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Meal Plans 1st January 2007
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Here is my weekly meal plan from 1st January 2007:eek:
Today: Round BIL for dinner
New Years Eve:Chicken, Roasts, Yorkies, beans, cabbage, parsnips & peas
New Years Day-Use up stuff in fridge, cheese, ham, salad, spuds etc
Tuesday-HM Fish Pie, peas and cauli
Wednesday-Sausage Cassarole & baked spuds
Thursday-Shepards Pie, carrots and cabbage
Friday-Egg and chips
Saturday-Pie, mash, french beans and cabbage
Sunday-Away:D
Trying to do similar meals each week so I know exactly what to buy each week, but still using up the ton of food in the freezer-will start doing this once freezer has run down. We normally have Shepards Pie on a Thursday (make enough for 2 meals so 1 goes in the freezer for the following week)and a roast on a Sunday and normally a sausage dish-so thats 3 meals. Then we have what I call a "free" meal a week which is oven chips (have about 3 bags in the freezer) and an egg (which we always have in)-so thats 4 meals a week. The other 3 will be whatever we find on special...stew, chops, etc etc.
Lunches will be leftovers or extra made from night before, soups, sarnies, bakes spuds with salad etc. Breakies will be a mixture of fruit juice, fruit, toast, cereal, porridge, egg on toast, bacon sarnie etc.
Hugs to all. Actually done 8 meals-but have everything in and chicken defrosting for tomorrow.
PP
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Today: Round BIL for dinner
New Years Eve:Chicken, Roasts, Yorkies, beans, cabbage, parsnips & peas
New Years Day-Use up stuff in fridge, cheese, ham, salad, spuds etc
Tuesday-HM Fish Pie, peas and cauli
Wednesday-Sausage Cassarole & baked spuds
Thursday-Shepards Pie, carrots and cabbage
Friday-Egg and chips
Saturday-Pie, mash, french beans and cabbage
Sunday-Away:D
Trying to do similar meals each week so I know exactly what to buy each week, but still using up the ton of food in the freezer-will start doing this once freezer has run down. We normally have Shepards Pie on a Thursday (make enough for 2 meals so 1 goes in the freezer for the following week)and a roast on a Sunday and normally a sausage dish-so thats 3 meals. Then we have what I call a "free" meal a week which is oven chips (have about 3 bags in the freezer) and an egg (which we always have in)-so thats 4 meals a week. The other 3 will be whatever we find on special...stew, chops, etc etc.
Lunches will be leftovers or extra made from night before, soups, sarnies, bakes spuds with salad etc. Breakies will be a mixture of fruit juice, fruit, toast, cereal, porridge, egg on toast, bacon sarnie etc.
Hugs to all. Actually done 8 meals-but have everything in and chicken defrosting for tomorrow.
PP
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Using only stuff in the cupboards and freezers (apart from onions which I need to buy) here is my list for the week:
Sunday - Bubble & squeak with fried egg on top.
Monday - fishfingers, chips and beans (only me, so no-one to impress!)
Tuesday - salmon with couscous
Wednesday - pasta with a veg sauce and some meatballs made from leftover sausagemeat
Thursday - chilli and rice
Friday - the cheese, potato and onion thing that was posted on here the yesterday!
Saturday - chicken curry with rice
Looking forward to it already!Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0 -
I've just worked out mine for the week, I'm attempting to use as much as I can from the cupboards and freezers without doing any more shopping this month.
Saturday - Beef Stew (frozen leftovers) mashed potato, cabbage
Sunday - Pasta with ham and cream sauce - using leftovers from the fridge
Monday - Roast Goose, roast potatoes, sprouts, baby carrots and cauliflower
Tuesday - Fish Pie (using reduced haddock and monkfish from the freezer) mixed veg
Wednesday - Sausage casserole, rice
Thursday - Parsons Pie (using reduced sausagemeat from Tesco) chips and peas
Fri - Tuna & pastaOrganised people are just too lazy to look for things
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Hiya, I have kept up the meal planning, and it makes life SO much easier, so thanks to you guys for getting me started :T
Sunday : leftover roast duck meal
Monday : lasagne and garlic bread
Tuesday : Chicken kiev with frozen veges
Wednesday: SC beef stew
Thursday : sausage and lentil hotpot
Friday : eggs, beans and chips
Saturday : mushroom risottoSave the earth, it's the only planet with chocolate!
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We've started a detox diet today (just water, fruit & veg for 48 hours:eek::eek:) so our meals are very bland & boring :
Today : Roasted veggies in tomatoes
Tomorrow : Veggie stir fry
Monday : Steamed Salmon, spinich, grilled tomatoes
Tuesday : Asparagus risiotto made with brown rice
wednesday : Grilled Mackeral, Brocolli & mashed sweed
Thursday : Roasted veggies in tomatoes
Friday : Grilled chicken, brocolli & carrotts
Saturday ; Poached haddock
Sunday : Mixed bean casserolePost Natal Depression is the worst part of giving birth:p
In England we have Mothering Sunday & Father Christmas, Mothers day & Santa Clause are American merchandising tricks:mad: Demonstrate pride in your heirtage by getting it right please people!0 -
moggins wrote:I've just worked out mine for the week, I'm attempting to use as much as I can from the cupboards and freezers without doing any more shopping this month.
Saturday - Beef Stew (frozen leftovers) mashed potato, cabbage
Sunday - Pasta with ham and cream sauce - using leftovers from the fridge
Monday - Roast Goose, roast potatoes, sprouts, baby carrots and cauliflower
Tuesday - Fish Pie (using reduced haddock and monkfish from the freezer) mixed veg
Wednesday - Sausage casserole, rice
Thursday - Parsons Pie (using reduced sausagemeat from Tesco) chips and peas
Fri - Tuna & pasta
Moggins - what is Parsons Pie and can you let me know how to make it if appropriate? I almost always have sausagemeat in the freezer so something new will be appreciated!Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0 -
Here' my menu for the week starting Monday 1st:
Monday - HM spaghetti bolognese
Tuesday - roast chicken, rice, veg
Wednesday - HM chicken curry [using leftover chicken], rice, naan
Thursday - sausage, mash
Friday - HM fish pie or HM beef burgers and baked beans [for dd1, as she wont eat fish]
Saturday - HM pizza, oven chips, baked beans
Sunday - roast pork dinner - pork, mash, roasties, carrots, sweetcorn and savoury rice. [Will be having a go at making my own stuffing for today's meal as I usually just open a packet and mix with hot water!]
Meal planning has definitely helped reduce my food bill over this past year, and I love reading what others will be cooking, so thanks OP for the thread.
Regards
Pipkin xxxThere is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you - Beatrix Potter0 -
Just come up with this 4 week plan. I aim to start it on the 8th of January. I've just remembered that 8th Jan is Plough Monday (first Monday after Epiphany when the first ploughing of the year was traditionally done) and on Plough Monday you should have Plough pudding. This is basically a suet pastry roll with bacon and onions in instead of jam. I think we had a thread about suety rolls recently, so I'll probably make that on the 8th and then carry on with the plan. I can see I'm not going to stick to it
4 Week Meal Plan
Monday
Bean stew
Tuesday
Lentil flan
Wednesday
Cheese and veg pie
Thursday
Spaghetti and tomato-veg sauce
Friday
Spicy fish
Saturday
Cottage pie
Sunday
Roast chicken
Monday
Chicken pie
Tuesday
Potato,bacon and onion hotpot
Wednesday
Cowboy beans
Thursday
Spaghetti neopolitan
Friday
Fish cakes
Saturday
Pizza
Sunday
Sausages and mash
Monday
Cheese and potato pie
Tuesday
Vegetable curry
Wednesday
Baked potatoes, baked beans, salad
Thursday
Penne tuna bake
Friday
Fish pie
Saturday
Lasagne
Sunday
Roast chicken
Monday
Chicken pancakes
Tuesday
Chilli beans
Wednesday
Lentil and cheese loaf
Thursday
Pasta with bacon and peas
Friday
Baked/grilled fish
Saturday
Baked honey chicken
Sunday
Sausages and baked spuds
For my lunches and puds for the kids I'm planning to use this list;
Lunch ideas
Pitta with bean salad/ cheese salad/ tuna/mackerel salad
Sardines/cheese/beans on toast + tomatoes
Baked spuds with beans/cheese/tuna and sweetcorn +salad
Soup and bread
Pudding ideas
Yogurt and brown sugar
Yogurt and fruit puree
Fruit salad
Chocolate pudding (cornflour pud not choc fudge pud)
Fruit cobbler
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Thriftlady, lentil flan sounds interesting, can you post the recipe or let me know if its on the index?
My menu plan for the next week is as follows:-
Sunday- lasagne and crusty bread
Monday- Roast duck with roasted spuds,carrots,parsnips and shallots
Tuesday-Roast pork with veg
Wednesday-pasta with salad and ham and cheese, family favourite, all mixed together in a bowl with mayonaise
Thursday-Cottage pie and whatever veg is cheap
Friday-Jacket spuds with either beans and cheese or tuna and salad
Saturday-Home made curry from freezer
Sunday-Roast chicken with veg and yorkshire puddings
We still have a few bits in cupboards to use up for deserts, and lunches will be either sandwiches, beans/eggs on toast or something from freezer (home cooked) Breakfasts will either be toast, cereal or fruit and yogurt, I got a carrier bag of bananas (some of them are still green) for 50p yesterday from local greengrocers, and 2 punnets of strawberries for £1 :money: as they are closed until tuesday, and have other fruit that needs used up.All I need to buy (hopefully) is veg, salad and a chicken for sunday, and milk,bread and maybe yogurts. I will need to do a small shop next weekend though, kids are back at school so will need to stock up for packed lunches.
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Parsons Pie if I can remember off the top of my head goes like this
enough shortcrust pastry for a bottom and top pie, probably about 8oz or so
1lb sausagemeat
1 onion
1 tinned tomatoes
1 egg and one beaten egg
Chop and fry the onion and mix together with sausagemeat, tomato and egg in a large bowl with a little salt and pepper. You have to get your fingers in and squidge it together, there is no alternative unless you have a Kenwood Chef.
Put a layer of pastry into a pie dish and top with the filling, cover with pastry and seal the edges (I just press the edges with a fork) glaze with beaten egg and bake in the oven at Gas Mark 5 (sorry don't know the leccy equivalent) for 30 - 40 minutes until the top is golden brown.
I always place a large baking tray in the oven whilst it is pre-heating and place the pie dish on that as it seems to help stop the bottom crust going all soggy. What you can do as well is brush the bottom crust with beaten egg before you put the filling in.Organised people are just too lazy to look for things
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Bulchy my lentil flan is something I make up as I go along, so no exact recipe I'm afraid, but this is roughly how it goes.
Make pastry and line a flan dish/tin.
Cook a mugful of red lentils with some water until they are soft and mushy.
Combine with lots of grated cheese, dried herbs, chopped onion/leeks, a squirt of tomato paste and a teaspoonful of marmite.
Pile into the flan case and bake for 20-25 mins at about 200 (you might need to cover the filling with foil - or you could bake the pastry first with baking beans)
Lentil and cheese loaf is basically the same thing but without the pastry and with breadcrumbs added to make it stiffer. Bake in a loaf tin or shape into a loaf shape on a baking tray.0
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