A week in my kitchen

I'm always interested to read about what others are up to in their day-to-day lives. Not in a 'look at me' social media way but more a 'I'm not the only one' kind of way. When I first started on my simple living and values based eating journey it felt a little lonely. Most of my friends were living a very different lifestyle. I don't mind being different, but it's also nice to connect to people that share your interests and some experiences. Thankfully there's the internet!

So, I thought I'd share a week in my kitchen to give a snap shot of what goes on around here and a few of the things we eat.

Hommus and sauteed chard on toast - a quick and tasty lunch.

Monday

Meal planning day and shopping if needed. Picked up some fruit, veg, milk and eggs.
Lunch: fried egg, sauteed chard and tomato chutney on sourdough toast.
Dinner: Girls had fried eggs on toast and we had Mexican stuffed rolls to use up some sad bread rolls
While the oven was on for dinner I cooked some jam muesli balls  for snacks and a chocolate pudding for Tuesday night dessert.

Jam (actually marmalade this time) muesli balls

Tuesday

Lunch: hommus and sauteed chard on sourdough.
Dinner: We had friends over for dinner so four extra mouths to feed. I made a lamb rogan josh in the slow cooker, red lentil dahl on the stove top and grabbed leftover cauliflower curry out from the freezer. Served with rice, poppadoms, yoghurt and apricot chutney. Followed by Chocolate Pudding and homemade vanilla ice cream for dessert (which I made in the afternoon). Ended up having a couple of lunch serves of Indian for leftovers and enough dahl and lamb curry to go for another dinner - off to the freezer they went.

Chocolate self saucing pudding.

Wednesday

Largely a day off in the kitchen today. Made a sourdough sponge for prepping bread on Thursday.
Lunch: leftover Indian curry.
Dinner: I had planned to make congee in the slow cooker but didn't quite get organised. The girls had leftover dahl and rice and we had an Italian sausage and vegie stew from the freezer with rice.

Thursday

Mixed up my bread doughs for baking on Friday.
Lunch: a bowl of muesli and milk. We were out of leftovers and bread today so I kept things supper simple.
Dinner: Ham Congee - a new recipe I tried out. I'll do a post about this one later this week. A delicious, comforting, simple and frugal dish. Everyone in the family enjoyed this one.

A delicious bowl of congee.

Friday

Big cook up day today. I baked an everyday sourdough loaf, 3 small fruit loaves, bagels and pizzas. For snacks I made chocolate muffins and a chocolate cake. The muffins were kept out for the weekend and the cake went in the freezer with half the pizza for another time. I also stocked up my homemade crackers while the oven was on.
Lunch: leftover congee.
Dinner: Girls had some of the pizza. We had crumbed lamb cutlets, mash and vegies - my dad was in town for a visit and he likes his meat and veg.

Saturday

Dinner: Fish and Octopus grilled on the webber. With my dad in town we grabbed some seafood from the markets to have for dinner. He lives in the centre of NSW so doesn't get much fresh seafood! Kept it simple and served with homemade chips baked in the oven.
While the oven was on I baked a lemon meringue pie for my dad - his favourite.

Sunday:

Lemon meringue pie for morning tea with my dad for his birthday.
Lunch: Out for lunch for dad's birthday to a local pub.
Dinner: Girls had the last of the pizza and we had spaghetti on toast. Normally we eat together on the weekends but after a big lunch we weren't hungry until later and just kept things simple. Spaghetti on toast is a little bit of a strange thing really but because I grew up having it, it kind of holds a nostalgic place in my food repertoire. It's also the perfect easy meal around here!

And that wraps up a week in my kitchen.

What happened in your kitchen last week?
Any new recipes or experiments?