Saturday, April 07, 2007

Weekly Menu

I'm getting around to weekly menu planning again after a break where I spent a great deal of time stressed, disorganised and grabbing stuff from the freezer at the last minute. Tsk Tsk. I had a quick skim over Emilie Barnes and Sue Gregg's book The Busy Woman's Guide to Healthy Eating again for a bit of revision and inspiration.
Here we go!

Saturday
Chicken casserole (nut loaf for Jamie) with cous-cous and salad, fancy fruit yoghurts

Sunday
Brown Rice, Mushroom and Almond Pilaf, vegie sausages, broccoli, trifle

Monday
Split Pea Soup and garlic Bread, pineapple slices

Tuesday
baked fish, quorn cutlet things for Jamie, baked potatoes, coleslaw, kiwi fruit salad (melon, kiwi and red grapes)

Wednesday
Baked Parmesan Chicken, braised tofu for Jamie, wholewheat pasta salad with lots of raw vegies

Thursday
Lentil Rice Casserole (Emilie Barnes' adapted), sweet potatoes in orange sauce, vegie burgers, ice-cream

Friday
Lentil Rice burritos with leftovers from yesterday, salsa, sour cream, finely chopped salad etc, melon

Now I've written it and shopped for it, it WILL happen! {g}

5 comments:

Cynthia said...

is writing it down really the key? If so I'm grabbing myself a pen or a laptop and writing down a menu! Best wishes for a successful week of eating from the menu!

Deedee said...

Hi! I'm Deedee and I just found your blog in the nominations for best international homeschool blog! By the way, I LOVE Sue Gregg's books and my Uncle got me the entire set for Christmas this year!! The Baked Parmesan Chicken is one of our favorites. Come and see me over at www.homeschoolblogger.com/deedeeuk or my 'work' blog at www.homeschoolblogger.com/uk as I run the HSB national blog for the UK. Looking forward to getting to know you!

Romany said...

Hi DeeDee!

Are you a friend of Sheila Lange's? The lady who's struggling to homeschool in Germany? It seems to me I've sen your blog address at her site. Welcome and I'm glad you like the blog.

DeeDee, I'm kind of flummoxed about mention of an award nomination as this blog is not one I've ever advertised and isn't even searchable at Blogspot. Can you tell me where you've seen mention of it, please?

Thanks, Dorothy

Jodi said...

I never have gotten in a routine of doing menus. Now I'm thinking I could just check everyone else's, emily, you, de'Etta..... and choose the best sounding meal from each every week, substitute to make them veg as needed, then call it my menu. LOL

I don't know anything about the nominations (Congratulations!) but it sounds like a homeschoolblogger thing. You may want to check over at their site to find out more.

Kathy in WA said...

I'm with Jodi, I've just never gotten into a routine of planning meals. I LOVE the idea of it and I know it works so beautifully for some people. For some reason I just never quite make myself do it. I do plan out (only a day or two) meals. Maybe I'm afraid of commitment. :)