Monthly Meal Planner

Penelope_Penguin

As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the existing monthly meal plan thread, so that Norman's plan can easily be found again :j

Penny. x

Alwaysachoice

EllieA wrote: »

ooh blueberry muffins ... anyone got a recipe?? i'd need to buy flour but thats not a biggy because i was planning on buying some anyway so i could make some cakes for lunch boxes.

This one is foolproof and other fruit can be substituted. I have tried it using raspberries and hildaberries. Also omitted white choc and was still good (though not AS good:rotfl:).

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4159/blueberry-and-white-chocolate-muffins

Sun_Addict

Thank you Penelope Penguin for bringing this brillant thread to our attention. :T Have been reading it avidly at my desk (in between doing some work). Hope to pick up some tips as I really need to get my grocery spending down.

freelancemermaid

i just did a month's menu plan - inspired by what was already in the cupboards, freezer and fridge.

then i made a shopping list of what groceries were still needed, plus household stuff - i've cut down the shopping cost by a third!

i've decided to add more rice to all the stir fries and curries i make - then have leftovers for the fridge or freezer, i might cut down even more :-)

01001011

EllieA wrote: »

I have a caveman for an OH, soup is not a meal nor is anything without meat.

i've got lentils and beans to pad out a few of the meat dishes and loads of veg, but he complains like a big baby about how it makes everything bland and mushy, even though i don't think it does. he's much of a veg person, i think if he was to cook for himself he'd live off burger and chips, and sausage buttys his 5 a day would become 0 a day. if you give him something like beans on toast a meal, he'll ask where dinner is as to him thats just a snack.

Me too - I am the caveman . No wonder my food budget is so high.
My solution: Frozen pork chop, frozen fish and frozen chicken thighs, occasionally lamb chops, fresh fish or beef stew as treats.

EllieA_3

hi you guys and gal's where great last month and really helped me out of a bind, so i was wondering if you could lend a hand this month too. The situation isn't getting any better... life... who'd have it?

Anyway i have at max £50 to spend on food this month so i was wondering if you could help me sort out a meal plan because the one we did last month was a huge help.

Next week there is just me and my husband at home, as the kids are staying with thier gran for the holidays but after that i'll have 3.5 weeks with the kids as well (2 kids one vegatarian pre-treen) so i'll need packed lunchs. Also an snacking ideas would be great as my kids have hollow legs and im such we eat ten times as much when they are around.

In my cuboards i have. (i do have the other odd thing, herbs etc)

5 eggs
2 bags of porriage oats (im the only one who will eat porridge but flap jacks always go down well)
1/2 box cornflakes
1 jar chicken tika spread and bake
1 tin pinapples
bag of couscous
2 small bundles of rice noodles
1 sheet of egg noodles
3 x 500g bags of pasta
2 1kg bags of rice
12 small onions
small block of cheese
large tub of greek yogurt.
1 and a half loaves of bread
125g choped bacon bits
4 pt milk
1 tub cooking marge (scrape of normal)
2 small pkts of creamed coconut
1/2 red lentils
1/4 soup mix
balsamic vingar
Oils - Flavored (none plain)
soy sauce
bottle of orange sauce
tiny bit of beef gravy granuals
jar of chicken gravy
tub cheese sause
tub white sauce
2 bags self raiseing flour
golden syrup
1 carton custard
1/2 bag suger
bag chopped nuts
bag chop chips
pudding rice
bread crumbs
decicated coconut
2 bags potatos (past thier best)
1 pk sliced ham.

freezer

2pks puff pastry
1 pk short crust
spinach
cabbage
sweetcorn
6 chicken breasts
cauliflower
20 sausages
green beans
a few aubergine slices
2 lamb grill steaks
1 bag veggy mince
1/2 veggy chicken type pieces
1 bag prawns
2 pks beef mince
1 chicken
10 bread rolls

Souk08

Hon, GET THYSELF TO SOMERFIELD. They are doing mexican stuff this month on their offers and I got Fajita sauce for 19p yesterday!!! They also have tortillas for 41p for 6 and enchilida and chilli sauce for 80p a jar. The fajita sauce and wraps will do with your chicken/veggie chicken and the other bits you can use with your mince/veggie mince. Thay also have loo roll at 12 rolls for £2.25 and you can never have too many of those!!! Sorry to be thick but is it 2 kids with one being a veggie or 3 kids?

zippychick

Hi Ellie :hello:

I'll have a think of meal suggestions but in the mean time, here is a link to the Monthly meal planner thread which may also be useful. I'll add your thread to that one later:)

thanks
Zip

sophieandemily

Can anyone offer me any tips on monthly meal planning? I do my food shopping once a month following a meal plan but I still seem to end up in the supermarket every few days topping up on bits and pieces. Also if anyone has a monthly meal plan they would like to share I would appreciate it we seem to always be eating the same things here thanks for any advice

Pink.

Hi sophieandemily,

These theads are full of tips and advice that should help:

Monthly Meal Planner

Meal Planning - how do you do it?

For ideas there is a thread (started anew each week) Here is the thread for this week: MealPlans WB 12 April 2010

I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the suggestions together.

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