MealPlans WB 30th November 2009

Winged_one

We're on a "use up what's in freezer and cupboards" week, and trying to use up some of the homegrown veggies and stuff, so:

Sat - salmon with fennel seeds (HG) and lemon pepper topping, mash, baby carrots (HG)
Sun - pumpkin soup (HG), roast chicken (freezer) and spuds, roasted carrots/parsnips/butternut squash
Mon - Meatballs and oven chips
Tues - Chicken leftovers with tomato sauce and pasta, leftover mushrooms, half a pepper, half a courgette, brocolli (HG)
Wed - Shepherd's pie (from freezer)
Thurs - Prawns (from freezer) with jar sweet'n'sour sauce, rice
Fri - whatever MIL makes!!

Will be a similar kinda week next week, but more cupboards than freezer.

chickywiggle

am sooo impressed - i have now planned the whole of December so i can do a month bulk online shop (don't fancy superstore shopping if this morning is anything to go by). it may well change tho depending what offers i see on the web site.

kazza_bee35

Hi Everyone

I have been receiving Martins emails for over a year and have finally taken the plunge and made a post on the forum!

I hate throwing away food (and money) so thought meal plan and grocery challenge would be a good place for me to start. 2010 I am properly going to start but December can be practice!

This is what we are eating this week (just the 2 of us for dinner and me for lunch)

Monday -
L - Leftover Lasagne
D - Pizza, Salad and chips

Tuesday -
L - HM Carrot and Coriander Soup
D - Tortilla chips with melted cheese and chicken fajitas

Wednesday -
L - Leftover Fajitas
D - Peppered beef steaks and veg

Thursday -
L - Cheese Omelette
D - HM Cottage Pie and veg

Friday -
L - Leftover Cottage pie
D - Birdseye Chicken and veg

Saturday
L - Burgers
D - Curry and Rice

Sunday
D - HM Lasagne, salad and chips
T - Egg fried rice

Currently all are in the cupboards/fridge/freezer - just need onions peppers, mushrooms and potatos.

stressedaah30

hi im new to this thread grocery shopping is very randem and want to get organised so by meal planning hoping to buy whats needed n not buy willienilly


monday- me= liver, fried egg and chips
kids- bean casserole n french bread n yoghurts

tuesday- all= omelettes with mushrooms, onions, bacon, cheese

weds- all curry n rice n jelly with icecream

thurs- fish chips n beans
fri- sweet n sour chicken with rice n bread n butter pudding

gonna work out a budget etc for december
wish i had a bigger freezer tho !!!

kookgekje

I'm trying the meal planning thing again. OH has agreed to this one so it should work:

Yesterday: HM chicken goujons, oven chips, salad
Today: Tandoori chicken, rice, lentils, potato curry
Wednesday: Morrocan lamb, couscous
Thursday: Sushi (OH bringing back from work - he has a place that does great sushi next to the office)
Friday: BBQ pork ribs, peri-peri chicken wings, bread, salad
Saturday: HM Pizza
Sunday: Normandy pork (recipe from my latest cookbook purchase), mash, green beans

Lunches are leftovers, sandwiches or HM soup with bread

Keep your fingers crossed that this time we stick to it as I have already bought most of the things I need.

niksyg

New to this board but have been planning our meals for a while now. OH is very frugal and I am becoming more so - I have to plan meals though because otherwise he'll make me eat smartprice noodles everyday!!! So:

Monday: Meatballs and Pasta
Tuesday: Beans on toast as OH at RMR
Wednesday: Soup from tin as I'm at college all eve
Thursday: Leftover lamb (from Sunday) casserole thing with rice and broccoli
Friday: Pasta with bacon and sauce as need carbs for a big run on Saturday
Saturday: Baked Potato with stew from the freezer made 3 weeks ago
Sunday: Cottage pie with broccoli and carrots

Breakfast is cereal for both of us and lunch is either HM soup or sandwiches.

Kadeeae

I see there are quite a few new 'planners' on the thread and just wanted to say, "Welcome!" :hello: :beer:

The more the merrier (meaning more for me to snitch ideas off of, LOL)

SunnyGirl

Kadeeae wrote: »

The more the merrier (meaning more for me to snitch ideas off of, LOL)

I'm glad it's not just me that sits at the computer with pen & paper in hand gleaning ideas :rotfl:

Seriously though a big to all new posters it really does help to get you organised & stops the impulse purchases when you know for sure what you're doing for dinner each night

freakyogre

mineallmine wrote: »

freakyogre - do ya have a recipe for your veg curry pasties, sound yum.

No recipe, but it was just some curry I had in the freezer. I used one of those cheap jars of curry sauce from Asda and wasn't overly keen, but it's fine in small quantities! From what I can remember, there was carrot, onion, potato and sweetcorn in them, I just made some shortcrust pastry and made them into random shapes!

Flat_Eric

Here is my menu for the coming week : :j

Today (Sat 5) Bonfire chilli, rice, garlic bread, dorit)s and dips.
possibly a pudd of apple crumble and custard !

Sun = home made beef madras curry or home made beef goulash.

Mon = Jacket chips and eggs

Tue = Jacket spuds and tuna

Wed = Jacket chips and eggs

Thur = Sausages, jackets and beans

Fri = steak and roasted veg
Thursday and Friday meals might get re-jigged as we ate the sausages today that we are meant to be having on Thursday and the steak meant for friday will get used on sunday for the goulash/curry so if i can find something else to use in the freezer that means I don't have to buy anything then that will be the plan.

Breakfast is typically yogurt and muesli and/or fruit. Lunches next week include chick pea dahl / cous cous / one lunchtime at the pub.
happy menu planning everyone.