Toast and yoghurt
Lunch -        Everybody out
Dinner -       Home made burgers
Dessert -      Icecream

Wednesday:
Breakfast -   Toast and fruit
Lunch -         Left over vietnamese noodles
Dinner -        Pasta with bacon and peas
Dessert -       none

Thursday:
Breakfast -    Boiled eggs and toast soldiers
Lunch -         Tuna salad sandwich
Dinner -         Cheesy scrambled eggs
Dessert -       none

Friday ;
Breakfast -   Cereal and fruit
Lunch -         everybody out
Dinner -        Honey/soy chicken wings and rice
Dessert -       chocolate

Saturday:
Breakfast -    Blueberry muffins
Lunch -         Garlic bread
Dinner -        Turkish lamb pizzas
Dessert -       fruit yoghurt

Sunday :
Breakfast -    cereal and fruit
Lunch -         leftovers
Dinner -        Chicken schnitzel, chips and salad
Dessert -      none


Eat well, Live well!
Cheers
Susie

Menu - Week 6/2/12

I am on time with this weeks menu!!! Sky don't fall in ......please.

Monday:
Breakfast- rockmelon and yoghurt
Lunch - pork rolls and fruit salad
Dinner - roast lamb and vegetables
Dessert - icecream

Tuesday:
Breakfast- cereal and toast
Lunch - lamb salad
Dinner- chicken schnitzel and steam vegetables
Dessert - mango yoghurt

Wednesday:
Breakfast - french toast
Lunch - everybody out
Dinner - spaghetti bolognese and salad
Dessert - poached peaches

Thursday:
Breakfast - cereal and fruit
Lunch - cheese sandwiches
Dinner - Homemade burgers
Dessert - pineapple

Friday:
Breakfast - cereal and fruit
Lunch - everybody out
Dinner - honey soy and sweet chilli chicken wings with rice
Dessert - icecreams from the shop (special treat!)

Saturday:
Everybody out til dinner
Dinner - home made pizzas
Dessert - yoghurt and fruit

Sunday:
Breakfast - croissants
Lunch - jaffles
Dinner - roast pork and vegetables
Dessert - fruit pastries (homemade)

Hope you all have a good week and your kids eat their veges!  Now mine are teenagers they eat practically anything but the younger years were a bit boring as far as what veges they would eat.  Carrots have remained a firm favourite as has broccoli.

Eat well, Live well!
Cheers
Susie

Menu: Week - 31/1/12

Sorry this is a week late - Back to School loomed large last week and everything got pushed to the backburner!

Monday:
Breakfast - cereal and fruit
Lunch - rolls
Dinner - teriyaki chicken wings and rice
Dessert - chocolates

Tuesday:
Breakfast - cereal and toast
Lunch - everybody out
Dinner - chicken and vegetable stirfry
Dessert - mango yoghurt

Wednesday:
Breakfast - Toast
Lunch - salad
Dinner - turkish lamb pizzas with lemon and yoghurt
Dessert - fruit salad

Thursday:
Breakfast - rolls
Lunch - sandwiches
Dinner - butter chicken and tumeric rice with pappadums
Dessert - watermelon

Friday:
Breakfast - cereal and fruit
Lunch - everybody out
Dinner - steak chips and salad
Dessert - pot luck

Saturday:
Everybody out all day
Dinner - prawns in tomato and wine sauce with feta and olives
Dessert - italian nougat

Sunday :
Breakfast - Croissants
Lunch - everybody out
Dinner - hotdogs and salad
Dessert - rockmelon

Eat well, Live well!
Cheers
Susie