Meal Planning - how do you do it?

lbt_2

Ches wrote: »

I shop this way too. OH always 'doesn't fancy' the meal I am planning to have that evening so a new plan is to freeze down my batch cooking into ready meals for 1 then he can choose what he wants as can I. Whats the betting when we sit down to eat he will look at my plate and say 'mmm that looks nice I wish I had chosen that'. :eek:

This made me chuckle and reminded me of my husband :mad: I try not to say what I am planning to cook so he can't complain until it's in front of him and he is starving. :rotfl:

Last week he called from work and I mentioned that I was making some cheese and onion pasties (from leftovers) for dinner and he said he didn't really want that so instead of getting quietly cross I said I would have his one for lunch the following day and do him something else (if he's being awkward I throw fish fingers in - and it's like it or lump it!). I tried so hard not to laugh when he looked at my dinner and said he wished that he had that :rotfl::D:rotfl::D

It was absolutely lovely too - and so was his one for lunch the next day ..... hahaha!!

pixie1

Well i have to say that despite my efferts i failed at menu planning once again. Its my own fault im a lazy person who even though im not in debt anymore i am still wastefull with money. Instead of cooking from scratch, menu planning and therefore save money i choose to take the easy option of fast food, convieance food

I need to try this again as Im now in the position where i have to make cut backs.

Oh well, i new week and all that. Time to start planning.

Thanks for your help.

Pix

southernscouser

I've only got about half a dozen and it's driving me nuts. :rotfl:

I cooked chicken cacciatore tonight (apparently) and wasn't all that, too much mascarpone I think (only another 3 portions to eat _pale_), to try and add something else to my repertoire.

How many different things do you have and how often do you have them? Are there some things you'll eat more regularly than others? Some maybe only once a month or whatever?

Obviously if I only have half a dozen I'm eating them at least once a week. And it's [STRIKE]becoming[/STRIKE] really boring. :undecided

charliee_3

i seem to be on a loop..

mine are:
roast chicken with veg
pasta with leftover chicken and veg
spag bog
beef stew
chilli with mince or leftover chicken
roast lamb
chicken curry occasionally
sausages...


and thats about it..

i am a good cook but i have a 2 year old who is really fussy at the mo so i tend to stick to things i know he will eat...

nuttyrockeress

The things we cook regularily are
Curry
Chilli
Jerk Chicken
Fish pie
Fish cakes (HM)
Potato topped bean bake
Sheps pie
Chicken and pasta
Stir fry
HM soups
Toad in the hole

These are just a few of the things I cook on a regular basis, there are others i'm sure

Mags_cat

I just had a look at my last few meal plans :

Roast chicken
Stir fry
Chicken and noodle soup
Carrot and parsnip soup (aka bottom-of-the-fridge-surpirse-soup)
Chilli
Pasta sauce
Pasta bake
Cottage pie
Smoked fish pie
Meatballs
Roast lamb
Shepherd's pie
Grilled mackerel
Chicken pie
Toad in the hole
Corned beef hash

Hmm...possibly too much pie on there. (Is there such a thing as too much pie? :eek:)

spinningirl

rissotto is a good one you can almost put anything in it

ragz_2

I have some meals I cook most weeks and some I do once or twice a month.I find the common ones do change after a while as I go through phases but recently we've been having

Roast chicken dinner
Chicken in white wine sauce (leftover chicken)
Chicken soup (ditto)
Meatballs baked in tomato sauce with mozzarella, seved with tagliatelle
Quiche (HM), beans and chips
Pizza (HM) and wedges (HM)
Fishcakes, chips and peas

Have to say, I'm getting bored of that menu!

Bitsy_Beans

Here is a selection of what I cook. I have meal plan on a 7 week rotation (which I really try and stick to ). Sunday is nearly always a roast chicken (as we eat so much of it) but I do cook some beef and pork now and then.

Creamy chicken and pepper cous cous
Oven baked fish and ratouille
Somerset Sausage Casserole
Chicken in Red wine
Chilli
Chicken Chow Mein
Savoury sausage bake
Chicken curry
Spag Bol
Onion, bacon and potato hot pot
Cajun chicken and wraps
Chinese chicken and mushrooms
Ham and lentil ragout
sausage and vegetable stovie
Baked fish gratin & courgette
Sausage and lentil hotpot
Creamy sausage pasta
Chicken in barbeque sauce
Devilled Sausages
Vegetable chilli
Tuna, onion and pepper fishcakes
Cottage pie
Meatballs and pasta


As you can see mostly chicken and sausages and fish as this is what H likes. If I cook beef or pork then it tends to be just served with veg etc.

zippychick

Hi Southernscouser:hello:

I don't meal plan :eek::D I swing by the seat of my pants and make stuff out of what I have. Every so often I will bacth cook and live off that. I love curries, stews, soups, rice salad, toast based meals, veggie meals, and i tend to buy whoopsies and make meals out of those as well

Everyone does it differently and with input from this site, hopefully you can find enough to change your pattern, as you sound completely bored. :A

A few threads which should help

Menu/meal planning qs

Monthly meal planning

Monthly meal planner

The OS daily threads are also handy on a daily basis as you see what people cook and eat from day to day

Also

Mealplans week beg 8march

You will find a thread appears for each week.

Hope this helps. I'll add your thread to the first link later, to keep the questions and ideas together

thanks:A
Zip