November continues, grey and miserable and unremitting. I have perked up a bit though. Firstly, I had a much needed haircut on Saturday which I absolutely love (it’s all short and curly now, a bit like a poodle only, er, not) and I got an email from the lovely Lauren to say that I had won her chocolate giveaway! How can one be grumpy in the face of funky poodle hair and chocolate? Plus, a new series of The Killing started on Saturday night. My cup runneth over.
Meal planning recently as been as much based around the contents of the freezer as possible. This is a) to make room for all the Christmas goodies that I will no doubt buy despite the fact we will then end up eating mini sausage rolls in February and b) because money, as always, is too tight to mention. Especially with the aforementioned Christmas coming up. So the rough plan for this week is as follows:
- Broccoli and blue cheese soup with home made soda bread
- Spaghetti Bolognese (the other half of the sauce that we had a couple of weeks ago – I might ring the changes by making this a pasta bolognese bake)
- Sticky pork belly with noodles and bok choi
- Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs with toasted English muffins (one of the ultimate comfort dishes identified in my last post)
i am in a meal planning rutt...the dark mornings and dark nights are making me blahhhhhhh. might need some smoked salmon and eggs to cheer me up! :)
ReplyDeleteSticky pork belly sounds lush, I really need to start meal planning.
ReplyDeleteVictoria - Novemberitis has struck you too??? I definitely recommend an immediate dose of salmon and eggs! And perhaps something yummy and squishy like macaroni cheese?
ReplyDeleteNicki - oh the pork belly is amazing, sadly not very WW friendly but definitely worth the occasional blow out...
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