Showing posts with label pantry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pantry. Show all posts

Monday, 9 July 2012

Meal planning

Do you plan meals for each day of week or are you a 'fly by the seat of your pants' type cook'?  I've always been a flyer unless it's cooking for Christmas, birthday celebrations or dinner parties.  Come 6.00p.m. I've either got my head buried in the pantry, fridge or freezer looking for inspiration.  I have a big pantry that is crowded, you might even say over stocked with food but it doesn't seem to help me decide what to make for dinner.  So I thought perhaps a meal planning session each Sunday night might help me out.
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 Last week I made three dinners on my list, the favourite being Chicken and Zucchini Patties which I served with another new recipe Pine nut and Currant Couscous.  Last night I made Tuna and Tomato Risotto (adding spinach leaves to make it a more complete meal) which was nice too although I'm having a problem getting the rice just cooked when I make risottos.  It was just a little underdone although I followed the recipe exactly, had the stock simmering as it was added to the rice etc.
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So my two questions are.  Do you use a meal plan for the week and how do you make a successful risotto?
I'd love to hear your answers.

 Have a great day,

Anne  xx