Scotch eggs are British/Scottish/English pub food and they’re usually fried but since I’m not a big fan of fried food I went ahead and baked them instead. They’re actually fairly simple to make but they do make a bit of a clean up job since they need to be dipped in multiple things (plus there’s no way to make them except for sticking your hands in everything!).
I’m happy to say that this will be a full three day weekend and that I have made no plans so that I can catch up on my cooking, cleaning, and chillaxing. I have a very ambitious menu to make my ambitious do to list so I’m not sure how closely I can stick to it, but worth a try just like everything else huh?
Saturday –
lunch: leftover chicken and veg
dinner: crockpot vindaloo
Sunday –
lunch: pancakes
dinner: vegetable cutlets
Monday –
lunch: couscous w/ veg
dinner: fresh pasta and focaccia
Tuesday –
lunch: sandwiches
dinner: burritos
Wednesday –
lunch: salad w/ burrito bits
dinner: pizza
Thursday –
lunch: carrot soup, fruit, salad
dinner: egg dish
Friday –
lunch: sandwiches + fruit
dinner: baked fish
Minestrone is glorified vegetable soup. It’s usually made with whatever is in season and often contains pasta or rice and always has beans in it. I’m not a really big of this soup in restaurants as it’s usually served very thin with a ton of pasta and not much in the way of vegetables and also usually has a beef base which I don’t like. I made mine with vegetable stock but feel free to make yours with chicken or beef if you have that instead. This recipe makes about 8 servings but could be easily scaled down.
I’ve almost caught up my queue of recipes so this weekend I’ll be hunkering down and adding more to the queue. It helps to not have to post every single week and just do it all in one go. Since we had a lot of company this past week I’m making very simple dishes so I can enjoy only having a feed 2 people 🙂
Saturday –
lunch: leftover pasta
dinner: gyro salad
Sunday –
lunch: left over salad
dinner: chicken and mushroom pastry
Monday –
lunch: cous cous w/ zucchini and tomatoes
dinner: pizza
Tuesday –
lunch: sandwhiches
dinner: dal palak
Wednesday –
lunch: leftover pastries
dinner: mushroom ravioli
Thursday –
lunch: leftover curry
dinner: trailer trash rice
Friday –
lunch: leftover rice dish
dinner: out at TBD
I’ll also be making some rolls to go with dinner and I’m going to try making graham crackers as well. Hopefully they come out edible! Keep cooking~
It’s been a hectic week so I’ll only being trying one new recipe. Even though it’s a traditional recipe I’ll be baking it instead of frying (I don’t like the hassle/grossness of frying personally) so we’ll see how it turns out. I also bought a lot of meat this week which is something we usually don’t eat but it was all on sale and I guess the nice weather made me go daffy for a minute.
Sunday
lunch – scotch eggs
dinner – pollo con arroz
Monday
lunch – scotch eggs, salad, grapes
dinner – baked fish with veg and rice
Tuesday
lunch –gyro salad, apple
dinner – stuffed peppers
Wednesday
lunch – stuffed peppers
dinner – pasta w/ veg
Thursday
lunch – cous cous w/ veg
dinner – pizza
Friday
lunch – leftovers
dinner – eggs and sausage