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Sat Chicken and salad with homemade wedges
Sun BBQ Mon Lasagna with salad http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/7053/our+favourite+lasagne Tue http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/3385/tuna+pilau Wed take away Thur Fri seeing its holidays l don't need to be so organised and will do some days to how l feel on the day.... |
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I've actually just finished the menu plan for next week!
Saturday: Beef casserole (from the freezer) Sunday: Corn and bacon fritters Monday: Massaman curry from http://www.afruitfullifeblog.com/ Tuesday: Nigella Lawson's moroccan chicken Wednesday: lamb roast Thursday: fried rice Friday: chicken pot pies All with veggies and/or salad. |
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Saturday- Roasted lamb shanks and vegetables (cook in bag)
Sunday- Creamy bacon pasta http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Cream...asta-L1491.html Monday- Lasagna and salad Tuesday- Grilled fish, wedges and salad Wednesday- Chicken, vegetable and egg noodle stirfry Thursday- Spaghetti and meatballs Friday- Tuna patties and salad -------- |
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I've been super organised this month, I actually sat down and did a month long one on New Years eve!
For this week starting tomorrow we have. Sunday- crumbed chicken legs and steamed veges. Monday- Roast Pork and roast veg Tuesday- cold cuts and salad (from the roast pork) Wednesday-Sausages, and veg Thursday- Spaghetti bolognese Friday- was fishcakes but forgot to grab Tuna so will be doing Prawn Curry with brown rice instead as I have prawns in the freezer. Saturday- Pineapple Ham steaks from the Aldi cookbook. With minted peas and mashed potato. |
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Saturday - Chilli Beef (Done in slow cooker)
Sunday - BBQ Monday - Apricot Chicken with boiled rice and steamed green veg Tuesday - Spag bol Wednesday - Grilled fish and salad Thursday - Tacos or home made burgers (not sure yet) Friday - take away. |
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QUOTE (jannie77 @ 07/01/2012, 01:18 PM)  I feel very limited with menu planning. My oven broke yesterday  Bugger. Do you have a BBQ? And a slow cooker? A good friend of mine has been without an oven for almost a month and has become very creative with the BBQ! And the slow cooker is handy too. |
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Fried rice with extra veggies
Zucchini slice with salad Homemade hamburgers Pumpkin risotto with snow peas and broccoli Beef stroganoff with mash and green veggies Fish, wedges and salad Pasta Carbonara with homemade herb bread |
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I need to get back into planning again. Last couple of months, it's been all over the place. We move next week, so will start from then.
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Saturday: Spaghetti Bolognese (today is the day I make up about 20 litres of sauce to freeze)
Sunday: Rissoles and veg Monday: Sausages and veg Tuesday: Quiche Wednesday: Pizza (home made) Thursday: Grilled fish and salad Friday: African casserole (made in bulk a few weeeks ago and frozen) Pretty boring here, but DP is going away for the week and I don't want to be doing anything that takes a long time to prepare! |
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