Meal Plans-Week Commencing 9th October 2006

EagerLearner

Hi all,

This is quite a success - all thanks to you. On Saturday I baked 4 jacket potatoes - let them cool down then popped them in foil and into fridge. Last night fried up little bacon squares and made egg mayo - when it had all cooled mixed together.

This morning I brought one jacket potato and one serving of egg/bacon mayo - popped into microwave - yummy, especially as it's cold today!

So cost for 2 lunches for me and 2 lunches for Mr EL is - £1.00 spuds, £1.00 bacon, £0.60 eggs, £0.10 mayo & butter etc - I'd say around £0.67 per lunch - not bad!

Thanks guys - we will keep it up, but not for every day...

PONDSAVER_2

eagerleaner that sounds yum

My plan for this week.

Monday - Pizza ( not home made I'm afraid but cheese and tom with our own toppings thrown on)
Tuesday - beef casserole and dumplings
Wednesday - Spagheti bolognese ( bolognese in freezer ready HM)
thursday - pasta bake of some sort mozzeralla?? or maybe gammon and chicken soup.
Friday - fish and HM chips

BusyGirl

Here is my meal plan for this week:

MONDAY: hm chichen pie, roasties, carrot&swede followed by peach/apple cobbler(first attempt):eek:
TUESDAY: tea at mum's :j
WEDNESDAY: quorn/veg bol and pasta followed by apple pie
THURSDAY: hm sausage herb crust pie, potatoes, veg, crusty bread followed by ice cream
FRIDAY :busy day so going to get a take-away
SATURDAY: hm chicken curry and rice, smoothies
SUNDAY: toad in hole and veg

lynzpower

oooh havent seen this beofre this is whats going on in our week

Monday Chicken & Chick pea balti & rice ( rubber chicken, naturally!)
tues Chilli ( a veggie LO one in freezer for me, just need to make one for OH)
weds Fish fingers , chips & peas
thurs Satay chicken & rice ( jar pinched from mums!)
fri pasta bolognese

Ill also make for my lunches
A hoummous
Aubergine dip
some sort of cake/ buns
flapjacks
maybe a soup for the freezer- for OH to take for lunch

Penny-Pincher!!

Easy week...this week.

Monday-Curry & Rice
Tuesday-Shepards Pie, Green beans and cauli
Wednesday-At sisters;) ...free food and HM cakes:D
Thursday-Lamb, Roasties, carrots, yorkies & green beans
Friday-Egg & Chips
Saturday-Wedding-5 course meal and buffet:eek: :eek: :eek:
Sunday-Toad In Hole, Carrots and Cabbage

Need to get some more fruit and veg on Thursday or Friday as we have nearly ran out and I have a ton of vouchers to use in Waitrose;)

Have a good week all.

PP
xx

EagerLearner

Hi all,

Here is ours for this week:

- MON - Beef stroganoff (from freezer) & rice
- TUE - Tuna pasta bake
- WED - Salmon, potatoes & broccoli
- THUR - Slow cooked pork & apples (from freezer) & cous cous
- FRI - Salmon fishcakes and sweet potato
- SAT - Yellow chicken curry & rice
- SUN - Tuna pasta bake

I am eating lots of fruit too, plus cooked 4 jacket potatoes in advance this week for our lunches.

What I have noticed since doing this challenge is that the money spent has gone down because I am batch cookign and getting bits from market, but so have the energy levels, which I put down to too much 'saucy' batch cooked foods. That is why this week we're having some salmon, broccoli, fruit etc. Plus plenty of water.

This is very important so a warning to all - please keep an eye on the energy levels and feeling reasonably healthy, it's more important than the budget!

dorry_2

afternoon :wave:

i agree with el, it does take a lot of energy to live os and we do need to keep an eye on energy levels and drink lots of water, which i have found extremely hard to do. especailly when at work. thanks el of reminding us of this :j

menu this week: tesco delivering shopping this afternoon.

monday---out for tea to a new indian restaurant, very yummy

tuesday---sausage, mash and beans, hm chocolate muffins and custard

wednesday

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wholewheat pasta bolongiase with jackets and cheese

thursday

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(sc) stewing steak, sprouts, green beans, carrots and new potatoe done in new steamer!

friday

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eggs, chips, bacon and beans

saturday and sunday will be takeaways as i am working nights:eek:


suppers this week, will be cheese and onion toasties, salmon pate on melba toast, ham, cheese with pitta breads and :beer: (well it is my week off)

freyasmum

EagerLearner wrote:

How much does everyone individually spend on lunch food so I can compare?

I used to work in a gym and one of the girls in particular used to spend about £10 - a day!!! I almost went into shock at that!

I had pittas breads x2 (about 40p for 6?) and scrambled eggs ('bout 10p each?) and if I was feeling flush I would add some cheese. I used to drink all the free drinks and there used to be free fruit. And toiletries too, so I used to shower there :rolleyes: and there was an iron... but I'm going waay off topic!

Or beans on toast or jackets. Or porridge! To be honest, I usually went home as I stayed about 5 mins away.

It depends on your facilities.

Linzi x

Penny-Pincher!!

When I was working I could easily spend £5-£6 each day on lunches and breakfasts. If I was back working now and having changed to more OS ways...I would assume I could eat well on £1 a day easily.

I would take things like:

sandwiches
HM quiche & salad
HM Soup & Rolls
Left over meals (spagbol, curry, chilli, shepards pie etc)
Baked Spuds with leftovers or beans and cheese
rice/pasta salads
beans on toast

Do you have a microwave, toaster and kettle at work?

PP
xx

EagerLearner

Hi PP - yes I have fridge, kettle and microwave at work - if you have any ideas for lunches throw 'em over :beer:

In terms of what I said in post above - what I mean is - batch cooking etc and some of the menus I have seen on this post are very low in vitamins and nutrients because they have been cooked for so long.

Things like spag bol, curry, beans on toast, jacket potatoes, sausage and mash, sheperds pie, tuna bakes, pasta - are all cheap, and lovely on occasion... but they give no energy as the nutrients/vitamins/minerals are lower in those foods.
So I'm in a connundrum as I want to save money but the only way to seemingly do that is cook food that is less nutritious (please, no one talk to me about the powers of mung beans!).

Save money, yes, have lower levels of energy for rumpy-pumpy, no