One of the difficulties that homecooks face is the invariable, daily decision-making that might sound more or less like this: ‘Groan, what am I gonna make for dinner tonight?’ I don’t mind cooking everyday, but sometimes it’s hard to come up with ideas and I end up in a dinner-rut. (You don’t? Who cooks your dinner?) So I’ve pulled some recipes from the web, in the hopes that some of them might inspire you to try something a little different, or just to eliminate having to decide what to cook. There are 5 options each for meatlovers and for veggielovers. I plan to do this each Friday, which allows you to shop during the weekend for the following week. I hope you’ll find the selections useful and inspiring. Enjoy!
Meals for Meatatarians
Jamie’s Beef and Noodle Stirfry
Jamie Oliver’s Beef and Vegetable Noodle Stir Fry
Chicken Parimigiana, an Aussie Pub Classic
Martha Stewart’s Beef Stroganoff
Nigella’s ‘Toad-in-the-Hole’, an English Classic
Meals for Vegetarians
Jamie’s Linguine with Tomatoes and Capers
Jamie Oliver’s Linguine with Tomatoes and Capers
Kylie Kwong’s Vegetable Sung Choi Pao
(Source: jamieoliver.com)
March 18, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Hi all, the Jamie Oliver Beef and Noodle link is not working, I’ll have it fixed asap. Thanks for your patience!
Jo
March 18, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Hi again, the link’s fixed! Jo
March 18, 2011 at 4:37 pm
Definatly know the feeling of dinner-rut. Really hard when you are trying to plan a whole week of meals. Love some of these ideas, might try toad-in-a-hole tonight. Totally stumped about dinner tonight.
March 18, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Hope you guys enjoy the Toad!
March 19, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Hi Jo, what would you use as a vegetarian substitute for the oyster sauce in Kylie Kwong’s recipe, or could I just leave it out?
🙂
March 19, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Hi! Sorry, I should’ve vetted the vego recipes a little better-my bad! Add a little more soy sauce (making it 1.5 tablespoon in total) and another 1/2 tsp of sugar, as oyster sauce is a little sweet.
I’m stoked that you’re going to try this recipe! Hope you enjoy it. x