Rubber Chook vs Meal Plan

zara*elise

Hi guys and girls.

I made a meal plan this week as we're not going to be around much from Wednesday due to family commitments.

Anyway, my meal plan was meant to look like this:

Yesterday: Roast Chicken stuffed with minced pork (my version of sausagemeat) with brussels, homemade y puds (which DH thought were amazing, he was even more amazed when I told them I made them from scratch!) potatoes, leek and parsnip and broccoli.

Today: Bubble & squeak - we're actually going out tonight so todays meal can be scrapped.
Sunday: Chicken and bacon salad
Monday: Steak fajitas
Tuesday: Quesadillas with rice.

Anyway, having a look at how huge the chook was, it's clear I'm not used to having so much meat on a free-range, organic chicken!! It looks bigger than when I put it in the oven.

Anyway, I feel like I have enough to stretch this chook out til Tuesday night and forget about the steak at all. However I can't get to the point of not having enough left for tues or else I'll have to defrost the steak and there will be wastage.

Anyway, how can I pad this out to last till tues? Or am I best sticking with my meal plan?

I was thinking of this:

Sunday Lunch: Chicken and Goats Cheese Paninis
Sunday Dinner: Chicken Madras with rice
Mon: Chicken fajitas with the trimmings
Tuesday: Chicken Quesadillas

But then all the veg I have left over will be wasted. I'll have to throw away 8 large sprouts and half a broccoli.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Bunny200

Personally I would strip the chicken of all the meat, freeze it, make chicken stock/soup, freeze that and then stick to the original plan. That way you won't waste your veg and you have frozen chicken & stock ready for your next menuplan.

zara*elise

Ahh, I completely didn't think about freezing it!

Or is there anything I can do with the veg maybe? Can you freeze the veg?

xoxoxox

huston_kw

Yeah, you can freeze the veg.

But I agree with Bunny200, personally I would freeze the chicken and stick to your meal plan. Trust me you'll be all chickened out by Tuesday, I've done this and it put me off chicken for ages.

Big_Alf

Rissoles are a great way to use your leftovers up.

Blend the chicken and veg with an onion and a couple of slices of bread and then mould into patties (you'll need to use flour as they tend to get pretty sticky!) grease a pan and fry them until golden brown. Delicious

zara*elise

Ahh, thanks for all your help!

xoxoxox