This week will be a busy week for us as we get ready for our daughters birthday party on Saturday. To make sure we have plenty of time to get ready on Friday night I have opted to have leftovers from Thursday nights chilli.
My menu plan for the 19 May to the 25 May is as follows:-
Saturday dinner - Spiced salmon with lentils
Sunday lunch - soup (depending on what veg is on offer)
Sunday dinner - Ham, vegetables and Boulangère potatoes
Monday dinner - Leftovers from Sunday lunch
Tuesday dinner - Pizza
Wednesday dinner - Maple and pepper glazed chicken with roasted carrots and mash
Thursday dinner - Quick chilli (special request by my daughter for her birthday!)
Friday dinner - Leftover chilli
For lunches I will be making baked feta and tomato, scrambled eggs, tuna, red onion and white bean salad and sandwiches.
Several of the recipes I have picked this week are low GI recipes. Food that has a low GI helps to keep your blood sugar level steady as the foods take longer to digest. This helps make you feel fuller for longer. I will be trying to incorporate more low GI foods into our diet over the next few weeks, paying special attention to lunches.
Tip - My shopping bill for this week will probably be slightly higher than previous weeks as I will be adding some items to it for my daughters birthday. Next weekend we are planning on having a BBQ at our house, so rather than buy everything in one trip to the supermarket next week, I am hoping to pick up some things this weekend in order to spread the cost slightly. Our butcher has offers on this weekend on pork loins which are lovely cooked on the BBQ, so I will pick up a few of these, marinade them and then freeze them so that they are ready to simply lift out of the freezer and cook next Saturday. Doing this will save me time as well as money.
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