Menu Plan Monday - 27th July

Okay, I'm going to try and be organized and have a menu plan this week - been a bit slack with that lately! I don't know about you, but I find it really helpful to know what I'm cooking each day, as the meat can be thawed out in the fridge the day before, and any grains/nuts/seeds soaked the night before. If you'd like some menu planning tips, or recipe ideas, check out Menu Plan Monday at orgjunkie.com. And if you're a fellow Thermomixer and would like to share what you've been cooking, come on over to the Thermomix forum for a chat.

This week I have plenty of greens which I usually use up by steaming with other veges, or in stir-frys... plus pumpkin, and LOTS of lettuce. So lots of salads, stir-frys and steamed veges are on the menu as side dishes. Also, a friend whose little boy has many allergies (wheat, dairy, soy, nuts and eggs!) wants a recipe for a flourless cake that doesn't have eggs in it - and I found one! And it has pumpkin in it, which works out well, as well as dark chocolate which I make myself using this recipe. So I'm going to try that recipe out and will be posting it soon.

TMX stands for 'made in the Thermomix'.

Have a great week!

Monday: (lunch) Roast beef with baked potato, sweet potato & pumpkin, and steamed broccoli and greens; (dinner) Creamy pasta with veges TMX (dairy and gluten free - using this white sauce recipe TMX).

Tuesday: (lunch) Beef & vege pie (made with leftover roast dinner) with spelt shortcrust pastry TMX, & salad; (dinner) leftovers, spelt bread rolls TMX, salad.

Wednesday: (lunch) Salmon, boiled egg & spinach salad; (dinner) Mexican Chicken & Lime Soup TMX (with hominy!).

Thursday: (lunch) Fish strips (see photo here) with steamed brown rice & steamed veges TMX; (dinner) Fried rice with leftover rice, veges, boiled eggs and chopped up fish strips.

Friday: (lunch) Raw Pasta Sauce TMX on spelt fettucine with salad; (dinner) Turkey mince sausages (homemade TMX) in spelt tortillas with salad.

Saturday: (lunch) Sandwiches on homemade spelt bread; (dinner) Fish cakes with creole mayonnaise TMX & salad.

Sunday: (lunch) Leftovers/sandwiches; (dinner) Roast lemon chicken with baked potatoes & salad.

Snacks/Desserts/Baking/Condiments:

- Flourless Eggless Chocolate Cake

- Spelt Bread & Rolls & Tortillas

- Tahini Balls

- Tomato Sauce

- Mayonnaise

- Apple Butter