pizza!

So this is definitely more of a fun with your kids type meal prep - not for when you're truly rushed.. we like to do this once a month just to break from the norm! Most children love pizza and even for those who don't - there's a certain magic for them when they get to create their own, and voila they devour it! You can go down the make your own dough route - but for us its far more common for it to be store bought packet or pizza shop fresh. Ideas for toppings in no particular order:

Alfalfa Sprouts Artichoke hearts Avocado Baby leeks Beetroot Black Beans Broccoli Capers Capicolla Carrot Cherry tomatoes Dried tomatoes Eggplant Fungi Fungi carciofi Green peppers Kalamata olives Lettuce Mushrooms Onions Olives Peas Porcini mushrooms Portobello Mushrooms Red beans Red onions Red peppers Roast cauliflower Roasted eggplant Roasted Garlic Roasted peppers scallions Shallots Snow peas Spinach Sun dried tomatoes Sweet corn Watercress Wild mushrooms Yellow peppers Yellow squash Zucchini

Nuts: Almonds Peanuts Pistachios Pecans Pine Nuts Walnuts Herbs and Spîces: Basil Bay Leaf Cardamon Chili Dried or Fresh Chives Cilantro Coriander Cumin Dill Garlic Jalapeno Peppers Laurel Marjoram Methi Leaves (aka Fenugreek) Oregano Parley Pepper Rosemary Basil Bay Leaf Cardamon

Sea Food: Anchovies Cajun Prawn Crayfish Lobster Oysters Prawns Salmon Shrimps Smoked Salmon Squid Tuna Whitebait Cheese: Blue Cheese Brie Camembert Chedar Colby Feta Goat Cheese Gorgonzola Limburger Manchego Monterey Jack Parmesan Mozzarella Muenster Port de Salut Provolone Ricota Romano Roquefort Smoked Gouda

Meats: Bacon BBQ Chicken Beef Cajun Chicken Chicken Masala Chicken Tikka Chorizo Duck Ham Honey Cured Ham Meatballs Pepperoni Proscuitto Salami Sausage Serrano Ham Turkey Venison

Yummy Mandarin Beef with Rice

This is a "yummy" make at home take out Chinese style meal! Very fast especially if you use an instant brown rice otherwise done and plated in approx 40 mins. Enjoy!

 Ingredients

• 2 cups brown rice
• 4 mandarin oranges
• 1 pound beef flank steak, cut in half lengthwise and thinly sliced across gra 
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed or 1 heap tbsp puree 
• 2 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 2 tablespoon  vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• Salt and pepper to taste  
• 16 ounce  snow peas
• 16 ounces white mushrooms, thinly sliced  
• 6 scallions, cut into 1-inch pieces

Directions

1. Cook the rice as label directs. In the meantime, remove peel from 1 mandarin. Squeeze the juice from the other mandarins. This should be approx 3/4 cup.  Place the peel, juice, oyster sauce, ginger, half of garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, and beef into a large resealable bag. Seal bag and let stand 10 minutes.
2. While the beef marinades heat a slosh or approx 1 tablespoon oil on medium-high until hot in a large skillet. Add the remaining garlic, mushrooms and a good pinch of salt. Cook for a few minutes until mushrooms are tender. Add snow peas and cook a further few minutes, stirring occasionally. Transfer to large plate.
3. Add remaining oil to the same skillet,  and heat on medium-high until hot. Pour in the beef and marinade; cook until the beef is no longer pink. Pop in the mushroom mixture and scallions, toss about a bit to mix. Cook a further few minutes or until scallions have wilted, stirring occasionally. Serve with rice. This will feed approx 6 people.