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Mealplans WB 10 April

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  • CherryPie
    CherryPie Posts: 429 Forumite
    Just about in on time........

    Monday - L - Sweetcorn Pancakes / D - Tuna Salad
    Tuesday - L - Tuna Salad / D - Fridge / Freezer Surprise!!
    Wednesday - L - Pesto Pasta / D - Chinese Veg Curry
    Thursday - L - Sweetcorn Pancakes / D - Sausage Casserole
    Friday - L - Noodles / D - Fajitas
    Saturday - L - More Pesto Pasta / D - LO Fajitas

    Back at w**k 2mo after 2 weeks holiday, what a thought!!

    :beer:
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  • Doom_and_Gloom
    Doom_and_Gloom Posts: 4,750 Forumite
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    edited 10 April 2011 at 9:02PM
    Starting tomorrow.

    Breakfasts - fruity pancakes, fruity scones, soya yogurt or porridge with (dried) fruit.


    Lunches
    • Tomato and basil soup with wholemeal bread
    • Panzanella
    • Pasta salad
    • Maroccan rice
    • Tomato houmous on wholmeal toast
    • Tomato and herb pasta salad
    • Beans on toast
    Dinners
    • Summer vegetable stew with wholegrain rice
    • Vegan lasange
    • Couscous and chickpea salad with vegan pesto
    • Lentil and vegetable soup with wholemeal bread
    • Vegetable curry with red quinoa
    • Vegetable chilli with wholegrain rice
    • LM deep country pie, roasted vegetables (parsnips, potatoes and onion) with peas/green beans, carrots, sweetcorn and cabbage.
    Snacks - fruit, vegetables (with houmous), fruity scones, nuts or air popped popcorn.
    Drinks - water, soya milk, (green) tea, coffee, diet cola or juice.
    I am a vegan woman. My OH is a lovely omni guy :D
  • Vaila
    Vaila Posts: 6,301 Forumite
    Done some batch cooking over the weekend so my menu this week wil be quite repetitive

    Mon-Falafel with coriander hummus, spinac and salsa
    Tue-Pizza topped with coriander hummus, artichokes and pine nuts
    Wed-Lentil dahl with apricot kernals, salsa and salad
    Thur-Same as Wednesday
    Fri-Gillian McKeith's shepherdhess pie with various root vegetables
    Sat-Same as Friday
    Sun-Tomatoes stuffed with aduki beans with quinoa salad

    Breakfasts are either porridge with sunflower seeds or soya yoghurts with fruit
    Lunches are bean based soups

    Snacks-fruit, oatcakes with hummus and going to make a vegan drizzle cake and crumble

    Everything homemade as usual.
  • silvermaid
    silvermaid Posts: 643 Forumite
    edited 11 April 2011 at 7:10AM
    Thanks for the thread, I love reading all the mealplans.
    On Saturday we had home meade Indian: Chicken tikka, Lamb Rogan, black-eyed beans & mushrooms, saag aloo (with home grown spinch), green lentil dahl and rice. it was yummy:)
    Our week is hopefully going like this:-
    Sun - steak, ale, mushroom & stilton pie with added chicken breasts for those that don't eat red meat
    Mon - BBQ (burgers, chipolatas, chicken in lime & corriander kebabs, steak in tomato & piri piri kebabs, with various salads.
    Tues - Polpettine in tomato sauce & linguine
    Wed - Mozarella chicken with madeira & mushroom sauce
    Thur - hm ready meals from freezer
    Fri - we have visitors - prawn stir-fry for starters, shichimi duck breasts & noodles (from Wagamama's cookbook) for main and baked peaches for desert
    Sat - Thai chicken curry
    Sun - Roast - probably Chicken & Gammon with butternut ratatouille

    Well, we'll see if I keep to it;)
    Cheers m'dears, Silver
    Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
    Groucho Marx :laugh:
    As Cranky says, "M is for mum, not maid".
  • b_girl
    b_girl Posts: 266 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    edited 11 April 2011 at 9:49AM
    Haven't posted on this thread for a while so decided to join back in.

    This week we're having;
    Monday - Chick pea curry and naan bread
    Tuesday - Meatballs and spaghetti
    Wednesday - Garlic chicken and boiled potatoes
    Thursday - Tomato pasta and garlic bread
    Friday - Chilli con carne and tortilla chips
    Saturday - Soup (made with anything I can find!) and nibbles from the freezer.
    Sunday - Pork roast dinner.

    Lunches will be various salads, soups and sandwiches (just using up what I have in the house).

    Breakfasts will be cereal or HM lemon muffins.

    Hope everyone has a great week! :o

    Trying to live a good life on little money :T
  • a_sav
    a_sav Posts: 1,658 Forumite
    Mon: Rice curry & prawn chili fry
    Tue: Kiev,cabbage & jacket pots
    Wed:Beef pie & jackets
    Thurs:Whoopsie chicken from m&s roast pots,sweetcorn
    Fri:Egg & chips (trying to keep meat free for lent)
    Sat:Pork chops turned into something chinese with noodles
    Sun:Roast beef,yokies,roasties,brocolli
    ds off this week so will make hobnobs & cheese straws for munchies
  • cat_g_83
    cat_g_83 Posts: 82 Forumite
    Breakfasts are toast, bran flakes with sultanas, yoghurts and eggs.
    Lunches are leftovers, cheese sandwiches, soup from the freezer.
    Dinners are:

    Monday Sloppy Joes on bread buns with popcorn for movie snacks
    Tuesday Chicken Rissotto
    Wednesday Pasta with tuna and tomato sauce
    Thursday Pork and courgette curry (from the freezer) with cardamon rice
    Friday Meatballs in tomato sauce (from the freezer) with spaghetti
    Saturday Fishfingers, potato waffles and baked beans
    Sunday Spring chicken (from Nigella's Kitchen book) with new potatoes.

    This has been about £30 at the supermarket to cover this and some booze.
  • CH27
    CH27 Posts: 5,531 Forumite
    I'm late again:embarasse

    Sunday -- Salmon salad
    Monday -- Tandoori chicken wraps with salad
    Tuesday -- Pasta with a tomato, pepper & bacon sauce
    Wednesday -- Ham in cola with new potatoes & peas
    Thursday -- Ham & chips
    Friday -- Ham & eggs
    Saturday -- Chicken curry.

    Breakfasts -- Cereals & toast

    Lunches -- Wraps, sandwiches or salads.

    Snacks -- Fruit & HM cakes.
    Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
  • vl2588
    vl2588 Posts: 1,352 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    edited 11 April 2011 at 6:47PM
    I did not know this existed; great thread :D

    Monday: Lentil bake (left overs) with rice and swede
    Tues: Quorn stir-fry or something...(Meant to be in hotel for work but cancelled so need to do extra food shop, grrr)
    Wed: Mushroom omelette and chips (HM)
    Thur: Pasta & pesto (oops, jar)
    Fri: Bean burgers (HM) and rice or potatoes
    Sat: Out

    Does anyone else find it hard to stick to sometimes?!
    Weight loss: Start weight: 80kg; Current Weight: 77kg; Target weight: 55kg
  • vl2588
    vl2588 Posts: 1,352 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    starjumper wrote: »
    I can't bake but I do make lovely scones so I might knock up a batch if the urge takes me.

    Hi to a fellow veggie! :j

    Part of my 'mwahahaha take over the world' plan is to learn how to make brilliant scones...is there a secret or just practise?! :T
    Weight loss: Start weight: 80kg; Current Weight: 77kg; Target weight: 55kg
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