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Entries in Jamie Oliver (12)

Menu - Jan 24 to Feb 6 - Great Easy Meals

These 2 weeks are brought to you by the latest Food network Magazine cookbook, Great Easy Meals. 
Tuesday
Grilled Pork with Arugala and Grape Salad (Food Network Great Easy Meals Pg. 165)
Wednesday
Potato, Mushroom and Bacon Fritatta
Thursday
Dinner at Matt & Emily's
Emily made awesome pancakes with fresh fruit for us :)
Friday
Dinner out with The Elliott Family for my Birthday
Saturday
Visiting Paul's mom so dinner out
Sunday
Birthday Dinner cooked by Paul and planned by Grevy :)
Salad with Romaine, Baby Spinach, Green Apple, Dried Cranberries, Toasted Pine Nuts, Goat Cheese Crumbles and a Strawberry Pomegranate Dressing
Broccoli & Pesto Taglitelle (Jamie's Food Revolution Pg. 46)
Baked Carrots (Jamie's Food Revolution Pg. 214)
Sliced Orange and Malt with Chocolate Ice Cream (Jamie's Food Revolution Pg. 326) 
Monday
Patty Melts (Food Network Great Easy Meals Pg. 72) - Made in the shape of Mickeys :)
Salad
Tuesday
Spinach & Goat Cheese Stuffed Chicken (Food Network Great Easy Meals Pg. 155)
Roasted Potatoes
Glazed Carrots
Wednesday
Mojo Pork Chops with Plantains (Food Network Great Easy Meals Pg. 162)
The grocery store didn't have plantains this week so we had this with Sweet Potato instead
Thursday
Foil Packet Fish with Basa, Red Peppers, Edamame, & Corn with Chipolte Sauce (Food Network Great Easy Meals Pg. 263)
Steamed Brown Rice
Friday
Dinner and Games with Jeff and Sarah
Saturday
Dinner out with the D&D Crew
Sunday
Lunch Sunday it was too pretty not to share :)
Spaghetti Carbonara (Food Network Great Easy Meals Pg. 301)
Changed this to Homemade Multigrain Pizza with Sauteed Garlic mushrooms, Prochutto and Provolone Cheese - Thank you Baristas for the awesome idea :)
Ceasar Salad
Monday
Leftover Pizza
Salad

 

Menu - Jan 17 to 23 - Meals in Minutes Adventures

This weeks menu is brought to you by jamie Oliver's new book Meals in Minutes (Also called 30 Minute Meals in some palces) which is based on his new show 30 Minute Meals on Food Network. these recipes are all good food, prepared quickly making a well balanced meal. I am excited to try a few out.
Tuesday
Nutty bakers Lasagna - I forgot to leave this out for Monday so I made a swap and monday became Omlettes and Hashbrowns
Wednesday
Jamie's Meals in Minutes - Pg. 200
Steak Sarnie
Crispy Baby Potatoes
Cheesy Mushrooms
Beet Salad
Thursday
Jamie's Meals in Minutes - Pg. 70
Spinach & Feta Filo Pie
Cucumber & Tomato Salads
Friday
Leftovers from Thursday
Salad
Saturday
Dinner Out @ The Wildstone (at The Stone Willow Inn) to celebrate my birthday at little early
Sunday
Jamie's Meals in Minutes - Pg. 64
Oozy Mushroom Risotto
Spinach Salad
Quick Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake
Monday
Grandma's Meat Pies
Spinach Salad

 

Menu - Dec 12 to Dec 23 - Here comes Santa Claus :)

Since things are getting busy I thought I would save myself some aggrevation and plan the next 2 weeks all at once...

Week 1

Monday

  • Bangers & Mash (Garlic Sausage and Mashed Potatoes)
  • Garlicy Beans

 Tuesday

  • Pan Fried Glazed Pork Chops (Jamie's Food Revolution)
  • Disney Cheesy potatoes
  • Peas

 Wednesday

 

  •  Salad with Grilled Chicken

 

 Thursday

 Friday

  • Dinner Out - its Double Date night with The Elliotts :)

Saturday

 

  • Double Potluck day... Family Christmas in the afternoon and Christmas Party with the High School gang in the evening :)

 

Sunday

It is our turn to host the D&D (instert your giggles here) at our house so i am going to make a simple homestyle meal:

 

  • Spaghetti with a choice of tomato or alfredo sauce
  • Garlic Bread
  • Salad

 

Week 2

Monday

  • Leftover Scallopped Potatoes
  • Disney Meatloaf
  • Salad

 Tuesday 

  • Dinner with Matt & Emily

 Wednesday 

  • Leftover Pasta and Sauce from Sunday

 

Thursday 

  • Chicken Fingers
  • Christmas Kraft Dinner
  • Salad

 

Friday 

  • Leftovers
  • Salad

 

Saturday - Christmas Eve 

  • Christams Eve Dinner at The Clarke's (Pauls Folks) 

 

Sunday - Christmas Day 

  • Christmas Breakfast at our house with Scrambelled Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Fresh Bread/toast, Disney Cheesy potatoes and maybe some pancakes
  • Christmas Day munchies and cookies for the rest of the day while we open presents and relax :)

 

 

Nov 23 to 29 - Back on the wagon :)

The menu is back... sorry for the failure over the last 2 weeks its has been a little hectic...

Wednesday

  • Chicken Fingers
  • Perogies
  • Salad

 Thursday

  •  Grilled Portobello Mushrooms & Polenta (Disney Cookbook)

Friday

  • Grilled Vegetable & Beef Salad

Saturday

  •  Dinner out with friends

Sunday

  • Shopping Adventure for Nancy
  • Frolic and Fun for Paul
  • Dinner TBD

Monday

  • Chicken & Leek Stroganoff (Jamie's Food Revolution)

Tuesday

  • Schnitzel
  • Veggies
  • Mashed Potatoes

 

Gnome Cafe - Oct 26 to Nov 1

This week we mix up some leftovers with some new experiments... I am going to try and make Paneer from scratch... yup I am going to try my hand at making cheese :) It sounds fun so why not, nothing to lose but a little milk if things don't work out.

Wednesday

Chicken Fingers, Perogies, Salad

Thursday

Dinner with Matt & Emily

Friday

Garlic Crab Pasta

Saturday

Sausage, Roasted Squash, Mashed Potatoes

Sunday

Steak Indian-style, Spinach & Paneer salad, naan breads, mango dessert - Jamie Oliver 30 Minute Meals

Monday

Pizza and Salad with lots of candy for dessert :) Happy Halloween 

Tuesday

Baked "Fried" Chicken, Cheesy Potatoes and Veggie TBD