Menu Plan Monday - 2nd November

We had a nice little holiday and came back refreshed, and I managed to get lots done yesterday, so I can actually see the floor now! Here's a photo of our new house from the front...

... when I get the kitchen cleaned up, I'll post a photo of it - lol! (No dishwasher now, so it's a constant job to keep it tidy... thank goodness we've got four little 'dishwashers' to help!)

I'm a bit late getting organized for this week... The fridge and cupboard are very empty - need to go shopping. (And need to get the garden going!) We'll have to buy lots of apples - I bought one of those apple slinky machines (that peel, core and slice your apples into a slinky) and the kids are eating heaps of apples now! Lots of fun.

Today I'm working on ordering my bulk order for grain, seeds, flour, oil, etc, for the next six months, so I'd better start cleaning out the freezer again. That means I need to use up some quinoa, barley, almonds, oats, lima beans, buckwheat, millet, rye, maize, and lots of little bits and pieces. So it's time to get a bit more creative - I've been slack the last few weeks and just stuck to basic recipes because I was too busy. One recipe I'll be making is Sue Gregg's 'Eight Grain Muffins' - a blender-batter recipe made in the Thermomix using eight whole grains. I'll be using my Thermomix and crockpot a lot as usual, as well as my dehydrator to make some raw muesli (made from sprouted buckwheat).

I'll try and get some of these recipes posted this week - maybe I'll get some spare time somewhere...

For help with menu planning, or recipe ideas, go to Menu Plan Monday at "I'm an Organizing Junkie". And if you want Thermomix recipes and ideas, check out the Thermomix forum and the Thermomix recipe blog. Have a great week!

Monday:

(lunch) Spelt bread rolls (TMX), bean pasta (TMX) with spelt noodles

(dinner) Sweet n sour beans (leftover from crockpot) & beef mince on rice with veges

Tuesday:

(lunch) Mashed potato (TMX), vege sticks & leftovers

(dinner) Sweet n sour chicken (with cucumber & pineapple) on brown rice (TMX)

Wednesday:

(lunch) Lima bean stew (crockpot) with cornbread (TMX - made blender-batter style with whole maize grain) & raw vege sticks

(dinner) Moroccan lamb with quinoa (TMX - from Varoma cookbook, my version of 'Moroccan Couscous with Saffron')

Thursday:

(lunch) Leftovers with toasted cornbread & salad

(dinner) Fish in tomato sauce with potatoes (all in TMX - from Varoma cookbook's 'Salt Cod in Tomato Sauce' recipe)

Friday:

(lunch) Tuna fishcakes with salad

(dinner) Vegetable soup (crockpot) with Eight-Grain Muffins (TMX).

Saturday:
(lunch) Rye bread with leftover vege soup

(dinner) Crockpot Swiss steak (dairy free) with mashed potatoes (TMX) & steamed veges (TMX)

Sunday:

(lunch) Leftovers & salad

(dinner) Julie's Herb & Garlic bread (TMX - I'll use ghee instead of butter & spelt instead of wheat flour)

Baking: Apple pie with barley-oat crust & dairy-free custard; eight-grain muffins; spelt & rye breads; cornbread; apple-oat slice; macadamia choc-chip cookies (with Rapadura-sweetened choc chips!).