Posts Tagged ‘menu plan’
Re: Menu Plan
Yeah, re: the menu plan? It went pretty down hill after Tuesday when we RAN OUT OF GAS!! So I pretty well have all of those meals on the menu to still make this week! To fill in the week we enjoyed a night out, and some take-away Thai Frenzy (mm… thai frenzy….) oh, and did I mention that on Wednesday morning when we realised we were out of gas, we still had PEOPLE COMING OVER FOR DINNER THAT NIGHT?! Crazy. They still came, and I conquered the electrical cooking thing!
I did a bit of modifying of Zoey’s risotto in the rice cooker, and also did some pre-cooking at M&D’s. I wasn’t 100% sure how this risotto would turn out, considering when I put in the 1.25L of stock, my rice cooker was full and yeah, it was like twice as much liquid as I normally put in….
But it turned out AMAZINGLY! Like, I will probably never make risotto the regular way again! If anything I put the vegies (pumpkin and sweet potato) in a little too early and they were too squishy, but it was seriously yum anyway! PERFECT rice from this little trick! Have a bit of a try. I used 1 cup of rice and it served 4 people. It was enough for me, and hopefully enough for everyone else too!
Also, on another note, This is a link to an a pretty cool conversion chart for recipes that aren’t designed for the slow cooker. So now you don’t have to wonder how long to cook it for!
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Tags: gas, menu plan, menuplan, rice cooker, risotto, slow cooker
Menu Plan
So I am on this new ‘core’ plan at WW. It’s been REALLY good. I lost 1kg last week, which I’m pretty happy about.
Here’s my menu plan for the next week (dinners only):
Thursday: chicken and potato casserole
Friday: Lamb & sweet potato slow cooker casserole
Saturday: Chilli con carne
Sunday: Pad thai
Monday: curried lentil and pumpkin soup
Tuesday: greek lamb salad
Wednesday: indian lamb spinach curry
Have I mentioned that I am loving my wii fit??! I am the only one who uses it though… which I guess happens when it’s just Luke and I. Pepper totally ripped my skirt the other day when I was jogging on the wii fit. She was all excited that my skirt was moving- and it had little sequense on it that sparkled and then she jumped up to bit it, got it, and then ripped down. Not sure if it’s fixable- definitely can’t be bothered to fix it right now anyway, it’s WAY too cold.
In other news, today was my last staff lunch at JLE and I was a little bit nervous about it. I was mostly being a control freak though, cause this week I have been training the lady who is taking over parts of my job and I kept thinking, “I’ll just change that next week when she’s not here”, and then I realise that I CAN’T change it next week because I won’t be there and she will be!! But whatever. I want to get this stupid prac out of the road! Not looking forward to 9 weeks of not getting paid, but if I get my but into gear eLearning wise, I can make a bit more money and it will work out. It might be a bit of a weekend gig though.
So far the nights of me week during prac will look something like this: mon=netball, tues=free/ eLearning wed=homegroup1 thurs= homegroup2 Fri=youth Sat= free/out Sun=church.
Yeah, so I am definitely going to need to NOT do some of those things I want to plan lessons and make resources and write up stuff for my interview. I am thinking of culling netball, alternate homegroups, and church @ night (I already go in the mornings). That should leave me social enough- can go out on Sat, and also time to spend with Luke- saturday day.
I best be off now and do some wii fit before bed!
ciao.
