dinner for this week any ideas

earwig · 4 May 2006 at 1:13PM

hi im going shopping latter and am wondering what dinners to buy any ideas

melt71 · 4 May 2006 at 2:15PM

without knowing what you have in your storecupboard/freezer it is hard to say!

I've just done the following meal plan but I've used these meals because I have most of these ingredients already. The bits that I don't will be bought today.

Thurs Chicken & brocolli bake with rice
Fri savory pancakes
Sat sausages (soaked in apple juice) with mash
Sun Honeyed chicken & pasta/Jkt Potato
Mon JKT potatos with various toppings
Tues Risotto with sausages
Wed Tuna Cakes/Tuna Mash
Thurs Spag carbonara
Fri AWAY
Sat AWAY
Sun AWAY
Mon Chinese chicken & noodles
Tues Sausage casserole/rice
Wed white fish with mash
Thurs prawns with rice mix
Fri Shepherds pie/Chicken kievs
Sat Roast turkey dinner
Sun HM burgers and wedges
Mon Chicken casserole with rice
Tues Sausage & mash
Wed Spaghetti with ham & cheese
Thurs Cous Cous with veg and ham/sausage/prawns
Fri Chicken Kiev/ Shepherds pie (whatever we didn't have last friday)

That takes me right up to the 26th which is the start of half term. I think I will do a seperate meal plan for that once I know what our plans are.

Hope that helps

melt71 · 4 May 2006 at 2:19PM

Forgot to say; for desserts we have Flapjacks, Peach/Fruit Cobbler, Pancakes, Smoothies/Milkshakes, Ice Cream, Malt Loaf, Jelly, Mouse.

I make as much as I can from scratch - although I haven't started making my own ice cream yet, that is shop bought!

Linda32 · 4 May 2006 at 2:23PM

Is there anything you already have which you can turn into a meal, but you only need to buy one extra item?

nuttyrockeress · 4 May 2006 at 2:27PM

You could add

Chilli con carne
Tuna and Pasta bake/Chicken and Pasta bake
HM stew
chicken curry
Meatballs - with anything - rice/pasta/spuds
Breakfast special - bacon, mushrooms, onion, scrambled egg, sausage, tinned tomatoes - cook seperate and then chop and mix together. Ovenproof dish and top with cheese - mmmmmmm!
Fish pie

Hope some of these help!

I always have 5+ tins of tomatoes in my cupboard as most things I cook contain them!

gemmaj · 4 May 2006 at 4:32PM

I often have a similar problem - I try to menu plan for a week before I go shopping, but end up sitting on the sofa thinking "what do I fancy to eat for this week?"

I break it down to the main constituents and go from there:

PASTA: Lasagna. Pasta with Tomato and veg / tomato and Sausage. Spaghetti Bolognese / Oven baked spaghetti. Pasta and White sauce with cheese / veg / carbonara / sausage. Pasta Bake.

RICE: Risotto. (I don't eat much rice!)

BEANS: Beanjar. (OK, so I mostly eat pasta!)

EGG: Omlette. Fry up.

POTATO: Meat, Potatoes and Veg. Jackets. Potato Bake. Shepherds Pie. Chips/wedges and xx.

MEXICAN: Tacos. Burritos. Fajitas.

Any way, you get the idea. It helps me think (and theres not much can say that!). Don't know if its any use?

henhog · 4 May 2006 at 8:19PM

You could also try to one or two cheapo meals like egg and chips, baked potatoes and beans etc.
Also , use leftovers to make another meal / sandwiches or if you only have a small amount of left overs have 'leftover night' once every few days!
Also, if I know I'm going to be at planning for seven days of the week I only buy food for say five nights just incase plans change etc - if I still need to cook on the remaining two nights then I would do something simple out of the freezer.
HTH

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