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MealPlans WB 15 May 2011!

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  • Nancy888
    Nancy888 Posts: 243 Forumite
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    Happy Sunday afternoon everyone

    Here's mine - gotta stick to it cos I need to find a fair old amount of money out of this month's pay (payday on Tuesday :beer:)

    Sun - Chicken pie
    Mon - Pasta and tomato sauce
    Tues - Lasagne
    Wed - Chicken kiev and jacket potato
    Thur - Steak pie and mash
    Fri - Frikkadellen, wedges and coleslaw
    Sat - Curry night!! :j
    Anywhere is within walking distance - if you have the time!!
  • donnajt
    donnajt Posts: 1,085 Forumite
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    Monday - leek risotto with parmesan crisps

    Penelope Penguin - this sounds delish - could you share your recipe please? thanks
  • dibblersan
    dibblersan Posts: 588 Forumite
    huff puff

    left it a bit late this week

    MON free lunch at work
    hm lamb kababs and garlic bread

    TUES free lunch at work
    cheating rtc chinese and 'bits'

    WED chicken balti soup and garam scones
    mackeral or bacon pasta bake

    THURS chicken balti soup and garam scones
    leftovers

    FRI free lunch at work
    bacon sausage black pud waffles and beans

    SAT roast lamb (prob) honey roast carrot and parsnip

    SUN leftovers

    I've got ALN/SEN training most of this week at work (comes with a free lunch :Tbut only 15 mins to eat it in:eek:)

    can you guess that I'm expecting my oh for the weekend?

    he has an expensive medically advised high protien diet and food issues from being an aspi/asd so it's meat meat meat with little bits of nice looking sweet veg.

    generally means i skip lunch which means we can have a lay in.
    One of the hardest of all life lessons is this:

    Just because I feel bad doesn’t necessarily mean someone else is doing something wrong.

    Just because I feel good doesn’t necessarily mean what I am doing is right.
  • Boodle
    Boodle Posts: 1,050 Forumite
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    Hi everyone - thanks for sharing :)

    Breakfasts
    Me: oat cakes with avocado/date and walnut butter. Or porridge with date and walnut butter. Or wholemeal toast with... er... date and walnut butter. All followed by pear.
    Hub: cornflakes or rice crispies with oat milk + banana.
    Girls: usually cereal with oat milk, followed by B+B with fruit and nuts on the side. Usually drink oat milk or fruit juice (often, both lol)

    Lunch
    Me: salads wih hummus + rye crispbread, or small jacket with some sort of low fat protein topping - probs a tofu/dressing concoction
    Hub: Hummus or "chicken" in buns, apple, soy yoghurt.
    Girls: As above + carrot sticks and sugar snaps.

    Dinners
    Bean and veg stew with rice or couscous
    Tofu stir fry
    Lentil lasagne with salad or green veg
    Cheesy pasta and peas with garlic baguette (or maybe veg in a cheesy sauce served with rice)
    A spiced dish of some sort, poss a korma or rogan with rice

    Made a toffee cake, also the usual fruit, carrot, nuts, B+B for snacks.

    Suppers: girls: porridge or rich tea biscuit (depending on how hungry) with cup of oat milk or hot cocoa.
    Us: will try foregoing food and just treating myself to a hot cup of chai instead - yum!
    Love and compassion to all x
  • quintwins
    quintwins Posts: 5,179 Forumite
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    ok here goes

    mon- roast beef dinner
    tue- beef casarole (with mon left overs)
    wed- stew (with mon left overs)
    thur-mince an dtaties
    fri- sausage beans and chips
    sat- homemade burgers
    sun- dinner at mil

    breakfasts will be toast or cereal
    lunchs will be beans on toast/ sandwichs/baked taties
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  • barneydee_2
    barneydee_2 Posts: 318 Forumite
    well I kept to most of last weekd plan I am making great use of my stocks.well this week is as follows:-
    Sunday we had turkey chilli & rice

    Monday me and dd1 roast turkey breast potatoes, greens & carrots.

    Tuesday Mushroom rissotto

    Wednesday Toad in the hole mash onion gravy and peas

    Thursday steamed steck & kidney pies mash peas, Chicken Kiev for other half.

    Friday omlette with left over ham, mushrooms, chesse with salad.

    Saturday Curry, rice with home made onion bahji's (my other half makes the best onion bahji's) bombay potatoes.

    Sunday a Roast probabley chicken.

    Some days I mite have to have a swap arounld on the whole I have most of the stuff in my cupboards, fridge/freezer

    Barneydee
    July grocery challenge £250.00/£408.93
    August grocery challenge£350.00
    2/8£28.46
  • ajmoney
    ajmoney Posts: 6,478 Forumite
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    edited 16 May 2011 at 5:51PM
    I am in the early stages of learning to meal plan, mainly to get us eating more varied meals but if it stops me shopping so often in the long run I will be very happy.

    Mon: Liver and onions, baby potatoes, savoy cabbage
    Tues: Beef stir fry, noodles, stir fry veg
    Wed: Belly pork, baby potatoes, savoy cabbage
    Thurs: I am away so OH normally treats himself to a take away

    This is as far as I have got and will probably go shopping on Friday anyway. I will try and make a plan before I go!
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  • bramble1
    bramble1 Posts: 3,096 Forumite
    Righttt this week...

    Monday
    L - Jacket potato with lemon and herb chicken
    D-Burger and chips

    Tuesday
    L - Innocent Veg pot (£1.50 reduced!)
    D - Seafood Paella

    Wednesday
    L - Something with linguine...
    D - Sausages and Wedges

    Thursday
    L - Cheese quiche
    D - Parmesan Crusted Pork with boiled pots, roasted toms and veggies

    Friday
    L - Out....
    D - Chicken Fajitas

    Saturday
    L - Raviolli
    D - HM pizza
    Annual Grocery Budget £364.00/£1500
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  • ska_lover
    ska_lover Posts: 3,773 Forumite
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    Hi there,

    first time for me, with meal planning. Got to cut the cash im spending in supermarkets by aimlessly wandering, so here goes

    Monday - Spagetti Carbonara
    Tuesday - Chicken Stirfry
    Wednesday - Baked spuds (cheese, beans, tuna) with salad
    Thursday - Lincolshire sauages, sage and onion roast potatoes, peas
    Friday - Pork chops, onions, mashed spuds and mix veg
    Saturday - Macaroni Cheese n garlic bread
    Sunday - Cornish Pasty, chips, beans.
    The opposite of what you know...is also true
  • raphanius
    raphanius Posts: 1,338 Forumite
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    donnajt wrote: »
    Penelope Penguin - this sounds delish - could you share your recipe please? thanks

    sorry to butt in but i know this recipe quite well and its one of nigel slaters so i'll give you the link to the recipe in penelope's absence
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