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)

Legume, Rocket & Artichoke Menu

I have come across a few gorgeous blogs that have great soups. After that I found that my fruit and vegie delivery people have an American bean Great Northerns to buy! I was very very excited. I have been going through the magazines my Mum gave me recipes+ that I don't think have an online link and keeping them in a marbig.

Tuesday ~ Jerusalem Artichoke & Rocket Soup or Jerusalem Artichoke & Rocket Soup
Wednesday ~ Lemon & Red Lentil Soup
Thursday ~ Adzuki/Aduki Bean & Pumpkin Soup
Friday ~ Pierce Street Vegetarian Chili (mixture of lentil colours)
Saturday ~ Egg & Green Olive Salad
uses sumac
Sunday ~ Falafal uses Great Northern Beans and the left over wraps from last week
Monday ~ Easy Pastitsio (marbig) uses a bag of gravy mix or something we have in the pantry (normally uses lamb mince)
Tuesday ~ Roast Vegetable and Tuna Pots
Wednesday ~ Crispy Bacon, Bean & Cheese Penne
Thursday ~ Vietnamese Chicken & Cabbage Salad
Friday ~ Zucchini & Bacon Fettucine
Saturday ~ Nicoise Risoni Salad
Sunday ~ Vegetable Pancakes with Curried Beef
Monday ~ Fish Parmagiana with Dill Slaw

although these are cheap recipes they may not be cheap enough, we'll see how I go.

Success from last week:
Noodle and Bean Soup
Silverbeet & Feta Crepes
Apple & Oat Muffins

Substitution last week that I had the things for:
Tray baked Sausages with Potatoes and Cherry Tomatoes

Recipe for black lentils:
Pierce Street Vegetarian Chili

Arugula

Adzuki Bean & Pumpkin Recipe

Had this last night, we were really impressed.

Adzuki Bean & Pumpkin Soup Recipe

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon (dried) coriander
2 tsp hot paprika
2 teaspoons fine grain sea salt
2 medium-large onions
8 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
4 cups butternut pumpkin, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice (1 kg)
3 tsp veg stock powder
5 - 6 cups water, (cover pumpkin and beans)
5 whole canned tomatoes, chopped (2 cans whole peeled)
4 cups pre-soaked adzuki beans (overnight).
coriander chopped

Method

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onions and saute until they start to go translucent. Add the cinnamon, coriander, paprika and salt and saute for a minute or two - until aromatic. Add the garlic, cook. Then add butternut squash, cooking for about 5 mins, stir well, and then add beans and tomatoes. Cover with just enough water (plus stock powder). Increase the heat to bring to a boil, and once boiling, reduce heat,cover, and simmer, until the squash begins to soften – 15-20 minutes. Once the pumpkin has softened, use a potato masher and break up the pumpkin pieces and whole tomatoes as well.

Cook for about 1 hour in total.

Serve sprinkled with the coriander.
Serves about 8.

Adapted from this recipe.

Five or Less People Menu

Tuesday ~ Pork Chow mein with peas
Wednesday ~ Pea & Ham Soup with Kranksys
Thursday ~ Noodle & Bean Soup

very excited by this, uses dried borlotti beans, rocket, and egg noodles & chives

Friday ~ Fragrant Egg Curry (my daughter often asks for this)
Saturday ~ Yellow Split Pea Soup with Garlic Toasts
Sunday ~ Silverbeet & Feta Crepes
Monday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise
Tuesday ~ Chow Mein
Wednesday ~ Beef Sausage & Salad Pitas
Thursday ~ Bacon & Pumpkin Pasta
Friday ~ Nachos
Saturday ~ Tuna Casserole
Sunday ~ Cauliflower Chicken Pilaf
Monday ~ Pasta with Broccoli & Feta

Interesting recipes:

Potato & Borlotti Bean Soup needs radichio
Spaghetti with Tuna, Peas and canned Borlotti Beans
Spicy Pinto Beans with Pumpkin
Warm Pumpkin Salad with Sesame Salt needs asparagus
Dry Roasted Cauliflower Curry with Eggs

Arugula

Menu Update

Budget modified menu using the ingredients I already have as far as possible, ie reusing the vegetables etc. I have already bought in a different way

Wednesday ~ Winter Vegetable & Red Lentil Soup with Herbed Yoghurt
Thursday ~ Lemon Spaghettini with Poached Eggs & Rocket
Friday ~ Moroccan Pumpkin Soup
Saturday ~ Zucchini, Carrot & Corn Pancakes
Sunday ~ Baked Mushroom Risotto
Monday ~ Lemon, Lentil and Spinach Soup



Arugula

Menu

Tuesday ~ Tuna, Leek & Pumpkin Quiche
Wednesday ~ Winter Vegetable & Red Lentil Soup with Herbed Yoghurt (uses pumpkin)
Thursday ~ Bacon & Roast Vegetable Penne (uses pumpkin)
Friday ~ Stir-fried Vegetables on Asian Style Coconut and Pumpkin Polenta
Saturday ~ Tuna & Olive Salad
Sunday ~ Greek Meatballs (from The Cook & The Chef)
I figured if it had cloves in the tomatoes, it would actually taste Australian because that is a taste of Ezi-sauce sauce
Monday ~ Spiced Meatballs in Cream Sauce
Tuesday ~ Chilli-Bean Nachos
Wednesday ~ White Chilli Chicken

will add the other stuff later when I see how much money or vegetables I have to work with.

Thursday ~ Lasagne & Chips
Friday ~ Chow Mein
Saturday ~ spinach
Sunday ~ Pork Chow Mein
Monday ~ Spinach & Salami Pizzas

Swap recipe from last week's Mexican Macaroni Cheese:
Spicy Bean & Rice Pilaf
this was to use up extra coriander and avocado

Interesting recipes: Greek Rice Pudding
Chicken Pasta Bake
Sweet Potato Salad
Barbequed Corn with Tomato & Almond Salad

One week from here one from there

Here is the other menu that I made up recently, added to my next menu. I have ordered the vegetables so the menu will be be related to that as I haven't been shopping yet. Both my husband and I have the opportunity to go to Coles this week.

Wednesday ~ Paella
Thursday ~ Paella
Friday ~ Spiced Pumpkin & Lentil Soup
Saturday ~ Black-eyed Bean & Vegetable Soup
Sunday ~ Black Turtle Beans and Green Lentil Soup
Monday ~ Spiced Coriander, Lentil & Barley Soup

these two made up on the fly in between a small and large pay
Tuesday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise
Wednesday ~ Pies, peas, chips & gravy
Thursday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise
Friday ~ Pizza from Coles
Saturday ~ Pumpkin & Capsicum Frajitas
Sunday ~ Kranksy, Pea & Ham Soup with Brussels Sprouts
Monday ~ Pork Chow Mein (uses wombok/wombuk)
Tuesday ~ Stir-fried Noodles with Pork & Boc Choy

added on the other meals to catch up:
Wednesday ~ Tuna & Broccoli Bread Bake
Thursday ~ Mexican Macaroni Cheese
Friday ~ Bacon & Spinach Macaroni Cheese
Saturday ~ Fragrant Egg Curry
Sunday ~ Cauliflower, Bacon & Split Pea Soup
Monday ~ Japanese pancakes

Growing Pumpkin, Marrow, Squash & Radishes in Victoria, Australia

Pumpkin Radish

Easter Menu

Tuesday ~ Nachos
Wednesday ~ Pies, Peas & chips
Thursday ~ Chow Mein
Friday ~ Bolognaise
Saturday ~ tea out, pizzas and Mum's meal
Sunday ~Beef Sausage & Salad Pitas
Monday ~ Honey Soy Chicken
Tuesday ~ Pork Mince Stroganoff

At the moment my girls are at camp, so amazingly we bought a four pack of meat pies, for just the three of us. We also had corn chips left over from the last menu and continued on making the nachos. We had enough for another meal for lunch. I wasn't able to order my fruit and vege because of Easter. So this is a minimal meal plan based on the meats available at our local shop, we will buy more things on our mini pay next Wednesday. I want to make sure we have enough money for petrol and LPG to visit our other house, we have our son staying there after going to the football in Melbourne and our other son coming here we think. I already have the Easter eggs I went on a special trip two weeks ago. The honey soy chicken is a favourite. Years ago I saw on a label of the jar to serve it with pumpkin and potato, both mashed, with green beans. We have bought frozen green beans anyway for the chow mein. The girls have been asking for it. Pork Stroganoff is easy as it is made from things in cans from any old-fashioned Aussie supermarket.

I am going to a reunion and a group of us are having pizza.

Growing Mustard, Okra, Onions and Potatoes in Victoria, Australia

I have wanted to know how to grow Okra here, we tried once. It came up and died. Who knew we had this book with the information.

Mustard Potatoes

Growing Melons & Mushrooms in Victoria, Australia

Melons Mushrooms