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Meal Plans WB 24 January

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  • monicaj
    monicaj Posts: 216 Forumite
    For us on a total spend for the week of £67.36 (including toiletries etc etc) our plan which is 95% home made is:

    Friday - Walnut, Raisin and parsley Spaghetti with ciabatta bread and dipping oils

    Saturday - Lamb Shanks, mint gravy, Parsnip and potato mash, roasted celeriac & sweet potato, mint jelly, redcurrant jelly.

    Sunday - Roast Turkey, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, carrots, peas, white cabbage, cauliflower cheese, apple and cranberry sauce, gravy.

    Monday - Warm up from Sunday Roast.

    Tuesday - Corned Beef Hash with Poached egg and green beans.

    Wednesday - Beef and carrot in Ale casserole, mash sweet potato and peas

    Thursday - Sweet Potato Skins (from wed) with cheese and Bacon with Salad

    2 Deserts for this week - Sticky Toffee Pudding and Bread & Butter Pudding

    Happy eating all !!
  • jaxx46
    jaxx46 Posts: 613 Forumite
    Another week gone already :eek:
    Mmm corned beef hash :beer: slides off to reshuffle :D
    So my third week at this & it's going well, only had a couple of changes but these were due to illness & people not eating so no extra spends :)

    Sun - Toad in the hole, carrots, swede, cabbage & roasties.
    Mon - Corned beef hash, poached egg & green beans :o
    Tues - Sausage casserole a la new slowcooker (ty to grabbit board)
    Weds - HM megaburgers, fries & HM coleslaw. (bigjaxx:rotfl:)
    Thurs - Liver, bacon & onions, with mash & spinach & mixed veg.
    Fri - HM cauliflower cheese soup/ hm minestrone & cherry pie (ys)
    Sat - Friend coming to stay so fakeaway night, hm donner kebabs, wedges & coleslaw.
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  • freakyogre
    freakyogre Posts: 1,465 Forumite
    edited 30 January 2011 at 9:34PM
    Monday - homemade beef burger with coleslaw and potato wedges

    Tuesday - quesadilla with caramelised red onion, cheese and whatever else I want to add

    Wednesday - chicken laksa

    Thursday - sausage and stuffing meatballs in tomato sauce with pasta/spaghetti

    Friday - [STRIKE]TBC - not sure what i'm doing yet[/STRIKE] had pepperoni pizza with chips and coleslaw

    Saturday - chicken nachos

    Sunday - [STRIKE]chilli pasta bake[/STRIKE] had a roast dinner at my dad's for lunch, so just had Super Noodles tonight
    Grocery challenge - Nov: £52/£100
  • bramble1
    bramble1 Posts: 3,096 Forumite
    Sooo meal planning for the week ahead looks like this

    S - Roast Chicken, veggies and potatoes
    M - Chicken and bacon pasta (with LO chicken)
    T - Chicken and mushroom pie (more LO chicken)
    W - Smoked Haddock with chives, peas and crushed potatoes
    T - Beef Stew
    F - Burgers
    S - Fajtas
    Annual Grocery Budget £364.00/£1500
    Debt payments 2012 £433.27
  • Kevie192
    Kevie192 Posts: 1,146 Forumite
    edited 22 January 2011 at 6:56PM
    Last week was my first week of meal planning and this week my first week of posting it here. :)

    Monday - Leftover chicken and leek pie, peas mash and gravy
    Tuesday - Potato dish with Sausages
    Wednesday - Out for dinner - friend's birthday
    Thursday - Beef Stew
    Friday - Enchiladas and rice
    Saturday - Takeaway Night
    Sunday - Roast Chicken

    Kevin x
  • Macki
    Macki Posts: 5 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Back to the meal planning for me so.

    Sat Pasta with chestnut and sage sauce.
    Sun Nutroast with savoy cabbage and carrots.
    Mon Mushrooms stuffed with cous cous
    Tues Aubergine curry
    Weds Beetroot mushroom and potato gratin
    Thurs Many veg paella
    Fri Veg Chilli
  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
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    Here's ours for the week:
    sunday - out
    monday - veg stir fry with rice
    tuesday - burns night! :D
    wednesday - sausage and mash and onion gravy
    thursday - chilli and rice
    friday - tuna pasta bake

    Yum! :)
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  • 4th week of meal planning, and so far seem to be doing ok with it. DD returned unexpectedly on Fri night from uni with her b/f and instead of panicking, turned my HM chicken curry for 3, into chicken, potato & veg curry for 5. Was delish :j
    So for next week:

    Mon: Chicken Risotto
    Tues: LO Potato Skins & Salad
    Weds: Fish/Fish Fingers, HM Wedges & Peas
    Thurs: Pork Chops, Boulangere Potatoes, Carrots & Grean Beans
    Fri: Baked Potatoes w Cheese & Beans or Tuna & Salad
    Sat: Lasagne, HM Wedges & Salad
    Sun: Roast Pork Dinner
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    2013 Savings £250
    2013 OP £3500
  • Well this is our first week back on the horse so to speak... with no pennies until payday on the 31st!

    Sunday: free range roast chicken (courtesy of my mum) parsnips from my grandfathers allotment, roast potatoes, carrot and swede mash and curly kale
    Monday: if enough LO chicken will do chicken bacon leek bake with rice and green beans, if not, freezer raid for leftover bolognese!
    Tuesday:Lamb stew, dumplings and rest of kale
    Wednesday: Out at choir so Pizza in freezer for DH, snack for me
    Thursday: Sausages with caramelised onion sauce, carrot and swede mash and peas
    Friday: white fish bake in the bag from freezer, mashed potatoes and brocolli
    Saturday: beef stew in slow cooker, rice and whatever veg is left.

    Breakfasts will be cereal, fruit yoghurt toast
    Lunches: homemade leek and potato soup, pastrami/tuna/cheese sarnies and fruit/yoghurt

    may also make a carrot cake tomorrow is i can find a decent recipe!
    DFW - Debt Free Date July 2013, LBM Oct 2011

    Total Debt Sept 2011 £23,708.39
    Paid so far £2,383.91 :money:
    Current Debt £21,560.56

  • Bit late this week given we have already eaten the first one!

    Saturday - roast chicken
    Sunday - chicken pie
    Monday - pasta with chicken & red pesto
    Tuesday - bolognese
    Wednesday - quiche & jacket potato
    Thursday - out with vouchers OH got for his bday!
    Friday - burgers & cajun wedges

    All hm except the pasta and pesto. Breakfasts are hm yoghurt, mine with fruit, OH's with weetabix. Lunch for me will be hm soup and bread roll, OH will have sandwiches. Snacks/puddings will be hm lemon cake and shortbread.
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