Meals of the Week, October 12th - 18th, 2025

 

Hi everyone and welcome to my Sunday Meals of the Week post! The one where I share all of the deliciousness that I have enjoyed as my main meals over the past seven days. I include recipe links and menu suggestions as well.

This week started off with a Thanksgiving Dinner, so I had leftovers to use up in an inventive a way as possible. I also enjoyed a meal out with  my father midweek, so I have included a "like" recipe for that occasion, so that you could cook it for yourself if you wanted to! 

I have been blogging here in The English Kitchen since 2009. I had another blog that I used to share my recipes on that I had been writing for years. I also included my everyday thoughts about life etc. on that one, but I decided in 2009 that I wanted to have a blog that was only food and cooking related. That is when The English Kitchen was born.   I was still working and cooking at the Manor then!

A lot has changed since this blog began. I am now living on my own and back in Canada, these past five years.  I am no stranger to change, having dealt with many changes and challenges through the years. I have gone from cooking for a family of 7 people down to cooking for just myself.

As a result, most of the newer recipes I am posting these days are small batch recipes to suit my needs. They can always be doubled in any case.

Cooking for one has probably been the largest challenge for me I have to say, but I think I have done well with it so far. I don't ever want to be the person who exists wholly on ready meals and takeaways. That is okay once in a blue moon, but those types of meals are not very healthy for you to be honest. 

I usually enjoy my main meal at noon, unless I am entertaining or eating at somebody else's place.  I will have a protein shake for breakfast and then for supper I will either have some toast, or a salad, maybe a sandwich, or sometimes a bowl of cereal or some yogurt and granola. I try not to eat heavy meals and things later in the day! (Ahh the joys of getting older!)

I also try to keep things simple and within the budget of a senior who is living on a fixed income, with the least amount of waste possible. If I do happen to eat out I will try to share a similar recipe with you here.  And with all that being said, here we go, my meals of the week for the past seven days! 

 

SUNDAY, October 12th - Thanksgiving Dinner at my Sister's place

Sunday was our Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner at my sister's place.  We had the usual Roast Turkey, with gravy, My mother's Potato and Bread Stuffing, Sweet Potatoes, Squash, mashed potatoes and Broccoli.  For dessert we had Mom's Apple Pie.

This was delicious and of course the best part was spending the time with my family.  I came home with some leftovers to enjoy as well! It is also nice that we still use mom's recipes to make many of our favorite sides.  It's like she is still with us.

When I lived in the U.K. I always celebrated Thanksgiving in November as the Americans do as it was much easier to get a turkey then. I felt that it just got the Holiday Season off to a good start, but when amongst the Roman's you do what the Roman's do! 

MONDAY, October 13th - Cider Glazed Chicken Thighs

I had some chicken thighs in the refrigerator that had previously been frozen and so I needed to use them up pronto.  I made Cider Glazed Chicken Thighs. Tender and juicy, chicken thighs are seasoned and browned and then simmered in a lush Apple Cider Glaze.

I served this with some rice and steamed veggies on the side. This was a really delicious meal that I really enjoyed! The chicken was juicy and tender and that sauce was amazing.

TUESDAY, October 14th - Honey-Mustard, Ham, Potato and Egg Bake

I used up some of the ham on Tuesday to make myself a simple supper. Honey-Mustard, Ham, Potato and Egg Bake. A bit of a breakfast for dinner make. I love breakfast for dinner!

This involved frying up some ham and onions, adding some honey mustard to them.  Frying some fresh potatoes, and again adding a bit of honey mustard.  Mixing the two together. Making a couple divots in the middle, dropping an egg into each hollow and then baking to crispy potato, runny egg perfection. Of course you can bake the eggs to your desired doneness. You can also double this to make more servings very easily.

I enjoyed this with some salad and a cheeky slice of toast on the side. You just have to have toast to dip into the eggs don't you! This was fabulously simple and delicious!

WEDNESDAY, October 15th - Dinner out with Dad

On Wednesday my sister and I went out for dinner with my father to a local place called The Big Scoop. We don't want him driving himself and he will go regardless. Sometimes we just drop him off but this time we stayed and had dinner as well. They had a Fish & Chips special on. Two pieces of deep fried haddock with chips and coleslaw for $14.99. How could we resist. We love fish and chips in our family. It is our dinner out of choice most of the time!  As you can see it was very good. All four of us had them. I could only manage to eat one piece of the fish and a few chips. I brought the rest home for my next-door neighbor. We all enjoyed it very much.

In it's place I am sharing my own recipe for Beer Battered Fish.  This is how I learned to do them in the U.K. A lovely crisp beer batter and perfectly cooked fish. You can't go wrong. Is such a great recipe that Canadian Hello Magazine used it along with a few other of my recipes one year in an article based on British Food. Yes, I was honored.

THURSDAY, October 16th - Turkey & Ham Pie

I am about turkey and hammed out. I decided to use the rest of what I had in a recipe that I knew I would be unable to resist and that freezes well. The original recipe is for a Chicken and Ham Pie, but I adapted it to use leftover cooked Turkey. 

What you have here is three layers of flaky pastry with a layer of ham filling on the bottom and chicken filling on the top. The pastry goes on the top, bottom and in-between the ham and chicken fillings.  Or in this case turkey. It is a quick and very simple pie o make and it is delicious!

I enjoyed some of this with some steamed veggies. I shared some with my next-door neighbor and then I froze the rest of it in single serving slices to enjoy at another time.  It never hurts to have something like this in the freezer that you can haul out when you just don't feel like cooking.

FRIDAY, October 17th - Parmesan Chicken

I had chicken again. Because it had been previously frozen and needed using up.  I had bought some meat in an online pack and when it came it had all been previously frozen so I couldn't refreeze it and had to cook it.  I think it was frozen when they sent it, but it had thawed by the time I got it, so I ended up having to cook it all within a few days' time.  Lesson learned. I won't be ordering again.

I made Parmesan Chicken.  Chicken breast, tenderized and coated with a honey mustard butter mixture and rolled in a mix of Panko and Parmesan cheese. Baked to juicy perfection. I served with a nice homemade Caesar Salad and some onion roasted potatoes. Those recipes are also included.

SATURDAY, October 18th - Pork Chops with Cream Gravy

 I took a pork chop out of the freezer on this day and had myself a Pork Chop with Cream gravy for my supper. I did use a pot of Instant Mashed Potatoes.  I buy the Idaho brand, and they are quite good.  They are perfect for someone who is on their own and are basically just dehydrated mashed potatoes. 

I love this pork chop recipe. It always tastes so good. The chops are tender and juicy and that gravy is delicious.  I enjoyed with some salad that needed using up. It made a nice change from all of the chicken and ham I have eaten this week! (I got a big bag of chopped romaine lettuce this week at the Superstore for 99 cents and have been enjoying lots of salad. How could I resist such a bargain!)

And there you have it! My Meals of the Week for the past seven days! Although the week was heavy on poultry and ham, I did manage to use up most of what I had left from the holiday dinners. I used it in sandwiches as well. Isn't that always the way after you have a big holiday dinner? By the time you use everything up, you are tired of it all!

I ate pretty good however and kept within my budget, except for the meal out. But my dad paid for that, so it was all good!

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