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Mealplans Week Starting 24th May
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Hi Guys!
Next week is going to be a difficult one as OH is going in for a leg operation and will be laid up for a while, so need easy meals that DD & I can do. A few friends have offered to do meals, so will take them up on it when they offer:D...so far it looks like this:
Mon-Spagbol & Salad (Feeding MIL)
Tues-Quiche, New Pots & Salad (Feeding MIL again)
Wed-Hopefully taking DD out before OH goes in
Thurs-Fishfingers, chips & beans (easy)
Fri-Chilli, salad & Tacos
Sat-???? (easy)
Sun-Shepherds Pie & Veg (In freezer ready to go)
I am really NOT looking forward to this week.
Have a good one.
PP
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Here's mine for the week:
Today - Cold Roast Chicken with cold stuffing and salad
Monday - Same as Sunday, as we love it so!
Tuesday - Not sure yet.
Wednesday - Soup, probably. Tomato for OH and poss Leek and Potato for me.
Thursday - Toad in the Hole
Friday - Jacket Potatoes with Melee Beans
Saturday - HM Baked Chicken with wedges
There'll be cakes and fruit as snacks, and breakfasts will be cereal or toast. Hope everyone has a nice week!
Kitchenbunny xx
Trying for daily wins, and a little security in an insecure world.0 -
Kitchenbunny wrote: »Here's mine for the week:
Today - Cold Roast Chicken with cold stuffing and salad
Monday - Same as Sunday, as we love it so!
Tuesday - Not sure yet.
Wednesday - Soup, probably. Tomato for OH and poss Leek and Potato for me.
Thursday - Toad in the Hole
Friday - Jacket Potatoes with Melee Beans
Saturday - HM Baked Chicken with wedges
There'll be cakes and fruit as snacks, and breakfasts will be cereal or toast. Hope everyone has a nice week!
Kitchenbunny xx
Hi Bunny - can we swap please - your meal plans are much nicer than mine.Sealed Pot challenge 2011 member 1051 - aiming for £365
Frugal living challenge 2011 £4044 or less!
Make £11,000 in 2011 £0/£11,000
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As for the past couple of weeks, nearly everything I've got this week is from the freezer - after this week, it should be empty enough to get it defrosted. :j
I've got (freezer stuff in blue):
Friday - LO sausage pasta bake from Thursday
Saturday - takeaway fish, chips and mushy peas :drool:
Sunday - warm chicken and bacon salad with HM caesar dressing and LO chippy chips
Monday - gardener's pie and LO p1ssaladiere
Tuesday - steak and ale pie, cheesy-topped root veg mash and steamed spring greens
Wednesday - veggie noodles, steak and BBQ sauce
Thursday - cheese, tomato and salami pasta bake
Have a nice week, everyone.
PP - best wishes to your OH for his op.Back after a very long break!0 -
Something new for me...not been here before but hopefully this'll help me budget better and make the food I have last! (The 'another lot in freezer' is where I'm making extra and freezing it) ....So...
Sunday - steak salad
Monday - meatballs in sauce with veg (another lot in freezer)
Tuesday - Turkey burgers and salad (another lot in freezer)
Wednesday - Pork chop and veg
Thursday - Sweet and sour chicken (another lot in freezer)
Friday - takeaway night
Saturday - gammon, egg and pineapple
Sunday - Mince in tomato sauce with veg (another lot in freezer)
Monday - chicken korma with veg (another lot in freezer)
Tuesday - chicken drumsticks and salad
Wednesday - sausage and veg (2 x another lot in freezer)
Thursday - gammon, egg and pineapple
Friday - takeaway night
Saturday - Pork steak/chop with veg
Sunday - Mince with tomato sauce and veg - from freezer...
Ok, I know it's two weeks but I know I've enough meat in the freezer and coming Wednesday to get me through this far....wish me luck people!** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
**SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
I do it all because I'm scared.
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Monday - h/m fish pie and asparagus
Tuesday - salmon and potato salad
wednesday - dd honey mustard chicken, bubble and squeak with an egg for me
Thursday - h/m veggie sausage rolls, h/m coleslaw, salad and new potatoes or wedges
Friday - tortillas of some sort.0 -
Hi everyone
OK, again this is subject to change:
Monday: New potato sald (made almost exclusively with Aldi's super six!)
Tuesday: I'm out at a friends, OH will look after himself
Wednesday: Asparagus and wild mushroom risotto with salad
Thursday: Tomato and mushroom frittata with salad
Friday: Chips, beans and sausages (veggie for me, meat for OH), plus a fried egg
We're away for the weekend in the Lake District but we have a kitchenette so will be taking food with us for breakfasts!
Enjoy your weeks everyone xx0 -
Monday - Honey&mustard chicken with Jacket potato's and salad
Lunch - Cheese & Pickle sandwich
Tuesday - Cheese & potato pie with ham salad
Lunch - Beans on toast
Wednesday - Spag bol
Lunch - Ham salad sandwiches
Thursday - Beef & Mushroom curry with Rice
Lunch - Egg on toast
Friday - Hot dogs
Lunch - Cheese & onion sandwich
Saturday - Sweet & sour pork with rice
Lunch - Tuna mayo sandwiches
Sunday - Chicken Chasseur, New potatos & Veg
Lunch - Crumpets
Snacks will be, Biscuits, Yoghurt's, Fruit or HM cakes.
Hope everyone has a fab week.. x
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Sorry ... late posting as we were camping this w/e then yesterday was Bank Holiday so only just getting into the swing of things but of course meals are all planned
Rubber chick week this week 
Mon - soup day - leek and pot - was yum
Tues and weds - H away so picnic lunches with kids (to save school canteen money :money:) and macoroni cheese for tea
Thurs - Roast chicken
Fri - Chicken and sweetcorn pie
Sat - Chicken pasta
Sun - Chicken fried rice or chicken risotto
Norman xBon App's Scraps!
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this week we are having;
mon - spag bol (for the kids) asparagus risotto (for us grown ups)
tue -falafel in pitta breads + salad
wed - parmesan chicken + salad
thur - pork kebabs + salad
fri - asparagus, bacon & gruyere cheese quiche + salad
sat - HM pizza + salad
Bjb0
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