Yet another month of eats and again it's a variety-free month. I'm taking the easy way out with a lot of the meal prep as a kind of 'well done' for finishing the deadlines at the end of the semester and for getting through an insane number of holiday/ProD day/solo parenting weeks.
Days off are not holidays IMO - they're just days with same amount of work plus the boys under my feet at home.
Grump grump grump!
Week One:
- Monday = salade Nicoise aka whatever leaf salad plus tuna from a can, hard-boiled eggs, cheese and bread; saving gace = home-made balsamic vinaigrette dressing
- Tuesday = pizza, fries and beans (this is grocery discount night so i'll be fighting my way thru the aisles while the boys prep this at home alone)
- Wednesday = spaghetti cheese pie (made with cooked spaghetti mixed with a couple of whisked eggs, topped with grated cheese then baked until cheese melted)
- Thursday = slow cooker lamb stew with butternut squash and mint (recipe: Canadian Living)
- Friday = tinned salmon with pasta bake (as per spag cheese pie but with added fish)
Week Two:
- Monday = beany lasagne, using baked beans from a slow cooker ribs recipe
- Tuesday = pizza etc (yes, another freezer meal)
- Wednesday = sausage boulangere - layers of potato, sausage, herbs and onions baked slowly in stock in the slow cooker
- Thursday = pulled pork (slow cooker), mash and coleslaw (again from Canadian Living)
- Friday = shepherd's pie, using left-overs
Week Three:
- Monday = slow cooker roast chicken
- Tuesday = cold roast
- Wednesday = more left-overs!!!
- Thursday = baked potatoes (wrapped in foil, slow cooker on HI for the day) served with cream cheese and coleslaw
- Friday = tofu stir fry, using up whatever veggies need rescuing from the bottom of the fridge and whatever noodles i have left in the pantry (cordon bleu)
Week Four:
- Monday = oven-baked risotto of some ilk
- Tuesday = ribs and beans, mash and coleslaw
- Wednesday = beany shepherd's pie, using beans from under the ribs plus the leftover mash
- Thursday = butter chicken with garlicky naan bread (freezer meal)
- Friday = i will endeavour to bake fish but since i have this mental block for fresh fish recipes we will probably go out for a meal
Bon appetit!
