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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby liketocook » Wed Nov 17, 2021 9:07 pm

Ended up with a few changes this week due to an accidental mash surplus situation! :lol:
Meal Plan 19/11-26/11
• Fri–freezer raid
• Sat – venison & haggis or pork & haggis burger, red cabbage slaw, corn
(this will depend if the elderly pack of venison mince in the freezer is still fit for consumption)
• Sun- pork chop, baby potatoes, red cabbage, green beans
• Mon- venison ragu with pasta
• Tues – dal, pitta, egg, spinach
• Wed – chicken and veg fried rice
• Thu – possibly out
• Soup of the week – use up of various frozen portions

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby OneMoreCheekyOne » Fri Nov 19, 2021 3:15 pm

Amber wrote:OMCO I’ve seen recipes this week for fennel dauphinois (Cranks) and roasted cavalo nero (mine). Lovely!


I have never roasted cavolo nero (I dont think). I am absolutely going to rectify this, especially if it gives it a crispy seaweed texture!

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby Suffs » Fri Nov 19, 2021 4:23 pm

I thought I'd posted last week's menu but must've forgotten to hit submit :roll:

Anyway, I've been to the farm shop and butcher and this is the plan for main meals for the next seven days

Friday ... breaded scampi, oven chips and peas (I wanted to get plaice or cod but they were waiting for a delivery). I'll make some tartare sauce to go with it.
Saturday ... pizza (margherita locally made ... thin sourdough base) and salad
Sunday ... pot roasted pheasant with roasted squash, roast potatoes and Cavalo Nero from the garden
Monday ... Pasta puttanesca
Tuesday ... sausage bake with onions, tomatoes, potatoes and sweetcorn
Wednesday ... cauliflower cheese with baked potatoes
Thursday ... Spaghetti bolognese

Soup of the week will be roasted butternut squash and carrot with sage.

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby Stokey Sue » Fri Nov 19, 2021 5:06 pm

I semi planned, I made a pizza which I planned to make as a copy of one done at a local pub with fennel salami and sliced fresh fennel on it
Couldn't get the salami, and when I tasted the bit of bulb fennel I had, I didn't like it, I've tried microwaving a bit, as I was sure I'd enjoyed some recently and it's ok but I don't want to put it in anything I can't jettison

So current plan is to make a gratin with the fennel and serve it as a side to some fish, the fish is haddock need to decide how ot cook it

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby liketocook » Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:15 pm

Lovely sounding menu suffs. :yum
Hope your taste buds get on okay with the fennel gratin Sue :crossed

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby Earthmaiden » Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:33 pm

No proper plans for me but I arrived at Sainsburys just at the right time to get rtc maple smoked salmon pieces, a nice piece of haddock and some Plant Pioneers Chorizo Shroomdogs which along with some nice Stilton, lovely leeks and other staples will make good meals.

I bought the Plant Pioneers out of interest. I've had a couple of vegan ready made things before and not been keen. Tonight I cooked them and added them to an assortment of veggies and beans in a tomato sauce, expecting them to add a real smokey flavour. They didn't. I won't rush to have them again. There are some left for tomorrow.

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby liketocook » Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:17 pm

Fish sounds lovely EM, what a shame the Plant Pioneer's Chorizo didn't deliver taste wise.

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby smitch » Sat Nov 20, 2021 12:25 am

I quite like the chorizo shroomdogs. They make good vegan sausage rolls and I enjoy them in a tomato sauce with chickpeas. I’ve also used them in a tofu scramble and in a one-pot rice dish.

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby Earthmaiden » Sat Nov 20, 2021 12:40 am

I can imagine they might work in sausage rolls.

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby Stokey Sue » Sat Nov 20, 2021 12:11 pm

I had some Linda McCartney chorizo style vegan bangers, the overwhelming flavour was cumin which should not be there

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby Earthmaiden » Sat Nov 20, 2021 12:49 pm

Oh dear :(. I would have liked a more texture on the ones I had, they were very soft both inside and out. I think I'd rather create my own vegan meals. I haven't opened the tin of banana blossom yet.

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby KeenCook2 » Sat Nov 20, 2021 2:25 pm

Suffs, do you bother with a recipe for your roasted squash and carrot soup? Or just throw it together?

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby Suffs » Sat Nov 20, 2021 2:40 pm

KC2 I think once upon a time I based it on an amalgam of Nigel Slater's Spiced Pumpkin soup and something out of a River Cottage ... nowadays I just do it , depending on what I've got ... what sort of stock I have etc ... taste it often ... add a little soupcon of something (see what I did there? ;) ) and it's a bit different every time ... but OH always loves it.

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby KeenCook2 » Sat Nov 20, 2021 2:43 pm

Ha, that sounds very like my usual soup concoctions!
One exception is a carrot and cumin soup I'm planning to make for guests next week, so we tried it yesterday and actually followed the recipe! It was very successful, and the good thing about recipes is that there's an element of consistency and reliability :lol: :lol: which matters if you're feeding guests :lol: :lol:

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby Suffs » Sat Nov 20, 2021 2:45 pm

Cumin almost always makes an appearance in my squash and/or carrot soups .... it works with both individually and together :yum

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby RockyBVI » Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:03 pm

Earthmaiden wrote:Oh dear :(. I would have liked a more texture on the ones I had, they were very soft both inside and out. I think I'd rather create my own vegan meals. I haven't opened the tin of banana blossom yet.


Apologies if this has been said before and I am sure it has. But Vietnamese and Cambodian salads use banana blossom in the most delicious manner

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby liketocook » Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:17 pm

Meal Plan 27/11-02/12
• Fri–breaded cod or fish fingers
• Sat – chicken, chorizo and chickpea stew, salad , crusty bread
• Sun- fillet steak strips, mushrooms, peppercorn sauce, tagliatelle
• Mon- Venison & pork meatballs, peppercorn sauce, mash, veg
• Tues – gnocchi with tomato & pesto sauce and mozzarella
• Wed – tinned fish or smoked mackerel fishcakes, peas & spinach
• Thu – freezer rake
• Soup of the week – use up of various frozen portions

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby KeenCook2 » Wed Nov 24, 2021 5:31 pm

Talking of fish fingers and such like, LTC, we had Waitrose breaded cod last night, part of their 3 for £10 deal. Really juicy and delicious crumb.

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby Earthmaiden » Wed Nov 24, 2021 5:42 pm

Much as I adore crumb, I leave most of it since trying to cut carbs. I have been quite shocked to see the crumb /fish ratio, there's a lot of crumb even on the expensive ones (same with the melting middle fish cakes I had last night).

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Re: Meal planning - love or loathe?

Postby liketocook » Wed Nov 24, 2021 6:41 pm

Mine is the second of a two pack from Tesco KC2 they make such a handy quick meal.

Yes EM, breading or just lightly flouring at home definitely improves the fish to crumb ratio. I sometimes bake fish with only a light crumb on top which works well and cuts the carbs. The lightly dusted supermarket ones could be worth a try if you haven't already.

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