Another Monday, another weekly meal plan in retrospect!
Couscous, 2x- one with chicken, courgette, onion and chickpeas, the other with mixed vegetables and lamb
Pearl barley and chickpea soup, 2x- one time with boiled egg sandwiches, the other time with kafteji (see below). We butchered some pigeons that were used for this soup. Absolutely delicious. It's not very different from organic chicken, just a lot smaller! The 2nd batch was without the birds though, as it was just enough for one meal.
Kafteji, 2x- this is a Tunisian kind of fast food, but I made it at home. It's grilled tomatoes and hot peppers with egg and fried potatoes or fries, in a sandwich. We had it once with homemade mlawi (layered flatbread) and the next time stuffed in a sandwich when we finished the rest of our soup
Roz Djerbi with oven baked chicken wings and salad (which is a steamed rice dish, but I made it with orzo pasta instead of rice)
This week things went a bit more smoothly and less chaotic, fortunately! Could have been a bit less meat dense, but that's OK. There are many other weeks in which we barely have any meat.
Yum, all of that sounds delicious. We used chickpeas in our meals last week too. They are so versatile.
ReplyDeleteChickpeas are one of my favorite legumes! We have them at least once a week. The only con is the long cooking time, but that's why I usually batch cook and freeze.
DeleteSounds like some interesting recipes and eating this week. I like the sound of the Kafteji. We actually visited Tunisia once on a cruise. It was a fascinating place.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely a beautiful country to live in. We live in the central region, which is quite different from the north, where most tourists come. The best way to describe our surroundings is like the miniature version of Arizona 😄
DeleteTunisian cuisine has a lot of Turkish influence- the word kafteji derived from the Turkish word "köftecı", which means ground meat (which is a bit funny because the meal doesn't include any of that). I will definitely check out your blog.
They all sound delicious. Couscous with lamb is my favorite. 😊
ReplyDeleteIt's my favourite too! We're close to running out of lamb, so it will appear more sparingly on our menu from now on, more like once a month. Meat has become so ridiculously expensive lately.
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