This Week's Meals #9

I'm not having much time to post other than the weekly meal plan. Our little person has gone from just sitting up to crawling all over the place and attempting to climb on top of anything he can get his hands on. I know everyone says they grow up so quickly but the speed at which he is learning, developing his skills and growing is scary. He'll be a little toddler soon! This week's meal plan is based on using up what we have in the freezer...

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This Week's Meals #8

I have 8 meals on my plan this week because I couldn't decide between them. So it will be a matter of cooking whatever we fancy on the day and carrying one over to next week. Last week's meals were all really good, the Pakistani Beef Curry was amazing. Would highly recommend them all.  Asian Seabass and pak choi  Beef Bourguignon and celeriac mash Taco Lettuce Wraps (without the beans) Gimme Some Oven Chicken...

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Turkish Green Beans in Tomato Sauce

This is good old Turkish comfort food. I make this with lamb or chicken but vegetarians can easily substitute meat with potatoes and carrots. If I wasn't low carbing I would have made it with potatoes and meat. Recipe: Serves 4 with rice / bread or 2/3 on its own 1kg frozen sliced green beans 2 chicken breasts or 500g lamb chops or diced lamb 1 large potato cubed 1 large carrot sliced 1 heaped tbsp tomato paste 1 tbsp olive oil 1 medium...

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No Carb Almond Flour Bread

I was never really big on eating bread, even before low carbing. But now I'm low carbing guess what, I fancy bread! I miss the convenience of toasties and sandwiches. So I was a happy bunny last night when I came across this recipe for no carb bread (and loads of other amazing recipes, I went a bit Pinterest crazy too). What makes it even better is that it's cooked by microwave, my baking abilities only stretch so far. Recipe from Made...

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This Week's Meals #7

Back to meal planning. It is so much easier to eat well and save money when you meal plan. And it doesn't have to be time consuming, I save recipes using Pinterest so I always have lots to choose from. There's no harm in rotating recipes each week if that's your thing. Here's our plan for this week in no particular order Mozzarella Stuffed, bacon Wrapped Chicken Thigh Caesar Salad with home made dressing 'Taze Fasulye' or Turkish...

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I'm back!!

I'm back! After almost a year I've decided it’s time to come back. I've been busy having a baby so I'm not sure where I'm going to find the time to blog again but I've been itching to write. I'll need to find the time somewhere! Our gorgeous baby boy is 6 months old and he is my little ray of sunshine. He's so funny and curious and easy to be a mum to, I'm very lucky. So, it may be that my future posts are about more than just food,...

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This Week's Meals #6

Just a quick one this week as we're at Mr A's parents for the weekend so will be eating there. Monday - Turkish Leek Stew with garlic bread Tuesday - Dinner at Mum's Wednesday - Delia's Cauliflower Cheese and Broccoli Soup  Thursday - Beetroot Risotto from Good Food.  ...

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This Week's Meals #5

Monday: Nigel Slater's Hot Chicken Cakes. On their own these are not substantial enough for Mr A, so I'm going to shape them like little patties and have them in whole wheat burger buns. Source Tuesday: Dinner at Mum's Wednesday: Prawn and Chorizo Gumbo Source Thursday: Sausages and Cauliflower Mash  Source Friday: Nigella's Spaghetti Puttanesca Saturday: Middle Eastern Lamb Koftes with yoghurt,...

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