Meal Plans-Week Commencing 9th October 2006

Raspberry_Swirl

this week for me and my OH:

Monday: Chilli
Tuesday: Pasta with chicken and tomato sauce
Wednesday: Corned beef hash with cabbage
Thursday: Cheesy chops with baked sliced potatoes/onion
Friday: Curry
Saturday: takeaway (treat as OH is off out!)

scottishspendaholic

EagerLearner wrote:

Scottish - you're a star for popping those on here for me - how do you get the time to work making all those??? Do you have divine qualities and add-on a few secret squirrel hours to the 24 hour day???

Hi Mrs EL!

It really doesn't take long - just a few extra minutes. The real trick is making more than you need every single time you make something (bar salads!).

For example, when I make houmous, I make enough for 3 portions (2 tins of chickpeas) then freeze 2 in ramikins. Or I make double the amount of soup in a massive pan, then I've got 8 or so portions to freeze plus my lunch for that day.

I've just started a fun thing with a girl at work (we are both healthy eating) where she takes lunch one day one week for us both, then I do it the next. Even though all my stuff sounds quite interesting - in reality, I still get bored of it and the way its presented... So having someone else to prepare something for you every so often gives me new ideas and is a fun thing to do! Just someone else's way of chopping things is really different and seems to taste much better!

EagerLearner wrote:

I must also admit (looks sheepishly at shoelaces) to, er, not quite knowing what receptacles I can use to, er, freeze in and which others to... microwave in... I know plates etc are ok - but the plastic ones are ok to freeze - what about heating? I know some of them are ok... No laughing please...

As for freezing - you can freeze and microwave food in plastic containers - pick up 5 or 6 for a £1 in your local pound shop - best to freeze things in one or two person portions - then you can pick one out for lunch for one or for tea for two. They get a bit buckled after lots of freezing and nuking but you can just buy more.

Sorry for the thread hijack P-P!!

HTH Mrs EL!

scottishspendaholic x

EagerLearner

Thanks Scottish - have been meal planning a few weeks now and also freezing, it's just the re-heating I'm not so sure about in case I melt the containers!

Anyhoo - this week we're eating yellow curry / chicken paprika / beef stroganoff that I batch-cooked weekend before last and Friday 13th. Plus cheap filled pasta from Lidl... bad... but so nice with parmesan and vine leaves - cheap too as a quicky meal!

flourgirl

Well I can't believe another week has passed,where did it go?

My menu plan for this week is-

Pork Chops cabbage carrots cauli. bread & butter pudd.

Shepherds Pie made with root mash green beans & sweetcorn

HM Pasta Bake (freezer) & Salad

Jacket Potato HM Coleslaw & Bean Salad

Chicken Curry (freezer) & Rice

Roast Beef in gravy (freezer) cabbage carrots & peas

Chicken Salad HM Potato salad.

Pudz are bread & butter pudd, jelly & raspberries, SC Rice pudd or Yogurt.

Spent this morning bulk cooking for the freezer, so the next few weeks will be easy menu planning, as it's only 3 weeks to my holidays:j and I'm trying not to shop apart from fresh veg.

Blairweech

Hi, I haven't forgotton about the people who asked me to post recipes for last weeks meal plan - just been very very busy! :doh: Sorry, I'll try and do it this afternoon

EagerLearner - if your worried about melting containers, don't do what I did and put a plate on top of a tupperware in the microwave 'to save space'. The steam can't escape and they will fuse together.

This is more than a week's plan, so it'll keep us going until I next go shopping:

- Pea and Prawn Risotto

- Sweet Chilli Prawns, with noodles

- Acapulco Chicken

- Toad in the hole with mash and cabbage

- Enchiladas

- Chicken nuggets with corn cheese bake and mashed potato casserole

- Potato Skins with bacon and cheese

- Spanish Noodle Skillet (vegetarian)

And if I can't be bothered to go shopping then:

- Lentil burgers
- Spaghetti and Cheese
- Baked Lentils with cheese

hazzie123

For this week I`m doing;
Sunday.Roast chicken and all the trimmings.

Monday.Chicken curry and rice.Chicken left over from Sunday.

Tuesday.Spaghetti Bol.

Wednesday.Hm pizza.

Thursday.Beef and mushrooms in onion gravy with mash and veg.

Friday.Toad in the hole with veg.

Saturday.Shepards pie and veg.

Lunches mainly consist of scrambled eggs/beans/sandwiches.

Wonder_Girl

Well it’s half term week:eek:

This week we will be having

Spag bol & pasta
Toad in the hole, mash and veg
Corned beef thing with pasta
Bacon and onion suet roll, boiled pots and veg
Muffin pizzas
Minted chicken pasta
Meatballs in tomatoes and bacon sauce with pasta.
Most of these can afford a little “help” in the making, keeps em quiet

For lunches we will be having soup, stuff on toast, sandwiches, leftovers, crumpets etc

For desserts ice cream, yoghurts, fruit, meringue nests with strawberries and cream, angel delight, I might even bake some cakes with them later in the week if they behave

Peem

OK

here goes for this week

Monday- Aubergine Pasta (from Freezer)
Tuesday - fish and ratatouille
Wednesday - 3 Bean chilli from freezer
Thursday - fish pie from freezer
Friday - I'll see how things are (that's pay day y'know!)
Saturday - Lasagne (use bolognese from freezer)
Sunday - something

(all this freezer stuff - can you tell it's the last week of the month?)

My trouble always be thinking of things for lunchtime -especially at the weekend. I'll be reading other plans with interest - so please have interesting lunches!!

gingin_2

Mine is not very exciting this week as I am off to my parents for 4 days (get to have mum's cooking, woohoo!). I am also using up my freezer as I am expecting to have a food delivery on saturday (not spending a penny on food before this). So it is just Lasagne, roast chicken and chicken curry with the left over chook.

Have a good week and look forwards to finding some inspiration for next week when the cupboards are a bit fuller

shell2001

Our plan is:-

Sunday - HM pizza with wedges. (work weekends)
Monday - Roast Chicken Dinner with trimmings, veggies and yorkshires
Tuesday - HM Chicken & Leek pie, Potatoes, veggies
Wednesday - HM Chicken Curry with EF Rice/Spag bol with hidden veg for
DDs from freezer. HM Garlic Bread
Thursday - Toad in Hole, HM Chips, Peas & Sweetcorn
Friday - Scrambled egg, bacon, sausage beans & Toast

Maybe I will make it this month with my grocery challenge as I have all the ingredients for this stuff, so just need some extra milk, cheese and eggs.