Going to try a new thing where I post an entire week of bentos (though only 4 because Andrew goes out with coworkers once a week).
So here is the first bento I’ve made in Estonia. Some chicken and mushroom hand pies, a side salad, and grapes. Simple and delicious 🙂
Pasta with tomato-cheese sauce and vegetables, carrots with hummus, apple and orange
Shepard’s Pie, Grapes
Grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup, grapes
Been using Andrew’s chair and he was using the couch but today we’re finally going out to get me a chair and set the whole house in order. It’s pretty exciting and I’m looking forward to it because even though laptops are very portable it’s still much easier to use one on a solid desk while you’re sitting at a chair. Also I think this week I will be able to actually prep all of the food on Sunday instead of how I’ve been doing a little bit every day of the week.
Saturday leftover shepard’s pie
out @ Ginger Cafe
Sunday vegetable hash
Baked salmon, couscous, and mixed veg
Monday Grilled Shrimp Salad, carrots/hummus
Chicken Kerala
Tuesday Vegetable Hash, boiled egg, fruit
White Bean and Meatball Soup
Wednesday Andrew goes out with coworkers
Chicken Kerala
Thursday White Bean and Meatball Soup
pasta with spinach
Friday Chicken Kerala, rice, fruit
potato pancakes, fried egg, toast
Chicken Kerala
White Bean and Meatball soup
Vegetable Hash
Grilled Shrimp Salad
apples
apricots
cherry tomatoes
salad
onions
carrots
chilies
tomatoes
potatoes
pepper
zucchini
ketchup
white beans
canned tomatoes
chicken legs
ground turkey
white beans
couscous
pasta
breadcrumbs?
muesli
cheese
salmon
shrimp
hummus
mixed veg
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midweek stop
fruit
cat food
milk
bread
eggs
We have a gas oven here which has been an adventure to me but I’ve almost got the swing of it. This week I will be shopping for more normal things instead of trying to stock up on stuff so it’ll be interesting to see how the cost stacks up. Otherwise menus will probably continue not to be too exciting for a while as I suss out the rest of life in Tallinn.
Saturday beans and rice
out @ St. Patricks
Sunday pancakes with orange butter
white fish, baked fries, salad
Monday chicken and mushroom pastries, salad, apple
tomato soup and grilled cheese
Tuesday vegetable shepards pie, yogurt
pasta with mixed vegetables
Wednesday tomato soup, grilled cheese, orange
double egg fried rice
Thursday chicken and mushroom pastries, salad, apple
vegetable shepards pie
Friday leftovers
homemade pizza
Chicken and Mushroom Pastries
Vegetable Shepard’s Pie
Roasted Tomato Soup
Double Egg Fried Rice
Homemade Pizza
Bonus Baking: Chocolate Peanut butter Pie
salad
grapes
carrots
mushrooms
tomatoes
onions
peas
potatoes
peppers
scallions
rice
pasta
balsamic
tomato sauce
honey
soy sauce
vanilla extract
cumin
eggs
cream
butter
yogurts
puff pastry
frozen veg
white fish
toilet paper
I know it’s been almost a month since I posted a menu but I had a really good reason: I moved to Estonia! Between visiting family and wrapping up things in the US and getting our life started here in Estonia only 4,800 miles from home it’s taken a bit to get to the point of weekly prep and cooking. I missed it though so here’s the menu I’m hoping to make for this upcoming week 🙂
Saturday scrambled eggs
chicken and vegetable curry
Sunday leftovers
lemon chicken couscous soup, rolls
Monday vegetable galette
vegetable, bean, and rice bowls
Tuesday scotch eggs, carrots/hummus, yogurt
lemon chicken couscous soup, rolls
Wednesday vegetable galette
vegetable, bean, and rice bowls
Thursday scotch eggs, carrots/hummus, yogurt
pasta with spinach and cream sauce
Friday leftovers
out @ TBD
Lemon Chicken Couscous Soup
Vegetable Galette
Prep for Bean Bowls
Scotch Eggs
spinach
zucchini
carrots
peppers
onions
tomatoes
jalapeno
lemon
celery
EVOO
yogurt
hummus
ricotta
soup stock
breadcrumbs
rolls (for soup)
black beans
pasta
cream
milk
muesli
couscous
roasted chicken (400g)
cream cheese
sour cream
eggs
ground turkey (450g)
taco spices
yeast
garlic
dill
sandwhich bags
parchment
tupperwear
Potato pancakes are one of the most basic food. The odds are very good you have a potato, onion, and eggs just hanging around your house so this is a great meal or snack for a night when you don’t want to make anything too fancy. The texture of these will change depending on which way you grate the potatoes. I just simply used a mandolin to julienne them but feel free to use a box grater or even get your lazy on and drop them in a food processor!
While I do have a perfectly good quiche recipe already posted, this combination of things is completely out of this world and deserves it’s own recipe. Also in this one I used the shortcut of freezer puff pastry which creates a light vehicle for this but you can make your own crust or even use a pie crust if that’s how you want to do it.
I thought for a while that I didn’t like carrot cake but after some careful considerate I think I just don’t like the overly sweet commercially made carrot cakes. For this one I doubled the amount of spices to give it an extra kick too.
Just a quick and delicious salad that brightens up any meal and come together in 5 minutes. I love myself some green salad but sometimes you just need something a bit different.
Who doesn’t love Pad Thai? It’s the perfect Thai style blend of sweet, sour, salty, savory, and spicy flavors. I always assumed it was difficult to make but actually it only takes a couple of minutes! The hardest part is going to the store and getting rice noodles which is something I don’t usually keep on hand. You can make this easily vegetarian or vegan with a couple quick swaps but I like fish sauce too much myself!
All the flavors of a taco neatly baked in to a casserole. My only problem with this recipe is that because it uses cans you can’t halve it really neatly unless you’re making something with the other half of those cans and this really makes eight full servings of food and I tend to enjoy it the first three times and then get bored and it doesn’t freeze particularly well.