midlife monday: a month of eats

quack today; left-overs tomorrow

So why have a meal plan for a month as part of midlife monday?
Why indeed!

This month I've culled a couple of en papillote recipes from the latest All You Need Is Cheese magazine which landed on my doorstep. They will be a refreshing change from the vast amounts of frozen left-overs the boys will be eating over the next four weeks.

Bon appetit :)

Week One:

• Monday =  squash and lamb stew with baked potato (frozen remainders)
• Tuesday = meal out (IKEA whoopee!) 
• Wednesday =  butter chicken with rice, naan, curried veg (again, frozen left-overs)
• Thursday =  courgette ragu on fettucine (recipe to follow)
• Friday = salmon pasta bake

Week Two:

• Monday = pork and olive casserole with rice (say it with me - frozen left-overs)
• Tuesday = pizza (frozen Panago left-overs!!)
• Wednesday = out :)
• Thursday = nachos with prawns
• Friday = beany lasagne (made with my never-ending stock of baked beans in the freezer)

Week Three:

• Monday = spaghetti bolognese (using some of the slow cooker sauce frozen from the last batch)
• Tuesday = cannelloni with tomato sauce
• Wednesday = pork, peach and feta papillote
• Thursday =  veg biryani papillote
• Friday = fish and chips, with sweet potato fries

Week Four:

• Monday = salade nicoise (similar recipe from Canadian Living)
• Tuesday = yogurt spiced chicken with veg bocconcini kebabs
• Wednesday = tofu stirfry
• Thursday =  final appearance by the squash and lamb stew left-overs!
• Friday =  Thai fish curry with udon noodles and coconut milk (in other words, fish and cilantro boiled in coconut milk with Thai curry paste, red, green or yellow)

No risotto?

PS: Nicole Avery aka. @planningqueen of Planning With Kids has released an app for her weekly meal plans. Download her menus and generate your own shopping lists.