Meal Planning Monday - 3 February 2014

Hello and welcome to a new month. Now we're in February I hope the weather takes the hint and bucks up its attitude! This week's menu is:

Lamb Keema 

Cottage pie topped with cauliflower & butternut mash

Slow Cooker Gingered Gammon 

Pork Steaks with sweet potato and spinach

Meat balls and courgette "spaghetti" 

Omelettes and something... I will have to work on that one

left overs/freezer fun (fish fingers, nuggets, whatever)

My lunches are also pretty unhealthy lately so I will be making a pot of soup with quinoa and whatever veg I can find and taking that in a flask.

You may have noticed that it's a pretty low carb menu and that's because I am trying to improve my diet. I'm taking it one week at a time! Let me know what your fave healthy meals are and remember to check out Mrs M's for more #MealPlanningMonday posts.

Have a great week.

Meal Planning Monday - 28 May 2012

Urgh! 2 weeks without a proper meal plan and boy, do I feel it! I got suckered into the nasty cycle of too busy to plan, too busy to cook. I know that the time I spend planning repays me multiple times over during the week, so why do I have weeks where I think it's not worth the effort? As a result of the hot weather and my lack of planning, we have been eating far too many processed foods and I feel rubbish as a result. 

Today I found a great blog called Health Bent.It has a lot of delicious sounding recipes that look tasty and healthy. Since I feel the need for a week of proper, healthy meals packed with goodness and flavour, I am using quite a few recipes from there (and because I am being lazy and don't wan to trawl the net searching for inspiration this week). I don't follow a Paleo diet but that is not going to stop me from enjoying these meals.

Pizza Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Hawaiian Bacon Barbecue Burgers

Chicken fajitas with grilled pineapple salsa

Paleo meatloaf (served with wilted spinach)

Maple Mustard Chicken

Spinach and Ricotta stuffed mushrooms

Coffee and Molasses Pulled Pork

Cinnamon Roll Cookie Bars using Homemade Yellow Cake Mix

Chocolate chip biscuits

So there we are. Hopefully I will finish this week feeling a lot better than I am starting it. Not sure how the kids will go with the menu so I may tweak their meals a little.

Enjoy your week everyone. Remember to check out Mrs M's linky for more Meal Planning Monday posts.