Once I had the Menu Plan worked out, I looked at each week’s recipes then did a rough shopping list for ingredients I would need for each meal.
This week I will feature Week 1 – Recipe Plan below
WEEK 1
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Pork Chops |
Burritos |
Chicken Stirfry |
Tandoori Chicken |
Kentucky Scramble |
Ingredients List required for Recipes (to help with shopping list)
WEEK 1
Pork Chops: Pork Chops, pasta sauce packet, veges to steam/cook
Burritos/Tacos: Chicken/Beef, Burrito/Taco kit with extra Burritos/Tacos if required, cheese, tomato sauce
Chicken Stirfry: Chicken, stirfry sachet or ingredients for marinade (check recipe), rice, frozen veges
Tandoori Chicken: Chicken, tandoori jar or ingredients for marinade (check recipe), pappadums, rice
Kentucky Scramble: Eggs, ham/sausage, red capscicum, corn, parsley
Sometimes, if I’m feeling lazy (which can be often) – I just buy the sachets at the supermarkets for stirfrys, or a jar for a curry. Sometimes I cook from scratch – so I will give you both options in my recipes and ingredients (but generally for these things I will say “see ingredients in the recipe” because there are too many to list).
I’m trialling using Woolies Online for my groceries as it’s another job I have to try and squeeze into my week, which is never fun if you have 3 kids in tow!
So with my list written out (plus other essential items added for the week) – I go online and order my groceries, which will be delivered ready for the next week’s recipes/menu plan.
Now, time for the Recipes
ALL MEALS FOR 4 PEOPLE
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Pork Chops
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Ingredients: |
Pork chops, veges for steaming (carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, beans etc) |
Continental pasta sauce mix (or cook potato instead) |
Method: |
Marinate pork chops in sweet chilli sauce, soy sauce and tomato sauce for at least |
one hour. Cook under the grill, basting continuously until cooked. |
Cook pasta sauce mix in the microwave (takes 12 minutes) |
Steam chopped veges in a pot. |
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Burritos
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Ingredients: |
Burrito Kit & extra packet of burritos (depending on how many your family eats) |
or Taco Kit & extra tacos (depending on how many your family eats) |
Chicken, 400grams – chopped into small bite sized pieces |
or Mince, 400 grams |
Lettuce, chopped |
Tomatoes, chopped |
Cheese, grated |
Other veges according to taste: e.g. red or green capscicum |
Method: |
Cook chicken with spice mix included in burrito packet |
Chop lettuce & tomato and grate cheese while chicken is cooking |
Make burritos according to instructions on the packet |
(everybody does it themselves at our place) |
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Tandoori Chicken (from Taste website)
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Ingredients: |
4 chicken breasts, on the bone, skin removed |
5 Tbsp tandoori paste |
1 cup thick plain yoghurt, plus extra to serve |
1 clove garlic, crushed |
1 tsp ground cumin |
1 Tbsp lemon juice |
2 Tbsp olive oil |
2 onions, thickly sliced |
2 cups coriander leaves, picked |
Lemon wedges, chutney and naan bread to serve |
Method: Click on link … |
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/7010/tandoori+chicken |
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Chicken Stir Fry
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Ingredients: |
Chicken breast, 400 grams |
3 Tbsp oil |
1 Tbsp light soy sauce |
1 Tbsp sherry |
2 tsp brown sugar |
2 tsp instant chicken stock |
2 tsp cornflour |
1 clove garlic, chopped |
1 tsp grated root ginger |
400g quick cooking vegetables sliced (or use frozen) |
Rice or Noodles |
Method: |
Cut chicken meat into slices. Place in oven bag with 1 Tbsp oil and all ingredients |
except vegetables. Knead bag to mix and leave to marinate. |
Slice vegetables into thin slices. |
Heat oil in a wok and cook chicken slices until meat is golden brown. |
Add vegetables and cook until veges are heated through. |
Serve with rice or noodles. |
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Kentucky Scramble
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Ingredients: |
8 eggs |
1 Tbsp butter or oil |
2 spring onions, chopped |
1 red capscicum |
100g mild garlic sausage or luncheon |
salt & pepper |
chopped parsley, handful |
1 cup corn kernels |
Method: |
Melt butter or oil in a frypan and sauce onions, red capscicum and sausage |
over moderate heat – approx 8 minutes. |
Turn heat to low and pour in eggs, seasoning and parsley. Scramble until almost set. |
Stir in corn. Leave on heat for 1 minute. |
Serve on toast or english muffins with tomato sauce. |
It must be said that I’m a fairly conservative cook who likes easy meals.
Perhaps you might like to share some of your favourite recipes and I could make up some new Meal Plans once I’ve finished sharing my 5 weeks worth?
Anyhow – that’s it for Week 1. I hope some of it might be useful?
Fi x
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