Mondays'

Well its Monday and the start of the week. When planning what to cook I always try to make my life as easy as possible. I've got the children till Thursday yeah.....So i've worked out a few simple dishes that won't take up much time and ensure the children have a balanced diet for the week.

This weeks menu will be:

Leek and potato soup for home lunch - Tuesday

Beef stew with mashed potato - Monday

Chicken and leek pie with vegetables - Tuesday

Turkey pasta (this one is a version of the 'Simple beef pasta' I posted last week) - Wednesday

Plum crumble (only £1 for the plums really cheap dessert) Monday & Tuesday

Breakfast time in the Mason household generally starts with panackes!! so thats breakfast out the way. For school lunch if they don't do home lunch I try to vary this as much as possible. Try making simple cold pasta salads or even cous cous salad. Really easy to make and take to school in a little plastic pot. You can put so much into these salads you'll be surprised how healthy they can be.

Todays recipe is 'Simple leek and potato soup'

Ingredients:

450g Potatoes skin on small diced
300g Leeks washed and cut in half then sliced
1 Onion diced
1 Clove garlic crushed
1 Vegetables stock cube
2 sprigs of lemon thyme (optional)
1.5 ltr hot water

Method:

•  Fry all ingredients except stock cube and lemon thyme, in pan with a little olive oil
• Cook until ingredients have softend a little
• Add the stock cube and a liitle salt and pepper to the pan and stir in
• Add the water bring to boil (at this point add the lemon thyme if using)
• Simmer for about 30 minutes and serve with warm crusty bread

Yummy.....