Meal planning Monday: birthday week!

Birthday week! Guess which day my birthday is...

Monday
Cod with chorizo and tomato sauce, with courgette couscous and green beans

Tuesday
Sausages, roast potato wedges, carrots and broccoli (prawn salad for healthy Sog)

Wednesday
Chicken and bacon casserole with rice (a Sog concoction, inspired by stroganoff, but not stroganoff)

Thursday
Husband cooking (takeaway)

Friday
Chicken drumsticks and salad

Drunken midnight nachos

Saturday
Sandwich tea

Sunday
Roast dinner

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Meal planning Monday: budget food week

Apologies for not posting in weeks. Work is crazy busy and when I'm not running I just want to read or go to sleep!

This week's meal plan is a budget one. Just trying to cut back at the moment so I want to use what we have in.

Monday
Baked potatoes with cheese, corned beef, and sweetcorn and red kidney bean salad

Tuesday
Fish and chips (from the freezer)

Wednesday
Baked risotto with bacon and broccoli

OK, I've made this recipe up (apart from the baked risotto part) from what we have in and what my kids like.

Thursday
Chilli, rice, and home baked garlic rolls (from freezer and store cupboard)

Friday
Poached salmon, herby potato wedges, and veg

Saturday
Steak and salad

Sunday
Slow roast pork

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Belgian waffles

The Husband loves a waffle, and so do my kids. Breakfasts and puddings, at home and on camping trips. They're very tasty indeed.

I have a lovely friend who lives in Belgium and she kindly sent me her grandma's waffle recipe. I've adapted it slightly because hers makes about 100 and even we cannot eat that many.

Belgian waffles

Makes about 12 waffles

In one bowl:
250g plain flour
175g caster sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

In another bowl:
190g butter, melted

In a jug:
125ml milk
2 egg yolks, beaten together

In a third bowl:
2 egg whites, beaten until stiff

Gradually incorporate the dry ingredients with the milk/egg mixture and the melted butter. Once they are mixed, fold in the stiff egg whites. Leave the batter for at least an hour.

Lightly grease your waffle iron. Put 1-2 tbsp batter on each plate (will spread out itself). Cook for 3 minutes.

Serve with cream or ice cream, bananas or strawberries, chocolate sauce, syrup, or caramel, or a mixture, or plain!

Food blog: day 10

Up at 5am for another long run (12 miles this time)

Breakfast
Honey nut cornflakes
Water

Had a gel during my run, but nothing afterwards (needed a bath, and then just didn't feel like food after that).

Lunch
Roast beef, potatoes, puddings, veg
Homemade chocolate pudding and custard

Hubs was cooking (again!). Except for the pudding, which only I can cook (apparently).

Dinner
Chinese takeaway (curry, rice, pancake roll)
Lager

The husband is solely to blame for this meal. I would've been happy with salad (honest).

Evening snacks
Red wine
Chocolate biscuits
Tea

Had to work for a bit tonight; red wine helped, then tea and biscuits were needed.