MealPlans WB 21st September 2009

Penny-Pincher!!

Hi Guys!

Next week I have a couple of hospital visits, so them nights will be quick/easy meals.

Mon-Sausage Cassarole (peppers/onions/mushrooms/beans/carrots) & Baked Spud
Tues-Quiche, New Pots & Salad
Wed-Lamb, Mini Roasts, Mash, Carrots, Peas & Mint Gravy
Thurs-Egg & Chips (bread & butter:D)
Fri-Fish Pie, Peas & Sweetcorn
Sat-Steak, Baked Spud, Onion Rings & Corn On Cob
Sun-Chicken, Stuffing, Roasts, Yorkies, HG Carrot/Swede Mash, Parsnip & Peas

Lunches-I am trying to get an extra portion from our dinner for me to have at lunch as I need something more substantial than a sandwich or soup etc. Need to put some weight on. DD & OH will have things such as sarnies, soup or something on toast.

Breakfasts are things such as: eggs (scrambled as they go further), toast, cereal or porridge. Always have fruit juice and fruit available or milk. Weekend we sometimes have a sausage or bacon butty.

DD has been having tinned pears in juice most morning along with her breakfast. It says on the tin that a third is 1 portion of fruit but she has half and they work to 18p each serving-not bad I think.

Also fruit juice I bought huge amounts from approved foods last month. 1.5ltr of pressed apple juice at 33p each:D...they are out of date next month but fine. I bought quite alot, but we go through it, so fine:oAlso got DD OJ juice boxes for 15p each for her lunch box.

Bread is bought once a week then I make up sarnies of cheese or ham or marmite or jam and freeze them in bags, so she can pull a lucky dip out each morning;) It cuts down costs and time...ideal if you have to make alot of lunches. DD also likes cottage cheese with crackers...weird child!

If I make a Shepherds Pie, I will make 2 lots of base and freeze one for another meal where I just need to add mash.

So what are you all having?

PP
xx

L.L_2

This really helped me last week - writing it all down, made me stick to my guns and not pop into M&S to buy something tasty!

I am off on hols next week before new job so going to be a bit hectic meal planning:-

Friday, night out so no dinner
Saturday, use up pasta and garlic bread from freezer
Sunday, beef olives with roast tatties, carrots and turnip
Monday, gammon steak, egg and chips
Tuesday, chicken casserole
Wedesday, ooh something chickeny again, probably fajitas
Thursday, sausage and mash
Friday, going away for a few days x

tinkerbellsmum_2

first time of putting my menu plan on.
i work at night and dd has lot after school things so most r things i leave cooked for dh. breakfast dh eats at work so thats why breakfasts r there. my dd has school dinners and my ds will have what we do

friday
b: brunch wrap
d:roast beef sand
t: saus risotto (saus is in freeze to use up and most other stuff in cupboard)

sat
b: breakfast brunch(bascially one pot breakfast)
at a wedding rest of the day

sun
b:not decided
d:twice stuffed chicken (from ecomny gastromy)
t: potato fritters and beans (using up left overs from lunch)

mon
b:home made breakfast bar (dd will take one to school every day to for snack)
d: cold saus and egg sand
t:chicken and rice (also from eg) and my daugther will have cold pizza on way home from gymnastics (will freeze left overs)

tues
b: breakfast strata (freeze left overs)
d:cheese and tom sands
t: curry in freeze for dh (pasta for me children at my mums will get fed there)
wed
b: potato frittata (freeze left overs)
d: ham salad cob
t:chicken escaples and chips (from eg)

go shopping thursday morning next week

newlywed

Hi all, payday at the end of the week so my months plan starts to get a bit sketchy till the money arrives

Fri: freezer oddments (think there's one portion of chicken creole, one of sausage casserole etc)
Sat: Chicken and leek cobbler, carrots, parsnips and peas
Sun: Meatballs and mash with sweetcorn, carrots
Mon: Mackerel/kippers with courgettes and roasted veg - anything looking sad in the fridge
Tue: Turkey steaks with baked butternut squash and cauli
Wed: Chilli wraps
Thur: smoked salmon omelette
Fri: ...payday... dunno... will await inspiration - maybe enchiladas or maybe something with oven chips as it's been a while
Sat: Mince and veg with gravy in giant yorkies
Sun: chicken breasts with pesto wrapped in bacon with veg

Lunches will be soups (b.nut squash soup, minestrone soup, leek and potato soup - all HM) hopefully served with HM bread (all being well)
and quesadillas for saturday lunch

funkymonkey849

Got the female parental unit and her OH coming to stay this weekend and it's the end of a tight month (bought 3 items of furniture) so only £30 of the budget left to buy food for rest of month, oh the stress, wouldn't mind if it was just us too but don't want to be rationing the food when guests are staying! Gonna use up some of the cupboard standbys and make it last until next sat!

f - lasagne and garlic bread
s - puff pastry pie, swede mash, potatoes and broccoli
s - hot dogs, mash and baked beans
m - leek and potato soup and quiche (yellow stickered already in freezer)
t - shephards pie
w - veggie burgers and chips
t - jacket and beans
f - 4p curry and rice
s - fish, chips and mushy peas (takeaway replacement - too skint!)

Please note all of the 'chips' are actually potatoes cut into wedges and baked in the oven - am planning to buy a bag of potatoes and make it last for all the meals - haha just realised it's gonna be tatties for 7 out of 9 days LOL, ahh well they're good for you

Shopping list estimate is £22 which leaves £8 left to buy a couple of bottle of plonk, one for the rents when they arrive and one for me to recover with after they're left!:j

freakyogre

Saturday - mini pizza with potato wedges and salad

Sunday - roast chicken with all the trimmings (including my homemade stuffing balls )

Monday - chicken and leek pie with mashed potatoes and veg (not sure what yet, maybe sweetcorn)

Tuesday - bubble and squeak concoction depending what's left

Wednesday - [STRIKE]chicken stirfry with noodles[/STRIKE] had leftover chicken and leek pie with leftover bubble and squeak!

Thursday - [STRIKE]going to see my brother and sister, so will probably eat there[/STRIKE] not going now, so will either have pie again or stir fry or......

Friday - [STRIKE]sausage and bean stew[/STRIKE] something easy, probably pasta and sauce (yes, from a packet )

Saturday - [STRIKE]sausage and bean stew[/STRIKE] going to see my brother and sister, so will probably eat there

Sunday - [STRIKE]pasta bake[/STRIKE] dunno, it's all gone to pot! Although I still have everything listed so will have next week

misscousinitt

Hi, back from hols so can start planning again:

This week we are having:

Thurs: Tarragon Chicken, Rice & Broccoli
Fri: Gammon, Pineapple, Jacket Pot & Salad
Sat: Cajun Tuna Steaks & Prawn Skewers
Sun: Eat at OH's parents
Mon: Salmon with Dill & Cream Sauce with Pasta & Broccoli
Tues: Greek Style Lamb Stuffed Tomatoes, roast potatoes & veg
Wed: Roast Duck Leg dinner, roasties and veg

Pay day next Thurs, so can stock up again.

Have a good week all.

A

Kadeeae

Ooo...another week gone by! Will try again next week to get more than just the main meal of the day added too.

SUN- Slow Cooker Beef Skirt / Roast Potatoes / Veg
MON- Grilled Pork Chops / Macaroni Cheese / Veg
TUE- Breaded Haddock / Salad / Rolls
WED- Sunday Leftover Beef / Fried Potatoes / Salad /
THU- BH day off and doing Breakfast (full English) for Lunch :-))
FRI- Penne Carbonara / Veg / Roll
SAT- Pizza (Not HM)

Hope ya'll have a healthy and happy weekend! (Been watching too much Jamie . . . . . . brother)) lol

honey

freakyogre (cool name by the way!)

If you get chance, could you post your recipe for your homemade stuffing balls? I haven't had a go at homemade ones yet and would love a tried and tested recipe.
Many thanks,
honey x

stevenhp1987

For me & OH

Sun - Toad in the Hole with veg
Mon - Meatloaf with potato and veg
Tue - Meatloaf with potato and veg
Wed - Chicken Wings with HM chips and veg
Thu - Pork Ribs with HM chips and veg
Fri - Salmon with rice and veg
Sat - Salmon with rice and veg

Lots of potatos again this week! (49p for "2.5kg" maris piper potatos in aldi... seems more like 1.8kg to me but still a good deal!)

candygirl

SUN-veg curry n rice
MON-veg burger n wedges
TUES-omlette n salad
WED-pasta bake
THURS-jacket spud cheese n beans
FRI-veggie wrap n salad
SAT-veg curry

I am on a diet, and only feeding me so :T:T:T