This dish is yummier than it sounds! I based ours on this recipe. I am waiting on my order of bulk lentils so had to use tinned lentils from my emergency supply. I also only had half an hour to prepare this, so the tinned lentils made it possible! This amount served the eight of us with some left over for tomorrow’s lunch (with rice, for something different!)
There’s nothing more exciting about gardening for me than the harvests. I just ducked outside to collect a couple of ingredients for tonight’s vegetable stirfry from the greenhouse garden and came back with:
bok choy, silverbeet, kohl rabi (and young leaves), celery (and leaves), baby carrots, broccoli side-shoots, beans, a snow pea, ceylon spinach leaves, garlic chives, ginger, lemongrass and onion tops!
1-2 pieces rice paper (spring roll wrapper) per person
small quantity of cooked rice
small quantity of stir-fried vegetables
Chilli Sauce (as a dipping sauce)
Our menu last week went fairly smoothly. There were up to 11 here for tea each night. On Saturday night we had an al fresco meal by a bonfire with friends under the near-full moon. On Sunday night we enjoyed a mixture of quick foods and leftovers.
Last week’s menu went fine except we ended up getting some WWOOFers come to stay so I changed both the weekend meals. Saturday we had skin-on potatoes and vegetables with a cheese sauce and on Sunday we had lots of pizzas!
Last week’s menu went really well! Apparently the pumpkin and lentil soup was a little too spicy, but other than that everyone was rapt.
Again I’m running late with this post. I have been doing our tax, and writing an article, and distracted by the sunshiney days!
Well, 5 out of 7 meals went to plan last week. We went out to our friends’ one night for BBQ fish (we took baby potatoes, coleslaw, wine, beer and a cake), and another I just couldn’t be bothered and didn’t feel like anything we had in the house… so we had take-away hot chips. We’d had a decent lunch, so chips were fine! So I’ve moved those two meals ahead to this week.
Last week’s menu was yum, but the defrosted risotto just wasn’t the same. Next time we have leftover risotto I’ll leave it for lunches instead of freezing it. The pasta bake with pumpkin, spinach and feta was delicious!
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Last week’s menu was fine except for Thursday. I forgot to defrost the risotto, we were home very late and so we just ordered hot chips from the local take-away. Other than that, everything was yummy! Extra baking I did for the week was two carrot cakes - one to eat tonight and one as a gift. Oh, we also skipped the lemon pudding and just had fruit and yoghurt for dessert that night. I also didn’t make any cookies - so we snacked on fruit last week!
I’m pretty sure this used to be called the Homeschool(ing) Support Unit, and it can be sometimes tricky to find these contact details through Googling, so I thought I’d post them here since I’ve looked them up for three newbie homeschoolers who emailed me this week…
Phone: 07 3405 3916 or 1800 677 176 (outside Brisbane)
Fax: 07 3405 3914
The Home Education Unit
Unit A, Level 1
52-54 Manning Street
South Brisbane
PO Box 3710
South Brisbane BC Q 4101
Email: homeeducation@deta.qld.gov.au
http://education.qld.gov.au/homeeducation/
Happy researching!
Last week’s menu went to plan. I froze some curry for another night, and some pasta sauce for this week. I didn’t get to freeze vegie soup as the girls ate the leftovers when we went out on Saturday night.
The menu last week went well and our WWOOFer enjoyed learning to cook simple, nutritious meals, and eating them!
