Meal Planner 5

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Pork Chops & Cabbage

This week’s meal planner features a real mix of recipes. Here in Adelaide the weather is very changeable – the early part of the week is going to be warm but then it will be much cooler as we head to the weekend.

So to that end I’ve chosen some recipes that need time in the oven (Marcus Wareing’s amazing pork chop recipe) as well as one that will work just as well on the BBQ as it will on the stove (Xinjiang lamb). There’s Mexican, Italian and Thai inspired dishes too.

And for a sweet treat … chocolate and pistachio brownies. No matter how hot it is where you are, I’m sure having the oven on for half an hour is doable.

As always, there’s a pretty version for on-screen, and a print friendly version (no background image).

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Pork Chops with Sage, Italian Style

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Despite putting together fun meal plans for Eating Adelaide, our own meal planning has been pretty shambolic of late. We are getting back on track, but a lot of our choices are being driven by how quick something will be to put on the table. The toddler seems to be in the process of dropping his nap (we’ve done well – he’s almost 3 and until the last couple of weeks has routinely been napping 2-3 hours a day!) and Andy has just started a new job.

So there’s not a lot of time for leisurely kitchen activities. Dinner needs to be of the “put in pan and serve” variety. And, of course, I have the sage plant …

A quick trawl through my delicious bookmarks threw up this simple recipe for pork chops, from The Goddess’s Kitchen, an English blog I’ve been following for ages. Maria doesn’t blog as frequently as she used to, and a lot of her posts are baking oriented (one of the reasons I started following in the first place) but this simple pork chop recipe hit the mark.

I served it with mash and a few steamed vegetables, and made a simple tweak to the sauce (I opened the cream for the mash, so I figured I might as well enrich the sauce at the same time!). It’s a great way of using some kitchen garden produce and jazzing up a very simple supper.

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Pork Chops with Sage, Italian Style

Ingredients

  • 2 pork loin chops
  • fresh sage leaves, to taste, but at least 3 per chop
  • 1 clove of garlic, crushed
  • generous splash of white wine
  • 1 tbsp cream

Instructions

  1. Add some oil or butter to a pan and cook the chops.
  2. When the chops are cooked, remove from the pan and set aside. If there is a lot of fat in the pan drain.
  3. Return the pan to a gentle heat and add the garlic and sage leaves. Season. Add the white wine and reduce a little before adding the cream.
  4. Cook for a few minutes, until the raw alcohol taste is cooked out and the sauce reduces further.
  5. Serve the pork chops dressed with the sauce.
https://eatingadelaide.com/pork-chops-sage-italian-style/

Meal Planner 4

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Punjabi Chicken Curry
 

Another Saturday morning and I hope you’re all busy thinking about what to eat for the week ahead and maybe what to bake this weekend!

I’ve got a busy food weekend ahead of me as plans are now well under way for the toddler’s third birthday party. This weekend will see one traybake being made (destined for the freezer) and a practice run on the birthday cake (which is going to be my first foray into cake decorating that’s not just slapping chocolate ganache all over a cake!).

This week’s sweet treat (a sour cream and chocolate cake) is VERY sweet. There are plenty of annotations in the recipe for those who might want to adjust things as they go!

The meal planner (print friendly – image free) kicks off in true meat-free Monday style with one of my favourite things to eat: falafels. There’s also an easy chicken curry, hot smoked salmon with soba noodles, Japanese style, and simple beef and pork dishes.

Each week in the meal planner I aim to cover a range of proteins as well as styles of food so there’s bound to be at least one recipe which will work for your family.

The meal planner is published every Saturday morning, and if you subscribe to Eating Adelaide by email you’ll be sure not to miss one!