School starts again on Tuesday this week - Yay
As much as I love the boys, the bickering is something that I can most certainly do without and the last few days has seen lots of it!
Overall though, we've had a good 2 weeks and spent a lot of it enjoying the Winter sun at the beach or park.
We even spent some of the school holiday time baking up a storm - Carrot cake, smartie cookies, oatmeal choc chip cookies and chocolate brownies.
My little time saving trick is to leave some out for eating fresh but the rest (majority) is cut into individual serves and put into zip lock bags and into the freezer.
Each night when we are doing school lunches the boys choose their 'snack' from the cake/cookie box in the freezer. Come lunchtime the next day it is defrosted and ready to eat.
This also stops us all overeating for the sake of finishing what has been baked.
This is what we will be eating this week
Monday
Middle eastern Chicken with chickpeas
http://runcookrunrepeat.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/recipe-middle-eastern-chicken-with.html
This is a recipe that I have put up, adapted from a Family Circle cookbook. The only bad thing about this recipe is the amount of couscous that somehow ends up on the floor!
Tuesday
Apple and Onion stuffed pork
http://cfscceat.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/apple-and-onion-stuffed-pork-chops.html
This is a new one for us. I don't plan on using the bacon in this recipe as I don't think it's necessary. I am hoping that the apple mixture keeps the meat from drying out which is what seems to happen a lot when I cook pork.
Depending on my day and the weather I will either serve this with roast potato or potato salad (simply because as I type this I have a hankering for potato salad. That may have waned by Tuesday)
Wednesday
Chilli con carne (kind of)
http://www.kidspot.com.au/best-recipes/Beef+49/Easy-chilli-con-carne-recipe+2550.htm
I like this recipe instead of nachos which always seems to be chip heavy instead of meat and veg heavy. By doing it this way I am able to put a small handful of chips in each persons bowl simply to scoop it all up, therefore limiting the chip intake. My youngest is not so keen on that idea!
As with all the recipes that I make with mince I will be adding 1 x grated carrot and 1 x grated zucchini when I fry off the meat.
Also, I will add 1 tsp paprika & 1/2 tsp cayenne at the same time that I add the cumin and oregano. You could use a pre-made taco or burrito seasoning mix just as easily in place of all the spices. ( I have done it in the past but prefer to not use them as I don't think the caking agents and added salt is totally necessary in our diet)
The final additions that i'll make is to serve it with some grated cheese and avocado/guacamole.
Thursday
Brown rice quiche
http://www.southerninlaw.com/2013/04/cheesy-brown-rice-quiche-bake-recipe.html
I really love that this blog's author gives options on how to change the recipe. I'll be using ricotta instead of cottage cheese and I'm also going to add bacon to the boys serves. I'm debating adding grated carrot and zucchini too and will look at that on the day after I have put the mix together.
Anything in individual serves tends to be a winner so I am hopeful that this is not the exception.
Friday
Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nigella-lawson/chicken-with-40-cloves-of-garlic-recipe/index.html
I have looked at this recipe for a few weeks and there are lots of variations. I went with the Nigella version because it seems simple, she has notes about making ahead and leftovers and it's Nigella - so it should be good. I'll probably just do up some roast veg with this one although she does suggest freshly baked bread to soak up the garlic which also sound yummo
Have a great week.
You can see the list and links here: http://pinterest.com/jenstrongy/this-weeks-dinner/
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