Menu Plan Monday - 26th October

Well, I 've started this week off with lots of cooking... today I've made homemade muesli bars, honey roasted nuts, spelt bread rolls and spelt bread, dairy-free choc-hazelnut spread, bean pasta, meatballs, creamy asparagus soup, a few batches of butter and some ghee! Phew! My dh and ds have gone camping (hence the need to make some homemade muesli bars and roasted nuts for them to take), and I need to get lots of cooking done early in the week, as we're going away for a couple of nights later in the week - just me and my dh, alone!!! Yeehah! Off to a posh motel in Cairns to have a break, and belatedly celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary while the kids enjoy some time with G'ma and G'pa. So there'll be a gap in the menu where I won't be cooking dinner - just eating out at some great restaurants, I hope!

I didn't completely stick to last week's menu - still a bit crazy here with unpacking, and visitors dropping by to see the new house. On Saturday night we had an impromptu 'dinner party' with friends - I had no meat, it was 5pm, and our friends are coeliac so we had to have something suitable for them... We ended up making two batches of tuna mornay, one with gf pasta and dairy white sauce, and one with spelt pasta and df white sauce! (Thank goodness for the Thermomix!) The veges were stir fried and served on the side, (along with baked veges), as someone doesn't like his veges mixed in with his tuna mornay (not mentioning any names, Chris)! Anyway, it may not have been a fancy meal, but as the saying goes, "It's not what's on the table that counts, but who's on the chairs!"

Hope you have a great week - check out Menu Plan Monday for some more menu planning ideas!

[TMX = prepared and/or cooked in the Thermomix]

Monday:
(lunch) Leftover chicken curry (TMX) and rice
(dinner) Creamy asparagus soup (dairy free - TMX) and Pasta e Fagioli (TMX) with meatballs

Tuesday:
(lunch) Sandwiches & leftovers
(dinner) Baked potatoes & salad

Wednesday:
(lunch) Crockpot BBQ beef ribs, baked potatoes, salad (for family, while I do a demo)
(dinner) Tuna pasta (TMX) & salad

Thursday & Friday:
Away!

Saturday:
(dinner) Crockpot sweet 'n' sour beans with rice (didn't get this done last week - putting this in the crockpot for the family as I'll be at a demo)

Sunday:
(lunch) Crockpot chicken & veges
(dinner) Spelt bread rolls & pumpkin soup (TMX)

We'll be taking the Thermomix with us on our getaway, as I like to have it for making porridge, custard, salad, smoothies, juices, etc...

Will be using Thermomix early in the week to make bread, tortillas, cakes and cookies, for us and kids to have for days not at home.