Happy Monday everyone! Time to figure out the menu for the week here... it's going to be a crazy one, so I want to make sure I'm prepared.
Firstly, here's a few things we enjoyed last week...
Almond-cashew milk in coffee or hot chocolate froths up so beautifully. To make it, all you need to do is grind up 80g of raw almonds and 80g of raw cashews in the Thermomix on speed 9 for about 20 seconds; add 1 litre of filtered water, 1 tsp vanilla extract, and a dash of pure maple syrup, then blend on speed 9 for a minute. That's it. It will be nice and frothy if you use it straight away. If you're refrigerating it for later, you will need to re-whizz it up for frothiness.
You can also make delicious lattes with this milk - just weigh 250g of milk into the Thermomix per person, add either a shot of espresso per person (we use a stovetop espresso maker) or a tsp of instant coffee per person, and cook at 80C for 5 minutes, speed 4, or until the milk reaches 80C. (May need longer, depending on how much milk you're heating.) Or, of course, use raw cacao powder instead of coffee for hot chocolates - 1 Tbspn per person. Froth it up at the end by whizzing up to speed 7 for 20 seconds. Sweeten to taste.
Note: The jar behind the coffee is my vanilla-Rapadura - after you have scraped the vanilla seeds out of the pod, add the pod to a jar of Rapadura to flavour it. Lovely in coffee.
Mini Meatloaves - These may not look that great, but they taste delicious! Bake mini meatloaves in little ramekins instead in one big loaf, and everyone gets their own. The kids thought this was a great idea - a meatloaf all to themselves. ;) These are topped with a mixture of tomato sauce, seeded mustard, a little nutmeg and a little Rapadura. You can also steam meatloaves in the Varoma - they turn out so lovely and moist. I baked mine, as I was using the Thermomix for the steamed veges and mashed potatoes.
Last week's family favourite was the Salmon Fishcakes with Lime Dressing. They are simple, but so, so good. (Mine don't look as perfect as the recipe photo, but they still were delicious!) If you shallow fry them in a mixture of ghee and coconut oil (or just coconut oil) they turn out really crispy on the outside. And coconut oil and ghee are stable fats for frying, so they're much better options than using regular vegetable oils.
This is what the inside looks like - chunks of fresh salmon and potato... mmm...
With the leftover lime dressing, I made a marinade the next day for the Split Roasted Chicken with Lemon Sauce, which was also pretty amazing! The original recipe says to make a lemon sauce and add it at the end - I just coated the chicken in the lime dressing, added some fresh thyme and rosemary and oregano, a dash of red wine vinegar, a little more fresh garlic, and some salt and freshly ground pepper. It kind of caramelized on the skin of the chicken, and tasted delicious. Sorry, it got scoffed down really quickly, and I didn't even get a photo taken. (By the way, I disregarded the advice in the recipe about not eating the chicken skin - how ridiculous. Crispy chicken skin is the best!)
This Week's Menu
(tmx = prepared and/or cooked in the Thermomix)
Monday:
Vegetarian pasta (tmx - all in one meal) & leafy green salad
Tuesday:
Beef burgers (no bread) with steamed sweet potato & choko (tmx) & leafy green salad
Wednesday:
Lentil bolognese (tmx) with baked sweet potatoes & leafy green salad
Thursday:
Meatball, vege & bean soup (tmx - all in one meal)
Friday:
Salad pizzas with avocado, smoked salmon, baby spinach & raw veges (tmx)
Saturday:
Fried rice (tmx) & pumpkin soup (tmx)
Sunday:
Roast lamb, roast veges, gravy (tmx)
Breakfasts: fruit cereals, raw chia porridge, quinoa porridge with fruit, eggs
Lunches: soups, leftovers, salads
Snacks: fruit, nuts, healthy baking, dip with raw vege sticks or rice crackers
Pomelo - my favourite citrus fruit!
What's on your menu this week? Share by linking up, or in the comments below!
Or get some menu planning tips here.
Have a great week! :)
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