I love to, no, I NEED to menu plan. It is the only way I survive the holiday season, and really the only way I can stick to my food budget from week to week. I don’t have heaps of desserts and sweets planned, though I will probably add a few more to that list (see: Sukkoth Snacks) as we go through. I love rummaging around a fridge full of leftovers to make sandwiches and salads the next day, and I think this menu will allow for lots of that! I’m also just going to buy all my challah this year (shock! horror!). I just have to admit to myself that this is already a lot of cooking, and a lot of prep, and this is something I can easily do to make my life just a little bit easier.
In case you’re wondering why I’ve only included half a week, it is for a very simple reason – I only menu plan one week at a time. 😛 Also, I want to get a good idea of how much food we did and didn’t eat in this first week, and make good use of any leftovers in the second week – recreating them into beautiful dishes on their own. For example, I can see us turning the leftover roast beef from Sunday night into tacos the next day, and maybe even a shepherd’s pie later in the week, depending how much is left over…
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Days before Sukkot:
Mon – leftovers
Tuesday – Vegetarian pizza
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Sukkot snacks:
Baklava
Cookies
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Sukkot I (Wed nigh, Thursday)
Dinner: Shul dinner
Breakfast: Pancake breakfast in the sukkah
Lunch: Antipasti
Sukkot II (Thursday night, Friday)
Dinner: Potato kugel, MEDITERRANEAN SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN
Breakfast: Regular breakfast
Lunch: Funeral – eat there.
Sukkot III (Sabbath. Friday night, Saturday)
Dinner: Slow cooker lemon garlic chicken with veg . Orange Cardamom Malabi with Drunken Figs (this recipe)
Breakfast: Regular breakfast (weet-bix etc.)
Lunch: hummus bowls (spiced beef and caramelised onions)
Sukkot IV (Saturday night, Sunday)
Dinner: Eggs on toast / leftovers
Breakfast: Regular breakfast
Lunch: Shul BBQ (check what we need to bring…)
Sukkot V (Family dinner – Sunday night)
Dinner: Roast beef. Beetroot salad. Lemon pie & fruit for dessert (maybe this recipe). + Things others bring.