Happy Monday! I hope you all had a lovely weekend! We had a good one here. We didn't get up to much which was fine with me. Most of my time over the last few days has been spent listening for the door, bringing parcels in and doing the delivery people's jobs when they keep dropping other peoples parcels here. I have quite a pile of parcels in the corner of the living room, which are mostly Christmas gifts. I really need to find somewhere to put them before somebody comes round and spots something they shouldn't.
Last week's meal plan went well. Of course we ended up moving a few things around but everything was eaten! My favourite meal was from the freezer dive. I found some chicken casserole and Stu and I had that with mashed potato while the girls were out with their people at the fireworks display eating hot dogs and pizza.
I have a few things on this week but the highlight is going to be the afternoon tea which was postponed from a couple of weeks ago. Also, this week I am planning on making a dent on what we have in the freezer. I need to get it emptied and defrosted ready to fill up with food for Christmas. I deliberately didn't get a Gousto box or much for the fridge so we have to eat out of the freezer.
On the menu this week we have:
Monday - Sausage pasta and garlic bread!
I don't know how but we seem to have a couple of bags of sausages in the freezer and a ton of garlic bread. I'm not complaining because both are things we enjoy and this is a nice easy meal to start the week. Sausage pasta is one of those meals that is always a winner here. It's filling and doesn't take too much effort to make
Tuesday - Pie, mashed potato and veg!
A little while ago my dad brought us quite a few boxes of meat and vegetable pies and chicken and vegetable pies. They've been sitting in the freezer so this week I'm going to get a few of them used up. Using these will free up half a shelf in the tall freezer which is quite exciting when you're trying to make room for Christmas food! We'll have the pies with mashed potato, carrots, peas and of course lots of gravy.
Wednesday - Chinese style pork rib steaks and rice!
We love these Chinese style pork ribs and I actually forgot they were in the freezer. I came across them while having a rummage and decided we need to eat them this week. We'll have them with microwave egg fried rice, which makes it an easy meal. I'll also make some homemade sweet and sour sauce to go with them because my family love it.
Thursday - Honey soy chicken and sweet potato fries!
This is a meal I'm looking forward to trying. I found a couple of bags of chicken in the freezer and thought I'd do something a little different with them rather than making another chicken and potato meal. Honey soy chicken sounds like a great way to add some flavour to the chicken. I have a couple of bags of sweet potato fries in the freezer too and I think they will go with the chicken.
Friday - A takeaway of some sort!
Friday night is an easy night for me. I don't cook and we order takeaway. It could be Chinese or Indian food or even ordering from the fish and chip shop. We will decide on the day what we fancy.
Saturday - Freezer tapas!
Saturday is going to be freezer tapas. We'll be having all the random finger foods that have been taking up space in the freezer. I know there's chicken nuggets, onion rings, spring rolls and some breaded garlic mushrooms. I think there are also mini pizzas hiding in there somewhere. I'll have a proper look through everything and see what else we can find.
Sunday - Minced beef & tatties!
We're finishing the week with a proper comfort food favourite. Minced beef and tatties! This is one of those meals that doesn't need much explaining. Minced beef cooked in gravy with plenty of flavour, served with potatoes. Simple, filling and just what I fancy on a Sunday.
What are you eating this week?
We have had to change our Friday take away to Thursday because of the continuing mix ups with our orders. We have pie and mash for dinner tonight (Monday) I think I might make a toad-in-the-hole this week, that's my comfort food.
ReplyDeleteYour meals all sound good! It is always nice to have a freezer clean out to make room for items :). I have never had minced beef before. I have had a slice of minced meat pie and I don't remember caring for it but I think I was a child and tastes change. I'd like to try it again. Have a great Monday!
ReplyDeleteYum...your meals always look so delish!
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