This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Taryn S for winning the new Donna Hay cookbook.
I am a big Donna Hay fan, I love her simplicity in cooking, recipes are not extravagant, her cheat options make cooking easy and the end result always tastes delicious. I was excited to learn of her new cookbook, Simple Dinners. We are very busy during the week, with 2 nights out till late with the kids at Karate. So having some simple weeknight dinners planned is essential.
In this cookbook, most recipes (140+ recipes) are pantry friendly, with it divided and categorised into pantry items. Chapters are Bread – Eggs – Pasta – Noodles & Rice – Couscous, beans & lentils – Chicken – Beef – Lamb – Pork – Fish & seafood – Vegetables – Fruit and of course Chocolate! Each chapter also has a variety of tips and tricks to help you with your cooking. One of my favourites is:-
“When freezing a loaf of bread, pre-slice it and pop sheets of baking paper between every second slice for easy use” – Donna Hay
I incorporated a few of her new recipes into my meal plan, they were all very quick and easy to put together. My favourite is the Banoffee Pie which the kids made for me (cheating using a store purchased pastry case).
Giveaway
If you would like to enter to win a Donna Hay Simple Dinners cookbook, you will find the entry form below. To enter you must share your meal plan. I want to know what you are having for dinner each night of the week. If you haven’t started meal planning now, I am sure this will show you how easy it will be for you. You will find here, my tips on how to meal plan.
This weeks meal plan
Monday – BBQ Chicken and salad
Tuesday – My friend made me a Shepards Pie
Wednesday – Parmesan BBQ Steaks with salad – Donna Hay simple dinner cookbook
Thursday – Crusted Chicken tenderloin with vegetables
Friday – Dinner at school
Saturday – Beef Stir Fry – Donna Hay simple dinner cookbook
Sunday – Singapore Chicken Curry – Prima Taste from asian food section at Woolworths
Baking – Sticky Rice Bubble Slice
Dessert – Bonoffee Tart
Parmesan BBQ Steaks
Banoffee Pie
WHAT IS ON YOUR MEAL PLAN THIS WEEK?
If you have a blog, please share your meal plan link here and mention in the comments that you linked up.
- Link directly to your meal planning post not your website, post must be about your weekly meal plan
- Paste my meal plan button (grab button HERE) on your post so that others can join along and link up too or add a link to The Organised Housewife.
- Remember to come back next week!
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I dont have a blog, however this is this weeks meal plan starting tonight:
Monday – Spaghetti and Meatballs – a Dolmio sauce from the supermarket
Tuesday – Chorizo and Tomato Frittata – Donna Hay 10th Anniversary Special Mag
Wednesday – Homemade Pizza
Thursday – Battered Fish and Salad
Friday – Roasted Tomato, Eggplant and Haloumi Burger – Donna Hay website
Saturday – Mummy and Oly Out – Daddy – WHATEVER (hehe)
Sunday – our choice
This household also LOVES Donna Hay. Her recipes are simple, tasty and I never have any fuss out of miss 3 eating any of her meals. They are great for families on the go but also have the more intense cooking experience for when you have the time.
I made the Donna Hay spin on spaghetti bolognese from her 10th Anniversary mag the other night and it was AMAZING and definitely gave food for thought on spag bol night!
Katrina – I’m a big fan of sharing Meal Plans, thanks for making it so simple!
We love Donna Hay too – what a fabulous giveaway!
My meal planner for this week
Monday: Chow Mein
Tuesday: steak with steamed Veggi’s
Wednesday: raviolia and bolognese sauce
Thursday: Bbq fish & salad
Fri: Hamburgers on the Bbq
Sat: Roast Lamb in the Webber with friends
Sun: toaties with left over Lamb (if any left)
Sunday – toasted sandwiches
Monday – chicken burgers
Tuesday – rissoles and salad
Wednesday – spag Bol
Thursday – slow cooker corned beef and salad
Friday – pasta marinara
Saturday – roast lamb and balsamic roast veges
http://liannesday.blogspot.com/2011/11/this-weeks-menu-plan_21.html
My weeks menu
Mon- Stirfry Tues- meat & vege Wed – spag Bol Thurs- beef strog Fri – Homemade pizza Sat – fish and salad Sun Roast dinner. I need meal planners!
M – Spaghetti w bol sauce & veg
T- homemade pizza (*buy fresh cheese & ham)
W – frozen fish, salad, homemade chips (Mum over for dinner)
Th – Beef snitzel & veg
F – Brown Bothers pasta sauce w chicken, veg & penne
Sat – eat out
Su – BBQ: sausages, eggs, veg burgers, ham burgers & salad
M – Laksa
T – BBQ steak & salad
W – homemade sweet & sour pork with rice
T – Chicken Caesar Salad
F – takeaway with friends, usually Japanese
S – BBQ Salmon & Salad
Here’s our meal plan for this week:
Monday – Chicken on sweet potato rosti – I think this is from Food Fast (Donna Hay)
Tuesday – spaghetti bolognese
Wednesday – roast, salad and roasted spuds
Thursday – beef stir fry
Friday – Mulligatawny chicken (Annabel Karmel)
Saturday – Chicken pot pies
Sunday – lasagne
And for baking I’ve made the Donna Hay blueberry muffins (I saw the link in your “you might also like..” section. The recipe was easy to find with a quick Google search.
Yum!!
Meal Plan this week:
Monday- Marinated chicken drumsticks (bbq sauce, sweet chilli sauce & tomato sauce) with salad
Tuesday- Sticky sausages with vegetables
Wednesday- Chiken stirfry with oyster sauce and rice
Thursday- Tuna pasta bake with salad
Friday- Chicken laksa with hokkien noodles
Saturday – Homemade pizza
Sunday – Beef teryaki with sushi rice
*teriyaki
Hi, I linked my first meal plan up through blog links on my new blog 🙂
I’ve added my monthly meal plan – it includes the meal plan for our week (surprise that). Hope it is okay because that is how meal planning works in our house, on a month by month basis.
Monday – Cornflake Crumbed Cutlets & Vegetables
Tuesday – Fettucine Cabonara
Wednesday – Tacos
Thursday – Homemade Pizzas
Friday – Crispy Skin Chicken Wraps
Saturday – Steak Diane, Potato Bake & Steamed Vegetables
Sunday – BBQ Chicken & Greek Salad
We love meal planning! We’ve been doing it for almost four years and save ourselves a bundle as well as being more organised and never wondering what we’re having for tea…
Monday ~ Thai Poached Chicken
Tuesday ~ Garlic Pepper Beef Stir-fry
Wednesday ~ Date Night
Thursday ~ Pumpkin and Sage Tortellini
Friday ~ Five Spice Pork with Cous Cous
Saturday ~ Asian Pork Spare Ribs
Sunday ~ Take Away Fish & Chips
Oh I’ve just realised half of these recipes are from the Simple Dinners by Donna Hay feature in our state Sunday paper
Mon – Baked fish with herbs and salad
Tues – Nonna’s Meatballs and pasta
Wed – Pork and Red lentils
Thurs – Chicken Schnitzel and salad
Fri – Spinach and Ricotta canneloni
Sat – Woodfired pizzas
Sun – backyard BBQ
Mon ~ left over silverside with mash and veg
Tues ~ Snags and Veg
Wed ~ Fish and Veg
Thurs ~ BBQ at the school for end of year concert
Fri ~ Taco’s
Sat ~ Takeaway
Sun ~ Silverside and Veg
Monday – Beef stroganoff
Tuesday – Fish and fennel pie
Wed – Out
Thurs – Out
Fri – Beef in black bean sauce
Sat – Out
Sunday – Turkey Bolgnanise
I haven’t meal planned weekly – I prepare 30 dishes over 3-4 days that all go to the Freezer. I add a list to the door of the freezer of what meals (and how many of each)and get to choose the night before or early in the morning without having to do much work – either rice or a salad!
My current list of dishes is:
Bolognaise Sauce
Rolled Italian Meatloaf
Chicken Curry
Sausage Sweet ‘n’ Sour
Lasagne
Chicken & Spinach Lasagne
Meatballs
Beef Goulash
Apricot Chicken
Chicken Casserole
Satay Chicken
Rogan Josh
Beef Stroganoff
Burrito Mince
Beef in Red Wine
Pork Sweet ‘n’ Sour
Beef Tortilla Stack
Pork Korma
Lamb & Feta Pasta
Citrus Chicken
Honey Mustard Chicken
Meatloaf
As I don’t work Mon and Tuesday, I cook big meals and freeze for later in the week
Monday – Spag Bol (made 2 lots of mince)
Tuesday – Sausage risotto
Wednesday – Chicken schnitzel
THursday – Chicken Schnitizel
Friday – Lasagne
Saturday – Toasted Sandwiches (having family BBQ for lunch)
Sunday – Crumbed Pork Strips
Mon: Beef Stirfry with hokkien noodles
Tues: Spaghetti Bol. and garlic bread
Wed: Dinner @ MIL’S!
Thurs: (quick dinner night) Scrambled eggs on toast
Fri: Creamy tuscan chicken
Sat: Honey Soy chicken wings, Baked veg and Rice
(special night so Pavlova for dessert)
Sun: Fish and chips (with a healthy salad of course! ;))
Baking: Cupcakes for playgroup following Monday
Monday – Homemade rissoles with mashed potatoe and steamed vegies
Tuesday – Chicken Curry with rice and pappadums
Wednesday – Chicken Parm and salad
Thursday – Olive crusted lamb cutlets with vegies
Friday – Apricot Chicken with mashed potatoes and vegies
Saturday – Tacos
Sunday – Roast Lamb and roasted vegies
Monday – GF Spaghetti Bolagnese
Tuesday – Chicken burgers with the work – (after school sports)
Wednesday – Asian baked salmon and vegetables
Thursday – Homemade pizzas – (after school sports)
Friday – Mexican Quesadillas – (after school sports)
Saturday – Crumbed chicken tenders and pumpkin risotto
Sunday – Roast pork and vegetables.
Monday – Homemade pizzas (the kids pick their own toppings)
Tuesday – Pesto gnocchi
Wednesday – Chicken schnitzel and salad
Thursday – Salmon, pea & corn fritters
Friday – Chicken rissoles, homemade chunky chips and salad
Saturday – Pork sausage & vegetable casserole
Sunday – out for birthday dinner
Baking – birthday cake for my husband
m -crumbed beef salad jacket potato
T- chicken patties (made & frozen last week) salad
W slow cooked
mild
chicken
curry
T-creamy salsa chicken
F chicken leek & corn pie
S pork & waterchesnut rissoles with salad
S savoury slice & salad
Have a big week coming up , sooo love having meal plans 🙂
Hey Katrina, here’s my post:
http://sarahkayeshome.com/2011/11/22/meal-planning-for-a-donna-hay-cook-book/
Fingers crossed!! That Banoffee pie looks so yummy.
Monday – Sausage casserole and steamed veg
Tuesday – Chicken potato bake and tossed salad
Wednesday – Steak Kebabs, chips and salad
Thursday – Good old Spag bog
Friday – Roast Chicken and veg
Saturday – Homemade pizza
Sunday – Quiche and salad
Baking – left over cereal into bikkies & muffins 🙂
Monday – Roast Chicken with Roast Potato and Steam Veg
Tues – Left Over Chicken – Chicken Spaghetti
Wed – Thai Chicken Soup (making chicken stock with left over Chicken Bones)
Thurs – Potato & Tuna Patties and Salad
Fri – Hamburgers
Sat – Beef Stirfry
Sun – Home Made Crumbed Fish, Chips and Salad
Baking – Flourless Peanut Butter & Choc Chip Cookies
– Pumpkin Muffins
Monday Crumbed fish, pommes and salad
Tuesday Chicken Lasagna and salad
Wednesday Roast Beef and roast vegetables
Thursday BBQ Meatloaf and vegies
Friday CreamyChicken Carbonara
Saturday take away/out for dinner
Sunday Beef and Vegetable stir fry
Monday – Baked chicken breasts with roast sweet potato, gravy, peas, zucchini
Tuesday – Pizza (Cheap Tuesday)
Wednesday – Taco’s and Burritos night
Thursday – chicken parmagiana with vegetables and mash
Friday – Lamb cutlets with carrots, broccoli and mash.
Saturday – Pea and ham soup – Ravioli
Sunday – Honey, soy and garlic chicken wings, corn on the cob, french fries
Monday: Greek style roast lamb with risoni
Tuesday: Spaghetti Bolognese
Wednesday: Roast pumpkin and chorizo risotto
Thursday: Left over spg bol
Friday: Out for dinner
Saturday: Pizza
Sunday: Out for birthday dinner
Monday – Chicken Yakitori and salad, Tuesday – Mexican beef stirfry, Wednesday – Spring vegetable soup, Thursday – Lamb fajitas, Friday – Steak with baked potatoes and salad, Saturday – sausages with mash potatoes and steamed vegetables and Sunday – home made potato and rosemary pizza
Monday – Roast chicken and veges
Tuesday – Pork and Vege noodles
Wednesday – Home made turkey hamburgers
Thursday – Haloumi Chicken (Donna Hay)
Friday – Home made pizzas
Saturday – BBQ and salad
Sunday – leftovers
Monday – Terriyaki Chicken
Tuesday – Pasta Bolognaise
Wednesday – leftovers
Thursday – Beef & cous cous salad
Friday – Salad wraps
Saturday – Satay chicken
Sunday – leftovers
Monday: Zucchini Slice and Garlic Bread
Tuesday: Chicken and Spinach Cannelloni and Salad
Wednesday: Corned Silverside and Veges
Thursday: Pumpkin Rissotto and Asparagus
Friday: Gourmet mini pizzas
Saturday: Daddy’s cooking so probably takeaway lol
Sunday: Homemade chicken sausage rolls and salad
My meal week starts on a Wednesday (I shop on Tuesday) so…
Wednesday – Homemade burgers with salad, frozen chips
Thursday – leftovers (burgers)
Friday – out
Saturday – our ‘takeaway’ night: frozen pizza and icecream cones : )
Sunday – eggs and tomato on toast
Monday – sausages, mashed potato and pumpkin, corn, vegies
Tuesday – leftover sausages, bubble and squeak
We always plan our meals, makes it alot easier to shop!
Monday – Beef Stroganoff & Rice
Tuesday – Cheese & Spinach Triangles & Salad
Wednesday – Out for daughters birthday dinner
Thursday – Porcupine Meatballs & Mash
Friday – Cherry Tomato Spaghetti
Saturday – Lamb Kofta Korma & Rice
Sunday – Oven Baked Fish & Chips & Salad
Baking – Cupcakes and daughters Birthday Cake.
Monday – spaghetti bolognese & garlic bread (both prepared in big batches & frozen for Mondays after gymnastics
Tuesday – Macaroni & cheese (recipe from “Frostbite” by Susan Austin – usually make enough for 2 extra kid sized serves)
Wednesday – chicken & leek risotto (with peas) – always make enough for 2 extra serves for Thursday lunch or dinner
Thursday – organic pork sausages & grilled hash browns for kids; leftover risotto for parents after martial arts
Friday – cottage pie (always make 3 serves of the mince, so only need to do the mash the next 2 times – prefer to do that fresh, although occasionally freeze kids’ serves)
Saturday – home made pizza with various toppings to suit each person
Sunday – something from Donna Hay “Fast, Fresh, Simple”, my current fave!
Cheers,
Carla Dalton
My meal plan:
Monday: tofu roast with veggies!
Tuesday: veggie burgers
Wednesday: Spaghetti with lentil and tomato sauce
Thursday: Roast vegetable salad
Friday: Mushroom risotto
Saturday: Pizza
Sunday: Felafel wraps 🙂
YUUUUUUUMMMMMM lol
My meal plan
-Monday chicken and salads
Tuesday seafood rissotto
wednesday veal involtini
thursday lasange and salad
Friday guinness beef pie and sweet potato chip
saturday – Pizza
Sunday – BBQ outside sausages, chicken kebabs chips
Friday – tacos
Saturday – BBQ and salad
Sunday – Roast Lamb and Vegies
Monday – Tikka Marsala and Rice
Tuesday – Stir fried vegies and Quinoa
Wednesday – Spaghetti Bolognaise
Thursday – Fish and Salad
Our meal plan for the week…
Sunday – roasted vegetable lasagna
Monday – moroccan chicken salad
Tuesday – homemade salmon patties and salad
Wednesday – homemade lamb souvlaki
Thursday – chicken chow mein
Friday – grilled fish and salad
Saturday – homemade pita pizzas