Mealplans WB 28th July 2007

hi P.P and all on this thread,
Sat-h/m fish and chips
sun-roast beef,pot,puds,veg
mon-chicken curry and rice
tue-mashed pot and sausages
wed-?
thur-?
fri-?
have not got a clue for the rest of the week
very fed up with having the same each week just on different days
sarah

sat - pizza, hm wedges and salad
sun - roast chicken with all the trimmings
mon - leftover chicken, new potatoes and salad
tues - spag bol and cheesy bread
weds - country style chicken, mash and vegs
thurs - sausage, mash and beans
fri - sweet and sour chicken and rice

vixtress wrote: »

did a big shop so should have everything for next week.
OH working normal hours for the hols and kids not eating at childminders so have to do dinner every evening :eek: everything hm unless i say otherwiise

fri. veg lasagne

sat. chicken, roasties, yorkies, peas, cauli

sun, chick & musroom curry, rice

mon, leak & bacon quiche

tues, colcannon with bacon

wed, LO colcannon & somthing from freezer

thurs, ?HM pizza prob tuna & onion

fri, see what the new veg box brings

what's colcannon?

Hi all, I'm a bit new to all this meal planning since the kids left home.... oooh.... about 21 years ago!! :rotfl:

These last few years I am ashamed to admit that I have been living a bit of a high life with take-aways, meals out etc nearly every other day. I just thought I actually deserved a bit of easy living because I remember those long weeks/months/years back when my kids were small and having to try to make ten different things out of mince because we were so broke, AND make it appealing to two kids...good job they weren't fussy eaters!!

Anyway, recently I had a bit of a reality check when to my horror I found I couldn't afford something, so here I am, TOTALLY hooked on the grocery challenge and making meal plans like I HAD to years ago, but now I am actually enjoying it!

The idea is for me to stop spending so much on food and I have come up with a few recipes that I used to use years back.

So, here is my meal plan for the week..

Sat; lunch- tuna mayo sweetcorn salad
dinner- at my DIL (cheating there!)
Sun; lunch- HM tomato soup made with packet tomato passata and half a packet red or yellow lentils, water, chopped onion and celery. Usually enough for 4 people.

dinner- very cheap piece of braising beef casseroled with carrots, onions served with any veg left from last week

Mon; lunch- soup left from sunday + toast maybe
dinner- home made chilli + rice (half 1b best mince and kidney beans together with tinned chopped tomatoes, tomato puree, chillis garlic etc Have to remember to soak the beans night before and cook properly next day.)

Tues; lunch- corn fitters with baked beans. There are loads of recipes around for these. They are great and fill up the kids!
dinner- sausage meatballs (mix sausagemeat with finely chopped onion and pepper; shape into balls and place in ovenproof dish; pour over passata add water and anything else you have like fresh tomatoes, mushrooms, beans..one packet of large suasages makes 10-12 small meatballs. Bake for around 30 mins. Should feed 4 with either pasta rice or spuds..as there are only two of us, we have the leftovers next day for lunch)

Wed; lunch- left over sausage meatballs
dinner- vege and bacon bake...this is basically part-boiled spuds, cauli, broccoli, skinned tomatos sliced and layered in a large baking dish with grilled crispy bacon liberally crumbled on top, (or mixed in if you prefer)HM cheese sauce poured over it all then sprinkled with grated cheese and baked until brown. It again easily does 4 and other stuff can be added, but not mushrooms as I found that they make the whole thing look a bit black.

Thurs; lunch- leftover vege bake
dinner-large salad with chicken goujons stir fried in sweet chilli sauce (For some reason, I have FOUR bottles of assorted chilli sauces in my cupboard!)

Fri; lunch- noodles with veg (this was my staple diet in New Zealand when I was almost out of money. One packet of instant noodles mixed with a handful of cooked frozen mixed veg, a few prawns if you have them, some soy sauce and voila..lunch for one! and really cheap too)
dinner-fishermans pie. I usually make this with the cheap alomost out of date fish they have in Tescos. It's better with haddock or cod as mackerel can taste a bit overpowering. I always chuck a few prawns in too. With sweet potato mash on top, you get a very healthy filling dish. We usually serve this with salad.

Anyway, thats mine for next week..hope I haven't been too longwinded! If I have, please forgive me..as I say, I am a bit new to this!

All the best to everyone...

thriftlady- its the batter aspect, have you fathomed any way of making batter without eggs? i cant think yet this morning.

OK, on a storecupbard one this week so here we go.

Sat Veg Stirfry noodles with grilled chicken fillet
Sun roast pork, stuffing, yorks, carrots, peas pots, snips gravy
Mon- Chicken Supreme with brown rice
Tues- Pizza with ham, bacon, mush, choirzo, mush peppers & s corn, jackets
Weds Bangers & mash & veg
Thurs-Chicken balti with naan & brown rice
Fri HM burgers, HM oven chips with all the trimmings.

Hopefully I can get away with spending about a tenner on veg, milk, and lunch stuff which is either HM soup, beans on toast, sandwcihes or leftovers. breakfast is cereal or crumpets etc.