Meal Planning Wednesday ~ posted on Thursday ;)

I'm back on board with posting my meal plans with The Organised Housewife
so this weeks meal plan goes something like this

Thursday - something from the freezer
I've just been through the freezer and have made a list of everything we have so there is plenty to choose from.

Friday - Mexibake ~ recipe from Planning With Kids

Saturday - Dolmio slow cooked chicken with tomato and italian herbs served with pasta

Sunday - Mummas meat pie and roast vegies

Monday - Mummas Pastie Pie

Tuesday - Homemade sausage rolls

Wednesday - Warm chicken and cous cous salad
just me for dinner


Baking - more 2 tone choc chip cookies and Im going to attempt some muffin sized apple pies

I am trying to get right back to homecooked and get into the kitchen some more after the boys were slightly "insane" after chirstmas as we had slacked off
but as you can see there is alot of homemade stuff so I know what's going into our food and into our bodies.

Also I dont necassarily cook those meals on those days its mainly a guide and a way to pick easy meals on our busiest days but I absolutly chop adn chanage days if I feel like it

Whats on your menu this week?

Meal Planning Wedneday!

When I made my come back

I mentioned that my meal planning day had changed.

It is now on wednesdays mainly due to the fact I work most wednesdays and that Master J developed this new love for grocery shopping!

So our shopping day is now thursday and when our meal planning week starts

Now grocery shopping might not be a fantastic child hood memory for most

but for me It was something I looked forward to when I was on school holidays.

Mum would take my brother and I shopping and we would be treated to a packet of chips and a drink

all while helping take things off the shelves.

So even thought I was stressed to take both of them to begin with we seem to have a routine down pat

we find a park and grab a twin toddler trolley so they can both sit in the front of the trolley then we head to baker delight for cheesymite scolls.

First on the list is fruit and veg I dont tend to spend to mch time in there so I hold off on giving them their snack and drink until we reach Coles.

Then thats where I do the rest of our shopping and everytime we pass the deli J asks for

"miley fitz" aka smiley fritz.. even if he has a mouthful of scroll!

Every week we do the same thing and I hope I am building this great little child hood memory for both of them and eventually get them interested in cooking more once they are a bit older.

Anyways back to the point of the post... The meal plan!

Thursday - Gnocchi Bake from the 4 Ingredients Kids book

Friday - Pastie pie from the freezer or homemade Chicken schnitzel and potato salad

Saturday - just me Moroccan Chicken Risotto

Sunday - Porcupines
the boys have a christmas lunch so they'll have something light like toastie toasties

Monday - Leftover Porcupines for the boys
and Rice a Riso for me after work

Tuesday - Cunchy chicken fingers, pasta salad and roast potatos

Wednesday - Nachos with guacamole, cheese and sour cream

 

Meal Planning Tuesday & my new keeping organised system

This weeks meal plan is another easy one



Wednesday - warm chicken rolls for the boys

basil & chicken toasties for mummy

Thursday - porcupines & garlic bread

Friday - we have my little cousins 16th birthday party so lots of party food hehe

Saturday - tacos - hard & soft

Sunday - Just me

Out to dinner with a friend

Monday - Just me

homemade vegetarian pizza

Tuesday - Just me

warm chicken salad

Linking up with The Organised Housewife

As I dont have the boys this weekend im hoping to get some baking and freezer filling done

In amongst preparation for a market & craft projects

A few weeks ago I ordered a gorgeous custom journal from this great little FB page called
Journal Addiction
I receieved it today sooooo exciting
I love stationary and I love being organised so this journal is exactly what I wanted
Michelle was amazing to work with and tweaked all the pages and design until I was completely happy

Needles to say I am over the moon with it

Front cover using my favourite colours, favourite flower and my love for butterflies

Budget page - to write each weeks budget in to allow for changes & extras each week

Meal plan page - starting with wednesday just as I do and extra space at the bottom for notes

Shopping list page - set out in coloumns and groups to make the shopping trip much easier and theres not excuse for missing anything in any of the departments

Last page is To-Do list - with check boxes so I can tick off things as I do them

I love how Michelle understood everything I wanted in my book

and made it really easy to communicate all the small details like the butterfly watermarks

and the shopping list page

Now my goal is to sit down every monday/tuesday and fill out my pages

and every night sit down with my to do list and add things for the next day.

If you're like me and an orgainsing freak fan having a journal full of things like this is like all my Christmas's have come at once ;)

Im off to write out my budget and start my to do list

What system do you have to organise your meal plan/shopping list & budget?

 

Meal Planing Tuesday

This weeks meal plan has taken some inspirating from the lovely Larissa of

My Pigeon Pair

her meal plan just looks so yummy!

Wednesday - work Cumin Chicken with brown rice salad (recipe from My Pigeon Pair)

the boys will have whatever their dad cooks for them

Thursday - Kangtong lemongrass & chilli chicken stirfry with noodles

Friday - beef souvlaki wraps with salad (inspiration from My Pigeon Pair)

Saturday - gnocchi bake from 4 ingredients Kids Book

Sunday - roast vegetable & feta foccica for me &

ham & cheese quesallidas with roast vegies for the boys

Monday - work Morrocan Chicken Risotto

the boys will have whatever their dad cooks them

Tuesday - Chicken pie from the freezer and homemade chips

Linking up with The Organised Housewife

Whats cooking in your house this week?

Meal Planning Tuesday



Wednesday - chicken and vegetable rice a riso
the boys will be with their dad for dinner

Thursday - bolognese pie using meat sauce from the freezer

Friday - Nachos with gucamole & sour cream

Saturday - homemade chicken nuggets, wedges and steamed vegies

Sunday - just me
teryiaki beef stir fry & rice

Monday - just me
chicken schnitzel burger & homemade chips
will freeze extra schnitzel

Tuesday - just me
lasgane & garlic bread from the freezer

Linking up with the ever organised Katrina of

The Organised Housewife

Whats on the menu at your house this week?

Meal Planning Tuesday with a sweet twist...

Soooo some of you may have noticed there was no meal plan for last week?

No? ok good haha

Last week wasnt a very good week at all

So the meal plan kinda ended up out the window and I followed very loosely

BUT this week im back at it feeling more fabulous then ever!

This weeks menu has a sweet twist ;)

Wednesday - Sang Choy Bow using the lettuce for me and wraps for the boys

Thursday - porcupines from the freezer

Friday - spicy chicken pasties (new recipe) & chicken nuggets for the freezer

Saturday - sweets for dinner!!

thought id make some sweets instead of a savoury meal for a little bit fun for my babies

Nutella crepes - 4 Ingredients Kids & Banana smoothies

Sunday - chicken & mozzarella melts - 4 Ingredients Kids for the boys

Chicken & Basil Toasties for mummy

Monday - Ravioli bolognese (with hidden vegies) from the freezer

Tuesday - Crunchy Chicken Fingers with flat hash browns - both from 4 Ingredients kids

will grate extra vegies into hash browns

I'm looking forward to this weeks menu

Its refreshing to start all over again with a clear mind

If you are after even MORE inspiration head on over to the gorgeous

The Organised Housewife

Whats cooking in your kitchen this week?

Meal Planning Tuesday & Lasagne in the Slow Cooker Recipe

Ahhh Tuesday we meet again

Im sure the weeks are getting faster & faster!

Last weeks meal plan went relatively well

I was able to freeze some of the leftover from the meals i cooked just for me

and sent some of the Slow cooker lasagne with the boys for their dinner.

This week we are back to normal excpet for monday where I have my first day back at work

Dinner will be something Ive already cooked and frozen.

So here we go...

Wednesday - Chicken Chow Mein

Thursday - Homemade hamburgers

Friday - 4 ingredients Spaghetti Cup cakes with added vegies

and a pesto pasta for mummy

Saturday - Quesalliadas

ham, cheese & grated vegies for the boys

pumpkin, spinach, feta & red onion for mummy

Sunday - Cohens 1st Birthday Party

So we will have his favourite chicken nuggets & roast vegies for dinner

Monday - 1st day back at work

Chicken Pie which I didnt end up eating last week & popped in the freezer

Tuesday - Pastie Pie

for more meal ideas check out the gorgeous Organised Housewife

Recipe Book

Lasgane in the Slow Cooker
requested by the gorgeous Fiona

Im a bit of a chuck it in type of girl and dont follow measurements

especially with things like bolognese and lasagnes

So i hope you can all make some sense of my recipe

Ingredients
500gms mince
1 packet of fresh lasagne sheets
1 tin of diced tomatos
1 tin of tomato soup
1/2 lge carrott grated
1/2 lge zucchinni grated
1/2 an onion diced
1/2 a medium red capsicum diced
2-3 button mushrooms sliced
mixed herbs
curry poweder
worstichire sauce

Method
In a bowl mix your mince and vegies together
Add both the can of diced tomatos & tomato soup mix well
Sprinkle in some mixed herbs & curry powder and add a few splashes of worstichire sauce
Mix well

Layer sauce on the bottom of your slow cooker pot so it covers the base
next layer is the lasagne sheets I just rustically rip these and place them over the meal layer
Continue layering meat then pasta until the meal mixtureis gone making sure yor top layer is meat
Grate some cheese ontop
&
Voila!
Place lid on & cook on low for 8 hours
Some how you still get a bit of a crusty edge and it tastes amazing.

Serve with garlic bread &/or salad

So whats cooking in your kitchen this week?

Meal Planning Tuesday

Tuesday is here again

Some mmay have noticed I didnt post my meal plan last week

you can read about why here

In short I am now a single mumma of two

So we ate trying to find our feet again

This will also affect my meal plans each week as I am now only feeding

1 adult a 3yo and almost 1yo

And i will also be returning to work

So I will be using the slow cooker and meals I stocked in the freezer last week

you may see some repeats and you will defiantly see lots of easy meals.

There will also be some nights where its just me while the boys are at their dads so they may be leftovers or something out of the cupboard.

Im looking forward to planning meals as a single mum

I dont want to slip back into the boring meals and I'll definatly be freezing lots of leftovers

So hopefully I can give you all some new ideas.

I will also trying my very hardest to include a recipe with each meal plan

Thats tried and tested and loved.

Now.. onto this weeks menu

Wednesday - chicken fried rice

Thursday - Vegie Ribbon Pasta

from the 4 ingredients Kids cook book

Friday - healthy fish n chips

also from the 4 ingredients Kids cook book

Saturday - Small versions of my Chicken Pie 

just me for dinner

Sunday - Teriyaki beef stir fry

just me for dinner

Monday - Lasagne in the slow cooker

Tuesday - Warm Chicken salad

just me for dinner

If you would like even more inspiration head on over to The Organised Housewife blog and have a look through all the fabulous recipes and meal plans!

Recipe Book

This weeks recipe is from the Kids 4 Ingredients Cook Book

http://4ingredients.com.au

My little men absolutly loved it!

Beef & Gnocchi Bake

Ingredients

500gm lean mine beef

700gm jar of pasta sauce with vegetables

300gm ready made Gnocchi

1/2 cup (50g) parmesan cheese, grated

Method

Cook beef mincce until browned, breaking up any lumps.

Stir in pasta sauce and bring to boil.

Reduce heat & simmer for 5mins.

Meanwhile cook gnocchi in large saucepan of salted boiling water for 3-4 mins, drain whe cooked.

Pour beef mixture into a lasagne dish, top with the gnocchi (i mixed ours together)

& sprinkle over with parmesan cheese.

Bake for 10 minutes or until cheese turns golden.

So quick and easy and very yummy

So whats on your menu this week?

* NOT a sponsored post i purchased this book a few weeks ago and my boys love the meal

Meal Planning Tuesday

Its Tuesday again which means one thing...

This weeks menu is

Wednesday - mini muffin pizzas

Thursday - porcupines with garlic bread

Friday - 4 ingrdients kids book popcorn chicken & chips (thanks miss C)

Saturday - potato & bologense lasgane

Sunday - Chicken Schnitzel & Roast Vegies

Monday - Nachos with sour cream & guacamole

Tuesday - warm chicken rolls

Linking up with The Organised Housewife

Whats on your menu this week?

Meal Planning Tuesday



Last week was such a bad week

The meal plan was all over the week and chopped and changed

But i guess thats thats the beauty of of meal planning

You can swap and change when you eat what or modify a recipe

because you already have the ingridients.

This week things are going back to normal :)

So here we go...

Wednesday - Chicken Pie & homemade chips

Thursday - spring rolls & asian noodle salad

Friday - Chicken fried rice

Saturday - Beef & red wine casserole

Sunday - Mummas Meat Pie & roast vegies

Monday - Chicken Cold Rolls & potato salad

Tuesday - Hard & Soft Tacos

Linking up with the gorgeous Organised Housewife 

where you can find lots more meal ideas and recipes

Whats cooking in your kitchen this week?

Meal Planning Tuesday

Hello Tuesday!

The kitchen is in full swing again this week with a few new recipes

Last weeks Sang Choy Bow was amazing!

Its now apart of our family favourite list

The recipe is at the bottom of the meal plan

If you want more inspiration & meal ideas head on over to The Organised Housewife

This weeks Menu...

Wednesday - Hot Chicken Rolls

Thursday -  Warm Chicken Salad

Friday - Bolognese pasta Pie *new

Saturday - Homemade pizza

Sunday - Roast Beef in the slow cooker and roast vegies

Monday - Enchiladas

Tuesday - Cannelloni (spinach & ricotta & bolognese) *new

Recipe Book - Sang Choy Bau

I modified this recipe slightly to make it quick, easy and more filling.

You can use fresh chilli and garlic and the rice can be served one the side with a lime wedge

Ingredients

500gms beef Mince

1 beef stock cube

2tsps of red Chilli (I used jar stuff)

1tsp of Garlic (jar stuff also)

1 small carrott diced small

Half a zucchini diced small

1/4 red capsicum diced small

1/2 stalk of celery diced small

4tbls of soy sauce

1 packet of 90 second rice

Iceberg Lettuce

Method

* Brown mince and add crumbled up stock cube 

add chopped up vegies

Cook until the vegies start to go soft.

*Remove from pan into a bowl

*Using some of the fat left over from the mince mix

if need be you can add a little bit of oil

sautee 2 tsps of red chilli and 1 tsp of garlic until aromatic.

* Add mince mix back to pan and mix though thoroughly

* Add 4tbs of soy sauce and mix well

Remove from heat

* Heat 90 sec rice following directions

and once heated add to mince mix and combine

*Pull off as many lettuce cups as needed

and place on plate

*Fill cups up with mince and rice mixture

So quick and so easy and So yummy

Enjoy

Meal Planning Tuesday

Hello Tuesday we meet again ;)

This weeks menu is

Wednesday - Chicken & Basil sourdough toasties

Thursday - Sang Choy Bau

Friday - Pastie Pie

Saturday - Chicken & Basil Pesto pasta

Sunday - Homemade Chicken Nuggets & Roast vegies

Monday - Spring Rolls & Samosas

Tuesday - Porcupines with homemade garlic bread



A few new recipes this week, some family favourites but all very yummy

If you want some more dinner inspiration dont forget to pop over to

The Organised Housewife

Whats on your menu this week?

Meal Planning Tuesday...

Why hello Tuesday, you are here again!

Is it just me or is it really getting quicker and quicker every week?
Hmm...  anywho onto this week meal plan...

Wednesday - Bolognese pie

Thursday - Satay chicken skewers on naan bread with salad and tazitzki

Friday - Nachos with guacamole and sour cream

Saturday - Chicken tacos
another recipe found on Pinterest, will add link later as their server is down at the momment

Sunday - Chicken schnitzel with roast vegies

Monday - Meatballs in the slow cooker

Tuesday - Honey chicken with fried rice

will ither be another Pinterest recipe or kangtong sauce

I hope you are all enjoying my meal plans and i'm inpiring a few of you

If there are any recipes you would like too see just let me know and I shall do a post for you.

So whats on your meal plan this week?

I would like to say a big thankyou to Katrina of The Organsied Housewife

loads more meal planning inspiration over on her blog!

for allowing me to guest post my last weeks meal plan

It was my first ever and I loved it!

Also welcome to all my lovely new Blog followers and FB likers

I appreciate you all joining in on my journey of Mum-ments

Meal Planning Tuesday with a Pinterest twist ;)

Tuesday is here again!

This weeks meal plan is a little differnt

I have a few slow cooker meals a few easy family favourites

but im most excitied about the meals I've planned that I've pinned from

Pinterest

I'll add the pic for these ones.

Wednesday - Italian chicken in the Slow Cooker

Thursday - Tacos

Friday - Healthy Baked chicken nuggets with warm potato salad & homemade chips for Master J

**Recipe here

Saturday - Lasagne in the slow cooker

**Recipe here

Sunday - Lemon & Rosemary Chicken Bake

Using chicken breast instead of legs

**Recipe here

Monday - Avaccado & Vegetable rice paper rolls

I will use chicken in them aswell

**Recipe here

Tuesday - Mummas Meal Pie

Today is going to be a big cook up day to try and get some basics in the freezer

On the list i have

Bolognese sauce

Homemade chicken nuggets (differnt to above recipe)

Chicken pie (tonight dinner)

Mixed mashed vegies for Lil C

Apple & Cinnamon porridge for Lil C

And prep for slow cooker dinner tomorrow

I'll also hopefully be doing some baking

Apple muffins

Mini Pizza scrolls

Mini vegimite & cheese scrolls

It may seem like a lot but i have Mr S home today and they are all quite easy to make.

Heres to hoping i have the motivation to get most of it done!

Anywho Im pretty excitied about our menu this week

Some really easy meals as i try and find my mojo back that winter has so stealthily stole ;)

And an even better excuse to spend some more time lost in the world of

Pinterest!

If your after even more inspirations check out Meal Planning with The Organised Housewife

Whats cooking in your kitchen this week?

Meal Planning Tuesday - double ups and new & easy

Its Tuesday again!

Every week it gets quicker and quicker im sure of it

This week i've doubled up on some meals from last week

Im lacking some motivation

but to make up for it Ive got 2 new recipes that look pretty easy.

Wednesday - warm crumbed chicken salad with an easy homemade dressing

Thursday - Beef, miso & sesame noodles

Friday - Roasted jacket potatos

Saturday - Porcupines

Sunday - Pine nut, parmesan & herb crusted baked fish fillets

Monday - Tuscan chicken and pasta in the slow cooker

Tuesday - Chicken Pie

Whats on this weeks menu for your family?

&

Is has anyone tried any of my recipes or used my meal plan?

How has it all worked out?

would love to know!

You can find more recipes & inspiration over at the gorgeous Katrinas blog,

 The Organised Housewife





Meal Planning Tuesday

Tuesday again? really?

This week in my kitchen we are having...

Wednesday - Lasagne and garlic bread

Thursday - Enchiladas

Friday - hot chicken rolls

Saturday - Homemade pizzas

Sunday - Homemade chicken nuggets and roast vegies

Monday - Beef Teruyaki stirfry and noodles

 (we didnt have it last week)

Tuesday - Pastie Pie

Whats on the menu at your house this week?

for my insportaion head on over to The Organised Housewife





Meal Planning Tuesday

So It's that time of the week again

7 days have passed and 7 yummy meals have been cooked

Now on to the next 7 meals.

You can join in too with The Organised Housewife

Wednesday - nachos with guacamole and sourcream

Thursday - Chicken, leek, muchroom and sourcream pie

Friday - teriyaki beef stirfry with noodles

Saturday - Toastie toasties

Sunday  - Is master J's 3rd birthday party so leftovers, takeaway or something very simple.

Monday - Chicken curry in the slow cooker with rice

Tuesday - Pasta bake

As you can see lots of very easy meals as we have the big 3rd birthday party i needed quick and easy meals so i can finish up all the last minute details.

So whats on your meal plan this week?

Meal Planning Tuesday...

It's that time of the week again

It's...

Meal Planning along with The Organised Housewife 

Wednesday - Savoury mince and pita pockets (my friend Miss Al's recipe)

Thursday - Satay Chicken, with salad, and tzatzki on naan bread

Friday - Porcupines in the slow cooker

Saturday - Moroccan chicken and fried rice

Sunday - Chicken schnitzel and roast vegies and gravy

Monday - Beef rissoles with mushroom and onion gravy and vegies

Tuesday - Beef and redwine casserole in the slow cooker with dumplings.

A new recipe, a few new ways of doing things and some yummy winter food!

Whats cooking in your kitchen this week?