Meal plan - w/c 23 May

So what's on this week's meal planner? This week it's National Vegetarian Week so in honour of that I'm going to include a few new veggie meals. I normally try and do a couple of meat free meals a week anyway so it would be good to widen my repertoire!

Yesterday, we went to pizza express to celebrate a friends birthday so this is what I'm planning to do for the rest of the week:

Tuesday - pork stir fry & noodles

Wednesday - vegetable goulash

Thursday - chickpea & cashew korma

Friday - chicken casserole

Saturday - mixed bean chilli with wedges

Sunday - stuffed lamb roast dinner

What have you got on your meal planner?

Meal planning - what we ate.....

All of last week, I kept on meaning to jot down what was on our meal plan but forgot!

So this is what we ate:

Monday - chicken risotto
Tuesday - salmon, corn on the cob & salad
Wednesday - burgers with wedges

Thursday - lentil spag bol

Friday - sausage tomato pasta

Saturday - fish pie (cooked by hubbie using River Cottage cookbook)

Sunday - dinner out with friends

Salmon, corn on the cob & salad

Homemade burgers (uncooked)

Fish Pie served with broccoli

Beetroot - do you love or hate it?

Is beetroot simply a love it or hate it veg or are there those indifferent to it?

As a child, I used to absolutely hate it. I always remember going round to a friend's house and her Mum used to serve it with everything & I could never understand why. My clearest memory is of being served spaghetti bolognese (which I loved) with a portion of beetroot on the side. I was brought up "old school" so was under strict instructions to eat whatever I was given....and I used to dread it!

Fast forward a few years (well, go on then a few more than that!) and I absolutely love it. I tend to buy the organic ready cooked version and bung it into any salad or side dish going. But I do also buy it raw and either juice it up or add it to dishes. (Or I cheat completely and buy this).

And now, to feed my addiction I've discovered this site completely dedicated to beetroot. Some of the recipes look delicious especially this one for radish & beetroot chutney.

So beetroot - do you love it, hate or couldn't say either way?!