Menu Plan Monday - 30th November

Phew! It's so hot here! Everyone seems to be having hot weather - we need some cool meals! We've been having lots of sorbet lately, and lots of salads... although we do still have some hot meals, as I think everyone would whinge too much if I only stuck to salads and raw pasta and stuff! (Actually, we're very blessed to be living here - it's only gotten up to about 30 degrees C, compared to 45 degrees in some places!!)

I didn't get a menu plan done last week - way too much going on. I know, I know - that's when you really need a menu plan, otherwise it gets way too chaotic at mealtimes... I was up at 5.30 one morning making Mexican Quinoa in the Thermomix for my dh to take to work, as there were no leftovers, no bread, no tortillas... nothing! Oh well, at least I could turn it on and go back to bed until it beeped to let me know it was done! This week is going to be just as busy, so I'm really trying to plan my meals! Here goes...

(Go have a look at Menu Plan Monday at orgjunkie.com for some great menu planning ideas... and visit the Thermomix forum too!)

TMX = prepared and/or made in my Thermomix.

Monday:
(lunch - friends over) Rice pasta (TMX) with tuna, homemade mayo (TMX) & raw veges (mixed up individually into our own pasta salads!)
(dinner) Chicken & vege stir fry with rice (TMX)

Tuesday - a big cooking day!:
(lunch) Raw pasta sauce (TMX) on raw zucchini 'fettucine' (plus making a Christmas recipe to try it out - rolled chicken breast stuffed with cranberry & pistachio stuffing, steamed in Thermomix... will use for next day's dinner)
(dinner - DH's B'day BBQ at friend's!) Taking meat for barby, plus cream cheese & herb dip (TMX), potato & sundried tomato salad (TMX), steamed broccoli & lemon salad with fetta (TMX), spelt herb & garlic pull-apart bread (TMX), and, of course, the Thermomix - to make sorbet & lattes/frappes! And I'm making a cheesecake (TMX) for my dh, as he wants one for his birthday cake... so I'll also make a dairy free raw 'cheesecake' too, for those of us who can't have any dairy :(

Wednesday:
(lunch) Leftovers & sandwiches with homemade spelt bread
(dinner) Cranberry-pistachio stuffed chicken roll (TMX - made yesterday), served cold with salad

Thursday:
(lunch) Pizza - spelt base (TMX) with raw avocado & salad topping
(3pm) Homeschoolers' Art & Cooking Class break-up party - helping kids make salads & sausages, and taking leftovers home for dinner if any... if not...
(dinner) Tuna fishcakes with carrot & grape salad & oven-baked potato wedges

Friday:
(lunch) Baked potatoes & sweet potatoes (crockpot) with toppings & salad
(dinner) Lentil bolognaise (TMX) on spelt pasta with salad

Saturday:
(lunch) Tortillas (homemade, spelt, TMX) with refried beans & salad
(dinner) Fried marinara mix & salad

Sunday:
(lunch) Leftovers
(dinner) Spelt rolls with tuna, salad & homemade mayo