MealPlans WB 12th Oct 2009

aless02

Boodle wrote: »

Do you think your aunt would mind you sharing that yummy sounding soup recipe?

Boodle - it written down at home, so I'll try and remember to type it up this evening!

janejustjane

This week we are having -

Wednesday - Sea bream fillets with jacket spuds and cauliflower cheese.
Thursday - Sliced roast beef from freezer with mash, carrots and brocolli.
Friday - Chicken in red wine sauce, rice.
Saturday - Red veg tangine with cous cous and dried apricots.
Sunday - Moussaka with sprouts.
Monday - Bacon and lentil hot pot with cabbage and carrots.
Tuesday - Gingered almond pilaf with garlic bread.

Puddings - yoghurt, upside down pear tart or fruit.

Verdict on the Economy Gastronomy slow roast shoulder of lamb and shepherds pie -

The shoulder of lamb was well cooked after 2 hours but it was not "falling off the bone". There was a lot of fat on the joint, but cooking it this way gave the meat a good flavour and it did not dry out at all. The shepherds pie was OK, but nothing special. Not sure I would cook this again - there are so many other nicer things to try!

freakyogre

Have done ok so far this week, only changed a few meals, but used things I already had so nothing was wasted by doing so.

Friday - chicken and leek pie with mashed potato

Saturday - sweet chilli sausages with butter baked rice/potato wedges (cant decide!)

Sunday - pizza [STRIKE](not sure what, might make, might buy)[/STRIKE] bought a BIG pepperoni pizza in Asda

Monday - stirfry with rice

Tuesday – jacket potato with cheese and beans

Wednesday – [STRIKE]soup of some description[/STRIKE] had Super Noodles

Thursday – tuna fishcakes with potato wedges

Friday - it's my brothers birthday on Thursday so we're going out for an Indian this night to celebrate

Saturday - strifry with noodles (twice in a week, but the bag of stirfry veg is taking up a lot of freezer space!)

Sunday – [STRIKE]meatballs with something! Going to use my Ikea sauce[/STRIKE] going to do pasta instead

[STRIKE]I'm going to make some of these for lunch during the week - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2861/cheesy-corn-muffalettas
[/STRIKE] I'm not now as will have leftover pizza for lunch and take in some of my soup rather than making more food!

Fitzio

Hi everyone,

Not been on for a couple of weeks as had a baby and been eating prepared meals from the freezer as and when we have time! DH back at work this week so normality of some sort can resume:

Sat: Steak Diane & Potatoes, Broccoli & Sweetcorn
Sun: Cheeseburgers & Chips, Salad
Mon: Pasta Bolognese
Tue: Chicken Curry & Rice
Wed: Sausage & Butterbean Casserole & Potatoes, Sprouts
Thu: Peppered Mackerel & Potato Bake (untried, but looks quite easy and had some peppered mackerel in the freezer for months!)
Fri: Take Away from new Indian restaurant as a reward for spending a week alone with new baby!

Lunches will be toast, sandwiches, soup or salads. Breakfast will be cereal or toast.

This is all if we have time and if I remember to eat!!

Have a good week/weekend everyone. x

Essex-girl_2

Hello Everyone

Trying to get back in the routine of menu planning Fri or Sat. Have stuck completely to this weeks plan so am very pleased with that.
Here's next weeks -

• Mon Omelettes/Egg on toast
• Tue Chicken curry (leftover chicken from Sunday)
• Wed Burger in buns, chips
• Thu Spag Bol
• Fri Fish Pie
• Sat Hoison Pork, egg fried rice
• Sun Roast.

x

aless02

Sorry got side-tracked last night. Here's the Italian wedding soup. I've tried to convert the quantities to metric as it's originally an American recipe

150g spicy sausagemeat*
280g frozen chopped spinach, thawed
1 medium onion, chopped
3-6 cloves garlic, minced
olive oil
2 cups (approx) cubed potatoes, peeled or unpeeled. Baking potatoes work best.
6 cups chicken/veg broth
salt to taste

Saute the sausage and drain off fat. In soup pot, heat olive oil (about 1 tablespoon) over medium-low heat. Add onion & garlic and cook until translucent but not browned. Add spinach, potatoes, broth and sausage. Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer covered until potatoes are tender, about 10-20 minutes. Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with fresh grated Parmasean (optional but definitely improves flavour). Best if serve with crusty bread.

It's also one of those soups whose flavour improves over time, so makes fantastic leftovers!

* the type of sausage this is made with isn't usually sold in the UK, so I modify my own by taking plain sausagemeat and adding loads of herbs & spices to it. Using plain sausagemeat will make this soup very bland so I find this step crucial. Just chuck in things like thyme, sage, chili flakes, paprika, black pepper to create a spicy sausage. If you've got kids, just focus more on the herbs than the spices and it's still yummy .

lillibet_dripping

Morning all:j
Hopped over here from the daily thread. I have meal-planned for ages and usually am able to stick to it. I find it really makes a difference to the weekly budget. If I'm feeling really anoraky, I go online to Mr. T's or Sainsbugs and cost out the entire shop and then find ways to tweak the mealplan or cut the budget a bit more. DD used to be hugely embarassed by this, but is now as enthusiastic as I am:T

Strictly Saturday - HM chicken curry (in freezer), rice and naan plus lots of wine and a sparkly dress:D
Songs of Praise Sunday - Roast lamb (in freezer), roasties, yorkies, leeks and nutterbut squash (My childhood Sunday was always a roast for lunch whilst listening to Family Favourites and the Navy Lark followed by either boiled eggs and soldiers or sardines on toast whilst watching Songs of Praise)
MasterChef Monday - Frittata (chopped YS peppers in the freezer, eggs from neighbour) tomato, red onion and basil salad (from garden)
Tuesday - Scone-base pizza, oven chips and salad
Wednesday - Quiche (bacon needs using up - only got to buy cream for the filling
Thursday - Sausagemeatballs with spagehetti, tomato sauce and garden herbs
Friday - Toad-in-the-hole, cheesy mash and baked beans

This will be the third weekend in a row that I haven't done a 'weekly shop' but have used up what is in the storecupboard/freezer and, boy, is it making a difference to the budget.
Lilli
x

champys

It seems strange to be mealplanning just for me (DH still away all week), but it's best to do it or I will end up living on bread & cheese. Here goes:

Friday - invited by neighbours, so what was left of last week's plan moves up one day.
Saturday - bigos and mashed potato
Sunday - eggplant parmesan (Moosewood)
Monday - sauerkraut soup, cabbage & carrot salad
Tuesday - pasta with spinach/ricotta sauce, tomato salad
Wednesday - pitta bread pizza
Thursday - spicy macaroni
Friday - cantonese rice
Saturday - baked potato with HM cassoulet-style baked beans
Sunday: Turkish lentil soup

Still waiting for the replacement lid for my slow cooker! Otherwise this week's plan would have been based around a batch of bolognese sauce.....

kunekune

This week, we will probably have:

Saturday: pan fried haddock fillets, saute potatoes, green salad; apple or banana tart tatin with bought vanilla ice cream
Sunday: spinach/silverbeet & feta pie with some kind of salad
Monday: ham, egg & chips (with any leftover pie from Sunday)
Tuesday: roast chicken thighs with aubergine parmigiana
Wednesday: cullen skink & soda bread
Thursday: spaghetti bolognese
Friday: leftover bolognese turned into chilli, served with corn chips

suziewuzie

Trying to work our way through freezer stuff and garden fruit n veg
Fri - reduced price fish from freezer - sprats as a starter (dusted in flour & fried) 16 cost 30p, followed by sea bass fillets and steamed garden veg - pots, fr beans, kohl rabi, leek (& bought carrots)
Sat - lunch - reduced price pate for them, hm veg soup for me (some put in fridge for rest of week)
eve - rabbit casserole for him, chick cass for us (jointed chick so lots of portions for freezer), beetroot, kale, rice
Sun - lunch - soup 4 me, cheese and bacon oatcakes for them
eve - out with friends for curry (they have a 50% off voucher)
Mon - vegetarian cottage pies from freezer with veg
Tue - turkey (frozen strips from a pack a while back, not much there) bulked out with loads of veg and kidney beans (slow cooker)
Wed - Pasta with lentil sauce from freezer (you guessed)
Thurs - not sure - see what's hanging around - freezer still groaning with bits so I'm sure we'll find something
puds - using up plums, stewed apple etc with nat yog; fruit yoghurt as well