It's Monday again. I tell you, this term is positively flying! Which is good. And bad. I've still got so much to get organised before Parent-Teacher meetings that happen in just three weeks! Then again, I know we're deep into the term, because the food thing is falling apart over here. We all want to eat healthy, delicious dinners, but none of us have the mental wherewithal to actually cook.
I did some self-protective work this weekend. I have got four meals prepared and ready for cooking sitting in my freezer. It feels like the best compromise for preparing ahead, that I can manage. Cooking whole meals is too much work to be reasonable (I have five adult people here), and I'm still not totally in love with the crock pot idea. I'm just not enjoying the dry-ish, stringy way the meat turns out each time I try it out. But the minestrone soup I did a week or two ago did work, so maybe that's my ticket there.
So here's the menu for this week:
Monday: Chinese simmering chicken, rice, veggies (+ another in the freezer)
Tuesday: Veggie Plate (a plate of roasted & steamed veggies)
Wednesday: Crumbed chicken with orange and cranberry sauce, veggies (+ another in the freezer)
Thursday: Beef Burgers and wedges
Friday: Fend for Yourself Friday / leftovers
Saturday: Chicken & corn soup, prawn gyozas
Sunday: Maybe a roast chicken? I've run out of ideas!
What's on your table this week?
2 comments:
I envy people who are so organised to do this. I decide on a daily basis. It would be much easier if I took a leaf out of your book :)
Hi Renee - I simply can't go day to day. It's always been way too stressful for me to figure this out at 5pm. Now that I work full time and don't get home until around 6pm (or 6.40pm, like last night), I just can't do that to my family either. If I'm organised and everything is written down and shopped for, the kids can cook. I guess we all do what works for us, huh.
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