This week we've got one extra, my daughter's best friend from Finland, so that means extra baking and a Sunday Roast. I love having people to stay and this is our first visitor from Finland for a long time. We lived there 4 years ago, in fact our 4 year anniversary of moving to Ireland is coming up soon. Our visitor came loaded with Finnish chocolate, the best! She was mobbed on unpacking her suitcase. She also brought riisipiirakka (rice cakes) a speciality of the area in Finland where she comes from. They are delicious eaten with smoked salmon or hard-boiled eggs. I have attempted to make them a couple of times, but they are a nightmare. I will try again soon for this blog and photograph it to show how difficult it is. She also brought Finnish vodka and an Estonian coffee liqueur, yum. Cold winter evenings by the fire will be brightened up no end with those.
So here is this weeks' menu and I have actually kept receipts, which I will add.
- Saturday: Lunch: leftover fishcakes, food from the cupboard/fridge
- Dinner: Chilli Spaghetti with salad and garlic baked wraps
- Sunday: Lunch: Leftover pasta
- Dinner: Roast Chicken, steamed leeks, mashed swede, roast potatoes and parsnips and rice pudding (made in the slow cooker) with stewed plums and vanilla
- Monday: Leftover vegetarian curry from last week and chicken curry, samosas (frozen, bought from an ethnic shop), basmati rice and poppadoms.
- Tuesday: Leek, Potato and Carrot bake (Frugal Cooking - Delia Smith)
- Wednesday: Pork Meatballs with tomato sauce, pasta and cabbage. (improvised)
- Thursday: Baked Potatoes with garlic mushrooms and leek and bacon creamy sauce.
- Friday: Homemade Pizza.
Also spelt buns, chocolate brownies and banana loaf.
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