January Menu

[braided-rug]

Please post your January menu here, even for a week or a fortnight.

Jan 1

Zucchini and carrot slice made from a gift of yellow zucchini

Jan 2

Bigos (cabbage, sauerkraut and Rookwurst) & potatoes

Pay day again.

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Jan3

Spaghetti bolognaise

Jan 4

Lentils, spinach and mushrooms

Jan 5

Summer Rice Salad

Jan 6

Lamb chops and Greek salad

Jan 7

Garlic sausages and potatoes and beans or peas.


Jan 8

Spaghetti bolognaise

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Jan 9

Fettucine Carbonara

Jan 10

Chicken breasts with homemade hoi sin sauce

Jan 11

BBQ lamb chops with salad

Jan 12

Minced steak cottage pie

Jan 13

Mexican Mince/Chili Con Carne

Jan 14

Chicken balls with rice

Jan 15

Round steak, stew, ie goulash with rice

Jan 16

Lasagne with salad

[braided-rug]

www.campbellsoup.com.au/kitchen/recipe_detail.aspx?id=138

This recipe sounds great for my menu.

Mexican Beef and Potato Bake

Preparation technique
Stovetop & Oven
Preparation time
15 minutes
Cooking Time
15 minutes & 30 mins baking time
Serves
6 - 8
Ingredients
1 litre (4-5 cups )Campbell's Real Stock - Beef, or water plus beef bullion cubes
8 medium potatoes (3lbs), peeled, cut in 1cm slices
1 tbsp oil
1 medium onion, diced
1 small red or green capsicum, diced
2lb lean beef mince/hamburger
1 tbsp Mexican Chilli Powder seasoning*
2 tbsp tomato paste/puree
300g (10oz) tin red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
2 cups grated tasty cheese

Method
Place stock into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Reduce heat then add sliced potatoes into simmering stock and cook for 8-10 minutes until just tender. Remove potatoes with a slotted spoon and reserve 1 ½ cups of the remaining stock for mince mixture.
Meanwhile heat oil in a large saucepan and cook onion and capsicum for 5 minutes. Add mince and cook for 5 minutes until well browned.
Add dry chilli mix and tomato paste and stir to combine well. Add reserved stock, bring to the boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in kidney beans.
Layer half the sliced potatoes in a lightly greased 2 Litre ovenproof baking dish. Top with half the mince mixture. Sprinkle a little of the grated cheese over the mince. Top with remaining potatoes, mince then cheese.
Bake at 200°C/over 350oF for 30-35 minutes until golden brown. Rest in baking dish for 5 minutes before serving. Serve with guacamole** and sour cream and a side salad.
*Make your own Mexican Chilli Seasoning by combining 1 teaspoon each of ground chilli powder, ground oregano, ground paprika, ground cumin and garlic granules.

[braided-rug]

More cool hamburger/mince recipes.

www.recipes.co.nz/mince.html

[violet]

Aw, your menus always make me very jealous, Br! Cooking dinner tonight I thought, I must make more of an effort. Then they ate everything, pronounced it good, and I thought well, go figure!

5th January - Barbecued steak and sausages, salad, fruit
6th January - Home made lamb souvlaki with yoghurt sauce, lettuce and tomato. Fruit.
7th January - chicken breast fillets tossed in garlic and breadcrumbs, served on a bed of spinach and flavored rice. Fruit.
8th January - Grilled fish (bought), chips (fries), eggs, spinach, fruit.
9th " - Zucchini/onion/minced meat burgers, scalloped potatoes, "red" pasta (pasta with a tomato sauce), asparagus, fruit.
10th January - Butter chicken, rice, salad, fruit.
11th " - probably lasagna

Whew, that was hard!

[beth2]

7 January - Baked beans with saveloys/bacon, pasta salad (with capsicum, onion, etc)

8 January - Steak (Alister), Chicken Cordon Bleu (me), homemade oven chips, tomatoes/onion/cucumber in vinagarette dressing, grilled courgette/zuchini, grilled mushroom

9 January - Lamb Chops (Alister), Chicken Cordon Bleu (me), mashed veges (potato, kumara, carrot and broccoli with cream cheese, butter, milk, powder Hidden Valley Ranch dressing), green beans

10 January (I'm at work) - Chicken, bacon and Vege burritos with Ranch Dressing/parmesan

11 January - Steak (Alister), roasted potato and kumara salad with 1000 Island/Cajun dressing, green salad

12 January (I'm at work) - BBQ Mince and veges (potato, kumara, carrot, onion) on toast, with cheese

13 January - Crumbed fish, homemade chips, cole slaw or green salad

14 January - Baked chicken, vege mash, steamed veges

15 January (I'm at work) - "pea pie pud" - meat pies (think a thicker version of pot pie, Americans), mashed potatoes and frozen mint peas ---- I'm not a huge fan of this meal, so I will prepare a bagel with Ranch dressing or just mayo, parmesan, lettuce, tomato and smoked chicken

[braided-rug]

Does Alister love lamb chops too? My dh did the shopping, and yes, he bought some lamb chops.

[beth2]

Alister LOVES lamb chops - second only to loving steak. He's definitely a major red meat eater - I'm at least getting him to eat slightly smaller portions!

Me, I can't stand lamb chops! You?

[braided-rug]

Um, I love Worcestershire sauce, so I get to have it with chops, I let others pick over the bones. It all goes down well with greek salad and chips.

[braided-rug]

MV, we love souvlaki, only we usually do it with chicken for some reason.

All our menus are similar. It was so hot eating our goulash, it was one of those packet mixes.

[daddys3chicks]

Jan 10 - turkey kielbasa, potato latkes and orange slices

Jan 11 - fellowship dinner at church

Jan 12 - turkey and gravy, rice, asparagus

Jan 13 - Home made pizza

Jan 14 - hot dogs, mac and cheese

[ellise]

OK with all that is going on this month in our house my menu will be plain, simple and nutritious (somewhat) Mostly just suppers since Daniel is back at school and Don will be working most of the time. So I'll just be doing my regular left overs, or boca burgers

01-09
S~
Spaghetti
Salad
Garlic Toast
Peach Tea
Muffin tops (bite sized)

01-10
S~
Grilled Steaks
Steak Fries
Corn on the Cob
Yeast Rolls
Salad
Tea
Chocolate chip cookies

01-11
Mexican Chicken
Rice
Tortillas (homemade)
Corn, Black bean & Tomato Salsa
Lemon Tea
Sopapillias (mexican doughnuts)

01-12
Panini's
Home made sweet potatoe chips
Raspberry Tea
Pudding Cups

01-13
Bagel Dogs
Oven Fries
Celery sticks
Soda
Brownies

01-14
Sirloin Burger Soup (full of veggies)
HM Crackers
Tea
Fruit Cups

01-15
Italian MeatLoaf
Mashed Potatoes
Red Sauce
Corn
Green beans
Corn bread
Tea
Ice Cream

01-16
Fish Sticks
Tator wedges
Salad
Fruited Jello
Tea

01-17
Tuna Noodles
Carrot sticks
Parker house rolls
Tea
Brownie pudding cups

01-18
Manwich
Tator Tots
Relish plate (various veggies)
Tea
Carrot Cake wedges

01-19
Grilled Chicken Breast
Brown Rice
California Veggies
Fruit slice w/ Caramel dip
Tea

01-20
Meat Ball subs
Chips
Soda
Apples

1-21
Tomato Soup
Grilled Chees sandwiches
Tea
Chocolate Oranges

01-22
Fried Chicken
Stewed Potatoes
Whole Tomatos
COrn
Black Eyed Peas
HM Buscuits
Tea
Red Velvet Cake squares

01-23
Turkey & Cheese Sandwiches
FF
Relish plate
Tea
Rice Krispie bars

01-24
Pot Roast
Wedges of Potatoes, carrots, onions, Celery
HM Biscuits
Fruit chunk cake
Orange Tea

01-25
HM Hot Pockets
HM Potatoe Chips
Soda
Cookies

01-26
Hot Hamburger Plates
Wild Rice
Mixed Veggies
Tea
Fresh Fruit

01-27
Chicken Soft Tacos
Refried Beans
Spanish rice
Tortilla chips
Cheese dip
Soda
Sopapillias

01-28
Veggie Night
all veggies
Yeast Rolls
Lemon Tea
Ice Cream

01-29
Broiled Pork Chops
Rice Pilaf
Whole tomatoes
Corn
Rolls
Tea
orange Dream Cookies

01-30
Mediterranean Veggie Strata
Clover rolls
Tea
Chocolate Cake

01-31
Baked Eggs
Loaded Baked Potatoes
Tea
PB Nutty Bars

Whew! I finally got it finished! LOL.

[lynn]

OK, that's it. I'm goin' to Ellise's for this entire month.

[Admin]

LOL Lynn, I was just about to say that I didn't need a montly menu cause I was going to Lise's too. Hey, let's all show up...