2 questions in one post, to save time !!

[Lulumama]

ok, first question:

what is on your meal planner for this week? I have ground to a halt with what to make.

second question

dinner for 4, no pork, 3 courses, for DHs birthday .. that won;t involve me standing in the kitchen for hours and won;t break the bank!

thanks xxxx

Meal planner, as far as it goes:
Tonight: roast chicken, roast pots, carrot, cabbage, broccoli
Monday: Spag Bol
Tues: chicken stir fry (using left over roast): chicken, noodles, onion, mushrooms, pepper, broccoli
Wed: Pork Stew (pork, leeks, tinned toms; carrots' swede; mashed pots)
Thurs: Quiche, baked pots, salad
Fri: Fish & veg with couscous and cheese sauce

Dinner party menu: look at www.mumsnet.com/Talk/4/404659
but if nothing floats your boat, come back - i love dinner party threads!

wow ! thanks for that

am liking the sound of lamb, but we often have lamb

menu planner is great.. but i never have any left overs from a roast chicken !!

OK, so what are you thinking re dinner party? Have some tried and tested but need to know what you do/don't want. Also tons of family meals, again, need to know what's in and what's out!!!

does the no pork bit include ham?

thanks giggle - no pork / pig based products at all !

lilo- quick, easy , nutritious, don;t mind time spent preparing stuff if it is a sling in the oven and ignore it job.. no pork, but apart from that , we are omnivores!!

dinner party - 3 courses, seasonal food, spicy is fine..

i love hearing about what everyone else eats, i seem to trot out the same 4 meals time and time again !

thank you tipex.. have made french onion soup once, can i do it without a processor

recipe for pork stew please!!!!
also can I use pork escalopes for this?
do I fry them first?

sorry am rubbish cook but I love stew....

also Tipex how long and temp. oven for roasting chick breasts in creme fraiche and dijon??
like new chicken Ideas

mushroom soup with garlic croutons easy peasy; i always end up doing a chicken thing in the oven, often with curry type flavour & serve this with rice. Did all this earlier this year fed 8 people to the point of stuffed-ness, and it cost me less than a tenner.

our meal planner

sun - spaghetti
mon - salmon for me, roasted with lemon, and plaice for dh
tue - something with the pork escalopes
wed - possibly brisket, unsure how to cook that too...been in freezer for ages!
no further plans.....

ok, onion soup sounds like a first course ! thank you..

these are all lovely suggestions

Starters: These days tend to do a salad or homemade soup. When I had more time, would do things like twice baked cheese souffles or spinach and cod roulades. Salmon mousse, mushroom pate etc etc

Mains:
Lovely Jamie Oliver recipe for fish, prawns, avocado, basil. Cover with double cream, grate over cheese and bake.

Nigella's coq au vin - she reduces the wine first before cooking the chicken.

beef casserole (either with beer or red wine) topped with cobbler (scones) or garlic bread.

Desserts:
current favourite is MN's lemon drizzle cake with baked fruit salad and barbados cream.

Alternatively: Lemon meringue ice cream; rasberry cinammon torte; pavlova

I have friends who never cook for themselves so when they come to us ASK for a roast dinner and apple crumble. But guess your guests want more than that?!

mon chicken chasseur
tue striploin steaks with peppercorn sauce
wed roast chicken,ham,stuffing and veg
thu beef bourginion
fri roast pork with veg
sat TAKE AWAY
sun chicken goujons

I've made a salmon en croute before, think it was a Rick Stein recipe, it was delicious and could be prepared in advance.

wow, all these are wonderful , thank you !

lilo- i was going to make a roast ,with all the trimmings, but when i make a roast, i end up boiling hot and in the kitchen for hours, timing the veg right, and the yokrshires, whipping up gravy!!!

the jamie olive fish thing sounds good.. does it have a name, so i can google the recipe?

hang on, will go downstairs and look. Seriously, you just put everything in a dish and cook it!!! (made it one night when we had visitors after work, they watched me make it and it took no time at all). Back in a jiffy....

(but would also second salmon en croute, v. simple,but looks like you've spent hours making it)

bless you lilo!!

am jotting down all the other suggestions too, so next time i entertain, i donlt have to shame myself !

hmm, it's called, funnily enough "Baked Cod with Avocado, Prawns, Cream and Cheese"!!! From Happy Days with the Naked Chef.

do a quick google, if you still like the sound of it and can't find it will type it in for you.

cannot blardy find it !

ok, will type it...