You are brilliant to link menu planning with your quarterly planning.
I organised my little recipe book corner and found my “20 meals we all like” lists for summer and winter meals. It’s nice to scroll through these lists because I’d forgotten a lot, and so I put something on for Tuesday (potato lentil curry) that I love but we haven’t had for about 7-8 months
that curry sounds awesome. I have had no luck with lentils and my family, lol. My husband loves meat and the kids are suspicious of anything that's not a recognizable bean :)
Sounds like a good plan! I find that after making something frequently, even if it's something they life, they eventually get tired of it. So I tend to do a frequent rotation of about 10 different meals, and then every 4-6 months switch the meals out for other ones. And then there's the times when everyone decides they MUST have fried chicken fingers and I spend the time to do that because I won't take them out to eat food from a restaurant fryer! That was today! They really turned out good... everyone loved them. Lunch, not dinner, while I still had enough energy for that!
Ah, cooking at lunch is smart! I am not a fan of even shallow frying at home - so messy and greasy. By the time the food is done I don't even want it anymore :)
Yes sometimes it's nice to make lunch and let them find their own dinner - including the lunch leftovers! I have this mini fryer bucket which i put tallow in. It heats up very quickly, doesn't splatter much (and can be plugged in outside), you can leave the tallow in there for storage, and my kids like to make things in it.
You are brilliant to link menu planning with your quarterly planning.
I organised my little recipe book corner and found my “20 meals we all like” lists for summer and winter meals. It’s nice to scroll through these lists because I’d forgotten a lot, and so I put something on for Tuesday (potato lentil curry) that I love but we haven’t had for about 7-8 months
that curry sounds awesome. I have had no luck with lentils and my family, lol. My husband loves meat and the kids are suspicious of anything that's not a recognizable bean :)
I actually highly recommend this recipe and don’t even know where I found it, even if you make just for yourself and put the leftovers in the freezer.
Potato and lentil curry
1 cup lentils
1 tablespoon curry powder (add more if you like it hot!)
400ml coconut milk
500ml water
2 medium potatoes, diced
Salt and pepper to taste
Bring lentils, curry powder and liquids to boil
Move to medium low and stir for 15 minutes
Add potatoes, cover, cook for 10 minutes
Stir, add salt, cook for another 10 minutes
Add pepper to taste
(I add salt after potatoes- about 1 teaspoon)
Serve with yoghurt
I made some tonight and it was delicious!
sounds great!!
easy and delicious!
Sounds like a good plan! I find that after making something frequently, even if it's something they life, they eventually get tired of it. So I tend to do a frequent rotation of about 10 different meals, and then every 4-6 months switch the meals out for other ones. And then there's the times when everyone decides they MUST have fried chicken fingers and I spend the time to do that because I won't take them out to eat food from a restaurant fryer! That was today! They really turned out good... everyone loved them. Lunch, not dinner, while I still had enough energy for that!
Ah, cooking at lunch is smart! I am not a fan of even shallow frying at home - so messy and greasy. By the time the food is done I don't even want it anymore :)
Yes sometimes it's nice to make lunch and let them find their own dinner - including the lunch leftovers! I have this mini fryer bucket which i put tallow in. It heats up very quickly, doesn't splatter much (and can be plugged in outside), you can leave the tallow in there for storage, and my kids like to make things in it.
This is brilliant. Keep us posted on how it goes.