Still deep in the post holiday blues, I didn’t get around to doing a meal planning post last week which is a real shame because it was a great week! The meal plan was jotted down while we were still away and nearly all of the dishes were inspired by stuff we ate in Venice. Oh, and on Monday we made cacio e pepe using this recipe. Cacio e pepe is Roman in origin rather than Venetian, so not quite in keeping with the theme, but it tasted so good that I don’t really care. I would definitely urge you to give this one a whirl.
This week we are lacking a theme and a couple of dishes are still to be fully realised but we will plough on regardless!
Monday: mushroom risotto with squid - a bump from last week and an homage to an extraordinary dish that we ate in Venice.
Tuesday: we’ll have duck leftover from Sunday’s roast so will be making use of that here. D has been muttering about some sort of carrot and fennel seed purée. I quite like the idea of stir-frying the meat with a touch of Chinese five spice. From these ideas, I am sure something delicious will emerge.
Wednesday: filled pasta tossed with butter, Parmesan and black pepper.
Thursday: D fancies lamb chops - not sure how these will be served yet.
Friday: we are off out to the cinema (Fantastic Beasts! Soooooo excited!) so when we get home we will be heating up the other half of the delicious Suriani chicken curry that we made the other week.
Saturday: mussel and saffron soup with some lovely homemade bread.
Sunday: shepherds pie. Or cottage pie. I don’t really care - as long as it’s a lovely, savoury mince and gravy combo topped with buttery, cheesy mash and peas on the side.
That little lot has made me hungry! Have a fabulous week all, happy eating!
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It all sounds delicious. My offerings are considerably less exotic!! I'm glad you had a great time in Venice but make sure you don't do what I did and have a 3 month hangover from your hols!! Lxx
ReplyDeleteHow was your week? Sounds like it should have been tasty.
ReplyDeleteAnd how was Fantastic Beasts? We're off to see it on Tuesday so watched the first one again last night in readiness!
Px
Very tasty!
DeleteWe really enjoyed Fantastic Beasts. Some of the reviews I’ve seen have been a bit negative but I thought it was visually stunning and well paced. I suppose the only problem with the whole series is that, given we know how it turns out, it lacks any genuine tension (at least with regards the main characters). But never mind, still really enjoyable cinema. x