Hi guys, welcome back to my channel, and to a Get it All Done video. Today, I have so
much to try and get done, but I'm starting out the video with a grocery haul. Earlier
on in the week, we had a food delivery, so I thought I would show you everything that
we've ordered, and then I also wanted to show you a few of the finished meals once I've
made them. So I've been filming that throughout the week, because I'm aware that sometimes
I'll be like, "This is the meal plan. This is all the food and ingredients," but then
you don't actually get to see how it looks, so hopefully, you'll find that interesting.
Then I'm also getting my hair done today, so I might take you with me for that, and
I also need to do some cleaning, like taking down the Halloween decor, and organizing a
few things, and maybe even organizing my wardrobe, but I'll see how time is, and then I'm also
going to show you how I'm making tonight's dinner. So hopefully, you'll find it interesting.
If you're news my channel, I post quite a few videos like this. So if you're not subscribed,
I would love you to hit the red button below, and with all that said, let's get into the
grocery haul. So first off, I wanted to show you our meal
plan for the week. Sorry about how dark it is in the kitchen, I hope you can see this,
but on Saturday and Sunday night, I'm making a big Halloumi curry. It's so delicious, so
I'm going to make a big one and have it for two nights. Then on Monday, we're having chicken
and mushroom crumble. On Tuesday, we're having a veggie spaghetti and meatballs. Wednesday,
we're having a chicken pesto with mozzarella, and then Thursday, we're having quesadillas,
and Friday, we're having chicken burgers. So our food delivery for this week has just
arrived, so I thought I would show you all of the groceries that we got. Excuse the laundry
over there, I will be doing that after this, but this week, I was really struggling to
think what to make. So when I am struggling for inspiration, I go through our HelloFresh
folder. I've got a folder with all the menu cards that we've ever had, and I've got a
few favorites. I have worked with HelloFresh before, but this isn't part of the paid partnership.
I used them before I worked with them, and I'll use them after I work with them, so I
just really like them. So, and obviously, I just wanted to show you how I do it sometimes.
So these are all the meals grouped together, but I also got some bits for breakfast. We
needed some bread, got some more cinnamon rolls, got a few more yogurts. We actually
still have some, but I wanted a few more for school. Also got about six apples, these are
the Gala ones, some grapefruit, and some eggs, and a cucumber as well, just to have as raw
veggies. And then this is the first meal, so this is the Halloumi curry that we're having
on the weekend, so I'm going to make enough for eight people, and then we can have that
for two nights. It's so delicious. It's definitely not the most calorie-friendly meal, but it's
really, really good. So we got some naan bread that we can just
put into the oven. We got the Halloumi that we need to make a big batch. There's also
sweet potato in it, onion, red lentils, the Korma paste pots, [inaudible 00:03:07], and
we got mango chutney as well to put on top, and some spring onion as well. So yeah, I'll
link all these rescues down below if you want to try them, but Jackson in particular, and
he loves curry. We do as well, but he just really loves this type of food.
So that is the weekend, and then this is the recipe for the chicken and mushroom crumble.
This is really my kind of food. I just love this comfort food. So we've got chicken fillets,
mushrooms, crème fraîche, some breadcrumbs, a chicken stock, and some leeks, and you basically
put all that together in a big tray and then cook it, serve it on rice, and it's really
delicious. And we're also having quesadillas one night.
They are such a big favorite in this house, I've been making them forever. I love that
you can make them really quickly on a night when the kids have clubs, and they're also
quite healthy and delicious. So a simple version is just with refried beans and grated mozzarella
in a wrap, but we've got this slightly fancier version with a few more beans, and some spices
and stuff, so I'm going to make that this week.
Then one night, we're also having veggie spaghetti and meatballs. I really like this meal. We're
using Linda McCartney vegetarian meatballs, and we've actually got one of these in the
fridge or freezer already, so I just needed one more. I also need more spaghetti, got
an onion, a pepper, some tomato paste, garlic paste, stock cube, and Passata, and then some
Parmesan to go on top, but it's really delicious. I don't think you'd know it's veggie as well,
so we`re having that. And then one night, we're also having chicken
and pesto. So, we've actually got some chicken in the freezer, so I'm going to get it out,
and then you basically just flatten the chicken, stuff it with pesto and mozzarella, and I've
got cocktail sticks to hold it together. And then we serve it with potatoes, or chips or
something, but it's really delicious, so I'll link that recipe down below.
I also got some more laundry in scent boosters. I got some Coca-Cola lollies, because we're
having friends over on Sunday for lunch, so not for dinner, but they're bringing kids,
and I just thought that'd be nice for everyone to have. I got some more of these Belvita
biscuits for snacks at school, I got some brioche buns because we have some frozen chicken
burgers in the fridge, and the kids really like them, so we're going to have them one
night. And then I also got some crisps, so just the Baked Crinklys, and the Barbecue
Hula Hoops. So it's not a massive shop, but I feel like we have quite a few lunch things
and breakfast things, so really, all I needed to get was the dinners. So yeah, that's that.
Okay, so now that all of the food is put away, I'm going to take down our Halloween decorations.
We had such a good Halloween this year, the boys loved trick or treating. It was Jackson's
first proper time ever trick or treating, because obviously, before lockdown, he barely
remembers ever doing it, so he had the most fun. But I'm going to take all of these down,
box it all up, so we can have it all out again next year, and then we can start getting our
Christmas decorations out. I think as soon as it's November, it is completely acceptable
to get your Christmas decor out, and I just cannot wait. So I'm definitely going to save
all of the bats on the walls, and the witch hats and everything that you're seeing, and
just clean everything up.
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Okay, so now that is all done, I'm going to go and have some me time and get my hair done.
I tend to see my hairdresser every 10 weeks or so, and I actually got Matt to come home
and have [Kiki 00:07:58] for the time that I was out. I just didn't want her to be on
her own, but anyway, now that I'm back home, I'm going to have a salad for lunch. I haven't
been amazing with my eating lately. Ever since my surgery, when I had to stop working out,
I got into a few bad habits, so I'm really trying to get back on it, so I'm going to
have a salad for lunch this week. So I'm just having some tomato, I'm also going
to cut up some pepper, I've got some Italian lettuce, and then I'm also going to have some
tuna, and an egg as well, and I actually hard boil my eggs in the air fryer. It's the simplest
way to do it. You literally just stick the eggs into the air fryer, and put it on for
nine to 10 minutes, and it's really delicious. And then I've also made a homemade salad dressing,
so I'll show you how I do that. I just made up a dressing. I have this really
clever little dressing bottle. So there's all different types of dressings that you
can make, and it tells you how much of each thing to put in it. So I've made a balsamic
vinegar today, so what goes into that is obviously olive oil, Balsamic vinegar. It says white
wine vinegar, but I only had red wine vinegar, so I used that. Salt and pepper, and then
some Dijon mustard as well, and you just shake it all up, and you have yourself a lovely
dressing. Okay, so I'm going to have that for lunch,
and I actually just took out my Invisalign. I haven't told you guys, but literally yesterday,
I got some Invisalign fitted, and I'm doing the trays. It's probably going to take about
nine months to get my teeth perfectly straight. I know they look straight in the videos, but
over the past few years, they've really shifted, and my front teeth especially are very, very
tight. I can't even get floss between them, and I was getting some buildup, so I spoke
to my dentist and she was like, "You could straighten them a bit and it won't actually
take that long, because they're not that bad." So, and I thought, "What's nine months like?
A whole year just whizzes past, so I might as well just go for it." So I've got to wear
it for 22 hours a day, so I've just taken them out because obviously, I'm going to eat,
and then I'll just put them straight back in.
Kiki, Kiki... Let me see. She follows me around everywhere. You're such a cutie. But yeah,
I feel like this week I've got quite a few personal appointments, because obviously today,
I had my hair done, and yesterday I went to the dentist, I'm also having my lashes and
nails done this week, and I started having hair laser removal. It's my fourth session
that I'm going to this week, and I actually started having it because I shared on my channel
that I epilate my legs and someone was like, "You should just get laser hair removal."
And I always thought that you couldn't if you had blonde hair, but apparently, the lasers
nowadays are so good, because my hair is dark blonde on my body, but apparently, you can
even do that now. So I'll let you know if it even works. You
have to have eight sessions, like one session every six weeks, so we'll see if it's any
good. But yeah, anyway, I'm now going to eat my lunch. You like the smell of it, don't
you? And then hopefully do some tidying up. Kiki is a bit distracting, aren't you? Because
I keep taking her into the garden, and obviously you want to play with her when you go in the
garden, don't you? But yeah, should we eat? [inaudible 00:11:23].
So I've got my Invisalign in now, so you might be able to hear that I've got a bit of a funny
lisp when they're in, but I've just put it in. I brushed my teeth after lunch, put them
back in, but I haven't been getting loads done because of this little lady over here.
We're just playing outside. I feel really bad, but at the boys' school today, you can
come in and look at their work, so I will have to be out of the house for like 30 minutes,
40 minutes. So I'm going to leave her on her own, and we haven't really left her much,
so I feel really guilty. So I kind of want to run her around the garden
so that when I go, she does have a little bit of a nap. I know we can leave her for
short amounts of time, but it feels so weird because she's still like a two month old baby.
So we do put her in her crate because she's very safe in there, she can't hurt herself.
So I think I'm going to do that, but I think I'll just run her ragged in the garden, so
I don't worry too much about her. She can just have a little rest. Rest. A rest.
Ready, Kiki? Go get it. Sit. Sit. Kiki, sit. Sit. Kiki, sit. Can you
sit? Good girl. Good girl. You ready, Kiki?
Okay, so now I've been off to school, I've seen the kids' work, and Kiki was totally
fine. She had a little sleep, but now that I'm back, I'm going to get on with dinner.
So the two little ones are having quesadillas, which is just the refried beans, mozzarella
in a wrap, and then I fry it in a frying pan, and I've just got some raw veggies on the
side. This is the quickest dinner. It takes literally 10 minutes to make. And then me,
Matt, and [Fraser 00:13:44] are going to have a chicken pie, because the chicken pie I'm
making, it's quite mustardy and there's mushrooms in it. The little ones don't love it, so I've
just given them the quesadillas, and then we're going to have a bit of a gravy dinner.
I know so many people say that you should make one dinner for your whole family, and
that is it, but sometimes it's not realistic, because I do actually want everyone to eat
and I do want everyone to sleep better. So we're doing it this way, judge me if you want
to, I don't mind. Anyway, I'm making the 30 minute Jamie Oliver
chicken and mushroom pie. It's one of my favorites, I make it all the time. You may have even
seen it on this channel before, but I like that it's really simple, it's pretty healthy,
and it's very tasty. So all you need is some chicken breasts and some mustard, a ready
roll puff pastry, some mushrooms, spring onions, and chicken or vegetable stock as well. So
all you do is literally fry the cut up chicken in the frying pan for a few minutes. And then
I didn't mention, I'm also making some roast potatoes, so I literally just boiled them
for a little bit, and now I've stuck them into the oven, so we're going to have it with
roast potatoes and green beans as well. Then I'm going to chop up an entire bunch
of spring onion, and also some mushrooms as well. I get the pre-sliced mushrooms just
to make life easier, but I've washed them, and then I am going to cut them up a tiny
bit more for Fraser, and then add that to the frying pan and just let that soften with
the chicken. So basically, once you put the chicken and everything into the pie tray,
it's pretty much all cooked, so I guess that's why it makes it a 30 minute meal. It's that
bit quicker. So while that is in the pan, I'm going to
make up some stock. You can either do chicken stock or vegetable stock. I made way too much,
you only 300 mL, so I ended up putting some down the drain. Anyway, then I'm also going
to add in a tablespoon of plain flour. This really helps to thicken up the sauce in the
pie. Mix that around, and then I'm going to add in the mustard. I feel like this is the
secret ingredient, and I tend to double the amount that the recipe says because I really
like the flavor to be a bit more spicy, a bit more mustardy. And then you also add in
a tablespoon of crème fraîche, give all of that a mix, and then you add in your stock
and then a little bit of thyme, and also a tiny bit of nutmeg as well. You can add fresh
thyme if you want to, or if you have it, I just used the dry stuff because I've always
kind of got that to hand, and then you let that simmer for about 10 minutes, and that
is your pie filling completely done. Then all that's left to do is add it to a
pie tray, and then you can add your ready roll puff pastry on top. For my puff pastry,
I tend to score it, just to give it a bit of texture. So I just literally do a check
pattern, but you definitely don't have to, and then you just stick that on top of all
of the filling. I made a bit of a mess, but I honestly don't think you can get this wrong,
just chuck it on top. And then I tend to pull in all of the sides, just so it has a nice
like crispy crust to it, and then if there's any off cuts, I tend to make a little something
on top. So I'm doing a heart today, but sometimes I'll write the word "pie," or initials, or
you can literally do anything. Then I'm also doing a bit of an egg wash.
This just makes the pastry look nice and shiny, and a bit more appealing, but you also don't
actually have to do this because if you ever make a pie with puff pastry, it is actually
vegan, but obviously, if you add an egg wash or if it's a chicken pie type thing, obviously
it's not, but we do make this recipe with corn pieces and it turns out really, really
well, so that's an option if you are vegan. So, but anyway, then you put it into the oven
for 20 minutes, and it comes out like this. So I'm just going to serve it with the roast
potatoes and green beans, as I said, and also, we do put gravy on top. Matt loves gravy as
well, but that is pretty much it for today's video. I really hope you enjoyed it. I hope
it gave you some foodie inspiration, and you found it interesting, and you enjoyed seeing
Kiki. Let me know WHAT you think in the comments below, and I'll see you in my next one. Bye,
guys.