It has begun to get a little cold here, this week’s Winter Meal Plan will certainly keep you warm.  Remember to come back each Monday as I share our weekly meal plan and other recipes to help inspire you.  See my previous weekly meal plans here.
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This weeks meal plan
MONDAY
Beef Curry with mashed potato.
The Beef Curry above is a Thermomix recipe, however for those without a Thermomix this slow cooker Moroccan Beef Curry is delicious. Â I made the mash in a saucepan on the stove, I love my Thermomix but really don’t like potato mash made in it.
TUESDAY
Grilled fish and salad
WEDNESDAY
Chicken with Creamy Chive Sauce, with vegetables and sweet potato mash. Sweet potato mash: place sweet potato in a saucepan, add enough water to cover, bring to the boil, remove when tender, approximately 10-15 minutes.  Drain water from pan, add a dollop of butter, season with salt and pepper and mash.
This quick chicken recipe is low in calories thanks to a few healthy cooking techniques. A quick homemade pan sauce is rich and creamy with less saturated fat and sodium than canned-soup sauce. And fresh chives add a healthy burst of flavor.
THURSDAY
This is my go-to pumpkin soup recipe. Â I make a double batch and freeze the remaining soup, check out how I freeze soup here.
FRIDAY
Left overs of last nights soup
SATURDAY
Curried Fish and Vegetable Pot Pie
This pot pie would make enough to feed 8Â people, I used an extra-large rectangular casserole dish. Use the rest for left overs for following day, dinner or lunch or half the recipe for a serving of four.
SUNDAY
Warm Lamb and Cauliflower Salad
This warm lamb & cauliflower salad is a quick, easy and low carb mid week meal that’s also really yummy.  Perfect for the cooler autumn nights don’t you think?
BAKING
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Salted Caramel and Easter Egg Muffins using the Jam and Cream Muffins recipe.
To use up some ‘left over’ Easter Eggs I followed the Jam and Cream Muffin recipe, but instead of using Jam I added a spoonful of some Salted Caramel Sauce I had in the pantry and an easter egg. The caramel sauce soaked into the batter, ooh so good.
Mexican Layer Dip, is a great dish to bring along to BBQ’s.  We had a games afternoon, so I made it to snack on!
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Yum, yum, yum! Printing off several of these recipes for the coming cooler days. x
Ooh yum! Thank you Sonia x
Thank you so much for sharing the warm lamb & cauliflower salad. We love it here! I love a good fish pie as well so am going to try that one out and that Mexican dip – I could eat a whole plate of that to myself! Love it!
Vicki the mexican dip is divine, but so hard to stop at just a little bit LOL.:)
Some yummy looking dishes there! We had Roasted Pumpkin Soup last week, a very similar Donna Hay recipe (massive family favourite!). Our menu this week:
Sat: Chicken Casserole & Sweet Potato Mash
Sun: Chinese BBQ Pork & Fried Rice
Mon: Shepherd’s Pie
Tue: Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup
Wed: Curried Snags & Rice
Thur: Spag Bol
Fri: Hot Dogs (my 3yr old’s special request!)
Ooh Kylie, your meal plan for this week sounds delicious! They all sound like yummy warm winter night dinners.:)
OMG – I want to make everything on this Meal Plan. Looks sooo yum!
oh you should Susie, they are all so yummy.:)
Hi!
The warm lamb and cauliflower salad looks fantastic but the link to the full recipe doesn’t seem to work. Can you help as I’d love to try it out this weekend.
Thanks!
Love, love, love menu planning. It’s a fantastic opportunity for me to try out new recipes. I like to pick one new one each week to pop in amongst the old favourites. Keeps me sane and keeps things fresh. Keep up the great work.
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I agree Jen! I love your idea of putting one new meal in a week, what a fantastic idea.:)
Hi Katrina
Thanks for sharing the warm lamb & cauliflower salad. I made it last night, it was very tasty and it was liked by most! It caught my eye as it was something that I would not normally cook. It will now be added to the menu plan.
Ooh that is awesome, Angela! So happy to hear you all enjoyed it.:) It is very yummy and we too have it as a side dish a fair now too.:)