A Week with Jamie

I have been a bit bad in blogging recently. I knew I hadn't blogged for a while but was amazed to discover my last one was in July!! Big oops!!!

Now that all the important worldwide sporting events are finished I should be able to get back into blogging more regularly, hehe!

A while ago I set myself a funny little challenge to give myself something to look forward to in my cooking for the week. While I was doing my menu plan I decided to cook pork belly on Sunday night. I have discovered a really nice recipe that I have cooked a few times by Jamie Oliver (B loves pork belly!!). Then when I was planning Monday night's dinner I wanted to use Jamie Oliver's 30 Minute Meals book. I purchased this book a while ago and was yet to cook anything from it. After this I realised that I had two nights of Jamie Oliver recipes so thought I would carry it on for the whole week.

So here is how our week panned out:

Sunday: Pork Belly with Roast Vegetables
(I did take a photo but for some reason is won't upload properly)

(Meat-Free) Monday: Cauliflower Curry

Tuesday: Pasta Putanesca

Wednesday: Leftover pasta (I work on Wednesdays so don't have time to cook when I get home)

Thursday: Beef Stew - was a bit ordinary and wouldn't cook it again

Friday: Leftover beef stew (again a work day)

Saturday: Chicken Nuggets (saw Jamie cook these on Oprah years ago and only every have these nuggets)

Well that was my week with Jamie. It started a bit by accident and I found that when I was in it that it added a bit of interest to my cooking for the week. I do enjoy cooking and trying new recipes although sometimes the whole cooking thing gets a bit boring, especially if B is going through a fussy period with his food. This was a way to add a bit of fun to the cooking for a week. I will have to try this with some of my other favourites. A good way to make sure I use my cookbooks too!! After seeing Maggie Beer recently and having purchased verjuice I think she may be my next challenge.

I would love to hear how you make life interesting when cooking - especially for kids.