Retro Kitchen
Meal Planning Monday for my
Birthday Week
– 30th April 2012 –
Crumpets, Scones and British Berries!
Meal Planning Monday
I cannot believe I am meal planning on Monday again, but I am as last week’s plan worked really well, with just a couple of glitches, insofar as I changed a couple of days around, but still cooked the same meals albeit on different days……so, I feel very virtuous and a bit of a meal planning diva right now! With a BIG thanks to the lovely Mrs M, over at At Home with Mrs M, whose brilliant idea this meal planning malarkey is! I may not be as good this week though, as I have only just got back from the shops and I am still plotting and planning my meals, but I can start off with today, as half of it is over and I CAN just about remember what I made and ate, and then the rest will just follow on……..according to what is in the fridge and freezer! Berries will feature heavily in my meal plan this week, as I have just started a BRILLIANT event in conjunction with British Berries and Breast Cancer Care, do take a look at my amazing Giveaway, as well as some special recipes that I have posted for the event here…….Win Five Prizes and Support British Berries and Breast Cancer Care. And, as berries will be featuring heavily, so will scones, as I LOVE scones with fresh strawberries and cream, and as it is my birthday on the 5th May, I will be treating myself to a cream tea sometime this week! So here with a flurry of ripe red raspberries and lush fresh strawberries, is my Birthday Week Meal Plan! Enjoy, Karen.
English Scones With Mixed Summer Berries and Cream.
Meal Plan Monday: 30th April until 6th May 2012
Monday 30th April:
Breakfast: Home-made Crumpets with St Clement’s Curd
Oranges & Lemons for St Clement’s Curd
Home Made Crumpets
Lunch: Home-made Slit Pea and Ham Soup (Recipe to follow)
(Made from left over gammon joint from Sunday tea)
Tea: Bangers and Mash – bought some LOVELY butcher’s sausages and
will use Scotty Brand potatoes for the mashed potatoes.
Tuesday 1st May – May Day:
Breakfast: Home-made Dropped Scones with local Heather Honey
Dropped Scones (Scotch Pancakes or Griddle Cakes)
Lunch: Carrot and Lentil Soup
(Scotty Brand Blogger Recipe Post, recipe to follow)
Scotty Brand Carrot and Lentil Soup with Home-made Bread
Tea: Hot Smoked Salmon Wellington with Delish Fish salmon for Fish Fanatics
(Recipe and blog post to follow)
Wednesday 2nd May:
Breakfast: Home-Made Brioche (recipe to follow) and Lemon and Ginger Marmalade
Lemon and Ginger Marmalade
Lunch: Sandwiches, probably ham, as I have another gammon joint to cook!
Tea: Hake in a Hurry – New fish fanatic recipe to follow served with
cream cheese carrot batons and steamed poatoes
Dessert/Pudding: Jumble Berry Shortbread Crumble with Cream
Jumble Berry Crumble with Shortbread Topping
Thursday 3rd May:
Breakfast: Fresh Fruit and Yoghurt
Lunch: Egg and Bacon Sandwiches made with
Old-Fashioned Egg & Bacon Sandwich Spread
Old-Fashioned Egg & Bacon Sandwich Spread
Tea: Cheat’s Cassoulet (Sausage and Bean Casserole)
- Cheat’s French Style Cassoulet - Sausage and Bean Casserole in the Slow Cooker or Le Creuset
Friday 4th May:
Breakfast: Marmite on Toast
Lunch: Soup: Wild Garlic, Lemon & Lovage Soup
Wild Garlic, Lemon and Lovage Soup
Tea: Fish on Friday – Recipe to be decided, but PROBABLY Hake Bobotie from Fish is the Dish
Dessert/Pudding: 18th Century Raspberry Cream
18th Century Raspberry Cream
Saturday May 5th – MY BIRTHDAY!
Breakfast: IN bed maybe??!
Lunch: OUT maybe??!
Tea: Cream Tea with Cake and Sandwiches I hope!
Scones with Home-Made Strawberry Jam
Sunday: Full English Breakfast
Full English Breakfast
Sunday Lunch: Topsy Turvy Crispy Roast Chicken With Salt Crust Seasoning
(Recipe to follow)
Tea: Sandwiches, Scones and Cake!
Lavender and Lovage
See you next Monday, with another new Menu Plan!
What is your favourite breakfast recipe?
Do you ever make menu plans and do you keep to them?
Your menu looks amazing! Especially loving all the soups (wild garlic, lemon and lovage – mmm), but ogling up the baked goodies with a jealous eye 😀 Jumble Berry Crumble sounds incredibly delicious, and so pretty too. You are a force of nature with your tight cooking and blogging schedule. Full of admiration, Karen!
Aw thank you Kellie! I have been busier than usual lately…..plan to chill out later on in the week! 🙂
Oh! Forgot to say, Happy Birthday for the 5th. Hope you are going out!
I am a Fiesta Babe Kellie! Cinco de Mayo!
Lovely meal plan. Going to try the crumpet recipe as I just bought rings.
Have a wonderful birthday!
THANKS so much Linda! I am hoping that I won’t be cooking on Saturday!