January recipe list [cookbook challenge]

[tielan]

January is going to be marked by several things:

• B1 (housemate) is going to be away in the coming week
• weather is cooler than usual, not quite so hot
• high likelihood of being asked to change diet following coronary calcium scoring
• garden is pumping out leaves (rocket, silverbeet, spinach) and various vegies (onions, could probably get tomatoes) plus eggs from the chooks
• limited trips out to the shop because of increased COVID cases
• leftovers from Christmas/New Year: cheese, antipasto, sour cream
• freezer remains: filo pastry, shortcrust pastry, a whole duck, assorted frozen fruit, breadcrumbs
• preserves: pickles, olives, jams & fruits that need eating

Some thoughts:
- buy a whole raw chicken and boil to make stock and chicken meat (freeze breast meat)
- make small pastries/pasties in filo/shortbread and freeze them for a quick meal
- salads, salads, salads!
- from garden: rocket, lettuces, parsley, pea sprouts, spinach/silverbeets/salad leaves, tomatoes (sometimes), onions, shallots (onions), basil
- from pantry: lentils (black, yellow), butter beans, buckwheat, chickpeas, black beans, split peas(?), rice, pasta

Recipe book: Donna Hay - The Instant Cook

three baked beans p 150
have: onions, garlic, butter beans, borlotti beans, white beans
don't have: oregano, tomato puree

lime and coconut chicken rice p64
have: rice, lettuce leaves, coconut milk, lime juice, fish sauce, mint
don't have: chicken

shredded chicken & celery salad p42
have: celery, flat parsley, mayo, lemon juice, lettuce leaves
don't have: chicken,

roasted proscuitto and bocconcini p46
have: proscuitto, bread, rocket, tomatoes (some), basil
don't have: bocconcini

caramelised pear and rocket salad p44
have: rocket, blue cheese
don't have: brown pears, walnuts

tomato basil, and olive salad p42
have: homemade olives, basil , rocket,tomatoes, rewine vinega, olive oil, bread crumbs
don't have: bocconcini

unamascreative's 'Our Chicken' roll, instagram
don't have: chicken

spinach pie p150
have: spinach, eggs, cheese, tomatoes (maybe)

pumpkin onion, blue cheese frittata p150
have: onions, pumpkin, thyme, eggs, blue cheese
don't have: milk (can substitute cream) (no pumpkin anymore)

caramelised lime prawns p134
have: prawns, green onions, lime juice, rocket, avocados
don't have: coriander

corn fritters p20 - Marie Claire: Comfort
have: corn, eggs, green onions
don't have: milk (sub cream), capsicum, coriander

To buy: chicken, coriander, bocconcini, pears, avocado

Comments

[colls]

Look at you go!!

This week, I'm re-making Orange Glazed meatballs with bok choy and carrots from a recipe I got in a meal kit last month that was delicious. This time with some substitutions for things I don't have in my pantry (like Ponzu sauce will be Korean BBQ sauce, etc). I don't think it counts for the cookbook challenge as it's not new? IDK.
Also, it's not the most healthy (sodium much?) as prepared. I'm doubling all the veggies. Mostly for convenience as I have double portions of them from my grocery pickup - LOL

Speaking of which, I have to plan my meals around my shopping and don't really pop into a store for missing ingredients anymore due to the pandemic. So I only committed to one a month.


But... I love going through cookbooks and recipes. It truly is like a fandom and I feel it fits in nicely on DW. ;)