Monday 20 August 2012

Meal planning Monday - 20th August 2012






After last week’s successful return to the meal planning fold (meal plan not only made but pretty much adhered to) I find myself in a bit more of an anxious mood today. Perhaps it is the fact that we are living surrounded by boxes and that we are still awaiting confirmation of a moving date, but I don’t really want to commit myself to anything more than a few days in advance.

I can tell you what we’re eating tonight – Shepherds Pie. We were supposed to have it yesterday but it got bumped in favour of a rather delicious sausage sandwich, using award winning sausages from this butcher.

I know that I’m out tomorrow night – going over to Liverpool for a couple of days to have a handover to the replacement me – so D is fending for himself.

And I know that on Wednesday I’ll be back late and so quick, easy and tasty is the order of the day so that old reliable, pan fried salmon fillets with pasta pesto is popping up.

I’m pretty sure nothing much is happening on Thursday, which will give me the opportunity to cook my third Capricorn goats cheese recipe. I’ll leave that one as a bit of a surprise – suffice to say is is going to be a savoury version of a dessert classic.

The weekend though – that seems way too far into an uncertain future to have a plan. I’ve got some pigeon breasts in the freezer, and some puff pastry, and so have had the idea of doing little pigeon Wellington type things. That’s a possibility.

I can’t tell you how much I am looking forward to finally being settled and back into routine. I start my new job on 10th September and would like to be well ensconsed by then, so please cross all digits for me. And, after you’ve done that you might like to pop over to Mrs M’s for some more meal plans.

12 comments:

  1. Oh this moving thing is stressful, even though we are on the market and nothing more I hate the unsettled feeling, especially as we plan to move area's too!!!Will look out for your Capricorn recipe, we love it here and semi guessing on the lines what it could be I am excited to see the results :-) x

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    1. It's horrible, isn't it? I just really want it to be over now. Hope you have a relatively pain free experience...

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  2. Moving is always stressful - hope it all goes as smoothly as is possible (have you found a flat?).

    Ohhh, a sausage sandwich is always yummy. But the dessert goat? I am agog - goats' cheese mousse? Tiramisu a la goat? Goats' cheese posset? Gag....

    Px

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    1. Er, we've not found anywhere yet but we continue to be hopeful.

      A sausage sandwich is a thing of great beauty. A goats cheese posset on the other hand...

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  3. Can't wait to see the next Capricorn recipe - sounds intriguing! Hope you get sorted before you new job - fingers crossed xxx

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  4. Mmmm, pigeon wellington - we need pics please! Good luck with the move xx

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    1. Thanks! Pics to follow - if they turn out ok!

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  5. Do you make your own pesto? It's just that I had never considered pesto to be a good 'diet' food because the lashings of olive oil and parmesan. Just curious how you work it into your points allowance. If I can learn how to eat pesto and lose weight I will be very happy!

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    1. I must admit I have never made my own - I really should one day.

      A decent sized dollop of Sacla (30g) is 4 points . I say decent sized - it coats a 50-60g portion of pasta well. It's not low point food, but by monitoring portion size it can be factored in to the day.

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  6. Good luck with the move!! A tricky time and uncertainty never nice but you will get through!

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  7. I think I might be able to guess your next capricorn recipe. Soufflé? I made goats cheese and black olive foccacia mid week, it is a very good combo. Fingers crossed you will get your moving date soon.

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