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MealPlans WB 2nd November 2009
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Hi Guys!
Can't believe we are in November already.
This week we are having:
Mon-Organic Sausages, Mustard Mash, Cabbage & Petit Pois
Tues-Quiche, Baked Spud & Salad
Wed-Chicken, Roasts, Yorkies, Cabbage, Peas & Parsnips
Thurs-Egg, Chips, Beans & HP Sauce
Fri-At friends party
Sat-Sirloin, Colcannon (sp), Corn On Cob & Onion Rings
Sun-Meal with friends
So what are you all having?
Have a god week.
PP
xx
Can't believe we are in November already.
This week we are having:
Mon-Organic Sausages, Mustard Mash, Cabbage & Petit Pois
Tues-Quiche, Baked Spud & Salad
Wed-Chicken, Roasts, Yorkies, Cabbage, Peas & Parsnips
Thurs-Egg, Chips, Beans & HP Sauce
Fri-At friends party
Sat-Sirloin, Colcannon (sp), Corn On Cob & Onion Rings
Sun-Meal with friends
So what are you all having?
Have a god week.
PP
xx
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Ooo, new thread new week!
Mon - HM American-style spicy sausage patties and HM American-style biscuits with cream gravy (it's a breakfast, basically...don't ask, I get homesick sometimes!)
Tues - leek & potato soup, HM bread on the side
Weds - going over to friends'
Thurs - black bean & sweet potato chili over rice (crap, need to find tin of black beans before then as local ASDA has stopped doing them!)
Fri - HM spag bol!
Sat - HM enchiladas stuffed with refried beans & cheese
Sun - roast chicken, pots, vegtop 2013 wins: iPad, £50 dental care, £50 sportswear, £50 Nectar GC, £300 B&Q GC; jewellery, Bumbo, 12xPringles, 2xDiesel EDT, £25 Morrisons, £50 Loch Fyne
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Hi to everyone first time to post my meal plan, have lurked for some time.
Mon. hm chicken bake,salad,garlic bread
Tue. hm lasagne,spiced potatoes,salad,garlic bread
wed. hm leek&pot soup chicken mayo sarnie,apple crumble
Thur. hm seafood pie, mushy peas,soda bread
Fri. hm beef savoury rice,tomato&olive bread
Sat. dinner out
Sun. Roast lamb veg and pots.
Really enjoy reading what everyone is having to eat,lots of hints and ideas,i didn't find meal planning easy at first, it was helpful to be able to copy ideas from here.Thank you all so much for posting:T0 -
Hi everyone! I've not been online for ages until this week so I've been waiting for the mealplan thread
Feel as though we're getting into a bit of a rut with meals at the moment so I'm looking forward to reading other more exciting than mine plans
We're having:
Monday - HM Potato Hash & Crusty Bread
Tuesday - HM Sweet & Sour Chicken with Egg Noodles
Wednesday - Treat of Chippy Tea :j
Thursday - HM Fish Goujons, Mash & veg/beans
Friday - HM Sausage Pasta
Saturday - HM Celery & Potato Soup with HM Naan followed by Mixed Berry Cheesecake
Sunday - HM Spaghetti Bolognese
Have a good week everyone0 -
Hi all! ive already blown most of our shopping budget for this pay month so gotta try and get by!
Sunday - mystery shopping meal out
Monday - sweet n sour chicken n rice
Tuesday - jacket potatoes
Wednesday - Chilli noodles with pan fried salmon fillet
Thurd - freezer left overs
Friday - chicken mash and peas.
Saturday - sausage casserole and mashCurrent Mortgage balance - £363,785.35/£420,000 (highest point Oct 2022).0 -
Being good and trying to do a no spend week this week. Been home alone as MIL has been away for a week so have been living on baked pots, eggs, noodles, and tuna. Now have to plan proper meals again!
Thurs: MIL coming back today and having HM lasagne from the freezer with Garlic bread
Fri: Left over lasagne with Garlic bread, or spiced wedges
Saturday: HM Beef stew from the freezer (should be enough left over for lunch for me and OH) Might buy crusty rolls to have with cheese.
Sunday: MIL away for the day again so prob noodles and beans.
Monday: HM Cottage pie with frozen Bolognese as base.
Tues: Left over Cottage pie.
Wed: HM Bolognese (+extra to restock freezer)
Thurs: Sausage and mash with gravy.
Fri: DVD night with Pizza, curly fries, chips and dip. Followed by sticky toffee pud from freezer.
Sat: Fish pie with extra going to freezer
Sun: KFC with curly fries or lattices.Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. Anne Lamott
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Please consider buying some pet food and giving it to your local food bank collection or animal charity. Animals aren't to blame for the cost of living crisis.0 -
I seem to be managing to sort-of stick to the meal plans, but at least when I have them I have more of an idea of what to cook
Sun-Bakers oven shoulder of lamb (HFW meat book) with kale
Mo-Lamb and artichoke and pea risotto
Tu-Romanesco cauliflower cheese with leeks and bacon
We-spaghetti with ragu de lepre (hare sauce-from carluccios, in cupboard, need to use)
Th-Lamb and potato curry with naan and rice (you may recognise this from prev menu plans-I don't have a never ending supply of this, we just haven't quite got around to having it yet:o)
Fr-Whole baked fish with herby crust type thing (fish of some kind, depends whats good at fishmonger)
Sa-Roast chicken thighs with butternut squash chilli and sage (like this but with thighs rather than whole chicken, or maybe this )0 -
Hi All
Got myself organised this week! We are having (hopefully!):
Thurs: Egg, Bacon & Beans + toast
Fri: Eat Out (monthly treat)
[STRIKE]
Sat: Fish Pie (Good Food Recipe) - unless we get dragged round to a friends house for Halloween stuff!
[/STRIKE]Cajun Tuna Steaks, Prawn Skewers, Rice & Veg
Sun: Eat at OH's parents
Mon: HM Cottage Pie from the Freezer
Tues: Turkey Meatballs (from the freezer), gravy & mash
Wed: Roast Chicken with all the trimmings
Have a good week all.
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Just got to say Mmmm, all your meals sound gorgeous... Mon; sausage mash gravy and cabbage. Tues; HM quiche new pots and salad, Wed; roast chicken dinner with carrotts and turnip, sprouts and broccoli; Thurs; chicken wraps with corn on the cobs and savoury rice; Fri; chicken curry and boiled rice; sat; out for tea ; sorry don't know how to do this posh in lines so posted like this.:oGetting Organised IN 2010 :T Clutter-free bug!!! STOPPED SMOKING 24-07-10, NEVER HAVING ANOTHER PUFF :j0
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Tootsiepops wrote: »sorry don't know how to do this posh in lines so posted like this.:o
Its easy to post in lines, just hit the enter, return button, whatever you want to call it
at the end of each sentence
and it posts in a new paragraph
but as they so short just looks like a new linehope this helps
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Hi everyone - thanks for sharing
Our plan for next week looks like this:
Saturday
B: HM 3 seeds and nut cereal with soy milk, pear and raisins.
L: Hallowe'en late lunch will consist of pimento stuffed green olives in lemony oil, watercress pesto and roasted red pepper bruschetta, crisps, breadsticks, carrot, pepper strips, gherkins, butternut sage dip, and biscuits topped with choc and spiderweb icing-work! See the theme ?Rosemary and mushroom lasagne
Sunday
B: HM choclate breakfast rolls and coffee
L: Green lentil and sage loaf with sprouts, sweetcorn, steamed pots, gravy and cranberry sauce. Followed by tangerine, peach and echinacea sorbet.
T: Peanut butter and jam on bread, crisps and carrot cake.
Monday
B: Blueberry porridge
L: Green lentil and sage loaf with a wintery saladHM mushroom pizza and wedges
Tuesday
B: [STRIKE]Branflakes[/STRIKE] HM 3 seed and nut cereal with soy milk, sunflower seeds, flaked almonds and raisins
L: Peanut butter, apple and mango chutney sandwichesButternut Flan with baked beans and wintery salad
Wednesday
B: [STRIKE]Branflakes with soy milk, sunflower seeds, flaked almonds and raisins[/STRIKE] Toast with peanut butter and maple syrup
L: Red lentil and vegetable soupAloo gobi with mixed vegetable pilau
Thursday
B: Toast with avocado
L: Red lentil and vegetable soupSweet potato and butter beans in a garlic sauce with brown rice
Friday
B: Blueberry porridge
L: Red lentil and vegetable soupCarlings and HM oven chips with hm coleslaw
DD has a banana smoothie at breakfast time. For snacks/afters there is dried or fresh fruit (usually apples, oranges, raisins and dried apricots are favoured,) cheese and crackers, carrot, semolina and sorbet in the freezer.
Hope you all have a great week xLove and compassion to all x0
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