Morning all, need help with making menu list for next month.....

redballoon_2

So far i have got:

chicken casserole (with juice left from previous one i did)
tuna fish cakes (made too many and in freezer)
lasagne (mince in freezer)
shepherds pie (same packet of mince from lasange)
chicken, jacket pot and salad
chicken korma
corned beef hash (with veg left over)
spag boll
chilli con carne
fish pie (using up tinned tuna and salmon)
home made pizza (sole recipie from 1.62 meal challenge!)
Chicken and peaches curry (yummy and cheap)

so i only need 24 meals left!!!

I have got 95.00 to spend on food for this month.

my shopping list so far contains:
dried lentils to bulk out meals
fast acting yeast for pizza
tinned peaches
salad
veg


I wont be buying all of this in one go but hope to buy the main bits then buy veg every week.

what are your monthly favourites??

abbecer

Last night we had ham and mushroom pasta bake. Cheap and easy!! Boil some pasta shapes, fry sliced mushrooms, grate a decent wedge of red cheese, thinly slice cheap wafer thin ham and whisk together two eggs.

Drain cooked pasta, add mushrooms, add ham, mix in egg mix and cheese. Transfer all this to an oven dish and top with more grated cheese. Cook in oven until cheese is golden brown. It's really tasty served with salad or garlic bread.

If you try it let us know if you enjoyed it.

Rebecca x:rotfl:

redballoon_2

ohh thanks, hubby doesnt like mushrooms, i suppose i could add some prawns from freezer??

Chell

What about some veggie meals, perhaps a Chickpea curry?

BLACKHURSTM

Fry some onions and bacon pieces in a pan add some tomatoes and mushrooms and anythink else you might fancy,place in the bottom of cassarole dish.
Partly cook the cauliflower,drain and place on the mixture.
now add some cheese sauce or grated cheese on top and finish in oven.can finish with a little parmasan cheese.
omit the bacon if veggie.
Makes a light lunch or can be used as the veg part of a meal.

redballoon_2

do you have a recipie for chickpea curry? i have a bag of them in the cupboard!

Chell

redballoon wrote:

do you have a recipie for chickpea curry? i have a bag of them in the cupboard!

I just make it up as I go along really. I add carrots, onions, potatoes, onions, green peper, mango chutney, curry powder, fresh corriander, natural yoghurt (added last minute), tinned or fresh tomoatoes and tomato puree.

Pink.

Hi redballoon,

You'll find lots of advice on what to do with chickpeas and how to make chickpea curry on these threads:

Chick Peas...i need insipiration

Chick-pea curry for bloke help please!

Pink

Essex-girl_2

Will you be having some of your options more than once? ie we have chilli at least twice per month.

Some nights we just have jacket pots for tea.

Omelette and chips.

Pork chops - love these sometimes have then with meat/veg and gravy. Sometimes grilled with wedges, sometimes make them into kebabs and have with pitta bread or rice.

Pork strips - slow roasted with sage and onion stuffing over them - delish.

What about roasts, we generally have roast pork or roast chicken - then can use leftovers for chickenwraps, chicken pasta or chicken pie.

Looking forward to other peoples favourites.

mamaoba

I use this site to help remind myself what foods are going to be in season each month

http://eattheseasons.co.uk/

this helps me plan what meat and fish to buy as I can predict what my best bargains are likley to be (I'm close to a really good market)and make them go together. Eating food seasonally means you are eating food that is at it's best nutritionally as well as cheaper. It also means you rotate your recipes a bit according to the natural cycles. Otherwise I have to admit I'd end up doing the same old stuff again and again and again. The site is great as it has suggested recipes for seasonal foods I might not have thought of that I can adapt a bit.

For June British lamb will be around so my menu will include
roast lamb
lamb kebabs
moussaka
I know I'll be doing a lamb and aubergne dish casserole type dish - turkish style with pitta bread at some point next month.

grilled fresh sardines will feature as they are lovely on nice summers days just grilled with abit of garlic and basil with some toamtoes & green salad.

Our strawberries will be in season so I'm going to a pick your own place with bubs and my Mum. Gonna freeze some and make some jam (rain stopped play this month lol!)

puddings will involve cherries somehow as they'll also be coming into the shops at a reasonable price.

As a kid my Mum knew all the right seasons to get stuff but I can never remember. Shopping this way really does work out cheaper and its v. old style.

susank

Tesco have a good offer on turkey medallions - 2 for £4.00 - I bought 2 this morning and have made a huge casserole of them with loads of root veggies and a tin of tomatoes and a jar of chicken chasseur from the cupboard and celery and green pepper with onions etc and it has made loads for the freezer and have now packed it away - gave me 10 meals for the next month. Also did a casserole of steak and basic mince to have in freezer ready cooked so with stuff already in there I have enough for about 21 days without needing much more than veggies