Am so looking forward to a couple of quiet days! It would be even better if Mark were on days off but he's only off on Sunday (I think)
My eldest and his partner are coming over on Sunday afternoon, hopefully for dinner, so we'll probably fire up the barbeque. I got some premium mince yesterday so I'm about to go make some herb hamburgers for the barbie, and the left-over mince I'll use to make meatballs ahead of time so we can have spag and meatballs through the week sometime. I got some gorgeous tomatoes at a great price so I'll make a nice Italian sauce to go with them, (with some yummy fresh basil from the garden) Pop in the freezer then away you go for a quick scrummy meal next week.
Cooking day tomorrow to fill the freezer - it doesn't stay full very often around here! As usual we have an abundance of eggs so I'll be able to use a heap up and send the kids home with some.
I've been concerned about the amount of food wastage that has happened here lately. I don't know why it's suddenly happening- perhaps everyone is going through a "not-hungry" phase. Anyway I'm making a concentrated effort to make sure left-overs are used up so today we had wraps for lunch. Rye wraps with cos lettuce, grated carrot and cheese, sliced mushrooms, avacado, tomato, dressing and the marinaded chicken (sliced thinly - yum) we had yesterday for dinner. Normally I'd leave the chicken in the fridge in case anyone wanted a bit later on and then it would be forgotten.
I know eveyone has "lurkers" in their fridge, lol, but I'm really trying to cut down on that. I really hate seeing good food thrown out.
Off to make the burgers and meatballs. As well as a delizioso sauce to go with the meatballs!
Ciao. :)
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