The Weekly Shop

Yesterday was shopping and food prep day –for me it’s a day of chopping, cooking, tasting and Thomas enjoys a chilled out day of reading and sampling.

What’s on the dinner menu this week?

Lentil Lasagne & Salad ; Watermelon, rocket & feta salad ; Thai vegetable curry & rice ; Grilled chicken & Mediterranean vegetable salad ; Vegetable / bean chilli & rice ; Pizza

Our Shopping List:-

Vegetables	Fruit & Herbs	Dairy / Meat	Store Cupboard
Carrots	Apples	Milk	Penne Pasta
Red Peppers	Kiwi Fruit	Yoghurts	Red Lentils
Yellow Peppers	Watermelon	Mozzarella	Brown Rice
Courgettes	Mangoes	Feta	Coke Light x2
Aubergines – black, pea and green	Bananas	Chicken Breasts	Ground Almonds
Red Cabbage	Tomatoes	Eggs	Black Olives
Pak Choi	Coriander		Muesli/ Cereal
Cauliflower	Mint		Salt
	Basil

Impulse purchases:- 

Fresh Beetroot – I couldn’t get black aubergine and thought this would be an interesting alternative

Dark Rye Ryvita – it was on special offer (normally its expensive in Phuket(. Great alternative to bread

Large Dried Chillies- they last for ages and I think they’ll be tasty in my Thai curry paste

I’ve never cooked fresh beetroot before so I needed to look up how to prep/ cook it.  The end result was a flavoursome salad ingredient –  great with grated carrot, chopped red cabbage, sliced red onions and a wholegrain mustard/ mint vinegarette. The perfect starter for our lentil lasagne.

All that hard work I was deserving of a cocktail – a refreshing Watermelon Daiquiri

Chop & blend the watermelon, then freeze into cubes using an ice cube tray

Take 2 measures of rum

Add juice from ½ a lime

Blend with the several watermelon cubes

Pour into glasses & top with a few shredded mint leaves

Ahhh – Happy Sunday!