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Menu Plan w/c 26th October 2009
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Here's mine - not paid yet so having to use a small amount of savings to make sure there's food for the weekend :rolleyes:
Fri: Basa and oven chips
Sat: sausage casserole (using any veg in the fridge and anything else I can find)
Sun: pasta bolognaise
Mon: Mackerel/kippers
Tue: gammon steaks (should have been paid)
Wed: chilli wraps
Thu: yet to decide...
Fri: Lidl fishcakes and oven chips
Sat: Roast chicken
Sun: maybe chicken risotto....
Lunches will be soup, tuna sarnie and anything else I can find to make look like a mealworking on clearing the clutterDo I want the stuff or the space?0 -
Here is my plan for the week. I am hoping to use up the stores this weekend as Mr T delivery not here until Tuesday.
Fri: Chilli, wedges and grated cheese
Sat: Not sure yet
Sun: Lamb chops/quorn fillet, potato croquettescarotts, parnips, peas, yorkshires and gravy
Apple crumble and custard
Mon:Pasta bake and garlic bread
Tues:Quorn peppered steak, onion rings, peasgrilled toms and HM wedges
Wed:Quorn provencale bakegreen beans and carotts
Thurs:Sausage, mash, peas and gravy
Fri: Chilli for OH as I am away all weekend and he is away from Saturday
Lunches will be HM soup and sandwiches
All supplemented with Twinks and ginger cake
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I thought I had an easy week at work, with some early finishes and time to spend time with the children during half-term. Unfortunately, a colleague has had a bereavement and I am doing extra teaching to help out, resulting in 4 more hours teaching than expected. So I will be less relaxed than I hoped.
This week we are mainly having (unless I change my mind):
Saturday: oxtail & carrot stew, parsnip puree, stir-fried kale [oxtail started just now]
Sunday: roast chicken legs, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, broccoli
Monday: stir-fried rice using leftover chicken, sweetcorn & whatever else I feel like
Tuesday: veg curry, rice and naan bread (from a mix)
Wednesday: OH cooking, probably pasta, broccoli and cheese sauce
Thursday: sausages and yorkshire puddings, gravy, broccoli, carrots & peas
Friday: either veg soup and cheese on toast or a takeawayMortgage started on 22.5.09 : £129,600Overpayments to date: £3000June grocery challenge: 400/6000 -
Half term so booked next week off & hoping to try a few different things like HM pizza base, Beef & Mushroom pie, HM soup. I may also make a HM apple pie & I've seen a fab recipe for my men: Chocolate Meringue Pie, so if I can find a "23cm tart tin with removable base" for sale anywhere I will attempt that for them (luckily I don't like anything chocolatey so I won't be tempted)
Saturday – Bacon & Cheese butties on HM bread
Sunday – Brisket done in slow cooker, broccoli, mashed carrots & parsnips, roasted spuds, Yorkshire puddings
Monday – Pie made with left over brisket, onions & mushrooms, HM wedges, cauliflower & carrots.
Tuesday – Fish, oven chips & mushy peas.
Wednesday – HM roasted tomato soup & HM Pizza
Thursday – Macaroni cheese & garlic bread
Friday – HM curry (not sure what kind yet), rice & naan bread.
Have a great week everyone x0 -
Here's mine for the week for me and OH.
Friday: Spicy fish stew
Saturday: Not sure, OH doing over time til about 10pm...might have pasta
Sunday: Mustard beef and watercress salad
Monday: Spicy chicken and salad wraps
Tuesday: Chicken sticky legs and HM chips
Wednesday: Sausages with onions cooked in cider:cool:"More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them." - Harold J. Smith:cool:0 -
This week we are having
Today: HM Gnocchi & Tomato Sauce
Sunday: Slow Roasted Shoulder of Pork, Polenta and veggies.
Monday:Haddock Chowder (HM in the freezer)
Tuesday: Gnocchi al Forno
Wednesday: HM Pizza
Thursday: Lasagne
Friday: Spicy chicken and rice (rice is frozen leftovers from a previous meal)
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Sunday - Whole chicken in slow cooker with small whole onions, carrots, button mushrooms served with roast potatoes.
Monday - Left over chicken with jacket potatoes and spinage.
Tuesday - Shepards Pie with broccoli and carrots. Shepards pie made with soya mince so making a big vat of it to go for spag bol and chilli as well for the freezer - only three weeks before i give birth so i'm stocking up more than usual.
Wednesday - cooking cod and salmon so i can make a fish pie for freezer, so to cut down on cooking a little we are having either a bit of the cod or salmon with HM parsley and chive sauce, mashed potatoes, steamed cauliflower, sweet corn and peas.
Thursday - bacon and cheddar potato gratain with .....baked beans!
Friday - Old fave omlett {with any leftover cheese and bacon}, chips and beans
Saturday - Im going to make a HUGE pot of butternut squash, sweet potato and chill soup or my grandmas cornbeef and potato soup and have it with some HM rolls. Leftovers will be used for lunch on sunday and frozen.0 -
...I've seen a fab recipe for my men: Chocolate Meringue Pie, so if I can find a "23cm tart tin with removable base" for sale anywhere I will attempt that for them (luckily I don't like anything chocolatey so I won't be tempted)
Hooray - someone else who doesn't like chocolate! :j
(Sorry, but it seems to be so unusual not to like the stuff that it's nice to find some company.)
Back after a very long break!0 -
Pay day next week so store cupboard and freezer meals this week.
Sat : doing pickled onions and piccalili then will make loads of cakes and biscuits ready for next week when the kids are off.
so Egg and Chips for dinner
Sun; Roast Chicken, Roasties, Honey parsnips,Brussels, carrots with Baked Rice pud for dessert
Mon: Chicken and Mushroom Stroganoff using the left over chicken from Sunday
Tues;Chicken soup from carcass of chicken with HM bread. Rhubarb crumble to follow. (Pay Day)
Wed; HM Cheese and Onion Pie with mash and baked beans
Thurs: Sausage pasta
Fri ; HM tuna fishcakes with chips and peas.Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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