January Week 3

  Sunday

Lunch:  Leftovers

Dinner: Chicken Viet wrap

Monday

Lunch: (C eats letftover fried rice for lunch, fruits and custard donut for snack) Budapest cafe

Dinner: (WRAP WONTONS FOR TONIGHT) https://seonkyounglongest.com/wonton-noodle-soup/

Prawn wontons

9 uncooked medium-sized prawns (about 300g)

2 tbsp finely sliced spring onion

1½ tsp finely diced ginger

1 tsp shao hsing wine or dry sherry

1 tsp light soy sauce

¼ tsp white sugar

¼ tsp sesame oil

16 fresh wonton wrappers, about 7cm square

For the Wontons (Makes 34 to 36 wontons)

• 1/2 lb peeled and deveined shrimp, finely chopped
• 1/2 lb ground pork or ground chicken
• 1 tbsp shaoxing wine or dried sherry
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
• 2 tsp grated garlic (approximately 3 cloves)
• 2 tsp grated ginger
• 2 to 3 green onions, finely chopped
• 1/4 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 34 to 36 square wonton wrappers

For the Noodle Soup (Makes 2 servings)

• 4 large slices ginger
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 green onions
• 1 dried shiitake mushroom
• 5 cups chicken stock
• 2 tsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp fish sauce
• 2 to 4 heads bok choy or 4 oz of any veggies you like
• 2 portions egg noodles

Tuesday

Lunch:  Salmon bagel and egg sandwich

Dinner: Chicken and spinach lasagne

Serves 8 (half it to eat twice)

500g spinach

1 tbsp oil

1kg minced chicken

1 garlic clove crushed

3 bacon slices chopped

425g tin chopped tomatoes

125g/ 1/2cup tomato paste

125ml/ 1/2 cup tomato passata

 125ml/ 1/2 cup chicken stock

60g butter

40g / 1/3 cup flour

625ml / 2 1/2 cup milk

12 sheets instant lasagne

250g/ 2 cups grated cheddar

Preheat 180C, boil spinach, drain. Heat oil. Add chicken, garlic and bacon. Cook 5 mins until browned. Stir in tomato stuff and stock. Boil. Simmer 10 mins open until sauce thicken.Season w salt and pepper.

Melt butter, add flour, stir 1 min till lightly golden and smooth. Remove from heat, gradually stir in milk. Return to heat, stir for 4 mins until sauce boils and thickens. Remove. Stir in half cheese.

Brush baking dish with some oil. Put 1/4 mince, 4 sheets, 1/3 cheese sauce, mince, all spinach, lasagne, cheese sauce, remaining chicken mince, lasagne, cheese sauce then grated cheese.

Bake for 45 mins. 

Wednesday

Lunch: Westfield.

Dinner:  Airfryer honey mustard salmon, w wonton mee, soup. Make sleeve out of foil. 8 mins. 350F. 

Thursday

Lunch:  Lasagne leftover + curry puffs

Dinner: Gr'lled

Friday

Lunch: Kimchi tofu soup,  cook soba, and slice cucumber into matchsticks and serve w sesame seeds and hard boiled egg and spoon of gochuj on top.

Dinner: Taco burritos

https://feelgoodfoodie.net/recipe/ground-beef-taco-burritos/ (Make little bit of quinoa like that day as filling)

Taco stuffing

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 450g lean ground beef
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup prepared salsa/chopped tomatoes
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin

Burritos Assembly

• Cooking spray
• 6 flour tortillas
• Shredded Mexican cheese blend
• Brown rice/ make some quinoa w passata/chopped tomatoes and cilantro!
• Cabbage
• Diced tomatoes
• Red onions

Instructions

Taco stuffing

• In a large skillet, heat the olive oil, then add ground beef, season with salt and pepper and cook and crumble until completely browned. Drain any grease.
• Add salsa, chili powder, garlic powder, and cumin and stir to combine until fragrant. Transfer the taco stuffing to a dish.

Burritos Assembly

• Lay one tortilla on a flat surface, then layer with cheese, then brown rice, taco stuffing, cabbage, tomatoes and red onions. Add on more layer of shredded cheese on top.
• Starting at that end, roll the tortilla up, folding in the sides.
• Use the same large skillet used to cook the taco stuffing and spray with cooking spray. Place the burrito on the skillet with the seam side down. Gently turn the burrito to the other side after 2 minutes and continue to turn until it is golden and crispy on all sides.
• Repeat with the remaining tortillas. Serve warm with guacamole, salsa and sour cream, if desired.

Saturday

Lunch: Aunt sue 

Dinner: Asian pancakes (sweet p, cabbage, tofu, corn and beef) 

Minced pork	1 pack
Prawns	About 250g	Wontons
Wonton wrapper	1	Try get the whiter one
Fresh garlic	?	I wanna dice myself
Ginger	1	Wontons
Bokchoy/ choysum	1	Wonton soup
Fresh Egg noodle (thin)	1	Wonton soup
Minced beef	1	For taco burritos
Cucumber	1	Bibimbap and naengmyeon
Salmon	1 pack
Salad	1 pack
Chicken mince	500g
Spinach	1 small pack
Chopped tomatoes	1 tin
Passata	1 jar
Red onion	1	Taco burritos
Naengmyeon stock	1
Tomatoes	2	For burrito, and for stirfry