Menu Planning Tips (merged)

Curry_Queen

Excellent!!!


Now you know how to do them I bet you'll never go back to those 'orrible frozen ones again

Galtizz

Bumped for everyone joining in the March challenge.

r.mac_2

question re: yorshire puddings.

I live by myself but love yorshire puddings. However, even by mixing up only small quantitie of batter I can make a whole tray of 'mini' puds. As much as I would love to eat oll of these in one go, my wasitline would suffer!!!! Is it possible to freeze the leftovers?

elona

rmac

Why don't you do what Aunt Bessie does and put the yorkie mixture into small foil cases and freeze- then bake from frozen in a hot oven.

You could also make a six inch yorkie in a cake tin and fill with sausage - or veg and gravy for a meal for yourself on a weekday.

fazer6

Mac I freeze yorkies no problem. To defrost if I've already got the oven on I leave them in the grill so they warm up a little bit without getting too crunchy. Or just bung them straight in the oven on a lower shelf.

r.mac_2

thanks fazer6, will be doing this from now on.

elona - hadn't thought about that!

Mads13

Hi

Over the past 7 weeks alone, reading this site daily, I have saved around £200 on groceries/shopping alone!! :j I noted down all foods in my freezers and meal planned.

I am disabled, but do try and cook all food from scratch and do more on "better" days etc and freeze. Failing that, I tell hubby what to do..lol :T

I thought it might be an idea to see how people plan their meals/budget on a daily/weekly basis etc. Im sure this will help us all in one way or another to better our routines/schedules etc....maybe even save more money :T

This is how I work my week with estimated costs:

Breakfast Choices

Cereal(weetabix, porridge)
Toast (Jam or marmite)
Egg On Toast (poached, fried, boiled, scrambelled)
Bacon Sarnie (I have daily-have to eat special diet)
Fruit Juice/Piece of Fruit


Lunch Choice

Daughter Packed lunch (sandwich,fruit,yogurt, crisps,drink(squash) & biscuit)
Hubby & I-jacket spud & salad, sandwich, soup or beans on toast

Dinner Choice

Spag Bol (beef)
Shepards Pie & Veg (lamb)
Toad In The Hole, Mash, Veg & onion gravy
Roast Dinner(chicken/lamb), Roast pots, mash, 2/3veg, yorkies,stuffing,gravy
Chicken Curry & Rice
Egg, Chips & Beans
Chops, pots & Veg

Pudding Choice(if dinner eaten)

Fruit & Custard
Ice Cream
Rice Pudding

Cost of all above:

4 Loaves of value thick bread (0.92p)
Weetabix (tesco own)use half box each week(0.38p)
1/3 bag value oats (0.14p)
3 Value Pure Orange Juice(0.99p)
15 Eggs Value (1.14p)
2 x Value Butter (1.02p)
Butter me Up (1/3 used this week) (0.26p)
Value Jam(1/2 used this week) (0.18p)
6 pint milk (1.12p)
5KG bag value spuds(1.56p)
Value block of cheese (2.15p)
4 tins value beans (0.54p)
2 tins soup (0.60p)
Value Back Bacon (1.44p)
Value fromage fraisx2 (0.86p)
Value wafer biscuits (0.32p)
Value crisps (0.35p)
1.5kg value bananas (0.79p)
2 value bags of apples (0.99p)
Value carrots (0.44p)
Value cauliflower (0.63p)
Cabbage (0.41p)
Frozen Value Peas (1/2 bag used this week) (0.22p)
Frozen Value Sweetcorn (1/2 bag used this week) (0.26p)
Onions(1/4 bag used this week) (0.12p)
Chicken (2.02p)
Mince Beef(1/3 bag used this week) (0.35p)
Mince Lamb(1/3 bag used this week) (0.42p)
Frozen Sausages(1/3 bag used this week) (0.44p)
Value squash (0.38p)
Value Lard(1/3 used this week) (0.11p)
Gravy(1/2 used this week) (0.22p)
Lettuce (0.66p)
Value beetroot(longlife) (0.37p)
cucumber (0.45p)
Toms x 3 (0.20p)
Salad cream(1/2 bottle used this week) (0.33p)
Value Spagetti Long (0.18p)
Value plain flour(1/4 bag used this week) (0.08p)
Value tin chopped toms x 2 (0.28p)
stuffing Value (0.16p)
Value oven chips(1/3 bag used this week) (0.18p)
Value Chops(1/2 pack used this week) (1.02p)
Value rice pudding tinned x 3 (0.50p)
Value custard tinned x 2 (0.32p)
Ice cream(1/2 used this week) (0.41p)
Tinned Peaches x 2 (0.36p)
Value Long Grain Rice(1/2 bag used this week) (0.21p)
Curry Sauce(BOGOFF) (0.49p)
Value Ginger Nuts, Digestives & Richtea (0.54p)
Sugar (1/2 bag used this week) (0.33p)
Vinegar Value (cleaning-will use about 1/3 bottle this week) (0.06p)

Total £28.90 :beer:

So thats my shop list for this week. There will be enough for snacks of fruit, sandwiches, toast, etc. God...theres a heck of alot of value stuff there...lol. I think we eat quite well on such little money. If anyone can help cut my food bill down further...please let me know!!!

I look forward to viewing others menu plans and costs. :eek:

Best Wishes

Mads13
xxxx

tiff

You have some good meals there. I love to see other peoples meal choices to give me ideas for ours.

I'll be able to add my list next week, this week I shopped for a lot of stuff in Lidls and I dont have the receipt so cant give prices.

Magentasue

6pints of milk .... I use that in a day sometimes! Always 4pints+

mink35

I must admit I don't buy biscuits very often at all. With your oats and butter could you add a few raisins, golden syrup (or sugar I think) and make your own healthy flapjack things? I'm not knocking your biscuits, lol but just trying to ring the changes