Meal Plans Week Commencing 27 April 2009

SunnyGirl

I've had a look and can't see a thread yet but if it's already been started please feel free to move it I'm trying to be super money saving for the next few weeks as DD & DS1's birthdays are both in the same week in May :eek: The menu has lots of old faithfuls on it as I don't want to make stuff that some of us won't eat. We are having:

Monday - Spaghetti Bolognese

Tuesday - Twice Baked Potatoes & Salad

Wednesday - Barbeque Chicken & Rice

Thursday - Pasta Bake

Friday - Meatballs & Spaghetti

Saturday - Spicy Bean & Lentil Loaf, Wedges & Salad (from this months Grocery Challenge)

Sunday - Roast Chicken, Roast/New Potatoes & Veg or Salad depending on the weather :rolleyes:

Breakfasts are cereal, museli or toast.

Lunches are sandwiches, soup, things on toast or leftovers.

Snacks are things I have in the baking tin (sponge cake, Twinks hobnobs & scones usually) and fruit, smoothies, things from the lunch menu or dips & veggie sticks.

Hope that everyone has a good week cooking.

Boodle

Hi - thanks for the thread This week we are having:

Dinners

THU Baguette Pizza, potatoes, sweetcorn and salad

FRI Salmon and Sweetcorn Pasta with salad and garlic baguette

SAT Broad Bean and Spinach Rogan with naans and salad

SUN Steak, Yorkshire Puddings, veg and potatoes with gravy. Fruit Crumble and cream.
(Tea) Cheese, Onion and Potato Pie with crisps, followed by Lemon Cake.

MON Root Veg, Coconut and Lentil Tagine with couscous

TUE Breaded Pollock Fishfingers, Coleslaw and HM Oven Chips

WED Mature Cheddar and Onion Risotto with salad

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

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Lunches will be cheese/HM peanut butter sandwiches; salads inc avocado on a couple of days; cheese on toast; scones; sardines on toast/mixed with mayo on jackets.

Breakfasts on FRI and SAT are pancakes with sliced banana and maple syrup. Rest of the week can be cornflakes/HM cereal or toast withHM jam/HM peanut butter/HM marmalade/Marmite, all followed by banana or banana smoothie. Mine will be preceded by grapefruit, sultanans and cottage cheese with herbal tea.

Snacks can be fresh/dried fruit, brazils or pecans, crackers, rice cakes, celery, carrot, or HM Lemon Cake. Drinks are milk, tea/coffee or water.

Hope everyone has a good week.x.

ashbart

Boodle wrote: »

Breakfasts on FRI and SAT are pancakes with sliced banana and maple syrup. Rest of the week can be cornflakes/HM cereal or toast withHM jam/HM peanut butter/HM marmalade/Marmite, all followed by banana or banana smoothie. Mine will be preceded by grapefruit, sultanans and cottage cheese with herbal tea.

Snacks can be fresh/dried fruit, brazils or pecans, crackers, rice cakes, celery, carrot, or HM Lemon Cake. Drinks are milk, tea/coffee or water.

Hope everyone has a good week.x.

Hi Boodle - would love your recipe for HM peanut butter if you have a sec! Thanks! x

tessie_bear

hi...thanx for getting us started we are having;
mon....chicken casserole cous cous broccoli
tues....chilli jacket pot salad
wed....carbonara sauce spaghetti sweetcorn
thurs....chicken stirfry rice
fri....chicken kebabs baked pots salad
sat....curry rice naan bread
sun....roast dinner...not chicken possibly pork

i have built up a massive stock of reduced chicken so im trying to make a dent in it this week...we might be clucking by the end of the week...

have a great week
tess

angelnikki

Sat - poached chicken with spring veg and new potatoes
Sun - HM fishcakes, beans and salad
Mon - veggie sausages, mash, peas and carrots
Tue - tuna pasta
Wed - pasta bolognaise and salad
Thu - egg, beans + chips
Fri - lamb meatballs and mash

Breakfasts - cereal/porridge with fruit
Lunches - HM soup/sandwiches/stuff on toast; fruit
Puddings - yoghurt/ fruit jelly/ HM sponge + custard/ banana custard/ rice pudding
Snacks - HM double choc brownies/HM oat + raisin cookies/fruit


Have a good week everyone!

Nikki x

Boodle

ashbart wrote: »

Hi Boodle - would love your recipe for HM peanut butter if you have a sec! Thanks! x

Hi I just pop a pack of peanuts in the food processor with a little slug of vegetable oil then process until smooth, adding drops more oil as needed. TIt takes a few minutes to come to a nice consistency.

ashbart

Boodle wrote: »

Hi I just pop a pack of peanuts in the food processor with a little slug of vegetable oil then process until smooth, adding drops more oil as needed. TIt takes a few minutes to come to a nice consistency.

Lovely - thanks! xx

rachbc

Boodle wrote: »

Hi I just pop a pack of peanuts in the food processor with a little slug of vegetable oil then process until smooth, adding drops more oil as needed. TIt takes a few minutes to come to a nice consistency.

roasted or raw peanuts please? I might give this a go.

bravobeastie

me too. I can't stand the stuff but dh loves it.

How long would it keep for (roughly)?

Boodle

rachbc - I use roasted salted value ones (I checked them against bought peanut butter before I first made it and saw there was little if any difference in salt content - sorry can't remember figures tho.) But I have also used raw organic ones which was very very nice.

bravobeastie - I'm not sure how long it would keep for tbh. I usually make a new small batch (1 pack of peanuts) every 3 weeks or so and it has always been fine - no ill effects

merzal

How do you poach your chicken? Thanks x