We got everything done that we needed to do last week, sorting out the back-to-school shopping and cracking on with the decorating. On Monday, we're going out for a final end-of-the-holidays meal at a restaurant chain where you order your main meal and have a buffet for starters and desserts - always goes down well ! I go back to work on Wednesday, the kids on Thursday and the real start of lessons is Friday - just in time for the weekend ! No idea who will have school when for this week but everyone can fend for themselves with whatever's in the fridge and freezer. We pretty much stuck to our menu plan last week, but we got invited out for a meal with friends on Thursday, which was nice. Also Pierre wanted to cook and he made a cracking chilli con carne and a sausage couscous (totally made up but delicious!), with just a little bit of advice from me - hope he keeps it up !
Monday
lunch- end-of-the-holidays meal out
Tuesday
lunch- Mediterranean chicken (seasoning & cooking bag - add tomatoes, courgette & red pepper) with couscous (this was on last week's plan but didn't end up getting made)
dinner- gratin dauphinois (creamy potato bake) with beefburgers and green beans
Wednesday
lunch- I'll be at work, the kids can sort themselves out
dinner- tacos
Thursday
lunch - eating with a friend, kids will be at school or can sort themselves out
dinner- time to go freezer diving - I'll have fish, the kids have have chicken or pork chops, with garlic mash & a bag of frozen veg
Friday
lunch- I'll presumably be at school, kids can sort themselves out
dinner - at some point this week, the house will be in chaos, I'll be knackered after a full day at work and will still have oodles of paperwork to fill in for the kids, so I'll predict that we'll fall back on Deliveroo !
Saturday
lunch- fishfingers, potato wedges and peas
dinner- Meatball & garlic bread traybake
dinner- leftovers or toast
That's great that you got everything done before the return to school. I hope you had a lovely meal out. I love the sound of the restaurant. That is good that you have a short week. My youngest goes back on a Monday so it's going to be a bit of bump back to reality. Eek! Well done Pierre with the cooking.
ReplyDeleteGreat meal plan. I love the sound of the Mediterranean chicken. Good luck with the return to school. x