Dinner menus?
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| 1 | I have totally lost the plot regarding dinner ideas. Just the 2 of us at home. sue62 - 2019-05-16 20:30:00 |
| 2 | I think the only person who can plan a meal you two both like, is you two. Alternatively, once you've sorted out a meal plan, what you like, and eliminate what you don't like.. you could go online to bargain box, my food bag, or other similar companies who will then deliver pre-set ingredients for specific meals - recipes are included. Another way is to just go with the veges that are in-season and at their cheapest... In winter, brocolli, cauli, pumpkin are the go to's... In summer it's more like exchanging the veg with salads.. so lettuce, tomato, cucumber will be cheaper at that time of year and the winter veg will be dearer so don't buy them. That's all I usually do. Go with what's in for that particular season. sleek_lizzy - 2019-05-16 23:00:00 |
| 3 | We had laska last night using a sachet product from Countdown. It was a relatively cheap albeit delicious meal. My son cooked it and added mushrooms and onions. malcovy - 2019-05-17 14:49:00 |
| 4 | What is it about vegetables that you are finding difficult? buzzy110 - 2019-05-17 15:20:00 |
| 5 | sue62 wrote:
It's hard to advise without knowing what you like to eat, whether or not you have a vege garden, and how interested you are in cooking. For the vege part of your meals, as a rule of thumb choose at least three veges for each meal: a starchy one like potato, kumara, parsnip; a green one like broccoli, spinach, silverbeet, beans, lettuce, peas, broad beans; a red or orange one like tomato, capsicum, pumpkin, carrot. Plus eggplant, mushrooms and other veges which don't fit into those very rough categories. If you choose one vege from each you will get a decent range of nutrients. Then you can add things like onion, garlic, nuts, dried currants, dried apricots, preserved lemon etc. Dress the veges with butter or good quality extra virgin olive oil, plus salt and pepper. Miso butter is also a delicious dressing for veges, so is soy sauce and sesame oil. Do you want actual recipes for vege side dishes? davidt4 - 2019-05-17 15:21:00 |
| 6 | If you google "NZ weekly food menus" there are quite a number available.... A lot of Nadia Lim's recipes are available on her site, too, as are the recipes of many NZ chef celebrities, and there's a wide variety of quick and easy, but delicious ones here: New World has a weekly meal planner too: autumnwinds - 2019-05-18 00:19:00 |
| 7 | I am pleased I looked at this post ,just 2 of us as well and I have 3 days that I don't finish work till 6pm & by the time I get home just want something quick & easy and healthy to cook lyndad59 - 2019-05-18 01:48:00 |
| 8 | Dont forget to consider frozen vegetables sue62. Spend a while looking at the amazing variety of different combinations available. Some can be stir fried, others steamed or microwaved. Frozen vegies have all the nutrients of fresh, no waste as you only use what you need. lynja - 2019-05-18 07:01:00 |
| 9 | I usually stir fry whatever I have. Less washing up that way. If I am adding potato/pumpkin i boil it first and add it at the end. You can alter flavours with garlic, onion, spices, curry etc. Keep a stock of cooked rice in the fridge as that makes it quicker if doing fried rice type dishes. Edited by jan2242 at 9:28 am, Sat 18 May jan2242 - 2019-05-18 09:25:00 |
| 10 | Don't forget that you can do a certain amount of food prep ahead of time - wash and dry salad greens, peel and even chop and saute onions to have them ready for assembling into a dish, wash potatoes and other veg. Some salads (like coleslaw) taste best after a day or so marinating in the dressing. These days, if I have potatoes, I tend to cook them with the skin on - the nutrients are mostly just under the skin, and they are very tasty! punkinthefirst - 2019-05-18 11:01:00 |
| 11 | I have a friend, and on sun morn, they sit down, decide what meals they are going to cook...Mon-Fri..then go and do the grocery shopping with the list of what they need. korbo - 2019-05-18 16:58:00 |
| 12 | buzzy110 wrote: sue62 - 2019-05-20 12:16:00 |
| 13 | Thank you all for the feedback sue62 - 2019-05-20 12:18:00 |
| 14 | Some ideas that I use, roast veg seasoned and flavoured with salt, pepper, garlic, dried or fresh herbs, curry etc. Ratatouille, vegetable bake, vegetables in cheese sauce such cauliflower and leeks. Add veg such as kumera, carrot and parsnip to a casserole. One pot combos such as carrots, peas and corn. Add a handful of baby spinach leaves to soups, mince or casseroles. Baked potato. Marrow stuffed with seasoned sausage eat or mince. Pizza with vege toppings such as capsicum, onion, baby spinach and tomato. Hope you find these ideas helpful. Edited by jonnythecat at 3:55 pm, Mon 20 May jonnythecat - 2019-05-20 15:54:00 |
| 15 | sue62 wrote: samanya - 2019-05-20 17:02:00 |
