MealPlans WB 20 July 2009

SunnyGirl

Lemon_Verbena wrote: »

Sunnygirl I hadn't thought of making wraps for lunches, so thanks for that :T it would ring the changes, I do make different breads in the breadmaker but wraps would be something different and adding grated carrot will help pad them out methinks, and make them healthier, will have to look on here for peoples favourite wrap fillings.

We love wraps and I find they make a lovely change to bread a bit ligher somehow IYSWIM? When it's just DH & I (rare!) I tend to go for fillings such as shredded chicken thats been marinated in tikka spices & yoghurt before cooking (one chicken breast will go a long way ), spread the wrap with garlic mayo and put crispy salad leaves in with it. It also works with some cucumber raitia (sp?) and spicy chicken. I like sliced Brie, walnuts and a bit of crumbled blue cheese with leaves and DH's favourite is to spread the wrap with onion chutney and put salad & strong cheddar in there. The children won't eat half of these so I go for simple fillings that all 4 of them will eat at once :rolleyes: such as ham & shredded carrot!

A good tip is to have a look in sandwich shops & see what they're putting on their wraps. Boots do an amazing array in their Shapers range and Tesco have some good ideas too. I used to regularly buy these sort of things until I realised that I might as well throw money down the drain :eek: and it'd be easier, healthier & much cheaper to make them myself.

p.s. Thank for posting the lovely muffin recipes I've copied & pasted them for future reference

kunekune

School hols won't make much difference just yet as the children are at holiday club for the next two weeks and will take their usual packed lunches. I am trying to empty the freezer before we go away, though, so there are more 'use it up' meals than usual.

Sat: meatballs (optional) in tomato sauce with spaghetti
Sun: fish or fishfingers, chips, peas & asparagus
Mon: prawn risotto & salad
Tues: vegetable soup, hm cheese scones
Wed: sausages (optional), yorkshire puddings, onion gravy, peas
Thurs: lamb fillet marinated in oil & herbs (optional), tabbouleh, feta, hm flatbread
Fri: spanish omelette, baked beans

OrkneyStar

Our plan for end of this week and next week:


Saturday 18th: Omelette (SM sausage and sweetcorn) and chiops
Sunday 19th: Stew, yorkies, potatoes and veg
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Monday 20th: Spaghetti bolognaise
Tuesday 21st: Breaded haddock, chips and peas
Wednesday 22nd: LO Spag bol made into Chilli, with wraps
Thursday 23rd: HM Smoked sausage and sweetcorn pizza, HM tattie salad and green salad
Friday 24th: Pork casserole, tatties and yorkies
Saturday 25th: LO casserole and roast tatties
Sunday 26th: Cumberland Whirl, chips and beans

Have a good week all.

poolygal

This is my first time doing this on here, so here goes:
Mon - pasta and sauce (with added veg) and salad
Tues - salmon, new potatoes and salad
Wed - veggie burgers, new potatoes, baby corn and sugarsnaps
Thurs - frozen pork stew (homemade) with veg as above
Fri - Either salmon and veg if any left over, or frozen (homemdae) veggie curry with rice

Lunches I buy at work - very reasonable employer subsidised canteen. Evening desserts are fruit. Breakfast is toast. I have a freezer full of reduced bread.

Maybe writing it down like this will make me stick to it. I waste so much money doing those midweek, just pop to supermarket for a couple of bits shopping trips.

WelshWoofer

Afternoon!

Here's my efforts....

Sat - steak and chips for OH, 3 bean enchiladas and salad for me
Sun - sausages, roasties, veg and gravy in a giant yorkshire pudding for the both of us (veggie sausages for me)
Mon - fajitas for the both of us
Tues - OH playing footy so just something on toast for him, HM leeka dn potato soup for me
Weds - tilapia fish, new potatoes and salad for the both of us
Thurs - cheese and potato pie and baked beans for me, not sure about OH, maybe gammon
Fri - pesto stuffed tortellini and tomato sauce for me, OH has big lunch in work

Shopping next Saturday when it all starts again!

Penelope_Penguin

Here's mine:

Sunday – HM chicken liver pate, HM granary bread, pickles, fruit
Toad-out-of-the-hole, HG vegetables; HG cherry clafoutis

Monday – salmon and Welsh goat’s cheese en croute, HG salad

Tuesday – pasta with HM pork and carrot sauce

Wednesday – HG summer vegetable risotto

Thursday – Quorn red thai coconut curry

Friday – out to friends

Saturday – HM pizza, garlic dough balls, salad


Subject to change, depending what the children's plans are :rolleyes:

Brunches will be Spanish omelette, Scotch pancakes, Welsh cakes, muffins, bacon and sausage sandwiches, French toast. They'll be served with fruit, milk, fruit smoothies.

There's sponge cake in the tin. I'll bake on Monday - fruit cake, flapjack and cookies are requested

Penny. x

Essex-girl_2

Hello All :hello:

This is my 'provisional' menu plan as its the school holidays anything could happen.

• Mon Something easy on toast plan to be out all day at the beach
• Tue Barbeque pork casserole
• Wed Roast chicken
• Thur Chicken Rice
• Fri Some sort of fish, new pots n peas
• Sat Chicken wraps
• Sun Roast or barbie depending on the weather.

Not too much to put on the shopping list and as not needing to buy packed lunch stuff hopefully will be quite a low spend.
x

stiltoncheese

Haven't posted on this thread for ages, so here goes

Lunches for week: Mixture of cheese and crackers, nuts to snack on, rice cakes & cottage cheese, cheese & pickle pittas

Mon: Tomato & bacon pasta
Tue: visiting parents
Wed: visiting parents
Thu: Spanish chicken and veg
Fri: chilli con carne and rice
Sat: Jacket and leftover chilli
Sun: Not sure yet

natsing

Hi All
Not posted my meal plans for a couple of weeks, but sticking to them like glue!
Here's next weeks

Sunday:
lunch- soup and bread
Dinner- lasagne and garlic bread
Monday:
lunches- HM soup for me turkey ham sandwiches for DH
dinner- Leftover chicken curry, rice popadoms and naan bread
Tuesday:
lunches- HM soup and turkey ham sandwiches
dinner- at mum and dad's after WW
Wednesday:
lunch- HM soup and turkey ham sandwiches
dinner- sausages and mash with gravy
Thursday:
lunch- HM soup and left over chicken tonight for DH
dinner- burgers and HM chips
Friday:
lunches- sandwiches on way to see DH's family
Dinner- at in laws

breakfasts are bran flake muffins for me and weetabix for DH

enjoy your week everyone

RainyWednesday

Hello everyone, hope you are all having a good weekend - this is our dinner plan for the week (starts on a Friday because our veggie box gets delivered on a Thursday night)

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Friday – Jerk chicken with roasted veg[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Saturday – out[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Sunday – Chicken in white wine sauce (plus extra portion for freezing)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Monday – Gnocci with spinach and courgettes[/FONT]
Tuesday - bolognaise (plus extra portion for freezing)
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Wednesday – out[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Thursday - Potato bravas with chorizo[/FONT]