Meal Planning bump for more ideas
got 2 weeks worth now - any other ideas ladies and i will post final [planner x
Does anyone have a meal planner that they have made to save me time???? Toby is blw so it would be adult meals.
I go back to work 50 hours a week in october (only 22 at the moment) and know i need to be mega organised. I want a 4 week rolling rota so if any one just has one week that would be fab.
I am thinking
Monday - spag bol
Tuesday - blah blah blah (tasty)
If you get my drift
Thanks in advance x
[Modified by: summer76 on 22 August 2010 15:27:59 ]
Does anyone have a meal planner that they have made to save me time???? Toby is blw so it would be adult meals.
I go back to work 50 hours a week in october (only 22 at the moment) and know i need to be mega organised. I want a 4 week rolling rota so if any one just has one week that would be fab.
I am thinking
Monday - spag bol
Tuesday - blah blah blah (tasty)
If you get my drift
Thanks in advance x
[Modified by: summer76 on 22 August 2010 15:27:59 ]
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Much love to you and Toby
xxx
Sunday - I always do a big meal, either a roast or lamb chops or something with a combo broccoli/cauliflower cheese and loads and loads of roast veges that can be reheated for lunches for the next couple of days.
Monday - a chicken curry of some description (I make an indian version, a thai green version or a malaysian one) with rice
Tuesday - either chicken drumsticks or lamb chops with any remaining roast veges, which I reheat, dice and toss through couscous with some feta. Cheap but yummy!
Wednesday - varies as my MIL usually gives us one meal a week (ie meat for the freezer or a lasagne or something). Otherwise I serve a fish dish as we don't otherwise eat much fish for dinner.
Thursday - pasta night. Either spag bol or just some tuna tossed with penne and pesto. Sometimes I do carbonara. Usually do a salad or something on the side for some green.
Friday - either homemade pizzas (I use pita bread and just throw on some pizza sauce with ham, capsicum and cheese then grill for 10 mins) or a takeaway.
Saturday - either a chicken or beef stirfry; or beef schnitzel with vegetables.
My LO is called Toby as well and we also do BLW so I always make enough for him and I to eat the following day(s) for lunch! He especially likes the Thai green curry atm!
Happy to share any recipes
C xo
Gatecrashing your post a little, sorry Summer! But I made a curry the other day and was tempted to reduce the curry paste quantity and let my daughter try some (Also BLW - 3 weeks in), but then I changed my mind as was a bit worried about the spice.
Do you guys give your LOs spicy(ish) foods and are their tums ok with it?
xxx
Gatecrashing your post a little, sorry Summer! But I made a curry the other day and was tempted to reduce the curry paste quantity and let my daughter try some (Also BLW - 3 weeks in), but then I changed my mind as was a bit worried about the spice.
Do you guys give your LOs spicy(ish) foods and are their tums ok with it?
xxx
Saturday- Chicken with brocolli, carrots and sweet potatoes
Sunday- Roast with a mixture of veg and sometimes yorkie puds
Monday- Pasta with a homemade sauce (veg with meat from roast)
Tuesday- Homemade meatballs in tomato sauce with spagetti
Wednesday- Fish (usually salmon or mackerel) with new potatoes, spinach and carrots
Thursday- Homemade curry- Dylan used to hate spicy food, however we went out for a mexican and he wolfed salsa so I started him on korma and was very careful with amount of paste, I use the pastes and add baby stock then creme fraice, with a green pepper, onion and petis pois with whatever meat you fancy. Last friday I did a balti instead again using the pastes and baby stock with a green pepper a tonne of tomatoes and some coriander. I serve both with rice for him. (I then just season mine and hubbys)
Friday- Cottage pie with broccoli, carrots and spinach
xxxx
My Toby is 7.5 months (already!!) and I find he likes food with strong flavours more than bland ones. The green curry I make is a bit spicy but he really loves to suck the sauce off the chicken and veges!
Anyhoo, recipes are:
Indian chicken curry - saute an onion and some garlic in a pan with a decent amount of butter. Add diced chicken (or chicken strips to make more LO friendly!). In a small bowl mix together one teaspoon of each of the following spices: turmeric, ground cinnamon, chili powder (add more or less of this to match your taste for spicy food, 1tsp will make it mediumish) and ground ginger. Sprinkle this over the chicken in the pan and mix well so that the chicken is covered and goes golden/brown. Leave all this to cook on a med-low heat so that the chicken stays tender. While that's cooking mix 2 tablespoons of tomato paste with some cream (I do it by sight till it's a pale pink and quite runny - prob about 1.5-2 cups?). Add to the chicken once it's nearly cooked through. Cover and simmer for 10-12 mins (or until you're ready to serve), stirring occasionally. The amounts in this recipe are based on you using 2 chicken breasts (diced) so adjust to make more/less.
The Thai one is:
Heat 2 teaspoons of oil in a pan. Add a diced onion and some green curry paste (40g per 300g of chicken), stirfry for 2 mins. Add diced chicken and whatever veges you want to add (I find that sliced green & red capsicum and frozen green beans work best but you can use anything really). Keep cooking for another 5 mins, stirring occasionally. Then add half a cup of coconut cream (obviously more/less depending on how much chicken you're cooking) and continue to simmer until chicken is cooked through or until you're ready to serve.
The thai one can also be used with beef, pork, lamb or seafood (prawns could be good) but I've only tried it with chicken so far (too yummy to change it!) . Here in NZ you can get a special thai kaffir lime curry paste but I'm sure just plain green curry paste will be just as tasty.
The malaysian one I'm still tweaking but will let you know if I hit upon a good recipe!! Still in trial and error phase at the moment (according to DH!!). I'm persevering because I love curry sauce and roti!
Also forgot to say re the roast vege couscous salad in my previous post that before I add the boiling water to the couscous (I just use the cheapo instant stuff) I sprinkle some garlic powder and chili powder in with it for a bit of extra flavour. Yummy
Good luck!!
C xo
C
I'm gonna let her try next time I make curry then. I hope she'd like it as we eat a fair amount of spicy food. When I was preggers I added chilli flakes or jalapenos to pretty much everything I ate. And when I was breast feeding the spicy cravings continued so she must have had a bit of a 'taste' of spice already? Oh and thanks for the recipes, nice to expand my repertoire!
xxx
C
Not sure what to suggest - I guess the only way to know would be to try it but I can see why you would be hesitant!
C
Brocolli a firm fave here too! Really any fruit or veg goes down a treat!
xxx
Sardines should be left in the sea!! Not even my cat will eat them!
I dont blame you cat MBear - i just wanted to push toby but apart from avacado and melon he loves everything. We even tried peanut butter the other day and he LOVED it x