Meal Plans Week Beginning 6 April 2009

Boodle

Thanks for the thread This week we are having (as from last friday):

Breakfasts are porridge (probs not right now as weather too warm really), HM cereal, cornflakes or toast with HM peanut butter/HM jam/HM marmalade or Marmite. All followed by a banana or banana smoothie.

Snacks are carrot, celery, brazil nuts, rice cakes, fresh or dried fruit, or peanut butter cookies. Drinks are water, orange juice, milk, tea or coffee (and wine occasionally for DH :rolleyes:)

Mid-Week Lunches will be all over the place as DH off work this week so we will be out and about. They will probably be hummus and olive/cheese sarnies, cheese on toast or scones on request

Dinners

Fri Chicken and Tomato Pasta with garlic baguette and salad

Sat Picnic Supper of wedges, carrot and celery sticks, lemony olives, hummus, baguette and cream cheese.

Sun Toad in the Hole, peas, broccoli, potatoes and gravy. (HM) Mixed Berry Jam Pud with cream.

Mon Beef Balti with rice or a Beef Pilau with salad and chutney/pickles

Tue Hawaiian Beans with rice and spinach

Wed Thai Green Fish Curry with naans and salad

Thu Mackerel and Sweetcorn Spaghetti

Puds can be yoghurt, cheese, fresh or dried fruit, semolina, rice pud or vanilla/choc pud.

The vast majority of meat, poultry and dairy is organic.

catkins

Boodle wrote: »

Thanks for the thread This week we are having (as from last friday):

Breakfasts are porridge (probs not right now as weather too warm really), HM cereal, cornflakes or toast with HM peanut butter/HM jam/HM marmalade or Marmite. All followed by a banana or banana smoothie.

Hi, can I ask how you make your home made peanut butter. Myself and OH love peanut butter and get through loads of it (shame it is so fattening).

WelshWoofer

Morning all!

Have been toying with a meal plan but not really thought about it too much so this thread is my incentive to get organised.

Sunday - Sausage, mash, peas and gravy (meat for OH, quorn for me)
Monday - chicken curry from the freezer for OH, pasta and fresh pesto for me
Tuesday - OH playing footie (no big meal), jacket potato, cheese and beans for me
Wednesday - beef chilli for OH, veggie curry for me or garlic kiev and salad
Thursday - tuna pasta bake for the both of us
Friday - not sure as we may be out for the day

Not particularly inspiring but it'll have to do.

Good luck to everyone else.

Boodle

catkins wrote: »

Hi, can I ask how you make your home made peanut butter. Myself and OH love peanut butter and get through loads of it (shame it is so fattening).

Hi Catkins I just whiz up a pack of peanuts in the food processor, adding a drop of oil bit by bit as I go, until it all comes together to a spreadable consistency. I checked the salt content on the cheap peanuts and compared to the ready made peanut butter - can't remember precise content of each but there wasn't much difference. You can always use unsalted ones instead if you prefer tho

newlywed

kalojac wrote: »

• Monday - Chicken Indiana, HM chips

kalojac - what's chicken indiana? Sounds interesting?



Here's my list -
Mon - kippers/mackerel and roasted veg
Tue - Cumin chicken
Wed - Enchilades and veg
Thur - Smoked pork sausage and veg
Fri - Fish pie
Sat - Sloppy joe bake and veg
Sun - Easy cheesy chicken and veg


Lunches will be soup, leftovers, remnants from the freezer or scrambled eggs

kassey

Mon - Shepherds pie &veg
Tus- Pork chops new pots & veg
Wed- Chicken chips &salad
Thur- Lamb chops new pots &veg
Fri-Takeaway
Sat-Steak fried pots mushrooms peas tomatoes onion rings
Sun-Roast beef & all the trimmings

Rowan9

On my own this week so my meal plans may change if I fancy something different . I'm on hol for 2 weeks so plan to do some decorating. So....have gone for things I can make easily and reheat/ have cold.

Mon - stirfry with veggies from last week's veggie box + left over tuna
Tue - spicy apple and parsnip soup and a plate of salad
Wed - prob same
Thurs- baked potato, blue cheese topping, salad
Fri - cream of celery soup, maybe a stirfry
Sat - same
Sun - something from freezer - have a turkey steak so maybe that with cajun seasoning and a salad.

Looks like I'll be getting my veggie fill

Lunches will be sandwiches with cheese, bean sprouts, salad or tuna. Whatever I fancy and is in the cupboard/ fridge. I am planning on buying only one loaf of bread this week. Frooogal ooogal.
W

champys

vixtress wrote: »

whats that? it sounds lovely

It goes like this: (serves 4 or 5)

Chop 2 medium onions and gently fry to soften in 1 tbsp olive oil. ( I do this in a wok because you will need quite a lot of space when you add the peppers)
When the onions are soft, add 6 to 8 medium size peppers: red, green, yellow mix is nice. They should be deseeded and thinly sliced. Also add 4 to 5 garlic cloves(chopped), 1 tsp salt, 1.5 tsp cumin, 1 tsp ground coriander, 1 tsp dry mustard, a touch of cayenne (to taste) and grind in some black pepper.
Continue to stir-fry this mixture for another 10 minutes or so, then mix in 2 tbsp of plain flour and cook for another 5 mins.
Next, put it all into a lightly oiled oven dish (I usually make half the quantity for DH and myself, and use the Remoska at this stage).
Mix together in a bowl: 500 ml yoghurt and/or sour cream, 2 to 3 eggs and some chopped fresh coriander. Cover the peppers with this mixture. Finally, lay some thin slices of cheddar or other cheese over the top (optional), and sprinkle with a little paprika.
Then it goes into the oven at 375°F for 40 to 45 mins until, as the recipe says, it is 'firm in the centre and bubbly around the edges'.
Usually we have rice with this, but it goes well with couscous too and yesterday it was tortillas.

Bon appetit!

marrowgirl

Hello! Never planned a weeks meals before but needs must!

Sun: Chicken cacciatore and pasta (family visiting)
Mon: Courgette, tom & cheese flan
Tue: leek & potato soup (with bread)
Wed: HM pizza
Thur: spaghetti & meatballs (veggie for me, meaty for OH)
Fri: Stromboli
Sat: OH cooks , probably pasta ala Norma (aubergines &garlic)

Stromboli & Leek/potato soup recipes from MSE, not tried before but sound lovely!

Using the tomato sauce from spaghetti for the stromboli & pizza -so will have to make lots.

Sarnis or jacket potatoes for lunch. Will make a banana & apricot cake for a treat. Mmmm.

sexykellylovespink

wmf wrote: »

On my own this week so my meal plans may change if I fancy something different . I'm on hol for 2 weeks so plan to do some decorating. So....have gone for things I can make easily and reheat/ have cold.

Mon - stirfry with veggies from last week's veggie box + left over tuna
Tue - spicy apple and parsnip soup and a plate of salad
Wed - prob same
Thurs- baked potato, blue cheese topping, salad
Fri - cream of celery soup, maybe a stirfry
Sat - same
Sun - something from freezer - have a turkey steak so maybe that with cajun seasoning and a salad.

Looks like I'll be getting my veggie fill

Lunches will be sandwiches with cheese, bean sprouts, salad or tuna. Whatever I fancy and is in the cupboard/ fridge. I am planning on buying only one loaf of bread this week. Frooogal ooogal.
W

hi, how do you make your cellery soup, thanks kel x