shopping list

Menu Plan Monday – Seasonal Fruit and Vegetables For September

September 1, 2008

Spring at last! I much prefer the warmer months and although the change in season by the calendar, doesn’t see the temperatures changes automatically, for me it is still a happy passing and very symbolic! The following fruits and vegetables listed below are at their best and cheapest this month. These lists are for Australia, [...]

Continue Reading →

Menu Plan Monday – One I Prepared Earlier

August 25, 2008

Image: Fimb Last week went by in a blur. I am so glad that I did my big planning session at the end of July. With the pace that I have been going at in August it has been great to have one less thing to think about and just access the menu plan file [...]

Continue Reading →

Menu Plan Monday – The Favourites

May 19, 2008

Don’t forget the ickle kids activity pack giveaway ends on Wednesday 21st May at 9am Australian EST if you haven’t entered yet! We have a pretty basic menu plan this week. The children all chose their favourite winter style meals as the cold weather has really set in. Although it is a basic menu, it [...]

Continue Reading →

Menu Plan Monday – Input From The Husband

April 21, 2008

I have written previously about how I try to get the children’s input into the family menu planning process, but I have not yet mentioned Mr Infrastructure’s contributions to this. To be honest I actually hardly ever ask him what he would like to see on the menu plan. I think this may have something [...]

Continue Reading →

Menu Plan Monday – Back to Basics

April 14, 2008

Last week we tried out two great new recipes Roast Chicken and Vegetables and Picklebum’s Easy Beef and Veggie Triangles. Both were easy to make, incredibly tasty and most importantly very popular with all four children! I find looking at other family weekly menu plans great inspiration for new meals for the family. You might [...]

Continue Reading →

Menu Plan Monday – Seasonal Fruit and Vegetables for April

April 7, 2008

Before I asked the children for their suggestions for this week’s meal plan, I actually took them through the below list of fruit and vegetables in season. The following fruits and vegetables are at their best and cheapest this month: Fruits: Apple, Banana, Grapes, Watermelon, Figs, Nashi, Quince Vegetables: Asparagus, Beans, Beanshoots, Beetroot, Broccoli, Carrot, [...]

Continue Reading →

Menu Plan Monday – Autumn Is Here

March 31, 2008

Cold and rainy weather has hit Melbourne, so I thought I would throw in a a salad with one of our meals, while we can still get the last remains of the summer seasonal foods. With the exception of that meal when it came to plan for this week, it was generally of the more [...]

Continue Reading →

Menu Plan Monday – Easy To Cook Family Food

March 24, 2008

We are at my sisters for most of this week on holidays in sunny Mildura! My other sister and her son from Melbourne are also visiting and my parents will be around for most meals, so we have chosen very easy meals that can be cooked in bulk and that the kids will all like [...]

Continue Reading →

Menu Plan Monday – Easter Week And Shopping List

March 17, 2008

It was a very easy to plan the family meals for this week, as we head off for our Easter Holidays on Thursday morning, which left me only three meals for to cook this week at home: Monday: Tacos Tuesday: Vietnamese Beef with Noodles (Recipe attached) Wednesday: Sausages and Salad Baking: Chocolate Balls (Recipe attached) [...]

Continue Reading →

Menu Plan Monday – Shopping List For Our Family Menu Plan

March 10, 2008

I have to firstly thank my very kind eldest sister who looked after my children (yes all 4!) from 10.30am Sunday until midday Monday. And she didn’t take it easy either and took them on a “awesome” day out at Moomba. Whilst she was looking after my children, I was able to attend a farewell [...]