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Meal Plans w/b 2nd March
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Not posted on the forum for a while, but here is this/next week's menu plan:
Tonight: Sausage and pea risotto
Sunday: Chorizo and mozarella baguettes, salad
Monday: Bacon and chilli pasta
Tuesday: Chickpea and spinach curry, naan breads made by Mr BTVB
Wednesay: Lentil soup, bread, cheese
Thursday: Chilli con carne, rice
All homemadeDFW no.554 - Proud to be dealing with my debts :TDAVID TENNANT CAN PROBE ME WITH HIS SONIC SCREWDRIVER ANYTIME...:AFLYING THE FLAG FOR THE CAMBRIDGE BOOTS TARTS :happyhear0 -
Here goes:
Sat - spaghetti bolognes
Sun - Roast beef + yorkshire puds - roast pots, mashed pots, carrots,sprouts & peas then steamed treacle sponge & custard - if anyone has any room - we've got friends round.
Mon - If there are plenty of leftovers - they'll be chopped up, mixed together and baked in the oven - if not, chilli & rice
Tues - lentil & chickpea casserole, made with onions, celery & carrots + bread
Wed - Creamy chicken casserole, made with tomatoes, herby cream cheese & courgettes. Got a decent Pineapple for £1 - so that will be for afters
Thurs - Chicken risotto with salad & fresh bread
Fri - Fish & home made oven chips, peas
We are 4 adults & a 7 year old
breakfasts usually - porridge & dried fruit or toast
lunches for 7 year old sandwiches (tuna, cheese, ham or peanut butter), fruit and a biscuit & sometimes a bag of crisps
Adults, sandwiches or soup or left over chilli, spag bol etc, fruit & a yoghurt
I'm going to try & make flatbread this week as a change to sandwiches, and they can have it with roasted veg etc.0 -
My first posted meal plan.
Sat HM veggie soup with crusty bread
Sun HM chicken saag, rice and bombay potato (in freezer)
Mon HM mushroom soup Chicken salad and potatoes
Tues Salmon, potatoes and green beans
Wed Chicken drumsticks, roast and mashed pots, veg and HM stuffing
Thurs Lasagne and salad
Fri Chicken in black bean sauce, stir fried veg and riceDor0 -
This is ours:
Sunday – HM chicken liver pate, HM granary bread, fruit
Beef in beer, dumplings, vegetables; baked apples and custard
Monday – Toad-out-of-the-hole (made with Berkshire sausages), mashed potato, gravy, vegetables
Tuesday – spinach and squash lasagne
Wednesday – tuna pasta bake
Thursday – quesadillas, salad
Friday – Jamaican chicken and rice
Saturday – calzone and salad
I've got chocolate cake and butterfly buns in the tin.
Penny. x:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:0 -
It's been a while, but here I am. Here are mine for the next week:
Sunday: Chilli Con Carne with Sauteed Potatoes
Monday: Leftover Chilli with Jacket Potatoes
Tuesday: At Mum's
Wednesday: Sweet and Sour Pork
Thursday: Moussaka
Friday: Spanish Omelette
Saturday: Lasagne
x Frugalswan xContinually trying the Grocery Challenge. Gotta keep trying!0 -
OrkneyStar wrote: »Due to tonsilitis making me a bit fussy food wise I am meal planning for the next day only so won't be making a weekly plan, and hoping I can eat normally again soon.
Sorry you're poorly Orkney Star - hope it clears up soon x
This week we shall be having:
Breakfasts are porridge, cornflakes, HM muesli or toast, followed by banana smoothie.
Lunches are Chicken, Rice and Veg soup then cheese n celery/PB & J sarnies for DH and something on toast/scones for me and DD. We follow with an apple, DH also takes a banana, apple, satsuma, yoghurt and HM bake.
Snacks are apples, bananas, satsumas, dried fruit, carrot and celery sticks, White Chocolate and Fig Squares and flapjacks.
Puds can be any of the above-mentioned snacks, yoghurt, semolina or vanilla/choc pud.
Drinks are water, tea/coffee, milk or orange juice.
Saturday: Lunch at parents'
Dinner was leftover "donated" pizza, coleslaw and salad.
Sunday: Dinner is the "venison" stew frozen on Valentine's day with mash and veg, followed by baked peach and blueberries with cream.
Tea is Chicken, Rice and Veg Soup with dumplings, followed by a HM bake.
Monday: Pitta pizzas, boiled potatoes and "waldorf" salad.
Tuesday: Bean chilli and rice with salad or spinach
Wednesday: Slow cooker mince, peas and chips (will freeze at least another 3 portions of mince)
Thursday: Kidney bean and sweetcorn couscous
Edited: Just realised no fish in the plan this week! Might either add tin of mackerel to the couscous or some fish from freezer to the bean chilli...Love and compassion to all x0 -
Meal plan for me this week:
Sun 1st: vegetable risotto
Mon 2nd: Fried egg, sausage and beans
Tue 3rd: Sweet and sour chicken with noodles
Wed 4th: Meatballs and pasta with chopped tomato & herbs
Thu 5th: Scotch pie, spaghetti hoops and chips
Fri 6th: Chicken & Almond korma & rice
Sat 7th: Scrambled egg with veg & cheese (as my omelettes never end up omelette-ytastes good anyway!)
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Sat - Steak, chips and onion rings
Sun - Bolognese
Mon - chicken stroganoff
Tues - roast pork with veg
Wed - carib meatballs and cous cous
Thurs - chicken tom yum
Fri- pasta and tomato sauce as OH on nightsI am a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Wales, Small Biz MoneySaving, In My Home (includes DIY) MoneySaving, and Old style MoneySaving boards. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.0 -
Hi all,
I am trying to shift a few pounds so my meal planning is more important than ever and I really need to get a handle on snacking on rubbish that tends to get left out in work so I will try and incorporate something into my meal plan.
M: Quorn cottage pie and lots of veg
T: Falafel, wholemeal pitta and salad
W: Wholemeal pasta, pesto and peas with slaad
T: Jacket potatoes with tuna and salad
F: OH birthday so may well be eating out
S: Beef stew and dumplings, red cabbage and veg
S: Cauliflower dal and brown rice
Lunches will be veg and barley broth or spicy lentil soup with fruit and yoghurt for snacks. Breakfast is porridge or wholemeal toast with HM jam or marmalade.
Have a good week all0 -
Hi all, here's mine:
Monday - hm chicken pie, frozen broad beans and mash
Tuesday - Nigella's meatballs and spaghetti
Wednesday - Kitchen Revolution pork and red cabbage bake, green beens and potatoes (freezer)
Thursday - hm fish pie and broccoli (extra portions for the freezer)
Friday - Kitchen Revolution rich beef stew, roasties and vegetables (freezer)
Saturday - out
Sunday - Kitchen Revolution meatloaf, broccoli and mash (freezer)
Have a good week x"We have to be kind because everyone is fighting a great, great battle" - Sir Richard Attenborough
"There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women" - Madeleine Albright0
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