Meal Plans-Week Commencing 9th October 2006

Rachie_B

shoppergal wrote:

Blairweech, I love your menu plan. when you get a chance would you be able to post some of the recipes for the above. Thanks

ooh yum i agree !

Pooky

dannahaz wrote:

Lillibet, need more info. Do you put it in a dish cold, pour on hot gravy,, cover with pastry and then bake? If so, what temp & how long? If not, what?

I've never thought about pie-ing roast 'tatoes, but it sounds great. We always have roast veg left too, and I can feel myself saluvating at the thought of pie.

Mmmm. Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie.

I do something similar - any left over veg and meat gets chopped to same sized bits, shove in a dish mixed with gravey - either the roasts left overs or freshly made stuff and then top with mash (normally add sweetpotates, carrots and courgette to the mash). My mother commented how gross it must be to have roast potatoes topped with mash - but she's never tried it - its' delish!!!!

Lillibet_2

dannahaz wrote:

Lillibet, need more info. Do you put it in a dish cold, pour on hot gravy,, cover with pastry and then bake? If so, what temp & how long? If not, what?

I've never thought about pie-ing roast 'tatoes, but it sounds great. We always have roast veg left too, and I can feel myself saluvating at the thought of pie.

Mmmm. Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie.

Make pastry & line pie dish, par-bake for 10 mins or so if you are prone to undercooked pastry or leave if you are one of the lucky people whose pie bases are always perfect no matter what:rolleyes:

Wait until cool then pick carcass/bones clean & divide up into however many meals worth (I usually get a pasta bake & a pie out of mine) I divide into bite size peices for the pie & smaller bits for the pasta bake. Chuck meat into pie base, add whatever veg you have leftover, I always do roast veg with a roast (less washing up;)) so might be carrots/squash/courgetts/fennell/sweed/mushrooms but if a bit thin add a handfull of sweetcorn or peas. Chop up roast spuds to smaller bite size peices & add. Thicken gravey to quite thick but still pouring consistancy (or use a white sauce on chicken if you like) & pour over then add pie top. Egg wash & poke steam hole in top then bake until the pastry looks done, about 30 mins on 175 ish.
The trick is to make sure there is pleanty of veg in it (I cook extra), you don't need so much potato as the pasty makes up the carbohydrate balance, but if there is enough meat & veg you have basically got an entire meal in one dish:D.

HTH;)

Penny-Pincher!!

Thanks for all the menu planners:D

We've had fishpie tonight and am just about to put a tapioca pudding in the MW and fingers x'd it will taste nice:rolleyes: ...had some milk that needed using and found a BN box of Tapioca in the cupboard...must have bought months ago:rotfl: Havent had this in years and dont normally do puds.

PP
xx

Raspberry_Swirl

saturday - fajitas
sunday - sausage, onion and mushroom casserole with mustard mash and brocolli
monday - mince and baked bean stew
tuesday - ham hock soup
wednesday - noodles with whatever veg is in the fridge
thursday - toad in the hole
friday - HM curry with rice

bulchy

beachbeth wrote:

Some of you are so lucky with the lovely meals you are able to make! Thanks for that Acapulco Chicken recipe, GinGin, I definitely want to try that!

Here's my problem:

Food that me and DD2 like: virtually any pasta dish, chicken curry, rice, egg fried rice, roast dinners, baked potatoes, shepherds pie, stew, pizza, prawns, salad (and much more - its too much to list!)

Food that DH likes: Roast dinners, any sort of fry up, pizza, pies, chip shop takeaways, shepherds pie, (will eat stew but not keen really).

Food that DD1 Likes: roast dinners, ready made pizza (won't eat HM), oven chips, shepherds pie with chicken instead of mince, stew, cheese and ham toasties.

The fact that DH and DD1 are so fussy makes my life so difficult. I would cook up all sorts of rice and pasta dishes but its only me and DD2 that will eat them and I end up having to make something else for the other 2!

This is my typical weekly menu:

Sun - Roast dinner (usually beef or lamb) with yorkshire puddings
Mon - Me and hubby make 2 extra sunday dinners for us to eat today. DD1 has pizza or I'll cook her mashed potato with something (lamb chop today) DD2 has pasta sauce made with sausage & carrots that Ive made previously and frozen.
Tue - I have HM Chilli Con Carne, DD2 and hubby have sausage and chips and DD2 has oven chips and pizza
Wed- Im always stuck for ideas on a Wednesday. May do shepherds pie this week
Thur - Stew (we all eat this. Hurray!)
Fri - So fed up with trying to think what to cook that I have HM Chilli Con Carne myself and make everyone else go down the chinese/chip shop.
Sat- Don't usually decide until saturday. Quiche, salad and chips is usually what we have and DD1 gets herself a takeaway pizza because she doesn't like quiche or salad!

Does anyone else have the problem of cooking different things for different people all the time?

Hi Beachbeth, me, OH and DD all eat most things, DS can be fussy about some meals, I always try to make a variation of whatevers on the 'main menu' for him, or I make sure theres chilli/curry or bolognese in the freezer for him whenever we're having something he doesnt like. If we have a chilli, which DD doesnt like, she will settle for making her own stirfry or a quick pasta sauce. I know its hard when one family member doesnt like whats on the menu, sometimes you can feel like your running a restaraunt (sp)not a home.
Sue

csarina

Right then


Monday:Spag bol, and garlic bread. Made enough bol sauce for 4 meals ate one lot and froze the other 3..

Tuesday: cauliflower and brocolli gratin with baked tomato.

Wednesday: Sausage, mash, beans and onion gravy.

Thursday: Gammon, mushrooms, grilled tomato steamed spuds

Friday: Fish and Chips

Saturday: Liver and bacon casserole, carrots, courgette steamed spuds

Sunday: roast chicken , stuffing balls, roast spuds, carrots and cauliflower, gravy.

We have fesh fruit for afters most night sliced and topped with with home made yogurt.

Sundays nights dessert will be apple crumble which will last 3 days next week for suppers.

Lunches are usually, soup,bread and cheese, toast and pate cheese on toast, scrambled egg,bacon sandwiches or some thing similar with fruit of some sort to follow.

JillD_2

what a brilliant thread!
My meal plan for the week is as follows:

Monday (tonight): pasta with spinach, mushrooms and pinenuts
Tuesday: beanfeast chilli with rice
(I am having leftover pasta from tinught though!)
Should be able to freeze some leftover shilli.
Wednesday: Sausage caserole with red cabbage and potato wedges.
Should be able to freeze a portion of this too.
Thursday: Corn on the cob with HM pizza and salad
Friday: Veg fajitas
Saturday: Quorn roast with veg, spuds and gravy - yum yum
Sunday: going into London with MIL, she wants to take kids (and us) to Hamley's - nightmare - so will probably have a McDonalds as we can't afford to eat out reallyt!

I feel hungry now ....

I love meal planning, it removes that awful "what will I cook tonight" feeling that I used to get

oops_a_daisy

right this week we WILL have the following and I WILL NOT go to take away because I cant be bothered to cook. I have everything in apart from fresh veg so will get that on the day.
Mon - Quorn mince chilli con carni with rice - had that tonight + leftovers to freeze.
Tue - Pasta with HM tomato sauce + HM bread
Wed - Quorn pieces in curry sauce and rice
Thur - HM lasagne ( meat free ) with veg
Fri - Veggie burgers in buns and chips
Sat - 5 bean stew with veg and dumplings
Sun - Quorn mince with veg and yorkies

BusyGirl

Here's mine:

Monday:Ham (left overs) and veg pasta bake and broccoli followed by (left over) Apple & Sultana crumble

Tuesday:Fried tortilla wraps, hm oven chips & carrots with hm smoothies

Wednesday: Tea at my mum's :j

Thursday: Pasta with veg and cheese followed by fruit

Friday: Lazy tea- Veg hotdogs and oven chips Treat-chocolate!!! :T

Saturday: (pre-frozen) Chicken curry & rice followed by fruit

Sunday: BUSY DAY-so not sure either look in freezer or go to chippy :eek: