Holidays!

Going away can feel daunting as you often don't have the selection of food at the local supermarkets you would normally have.  Also, you may not be able to go to restaurants or get takeaways.  I have prepared this meal plan which we used for our Xmas break - it worked really well. I did do some meals and prep in advance which was a bit of extra work - but it was totally worth it! We ate like kings and didn't have to do too much cooking.  I have put our meal plan below with a list of ingredients you could take to give you some ideas for your own holiday.  This meal plan was for 4 adults and 2 toddlers.

	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Breakfast	XXXXXXXXXXX	Weetbix, toast, tea and hot chocolate	Weetbix, toast, tea and hot chocolate	Weetbix, toast, tea and hot chocolate	Weetbix, toast, tea and hot chocolate
Morning tea	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	Biscuits	Carrot cake*	Biscuits	Carrot cake*
Lunch	XXXXXXXXXXXX	Pumpkin salad*	BLAT’s	Scrambled eggs with salmon and asparagus	XXXXXXXXXX
Afternoon tea	Hummus and seaweed crackers	Pesto and sundried tomatoes on crostini	Hummus and seaweed crackers	Pesto and sundried tomatoes on crostini	XXXXXXXXXXXX
Dinner	Smoky beef stew* with greens	Hamburgers	Lamb stew* with greens	Eye fillet, potatoes, beans and broccoli	XXXXXXXXXXXX
Dessert	XXXXXXXXXXXX	Custard tarts	XXXXXXXXX	Custard tarts	XXXXXXXXXX

 
* = To make before:

Custard tarts– make pastry cases.

Smoky beef stew– freeze
Lamb stew – freeze
Pumpkin salad – make dressing and marinade and take up.
Carrot cake
Make lamb mince patties and freeze – use baking paper in between so they don’t stick

Dry ingredients

Weetbix

Bread (x4)
Peanut butter
Jam
Vegemite
Tea
Hot chocolate
Oat milk (x3)
Flour
Vanilla extract
Seaweed crackers (x2)
Hamburger buns (packet of 6)
Tomato sauce
Chocolate (x2)
Castor sugar
Pumpkin
Kumura
Macadamia nuts
Semi dried tomatoes
Crostini
Fruit sticks
Ginger nuts
Sparkling water
OJ
Cranberry juice

Cold ingredients

Eye fillet (for 4 adults)

Smoked salmon
Lisa’s Thai coriander dip
Bacon (x2) (BLAT, Pumpkin salad)
Soy milk
Soy yogurt
Olivani (x2)
Hummus (x2)
Asparagus
Broccoli
Potatoes (1 small bag)
Beans x2
Eggs (1 dozen)
Avocado (x3)
Tomatoes (x5) (BLAT, Hamburgers)
Lettuce (x2 bags) (BLAT, Hamburgers, pumpkin salad)
Grapes
Apples
Fruit for custard tarts

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