Japanese Pancakes, Tonkatsu Sauce & Our Fortnightly Menu

Tuesday 10th ~ Chicken, Corn & Risoni Soup (uses silverbeet)
Wednesday ~ Bacon & Cheese Burgers (uses stuffing mix)
Thursday ~ Easy Chicken Chow Mein (uses Singapore styled noodles I have already, still cleaning out that pantry and chicken mince)
Friday ~ Greek Lentil Soup (uses left over dill)
Saturday ~ Vegetarian Pancakes (for left over cabbage)
Sunday ~ Corn Quesadillas with Bean Salad (hopefully I will get the tortillas this time)
Monday ~ Japanese Pancakes (a new recipe includes bacon & potato)
Tuesday ~ Polenta with White Bean Salad
Wednesday ~ Japanese Pancakes (another new recipe with BBQ chicken & canned prawns)
Thursday ~ Sausage & Egg Muffin Burgers
Friday ~ Zucchini & Bacon Slice with Chips
Saturday ~ Zucchini Burgers
Sunday ~ Savoury Mince & Potato Wedges
Monday ~ Spicy Beef Noodle Stir Fry (uses rice stick noodles which we have)

My son offered to go to the Hub while he was practising taking the bus to uni. He is buying me some Kewpie mayonnaise and hopefully will be able to find some Tonkatsu sauce which we haven't tried. But unfortunately the shop was closed. We usually use Worcestershire sauce for our Japanese Pancakes which we love. We love the pancakes and the sauce lol. Tonkatsu is a Japanese Worcestershire sauce. We tried something like HP Sauce once and it was very nice, which makes sense as Tonkatsu seems fruity as well. Here is a place to buy it online. Buying one or two or three items online like that has worked well for me in the past. I found two new recipes for the pancakes, which I will add to my post on them here. Here is the basic idea behind Japanese Pancakes.

My son was making a family recipe of zucchini slice and has left over bacon which he bought English muffins for. Hence the recipe for muffin burgers. He only wants bacon and eggs, but I thought I would try this for a meal.

Swap recipe: Stir fried Beef & Vegetable Chow Mein (uses Singapore styled noodles and mince, in case we can't get the chicken)

Success from last week: Beef & Vegetable Bolognaise still rich like normal bolognaise

Bacon & Avocado Burgers, we did this on the fly, I think to use up the avocado. One of the best Turkish bread burgers we have made, I love them!

Homemade Kewpie Mayonnaise & Vegetarian Japanese Pancakes

We have been still making Vegetarian Japanese Pancakes adapted from another site. Post about it here. Here is our adaption so far:

Vegetarian Japanese pancakes

You will need for 12 rather large pancakes or many littler ones:
Pancake batter
1. ½ cup of self-raising flour
2. 1 ½ cup of plain flour
3. 2 large eggs
4. 3 cups of cabbage, thinly sliced
5. 2 cups grated carrot
6. 2 cups grated potatoes
7. 1 tbsp of chopped fresh mint leaves (optional best leave out)
8. 1 tsp of salt
9. 1 tsp of pepper
10. Some milk
11. Some oil
Mix the flours, egg, salt and pepper together add milk to give thick and not runny mixture. Add the vegetables.
Add some oil to a non-stick frying pan, spoon the pancake batter , flatten out with back of spoon.
Fry until both sides are golden brown.
To serve:
Serving without smoked salmon, spread thinly kewpie (Q.P) mayonnaise and some Worcester sauce (rather than tomato sauce only).
QP mayo is much less sweeter than ‘normal’ mayonnaise and that is why it goes well with the vegetable pancake and Worcester.



Kewpie mayonnaise recipes:

Just Hungry

Not Quite Nigella

BellaOnline



Other things I found:

Japanese Pancakes from msn

Vegetarian Japanese Pancakes another version from Travelling in Mary Janes

Another Vegetarian Japanese Pancake from Your Weekly Menu (an Australian menu site)

Japanese Pizza Pancake from Not Quite Nigella

Wholemeal version from I Ate Brisbane which is sad as my husband wants to make wholemeal ones too, he is the one who wants to make his own mayonnaise as well.

Menu Thoughts

Photo Source

Last fortnight I had some pumpkin recipes left over. We had just finished Pasta with Pumpkin Sauce and used up our pumpkin. No specials online on pumpkin. The next day, Tuesday, my husband brought home one, then two more Kent/Butternut cross pumpkins, very pretty. They are rounder on the bottom and have green patterned bits on them.

So on with the pumpkin recipes!

Monday ~ Low-GI Lentil Patties with Roast Tomato Sauce
Tuesday ~ Pumpkin & Capsicum Fajitas
Wednesday ~ Spicy Pumpkin & Coriander Fritters
Thursday ~ Curried Green Pea Soup (decided to use a recipe so similar from Cookery The Australia way, about 2003 version)
Friday ~ Vegetarian Japanese Pancakes
Saturday ~ Gnocchi with Sugo again
Sunday ~ Pasta with Pumpkin, Tomato & Butter Beans
Monday ~ Broccoli & Pasta
Tuesday ~ Creamy Roast Pumpkin Pasta
Wednesday ~ Black-eyed Bean, Mushroom & Silverbeet Balti
Thursday ~ Italian Soup with Cheesy Damper
Friday ~ Creamy Fettucine with Brussels Sprouts
Saturday ~ Vegetarian Japanese Pancakes
Sunday ~ Greek Lentil Soup
Monday ~ Pumpkin & Spinach Cannelloni

Swap recipes:

Adzuki Beans, Pumpkin & Ginger Casserole
Tomato & Rosemary Risotto Cake
Creamy Sweet Potato Pasta

Success from last week:

Vegetarian Japanese Pancakes. You know I love the ones from the taste site, well this recipe despite not having lovely fried pork mince embedded in the top, or nice steak pieces, it substantial, which is always an issue for me feeding a family. I like my meal to fill us up! We didn't have the salmon the recipe said it wasn't necessary. We tried our new Kewpie mayonnaise. It comes out like cream from the bottle. It made the pancakes really. We decided for our tastes, we are going to change the flour rations around. My daughter put on too much mayo, doesn't work.

Interesting recipes:

Black-eyed Pea Salad
Black-eyed Bean & Vegetable Curry
Exotic Spicy Black-eyed Black-eyed Bean Curry
Mince with Black-eyed Beans
Mexican black-eyed bean soup
Carribean Butternut Pumpkin & Sweet Corn Stew

My husband said that soon we are getting a large jar of anchovies! I wonder if there will be anchovy recipes on my blog in a month's time? It took 11 days to make this menu and I am about 4 days early!

I recipe for the Chrisco frozen vegetables:

Vegetable Fritters

All Out of Lentils

This picture is called Pantry, Green Gables Home, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Monday sees some left over bacon that we made into soup Cabbage, Bacon & Potato Soup

A bit rough this menu, but also a pantry challenge. We had some things left over from last week, which is amazing really. Probably something to do with the gifted turkey and having left overs again after going back to a five person family this Monday after our son went back to the city after his break. I may buy mince and small amount of steak for the Japanese pancakes and the canned corn, eggs and ham, or go through the menu again and fine tune it.

Tuesday ~ Tuna Casserole
Wednesday ~ Left-overs
Thursday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise
Friday ~ Mince Chow Mein
Saturday ~ Possibly Mediterranean Grilled Polenta with fish & salad
Sunday ~ Red Onion & Green Pea Fritters with Braised Beans needs fresh tomatoes & lemon juice or wombuk salad
Monday ~ Japanese Pancakes (uses cabbage)
Tuesday ~ Cabbage with Split Peas if not having chow mein and Japanese pancakes or Spaghetti with Tuna Sauce
Wednesday ~ Mushroom & Caper Pasta
Thursday ~ Mung Bean and Vegetable Soup
Friday ~ Tomato & Borlotti Bean Soup
Saturday ~ Possibly Noodle Omelettes uses canned corn, eggs & 100g ham or cauliflower
Sunday ~ Lucy's Adzuki Croquettes & Spicy Sesame Sauce
Monday ~ Spicy Azuki Bean Risotto

Swap recipes: Greek Bean & Silverbeet Stew
Italian Vegetable and White Bean Soup
Sweet & Sour Fish Sticks & Rice

Have tabouli mix for salad if we have a tomato in the garden.

Successes from last week:

Red Onion & Green Pea Fritters
Lentil Burgers with Tahini Sauce
Asian Bean Cakes
Pistou Soup

All very nice.

Interesting recipes: Spaghetti with Garlic Butter, Bacon and Prawns
Roasted Chipolatas with Creamy Polenta
Spaghetti with Tuna, Peas & Borlotti Beans
Sausages with Lentils & Polenta
Vegetable Slice with Asparagus Salad

Pickled Turnip Menu

Tuesday ~ Pies & Mash

Wednesday ~ Stir fry Sausages
Thursday ~ Middle Eastern Salad with Lemon Dressing (uses falafel mix) with pickled turnips to serve/Spaghetti Bolognaise
Friday ~ Fettuccine with Chicken Meatballs
Saturday ~ Pork Mince Stroganoff
Sunday ~ Spaghetti with Chicken Mince
Monday ~ Lamb Mince Burgers
Tuesday ~ Japanese Pancakes
random things...
Friday 11th ~ Ham Hock Pea & Ham Soup
Saturday ~ Anchovy Spaghetti
Sunday ~ Left overs
Monday ~ Corn Pancakes
Tuesday ~ Japanese Pancakes
Wednesday ~ Chicken Tonight
Thursday ~ Curried Sausages 
or Curried Sausages Keens
Friday ~ Curry-spiced Shepherds Pie
Saturday ~ Mince and Wedges
Sunday ~ Paella
Monday ~ Middle Eastern Salad with Lemon Dressing or Spaghetti Bolognaise
Tuesday ~ Japanese Burgers 
Wednesday ~ Bacon & Zucchini Linguine 
Thursday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise

Friday ~ Chicken Alfredo
Saturday ~ Chicken, Bacon & Spinach Bolognaise
Sunday ~ Tuna Casserole
Monday ~ Butter Chicken Wraps
Tuesday ~ 

Menu for Five

Our weather is humid, but not too hot to cook on the stove. We are slowly getting used to our new family size, but I think it will be awhile yet.

Tuesday ~ Beef & Broccoli Almond Stirfry
Wednesday ~ Japanese Pancakes
Thursday ~ Impossible Quiche (Chorizo)
Friday ~ Singapore-styled Fried Rice
Saturday ~ Pink Salmon Patties with Zucchini, Corn Cobs & Green Beans
Sunday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise
Monday ~ Stir Fry Beef & Vegetable Chow Mein
Tuesday ~ Pork Chow Mein Noodles (pork mince)
Wednesday ~ Sausage Casserole (chipolatas)
Thursday ~ Stir Fry Noodles with Pork & Boc Choy (pork mince)
Friday ~ Tacos with Chicken & Beans
Saturday ~ Tuna & Mushroom Spaghetti
Sunday ~ Tuna Casserole
Monday ~ Vegie Patties with Chips


We were supposed to have Vegie Patties last time but made these instead:

Onion Pancakes with Vegetables & Chilli Sauce

The things that went well were the Tomato Onion Salad with Tamarind, definitely a keeper, the Japanese Pancakes were just as delicious with beef strips rather than pork mince, and Pork Chow Mein Noodles (we had them already) are absolutely gorgeous even without the special Chinese wine in the sauce, and with more plain vegetables. They have a similar taste to each other.

We had a mince dish that was a hit too (hamburger). I grew up on savoury mince and I thought is was lovely. Char-grilled Vegetables Savoury Mince with creamed corn rather than corn kernels.

Another combined menu

I am going to pick up something at the shops, so I can buy some things that we may need to cook, that is if I have any money left.

This menu is bothering me, I am tempted to start again.  In the meantime we went to a bulk meat place and got some sausages, sausage and mince.  We bought potatoes and cabbage.  It was all so we had the money to pick up a freezer and get some clothes while we were at the regional centre, it takes all day to do this stuff. 

To start things off, we had on Tuesday ~ Chow Mein
Wednesday ~ left overs
Thursday ~ Chicken & Lentil Hotpot, with very few ingredients bought from the shop
Friday ~ Left-over Hotpot
Saturday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise
Sunday ~ Bigos
Monday ~ Moroccan Shepherds Pie
Tuesday ~ Chilli Con Carne (uses passata)
Wednesday ~Chow Mein
Thursday ~ Sausages
Friday ~ Sausages
Saturday ~ Japanese Pancakes
Sunday ~ left-over shepherd's pie
Monday ~ Party Pies & Sausage rolls


Tuesday ~ North African Chicken & Kidney Bean Soup (uses Ras El Han Hanout)
Wednesday ~ Warm Creamy Pesto Chicken Potato Salad
Thursday ~ Butter Chicken Pizza (uses chicken mince) or Japanese Pancakes
Friday ~ Chicken Fried Rice with Egg & Boc Choy
Saturday ~ Aloo Tikka (uses tamarind & besan flour) tikka masala
Sunday ~ Savoury Mince Ragout
Monday ~ Mince Chow Mein (uses bok choy)
Tuesday ~ Baleadas with Red Beans & Feta
Wednesday ~ Lentils with Tamarind Sauce
Thursday ~ Silverbeet with Lemon & Olive Oil
Friday ~ Silverbeet, Currant & Pinenut Pie (uses feta)
Saturday ~ Baked Gnocchi Spanakopita with Currants & Pine Nuts (similar recipes :/)
Sunday ~ Silverbeet Sourdough Gozlemes
Monday ~ Easy Cranberry Chicken & Brie Pizza (uses cranberry sauce maybe good for using up hampers)

Interesting recipes:  Easy Chicken Chow Mein (uses chicken mince)
Chicken, Bacon & Spinach  Bolognaise (uses chicken mince)
Another pastitsio with beef mince
Nana's creole pecan bars

October Aldi Menu

Friday ~ Chicken Mince Chow Mein
Saturday ~ Chicken Mince, Corn & Rice, like Alfredo (don't use thyme)
Sunday ~ Pork Mince Chilli Con Carne to die for with or without capsicum and chorizo
Monday ~  Wombuk and Pork Mince Japanese Pancakes
Tuesday ~ Greek Salad with Haloumi

Wednesday ~ Pork Mince Pea Spaghetti & Meatballs
Thursday ~ Spaetzle
Friday ~ Cold Weather Mince Hotpot with baked beans
Saturday ~ Rigatoni Sausage Bake
Sunday ~ Sausages & Broadbeans
Monday ~ Kabana & Kale Soup
Tuesday ~ Chicken Tonight
Wednesday ~ Tuna Casserole
Thursday ~ Fettucine Carbonara
Friday ~ Bok Choy & Chicken
Saturday ~ Chorizo Pasta Salad

Friday ~ Butter Chicken Wraps
Saturday ~ Pork Mince Pizza
Sunday ~ Chow Mein
Sunday ~ Chinese Meatballs
Monday ~ Tuna & Bean Salad with Sprouts

Wednesday ~ Kransky Burgers
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Thursday ~ Egg Pizza
Friday ~ Kababs
Saturday ~ Ham & Potato Cakes

Saturday ~ Pork Japanese Pancakes
Sunday ~ Lentil Soup
Monday ~ Spaghetti with Anchovies?
Tuesday ~ Chicken Leek & Corn Bake
Wednesday ~ Mozzarella

A day out in town menu

I am extremely excited by having a great new site to find recipes.  I found a new to me Vegetable Japanese Pancakes.  The recipe we use, we use all the time when we have little money.  This is very exciting, this particular one uses sweet potato, the new one.  It is handy because they last so long in the pantry and are also a back stay, they just sit there until you are desperate in other words.  At the last minute I had to take out some cherry tomato dishes because of the price, I'm guessing because it is frosty now so harder to get.  I was able to get all the meat and beans I needed at the regional centre so that is good, just a couple of adjustments, but not the main recipes.

Tuesday ~Egg & Vegetable Curry
Wednesday ~ Smoky Pork and Black Turtle Bean Tacos (uses black beans and pork mince)
Thursday ~ Black Bean Chilli
Friday ~ French Sausage and Black Lentil Casserole (uses pork sausages)
Saturday ~ Pan Fried Brussels Sprouts with Lentils
Sunday ~ Warm Mexican Rice Salad with Borlotti Beans and Avocado Salsa
Monday ~ Roasted Chestnut & Herb Pesto Pasta with Mushrooms
Tuesday ~ Cheesy Broccoli Pasta Bake
Wednesday ~ Japanese Vegetable Pancakes (uses sweet potato)
Thursday ~ Crispy Greek Style Pie
Friday ~ Sausage & Bean Casserole (uses chorizo, adzuki beans & pork sausages)
Saturday ~ Penne Puttanesca
Sunday ~ Dried Fava Bean & Fennel Soup
Monday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise

Budget Menu

Tuesday ~ Egg Curry
Wednesday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise
Thursday ~ Pea and Ham Soup with Kranskys
Friday ~ Stir Fry Noodles with Pork Mince and Boc Choy
Saturday ~ Pork Chow Mein
Sunday ~ Fragrant Egg Curry
Monday ~ Vegetarian Japanese pancakes
Tuesday ~ Pumpkin Cauliflower & Lentil Curry
Wednesday ~ Left-overs
Thursday ~ Sloppy Joes from Marbig Recipes+
Friday ~ Chicken & Wombuk Salad (while we have 4 people at home)
Saturday ~ Chicken & Mushroom Quiche
Sunday ~ Corn, Bacon & Zucchini Soup
Monday ~ Macaroni Cheese with Broccoli


Success from last week:

Easy Pastitsio
Zucchini & Bacon Fettucine (absolutely beautiful)
Vietnamese Chicken & Cabbage Salad really nice

all from recipes+ magazine.

Swap recipe for last week:
Beef and Bean Pancakes with Carrot Salad (to use up burrito mix in the pantry)

Running Behind Menu

Though it seems like I am making up the menu as I go along, not so. Have been shopping in Coles while we brought down two cars to take mine to the workshop in the regional centre. No Coles here. I had a list of things like sweet chilli sauce etc. that we had run out of. Also stocked up on hard to get things like green olives and capers, as usually we don't buy those things here, just what is needed for specific recipes. So I have planned out everything, but haven't finished off the final week. The tuna bake was like a baked custard. The broccoli part was very well done. Sometimes I get annoyed with broccoli. I knew I had ordered bok choy with the fruit order so got some pork mince at Coles to go with it. Even thought ahead to bring the Eski/cooler.

Monday ~ Vegetable Paella or an adaptation (see posted recipe)
Tuesday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise
Wednesday ~ Red Lentil & Spinach Dhal
Thursday ~ Zucchini & Corn Pancakes with Roasted Tomatoes & Dill Cream
Friday ~ Tuna & Broccoli Bread Bake
Saturday ~ Stir-fried Noodles with Pork & Bok Choy
Sunday ~ Mexican Macaroni Cheese
Monday ~ Spicy Red Lentil & Pumpkin Soup
Tuesday ~ Vegetarian Japanese Pancakes

will have to check how much money I have left to work with to make up the rest of the meals. In the meantime we were given a jar of homemade poppy seed dressing

Wednesday ~ Pies, Potatoes & Peas
Thursday ~ Fragrant Egg Curry
Friday ~ Fish with Coleslaw & Poppy Seed Dressing
Saturday ~ Bacon & Spinach Macaroni Cheese
Sunday ~ Savoury Mince with Potato Wedges
Monday ~ Tuna Shepherds Pie

I got my daughter to choose a Beef Rendang recipe for herself.

Success from last week:

Our menu didn't come to be for some recipes. We had to go onto the budget version. My husband brought out my stash of cans for blackouts and in it was 2 cans of frankfurters. He made this soup and it was very nice. We are considering adapting the recipe when we next make our pea and ham soup with kranksys and brussels sprouts which is a family staple, made from canned pea and ham soup.

Yellow Split Pea & Frankfurter Soup

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/yellow-split-pea-and-frankfurter-soup/Detail.aspx

It turns out that it is very similar to Nigellas soup that she published in a book which is probably why it is so nice.

Yellow Split Pea and Frankfurter Soup ~ Nigellas version. My husband made the other one, with two thirds more green peas than yellow and extra peas. It was very thick though. To be honest kranskys would taste better.

Here is the official recipe: Yellow Split Pea & Frankfurter Soup

Interesting recipes:

Lasagne using pork mince

Lentil Frankfurter Soup

A paella using wild rabbit
Basic Paella Valencia

Pork & Dill Cabbage Rolls (uses pork mince)

Chorizo, Corn & Black Bean Salad with Tortillas

Easter Menu

Here I am finishing my menu on Good Friday. Yesterday I went to the regional centre, it took all day to pick up some fire bricks for the heater for winter. It was a very warm day yesterday though, which is lovely, typical of the North East for Easter, just beautiful, and the scenery closer to home was the best, coming back.

We found a bulk Asian/Health Food shop there which is fantastic. They had split dried fava beans. It may help offset the price of LPG to drive there in the future.

We shopped at Coles and got some meat, however their mince was expensive this time. Did I buy any interesting food items while I was down there? Only harissa, which is good because I have come across it lately.

I was able to get this menu out using the vegetables with have and using some up, it is great, very happy. Bought some more black lentils (beluga). I based the menu on the meat I bought at Coles, which was loosely based around the vegetables and the fact our grown daughter is visiting and loves Sausage Casserole. We didn't have a vegetable delivery because of Easter, and luckily we had enough bread, because my husband and one daughter were away helping the others shift house, and I bought two loaves knowing about the Easter delivery.

Was very lucky I had a Hamper King Easter delivery of chocolate eggs.

Tuesday ~ Pies
Wednesday ~ Chow Mein
Thursday ~ Tuna Casserole
Friday ~ Sausage Casserole
Saturday ~ Chorizo Potato Salad
Sunday ~ Japanese Pancakes
Sunday ~ left over Chow Mein & noodles
Monday ~ Pork Mince Stroganoff
Tuesday ~ Rigatoni Milano (uses Italian Sausages)
Wednesday ~ Pork Sausage & Leek Tart
Thursday ~ Fried Haloumi with Chorizo & Cherry Tomato Salsa
Friday ~ Pumpkin & Pasta Bake
Saturday ~ Stir-fried Beef & Vegetable Chow Mein
Sunday ~ Beluga Lentil Salad
Monday ~ Zucchini & Corn Pancakes (to use dill) love these

Swap recipes:

Adzuki Burgers
Pork Meatballs in Creamy Mushroom Sauce (uses pork sausages)
Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca

Interesting recipes:

Dried Fava Bean & Fennel Soup
Sausages with Potato Rosti Bake (uses chipolatas)
Sausage Pasta Salad (uses chipolatas)
Lentil & Lima Bean Salad
Chorizo, Zucchini & Feta Rigatoni
Sausage & Pea Pie (uses pork sausages, ricotta)

Silverbeet Menu

I have so many bags of leaves in my fridge and want to buy more, have to check how they are going first I think. They come in freezer like bags in the fruit box. The silverbeet arrived all cute and young leaves. I was hopeful of some bratwurst to make the recipe in the wish list below, but my husband found some chorizo instead. I asked him to go to the shop a few miles from our other house which is not in this town to check on their meat which is always lovely. Our local shop had prosciutto which is good, I wasn't sure. It was very long.

Tuesday ~ Pies, Peas & Potatoes
Wednesday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise
Thursday ~ Potato Salad
Friday ~ Japanese Pancake with Bacon and Bean Shoots
Saturday ~ Crunchy Thai Chicken Salad
Sunday ~ Puttanesca Potato Salad
Monday ~ Pumpkin & Bacon Pasta
Tuesday ~ Chicken Drumsticks Tray Baked Chicken Stroganoff
Wednesday ~ Pork Mince Stroganoff
Thursday ~ Mince (Chow Mein)
Friday ~ Chorizo & Silverbeet Soup
Saturday ~ Prosciutto & Rocket Lasagne (see below)
Sunday ~ Roasted Beef Sausages with Braised Lentils and Bacon
Monday ~ Meat Japanese Pancakes
Tuesday ~ Chorizo Potato Salad

Interesting recipes:

Prosciutto and Rocket Lasagne (uses silverbeet)
Bratwurst Sausages with Potato and Sauerkraut Salad
Lentil & Chorizo Soup

Cleaning Out the Pantry Menu

You will notice some repeats from last week. One night we had left-overs and another night Mushroom Burgers as we got mixed up with the list and didn't get ingredients for what we had planned. This came about by the late night my husband was working and couldn't get to the shop, to plan out work for someone else to take his classes while we are away, which we had tea out.

My menu seems very heavy on feta, three recipes.

Tuesday ~ Japanese Pancakes (another new recipe with BBQ chicken & canned prawns)
Wednesday ~ Turkish Pizza
Thursday ~ Sausage & Egg Muffin Burgers
Friday ~ Bacon & Cheese Burgers (uses stuffing mix)
Saturday ~ Easy Chicken Chow Mein (uses Singapore styled noodles I have already, still cleaning out that pantry and chicken mince)
Sunday ~ Zucchini & Bacon Slice with Chips
Monday ~ Zucchini Burgers and maybe Savoury Mince & Potato Wedges
Tuesday ~ Pesto Pasta with Zucchini, Feta & Tomato
Wednesday ~ Pumpkin & Silverbeet Penne
Thursday ~ Spiced Beans with Roast Pumpkin Wedges
Friday ~ Tuna & Corn Burgers with Olive & Parsley Salad
Saturday ~ Lentil & Spinach Lasagne
Sunday ~ Thai Sweet Potato & Lentil Soup
Monday ~ Spicy Meatlovers Pizza with Salad

Possibly next pay I can shop in Coles and try something different, if I feel I can lift things.

Success from last week:

Polenta with White Bean Salad I can't say enough good things about this recipe, great if you love basil fresh from the garden!

Japanese Pancake (with bacon) gorgeous like going to a cafe (an old-fashioned one)

Add on Menu

Wasn't able to make all the recipes from the menu I made up, so confusing so added this. Haven't had to buy anything extra, so still planned in a way. Had so many trips out with the kids had to conserve money. The chicken, roast beef etc. came from our Christmas hampers. Will still use the other recipes and move them to next fortnight. The last pay before Christmas!

The exciting thing is that I found a good recipe for my dried great northern beans!

Monday Dec 5 ~ Lentil & Kranksy Stew
Tuesday ~ Fish & Chips
Wednesday ~ Broccoli, Almond & Lemon Farfalle
Thursday ~ Tomato, Feta & Zucchini Ziti
Friday ~ Vegetable Japanese Pancakes
Saturday ~ Borlotti Bean, Bacon & Pasta Soup if we have tomato paste
Sunday ~ Babycorn & Spring Onion Soup with extra ingredients (we have a packet mix)
Monday ~ Chicken Tenders etc. with Roast Vegetables

Lunches: roast beef sandwiches

Interesting recipes:
Pastrami, Potato & Mustard Rosti may use this on Friday when there are less people here

BBQ Meatlovers Pizza (uses pastrami)
White Bean & Fennel Soup (uses great northern beans & anchovies)
Green Beans with Miso Dressing
Broad Beans with Chorizo & Coriander
Broad Beans with Tomato, Salami & Mint

Basic Menu

Tuesday ~ Pies, Peas, & Wedges
Wednesday ~ wombuk/wombok)
Thursday ~ Spinach Crepes with Creamy Mushroom and Mascarpone Filling
Friday ~ Sticky Sausage & Fennel Coleslaw Lavash Wraps (uses pork chipolatas)
Saturday ~ Pumpkin Noodles
Sunday ~ Vegetarian Japanese Pancakes
Monday ~ Salmon & Potato Salad
Tuesday ~ Egg & Nori Rolls
Wednesday ~ Lemon Spaghettini with Poached Eggs & Rocket
Thursday ~ Pesto Pasta with Zucchini, Feta & Tomato
Friday ~ Chickpea, Haloumi & Rocket Salad
Saturday ~ Vegetable Frittata (broccoli & cauliflower?)
Sunday ~ Coriander & Corn Omelette Rolls salad leaves
Monday ~ Salmon & Broad Bean Bake

left over ingredients:
baby corn
sweet potato

Success from last week:
Pumpkin, Chickpea & Spinach Dhal I was dreading this, but my husband used silverbeet and I had leftovers for lunch yesterday, delicious. I asked him for recipe to share, maybe I find spinach too slimy in these types of dishes
Spinach Crepes with Creamy Mushroom and Mascarpone Filling

Interesting Recipes:
Zucchini, Dill & Feta Fritters
Zucchini & Haloumi Fritters with Tabouli
Janella's Aduki, Pumpkin & Ginger Casserole, to compare to what we made last week
Janella's Miso Soup using miso paste
Brown Rice Fried Rice (uses left-over brown rice)
Chickpea Tabouli with Walnuts & Cauliflower
Chicken, Hummus & Tabouli Wrap
Chickpea, Haloumi & Rocket Salad
Bread Salad
Bread Salad with Sumac Chicken
Hummus, Cheese & Tabouli Pockets
Haloumi, Lentil & Rocket Salad
Yellow Split Pea & Bean Salad with Chive Dressing
Sumac Chicken & Hummus Wraps

Cheap Menu

Wednesday ~ Pies, Peas, Potatoes
Thursday ~ Fettucine Carbonara
Friday ~ Pumpkin, Broccoli & Bacon Pasta
Saturday ~ Pies, peas, potatoes again
Sunday ~ Japanese pancakes
Monday ~ Zucchini Lentil Soup
Tuesday ~

Town Menu

 

I have made up a menu regardless if I got to the wholesale meat place, using things I have on hand that I ordered in the fruit and the odd can of things to minimise new purchases.  With some vegetarian to keep costs down.  Some were recipes we didn't get around to because of left-overs.

Wednesday ~ Lamb Sausage & Pumpkin Pilaf
or Japanese pancakes as I have double dipped, will have to make it next week 
Thursday ~ Baked Gnocchi Spanakopita with Currants & Pine Nuts
Friday ~  Char Sui Chicken Wraps
Saturday ~ Chilli Bean Nachos
Sunday ~ Tuna, Leek & Pumpkin Quiche
Monday ~ Chilli Sweet Potato & Beans with Polenta (made it before)

Interesting recipes:  Greek Feta and Vegetable Pie (uses pumpkin)

Nearly Winter Menu

Wednesday ~ Japanese Pancakes
Thursday ~ Spring Rice with pork sausages
Friday ~ lamb chops & Greek Salad
Saturday ~ Chicken Rissoles & Mashed Potato
Sunday ~ mince
Monday ~ sausages bacon burgers

Smooth & Creamy Menu

I am still tying to keep things with little chewing.

Tuesday ~ Vegetable Macaroni & Cheese
Wednesday ~ Sausage Stroganoff
Thursday ~ Meatball Stroganoff
Friday ~ Pasta & Pumpkin Bake
Saturday ~ Easy Chicken Chow Mein (uses Singapore styled noodles I have already, still cleaning out that pantry and chicken mince)
Sunday ~ Tuna and Potato Salad (uses cherry tomatoes & spinach)
Monday ~ Creamy Roast Pumpkin Pasta
Tuesday ~ Pesto Pasta with Zucchini, Feta & Tomato
Wednesday ~ Pumpkin & Silverbeet Penne
Thursday ~ Spiced Beans with Roast Pumpkin Wedges
Friday ~ Creamy Chicken & Cheese Pasta
Saturday ~ Lentil & Spinach Lasagne
Sunday ~ Thai Sweet Potato & Lentil Soup
Monday ~ Japanese Pancakes with extra mince I have in the freezer

Emergency swap recipe:
Left-over Sausage Chili

Interesting recipe:
Ham Reuben Sandwiches (I love sauerkraut)
Penne with Chorizo & Creamy Tomato Sauce
Paella Recipes
Green Eggs & Ham