Family Friendly Meal Plan for 4
Monday: Fish Burgers
Tuesday: Chicken, Leek, Mushroom & Bacon Fettuccine
Wednesday: Egg Foo Young
Thursday: Curried Sausages
Friday: Pumpkin & Leek Quiche
A good all-round family meal plan with all the favorites
Shopping List:
Pepper & Me: Man Grind, Wok Sauce, Tandoori paste, Lemon & Herb Crumb, Tartare Sauce, Italian Stallion, Mother Dukkah
Pantry staples: Olive oil, Vegetable oil, Brown Sugar, Beef stock, Rice, Eggs x 12, Butter, chutney, mustard powder
Dry Goods: 4 x Buns, 250g Fettuccine
Chilled goods: Cream 300ml, Cream Cheese 150g, Feta 50g, Pastry 3 sheets, streaky bacon 150g, Parmesan cheese 50g, frozen peas ¾ c
Meat: Boneless and Skinless chicken breast 800gm, Whitefish fillets x 4, 150g Prawns (frozen or precooked) 6-8 sausages
Vegetables: 2 x Leeks, Pumpkin, half, Onions x 2, Iceberg lettuce or other greens, Mushrooms 100g, 1 carrot, bean sprouts, bag. Potatoes to mash if using for Curried Sausages
Fish burgers
Ingredients
Crispy fish
- 4 white fish fillets
- 3 tablespoon flour
- 1 egg
- 1 cup lemon and herb crumb 50g
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ½ c Tartar sauce
Serve
- 4 ciabatta buns
- ¼ iceburg lettuce shredded
Directions
- Put fish fillets and flour into a bag and shake until coated. Crack in the egg and shake again.
- Sprinkle the lemon and herb crumb onto a plate then season with man grind. Coat fish with crumb mixture on both sides.
- Heat oil and butter in a large frying pan then cook fish on both sides until golden and fish is cooked through.
- To make the tartare, mix together mayo, capers, gherkins, spring onion and the juice of half the lemon.
- Cut buns in half and grill or toast until warm. Spread tartare on base of bun and top with lettuce, fish and a squeeze of lemon then the top of the bun.
Chicken, Leek, Mushroom and Bacon Fettuccine
Ingredients
- 400 g chicken breast
- 150 g streaky bacon
- 100 g mushrooms
- 1 leek
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 100 g cream cheese
- 1 cup cream
- 1 tablespoon Italian Stallion
- 50 g parmesan
- Man Grind
- 250 g fettuccine
Directions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil and cook fettuccine
- Cut bacon into small strips and finely slice leek. Saute in butter over a medium high heat for 5 minutes
- Slice mushrooms and dice chicken breast. Add to the leeks and bacon with Italian Stallion
- Add cream cheese and cream
- Simmer over a medium low heat for 5 minutes, season well with Man Grind. if you have cracked black pepper a good grind of that is a delicious addition.
- Reserve 1 cup of the pasta cooking water before draining
- Add the drained pasta to the sauce and toss through, add about half the reserved pasta water to the pan. This helps to make the sauce velvety and nicely emulsified
- Add a good amount of grated parmesan, about 50g. Toss everything together. Allow to sit for a 2-3 minutes before serving.
Notes
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