Mealplanning - weekly, fortnightly or monthly?

squeaky

Quiche and egg custards


Basically I put small chopped bits of (usually cooked) stuff into a lined flan dish and pour beaten eggs over them.

Sometimes I'll increase the liquid content with milk and will often add a bit of cornflour, mustard, and paprika to help things along.

Penny-Pincher!!

What we do is:

Either make your own pastry or we sometimes cheat and buy when reduced to 25p at Asda and freeze, then use when needed. Or make pastry and then you can freeze any excess.

Get a quiche tray and line with the pastry. Put in oven for 7-8mins. In a pan melt a little butter and add anything we usually use up whats in the fridge or cupboard and normally is something like leek or onion, mushrooms, peppers, bacon, ham, sweetocorn, peas.....anything really. Then place these in the quiche tray, then we whisk up 6 eggs to the same amount of milk...add salt and pepper. Put in oven on medium for about 15mins then add some grated cheddar, put back in oven for a further 20mins....voila HM Quiche!!

If I can do it...anyone can!!

PP
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ziggy2004

this a a 5 week menuplanner I did on the computer normally I just make lists. everything is HM but I will substitute if I run out of time.


Monday Burrito's
Tuesday Pasta carbonara with pork chops
Wednesday Haggis and potato/suede mash
Thursday Ham and pea soup with smoked sausage
Friday Pizza
Saturday Fish and cheesy pasta
Sunday Sausages and mash

Monday Nasi
Tuesday Lasagna
Wednesday Hamburgers & potatoe wedges
Thursday Haddock pancakes
Friday Noodle stirfy
Saturday Spaghetti bolognese
Sunday Egg fried rice

Monday Sausage casserole
Tuesday Prawn noodle stir fry
Wednesday Meatloaf with potatoes
Thursday Cheesy pasta bake and chicken
Friday Cod in butter sauce with rice
Saturday Sheppards pie
Sunday Pork and pesto pasta

Monday Mince curry
Tuesday Cod with red sauce pasta
Wednesday Turkey stir fry
Thursday Haggis and potatoes
Friday Chili con carne
Saturday Roast chicken with potatoes
Sunday Chicken fahita's

Monday Paella
Tuesday Ham salad
Wednesday Italian meatballs with pasta
Thursday Cod & Potatoes
Friday Beef casserole
Saturday Sausage stir fry
Sunday Meatballs and leekbake

thank you for starting this thread as it has helped me find more meals I could make/freeze I am trying to figure out wheter it is a good idea to invest in a chest freezer as i now have baby nr 2 on the way and will have less time for cooking come November.

Anne

savvy

melt71 wrote:

I am planning to do a fortnightly mealplanning but use it in conjuction with a shopping list to do a main shop at the start of the month. I have quite a few ideas but I don't want us to get bored with eating the same stuff all the time!

Have you saved your previous meal plans? Just thinking that if you had 8 weeks worth for example, you could use ones from before and mix or rotate the weeks around to stave off boredom

melt71

savvy wrote:

Have you saved your previous meal plans? Just thinking that if you had 8 weeks worth for example, you could use ones from before and mix or rotate the weeks around to stave off boredom

Yes, I have got them but they were only scribbled in my notebook - I'm now at the stage where I want to make it more organised and use it together with a recipe book and shopping list. I've already started a recipe ring binder and I've used some ideas from there plus recipes I've successfully cooked myself - I'm about 1/2 way there I think

So far I've got the following menu planner, this is using the ingredients that I have in the cupboard as I don't plan to start my real menu planner until 2nd April as after payday I plan to do a big shop.


Meal Planner until end March

Mon 20th Creamy Pasta with cheese - Was very nice!
Tues HM Fish Cakes and Cauliflower Cheese
Wed Potato Wedges plus chilli from freezer
Thurs Pork stew (extra rice) from freezer
Fri Potato Gratin with bacon
Sat away
Sun Eve - Pasta Bolognese (plus 1/2 to freeze)
Mon Mediterranean Pasta with cheese
Tues Risotto (from freezer)
Wed Corn Beef hash (1/2 to freeze)
Thurs Fish in creamy tomato sauce
Fri Creamy tom & pasta bake

Further meal ideas for April mealplanner

Stand by stew with sausages
Veg & bean stew
Sausage Casserole
Chicken casserole
Mince stew
Honey & Mustard Chicken Pasta
Super Jacket Spuds
Shepherds pie
Toad in the hole
Bangers & Mash
Chinese chicken & noodles

I'll incorperate the above into my monthly menu planner and then add any further bits to my shopping list that I will need, I've already prepared the basic list.

Thanks to everyone that has posted - keep your suggestions coming as my menuplanner is far from finished!

melt71

Forgot to say that I pad out the meals to create enough for my lunch the next day and/or to freeze a portion. I also have lots of pasta meals in my freezer that I use for lunch.

oops_a_daisy

Im new to meal planning but to start off with this week I looked my my fridge, freezer and cupboards and wrote a menu listing all of the meals that I could possibly make. Then did a shopping list ( first for me ) and went shopping for the items needed to complete the meals planned. This should actually last 2 weeks :j also there are only 2 of us :j

on the menu is

Quorn Mince with Heinz Mulligatawnay Soup, Yorkshire Puddings and Veg - enough in for 2 meals each
Quorn Chilli Con Carni & rice + garlic bread - enough in for 1 meal each
Spag Bol ( Quorn again ) + garlic bread - enough in for 1 meal each
Made HM bean soup + bread roll - enough for 2 meals each
Made HM veggie soup + bread roll - enough for 2 meals each
Veggie Cheese Burgers & Chips - enough for 2 meals each
Cod with Mr Pataks & veg - enough for 1 meal each
veggie Mince Pies & veg - enough for 2 meals each
Jacket Potatoe Beans & Cheese - enough for 1 meal each
Pizza, Beans and chips - enough for 1 meal each.
Veggie curry & rice + garlic bread - enough for 1 meal each

for lunches my daughter stays at school and I have ryvita with ham, tuna & salad or home made sandwiches with cheese, ham or tuna

puddings consist of yogurts, muller rices, custard, jelly, ice cream, HM flapjack, HM cake

breakfast for me is a banana and porridge with honey - daughters is ricicles :rolleyes:

hopefully will now only need to buy milk, bread and fresh veg and fruit once per week to cut down on temptation when shopping.

Im keeping my receipts this month too so that I can really start budgeting properly in future.

By the way we are not veggies but we dont like meat very much

Littlemiss-lotsofdebt

Here's mine (I'm not the best cook I'm afraid):

Monday (last night): Sausage, chips & Beans
Tuesday: Ready meal from the freezer (we both go out Tuesdays)
Wednesday: Steak, Cheesy Mash Castles & Veg
Thursday: Chargrilled Chicken, Potato Wedges & Veg
Friday: Chicken in Black Bean Sauce, Rice
Saturday: Lasagne, Garlic Bread & Salad
Sunday: Going out for lunch

Monday: Fish, Chips & Peas
Tuesday: Ready Meal
Wednesday: Salmon, Potatoes & Peas
Thursday: Chicken & Pasta in Tomato Sauce
Friday: Takeaway Treat
Saturday: Mini Pizza's & Potato Wedges

HTH,
love LMLOD xxx

brokenwings

Heres mine - i cook for a very basic old fashioned eater who wont try curries or burgers or any 'foreign stuff ' : ) so my menu planner is very 'meat and two veg':

Sunday - Brisket in slow cooker, veg from garden, roast potatoes. Home made apple and mincemeat tart.
Monday - Bubble and squeak from yesterdays leftovers, apple and mince meat tart.
Tuesday - Stew from freezer, blancmange.
Wednesday - Home made fish and chips, last of the apple and mincemeat tart.
Thursday - HM Quiche and salad, Microwave suet pudding.
Friday - Liver, onions, peas and mash. Tinned fruit.
Saturday - Steak and chips, Fruit cobbler.


Sunday - Lamb chop and veggies from garden. Fruit cobbler.
Monday- Toad in the hole. Chocolate cake.
Tuesday - Potato hot pot. Fruit.
Wednesday - egg and chips. HM Apple pie.
Thursday - Fish pie and veggies. Apple pie.
Friday- Hot Dogs . Tinned fruit.
Saturday - Steak and chips - HM Trifle.

Sunday - Chicken in slow cooker. Trifle.
Monday - Chicken and veg pie ( from leftovers with tin condensed soup) . Cobbler.
Tuesday - Sausage casserole. Cobbler.
Wednesday - quiche and salad . Fruit.
Thursday - Shepherds pie. Jam rollypolly.
Friday - cod, parsley sauce, mash and peas. Country peach tart.
Saturday - steak, chips , peach tart.

Sunday - Lamb Chop, veg, roast potatoes. lemon meringue pie.
Monday - HM chicken and chips. Lemon meringue
Tuesday - Tripe and onions, HM bread and butter. Fruit.
Wednesday - Omlette ( filled with whatever needs using up ) salad, cherry pie.
Thursday - Full english breakfast - peice of cake.
Friday - fish pie, peas, carrots. Tinned fruit.
Saturday - steak and chips, Blancmange.

nic82

Littlemiss-lotsofdebt wrote:

Wednesday: Steak, Cheesy Mash Castles & Veg

love LMLOD xxx

I've got to ask...what are cheesy mash castles?