Monthly Meal Planner

determined_new_ms

Hi Sophie, hehehe a chance to share my obession - I'd love to!

I can only give you my monthly meal plan as of yesterday. I can tell you that food up until Wed 21/4 has cost me £92.14 (this has included 2 boxes of red wine, £13 e) and is for myself, oh & (17yr old) ds

13 - store bought pizza + salad (I didn't eat as have stomach bug)
14 - spansih omlettes + salad
15 - pie and mash, frozen veg
16 - Going to friends for dinner - free food!
17 - Salmon fishcakes, cous cous + salad
18 - chineese style thicken thighs, mash & frozen veg
19- HM pizza + salad
20 - spicy bacon & tomatoe pasta + salad
21- maccoroni cheese, sausages + beans
22 - Lassanga
23- potato and bacon pie + broccoli
24- lamb (cooked in sc), cous cous + roasted veg
25 - roast chicken
26 - encilladas (leftover chicken from roast)
27 - spag bol (leftover sauce from lassanga)
28 - Spanish omlettes, hm bread + salad
29 - thai curry (maybe veg, maybe left over chicken, depends how much I can eek out of the massive chicken I intend to buy
30 - chicken, leek & mushroom (hm) pie - leftover form chicken

Breakfast porridge/toast, wheetabix

Lunches hm tom soup, noodles & cuppa soup for oh, ham/cheese/salami [STRIKE]salad[/STRIKE] should say sandwiches... ooo nd tuna pasta

hm hob nobs, banana cake, chocolate fudge cake, fruit, fruit (tinned and fresh) & nat yogurt for snacks/desserts

I still need to buy £65 of foods as per mysupermarket prices but will get alot either cheaper at discount shops or yellow stickered.

I also don't "pop" to the supermarket in between - if I realise we haven't got an ingredient we go without! I buy uht milk as I prefer it and its cheaper

I hope it helps!

miaoww

have devised my monthly menu plan from all my old supermarket mags (now have a nice recipe file aswel) and have also done a rought shopping list - how can I find out how much all the items are going to cost without having to log in and book slots with online supermarkets (as dont get paid until nxt week) but wanted to work out monthly budget
thanks

Gigervamp

If you go to MySupermarket you can see what Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury and Ocado are charging for each item.

muddlemess

I'm new to all this and have been trying to use all your advice from my last post - thank you.
I have had never ending problems this month and seriously overspent on essentails such as my car breaking down etc etc (if it doesnt rain it pours...) so need to try and spend the absolute min on food this month to pay for the work that still needs doing to get me to work!
I have looked through some of the posts and will continue to do so to try and put together a plan for the next month (to feed 2 x adults (taking packed lunch) and 1 x 5 yr old who has school lunch) but any ideas for cooking with the following ingredients I have in my cupboard would be gratefully appreciated -

Veg oil
Chicken and Mushroom pasta and sauce
Leek and ham pasta and sauce
1 x custard
1 x peach slices
1 x baked beans
7 x Chopped toms
9 x Tin tuna chunks
1 x Kidney beans in chilli sauce
1 x beef savory rice
1 x golden savory rice
thia green curry sauce
dried pasta
tin green beans
pasta bake sauce
jar bolognaise sauce
2 x jar sweet and sour sauce
1 x butter beans
rice
1 x sardines in tom sauce
3 x mushy peas
6 x frozen salmon steaks
5 onions
cheese
fish fingers
frozen peas
dried chick peas
dried black eyed beans
dried red lentils
dried callenelli beans
dried pinto beans
plain flour
self raising flour
caster sugar
6 x eggs
strong flour
dried yeast
lard
margarine
butter
cauliflour
green beans
cabbage
bag carrots
yoghurts
milk
Bag of potatoes
2 x bags oats
box oat cakes
bran flakes
shreddies
Honey
desicated coconut
brown sugar
various dried fruit

Already made -
A hugh pan of chicken soup - enough for 10 servings
Bean and lentil chilli - enough for [STRIKE]4 servings[/STRIKE] 2 servings left.
Energy bars

About to make
Bread (in a few days as need to use bread already have (whoopsied today!) - is it difficult to make can I make bread cakes without a tin?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions, I am working on a plan now, but may take a few days, I am looking through other threads too for the great advice already given...:):):)

Ches

I have just made a menu plan using all the food I have stored so I can defrost the freezer prior to moving. I made a list of what I had in then made meals from this list crossing off as I went. As I went along I could see what I needed to buy to complete the meals so I was able to make shopping lists for each week. Good luck.

Tracey04

could anyone help me by listing their monthly meal plan as an idea what to have.Do you just write down teas, or b/fast, lunch boxes, teas and puds.then do you write your shopping list from that. or shop then write your meal plan
trying to get organised once more!

thank you T

elf06

Personally we have some repetition within the 4 weeks but this is due to me making the most of batch cooking. There is only myself and DS and as he goes to nursery 3 days he doesnt always want a 'proper' meal afterwards. Also I make the most of any 'whoopsies' that I see and build my meal plan around this. Once a month or so I look through the cupboards and freezer and adapt my plan to use up what I have and I also bake snacks/cakes according to whats in the cupboard

Ok so here goes (last week was actually the start of the 4 week plan so I will start with it first)

WB 23.08

MONDAY
Lunch - at work (wrap with peanut butter salad and chilli sauce)
Dinner - Teriyaki beef, cous cous and salad
TUESDAY
Lunch - omelette and salad
Dinner - [STRIKE]at work (LO teriyaki beef and cous cous)[/STRIKE] ENDED UP NOT AT WORK HM PIZZA INSTEAD
WEDNESDAY
Lunch - [STRIKE]Baked Potato with tuna mayo[/STRIKE] ENDED UP WORKING SO CHEESE SALAD WRAP INSTEAD
Dinner - Chicken lattice and pasta
THURSDAY
Lunch - Fish fingers and salad
Dinner - at mum and dads
FRIDAY
Lunch - at work (baked pot and egg mayo)
Dinner - Curried Aubergine soup with garlic bread

WB 30.08

MONDAY
Lunch - at work (hm sarnie with cheese and salad)
Dinner - HM spinach and lentil en croute with riata and salad
TUESDAY
Lunch - mac cheese and sausage
Dinner - HM minestrone soup and a sandwich
WEDNESDAY
Lunch - black pud salad with red onion marmalade
Dinner - chicken mini roasts
THURSDAY
Lunch - left over roasts in wraps
Dinner - at mum and dads
FRIDAY
Lunch - at work (btl on homemade bread)
Dinner - San Choi Bao

WB 06.09

MONDAY
Lunch - at work
Dinner - mince and tatties
TUESDAY
Lunch - chicken burgers
Dinner - at work
WEDNESDAY
Lunch - curried aubergine soup
Dinner - Ham, leek and potato bake
THURSDAY
Lunch - bagels
Dinner - at mum and dads
FRIDAY
Lunch - at work (filled wrap with whatever needs using)
Dinner - mozzarella, red onion and tomato tart

WB 13.09

MONDAY
Lunch - at work (Chicken salad wrap)
Dinner - HM minestrone soup
TUESDAY
Lunch - bagels with cheese/prawns etc
Dinner -at work (HM bacon and leek quiche)
WEDNESDAY
Lunch - baked pot
Dinner - spinach and lentil en croute with salad and riata
THURSDAY
Lunch - HM pizza
Dinner - at mum and dads
FRIDAY
Lunch -at work (salad with black pud and red onion marmalade)
Dinner - soup and garlic bread

Most of my meals are HM however things like the chicken mini roasts are not but were whoopsied down to 23p :rotfl:

Hope this helps with what you were looking for

Bunny200

I have a certain type of food each day of each week as I find it easier to plan out if I have a structure

Monday I use leftovers from Sunday.
Tueday is veggie, should be meatfree monday but I'd rather use the leftovers! Veggie to try to have more balanced, healthy diet and also often cheaper especailly as its usually pulse based.
Mince Day uses a Mince Base where I get a big pack of mince and slow cook with lentils, soya mince, onions, carrots, stock and herbs. When this is cooked I freeze into portions big enough to serve myself, OH and 2 small girls. These are then turned into lasgane, spag bol, cottage pie, mince pie etc. I recently got 5 days worth from £4 pack of mince. I find this a very economical, easy and successful (the kids lap it up!) way of cooking.
Thursday (Busy afterschool day) I have a hot meal waiting for us when we get in.
Friday sometimes I like to cook a seperate meal for the kids to myself & OH, usually have stirfry as they aren't keen on that.

Monday Leftovers
Tuesday Veggie
Wednesday Mince
Thursday Slow Cooker
Friday Kids/Adults
Saturday Treat
Sunday Roast

This is the my plan for September. Over the summer my mealplanning goes out the window as we often change things depending on the weather (OH is addicted to BBQs!) so I tend to fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants! I've actually looked forward to doing this months meal planning as we need to rein in the food spending and I like to have a plan to know what to do. I have very little imagination when it comes to cooking, tell me what to make and I'll come up with a great meal but the inspiration to decide what to cook escapes me, without a menu plan we would eat pasta everyday!!!
I'm not very good at getting whoopsies in the supermarket so I plan and then buy according to that. I often do a stocktake of whats in the freezer and then use those items up first and then plan around them.


Tuesday 31 Chickpea curry
Wednesday 1 Chilli & Rice
Thursday 2 Beef Casserole
Friday 3 FF & Smiles/Beef Stir Fry
Saturday 4 HM Pizza
Sunday 5 Roast Chicken Dinner
Monday 6 Leftovers Fritatta
Tuesday 7 JP Cheese & Beans
Wednesday 8 Lasagne
Thursday 9 Pork Casserole
Friday 10 Salmon fishcakes & veg
Saturday 11 Light Meatballs & pasta
Sunday 12 Roast Beef Dinner
Monday 13 Beef Curry & Rice
Tuesday 14 Lentil Burgers & Chips
Wednesday 15 Mediterranean Mince Pie
Thursday 16 Lamb Casserole
Friday 17 Chicken Tortillas
Saturday 18 Salmon Pasta
Sunday 19 Roast Gammon Dinner
Monday 20 Mediterranean Potato & Vegetable bake
Tuesday 21 Chickpea burgers with Mashed potato
Wednesday 22 Cottage Pie
Thursday 23 Chicken Casserole
Friday 24 Pasta with peas, Ham & Eggs
Saturday 25 Light Macaroni Cheese with veg
Sunday 26 Roast Lamb Dinner

Hope that helps, some of the titles are recipes from magazines, books or online. Lunches aren't included but usually soup for me packed lunch for everyone else.

misscousinitt

Hi

I generally have a look what is in cupboards and freezer first. Make a list of meals I can make with the contents (or meals I have frozen from batch cooking), then look for meals that fill in the gaps and write a 'big shop' shopping list off that. Then I re-visit once a week and tweek if necessary - then make a weekly shopping list from the week's plan.

Remember that social plans change, so factor in events, activities or appointments that might affect your choices.

Good luck and hope this helps.

A

x

Tracey04

thank you for your meal plans, must crack on and do mine.
your food always seems more yummy than mine, we seem to have, mince dishes, toad in hole, cornbeef hash ( but price keeps going up), pie,egg and chips !