Weekly Menu - July 20th 2014

Every week, on Saturdays, I plan our menu for the week ahead.  In fact, I plan out a bit further than that but I use this time each week to create the shopping list and make any changes based on our activities for the coming week.  My husband doesn't eat Beef or Lamb so we use an awful lot of Chicken, Pork and Fish - with the occasional veggie meal thrown in for good measure!  We use Turkey Mince to replace Beef Mince in most of the standard mince dishes and it doesn't affect the outcome at all.  I hope that our menus give you a few new ideas for the What's For Dinner dilemma!  As the week progresses I will post recipes and photos for our favourites so you'll have no excuse not to give them a try!

This week we have a couple of celebration meals - unusual for us to have two so close together, and during the week, but that's how the calendar has worked against us this year!  There will be plenty of prep in advance to make those evenings run smoothly so we can enjoy our family, friends and the food.

Happy Cooking and Eating this week!





Sunday 20th July - Parma Ham and Mozzarella Pasta, Salad, Garlic Bread

Monday 21st July - Crispy Skin Chicken with Spanish Rice

Tuesday 22nd July - Pain Perdu (Fancy French Toast!) with Bacon and Eggs - we like to call this type of meal Brinner (Breakfast for Dinner).

Wednesday 23rd July - Friends coming over for an Italian Feast - Assorted Seafood, Italian Chicken with Mediterranean Vegetables and a delicious Tiramisu flavoured dessert.

Thursday 24th July - to celebrate my brother's birthday and with current temps matching the Caribbean we're going to pretend we're there with a Caribbean spiced Paella, Caribbean Salad and Grilled Tropical Fruits with a Caramel Rum Sauce

Friday 25th July - Roasted Tomato & Asparagus Tortellini

Saturday 26th July - South African Chicken in Balsamic Sauce, New Potatoes, Salad

Baking/Desserts - Home Made Oreos