Monday 11 June 2012

Meal Planning Monday – 11th June 2012

This blog has been a little quiet of late and it’s not likely to get any noisier for a while either – up until the middle of August when I finish my current job I have a silly amount of things to do and will be away from home for vast swathes (exaggeration for pathetic effect) of time.

I’m treading water on the diet front: not gaining but not losing and feeling rather apathetic about the whole business. Bah, this probably needs another navel gazing post at some point.

On the cooking side of things, I’ve also been less than sterling recently. We had Birds Eye Southern Fried chicken fillets in buns for tea on Saturday night. Actually, they were very nice, but it’s hardly haute cuisine is it? Anyway, I’m only away for one day this week so there is no excuse for not meal planning and definitely no excuse for not actually getting off my behind to cook. So, in roughly this order…

  • Pan fried salmon fillets with new potatoes and minted peas
  • Chicken thighs with a creamy, mustardy broad bean sauce and mashed potatoes
  • Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs on toasted bagels
  • Sea bass with braised fennel
  • Curried lamb shanks with pilau rice
  • Roast chicken with all the trimmings

The leftover roast chicken will provide D with the basis for a couple of meals next week when I’m away, and I also intend to make up a big bowl of chilli for him at the weekend. He has also requested a loaf or two of banana bread using up some of the bananas that lurk within the deepest recesses of the freezer so that will at least gve my beloved Kitchenaid a work out.

As always, head over to Mrs M's for more meal planning fun.

10 comments:

  1. "We had Birds Eye Southern Fried chicken fillets in buns for tea on Saturday night....."

    I love you xxxx

    ReplyDelete
  2. Lots of fish this week, I LOVE salmon though nomnom!

    All the meals sound yum! x

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. It is quite fishy, isn't it? But you can never have too much in my opinion...especially salmon!!

      Delete
  3. I would never have though of curried lamb shanks how yummy is that x

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Claire, I've made this recipe before and it was fab so definitely worth a go!

      Delete
  4. That all sounds really delicious - I love fennel and had some with sea bream at the weekend. Haven't had smoked salmon and scrambled eggs in ages - you've inspired me!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Fennel and fish is a favourite combination at the moment, it just works so well together. And now, get yourself off and haves some smoked salmon and scrambled eggs - a match made in heaven as far as I'm concerned!

      Delete
  5. Who cares if the birds eye southern fried chicken fillets aren't haute cuisine, we don't have to be heston/delia types every day - I had shop bought fish goujons for tea tonight :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Rach, you're so right - I'm just guilty on relying on that kind of thing a bit too much lately and need to get my cooking mojo back. They were tasty though. And I love fish goujons!

      Delete