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Week 1 Menu

This is a build-up confidence week and a time to make some stuff you won't actually use for a week or so, but which needs time for flavours to develop.  And I hope it's a varied set of meals.

Menu

Saturday   shopping and preparation day

Lunch      ploughman's platter

Dinner     cheese flan, new potatoes, tomato salad
               chocolate cup cake

Sunday     

lunch      pork chop, apple sauce, stir fry veg
              apple pie and cream/ custard

tea         baguette pizzas, salad (if you're feeling virtuous)

Monday

lunch      vegetable soup and crusty bread

dinner     cheese and onion pasty, salads
              alcoholic bananas

Tuesday

lunch     bread and butter pickle, bread, cheese

dinner    new potatoe salad, smoked mackerel, green salad 
             the rest of the bananas

Wednesday

lunch     soup, pate, bread and butter

dinner    selection of salads (you are getting different ones every day)

Thursday        day off!  Go to your Mum's

Friday

lunch      soup etc

dinner    baked potato, ham, egg and cheese salad  
              fresh fruit with cream/custard

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