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MealPlans WB 23 May 2011

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  • CCP
    CCP Posts: 5,062 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    My meal plan for last week got rejigged twice before being completely abandoned - I must do better this week! :o

    Friday - steak and mushroom lasagne
    Saturday - quick bean and chorizo chilli [new recipe] (a bit of a cheat meal as I'm starting my new voluntary job and I'm not sure if I'm going to be knackered by the evening! ;))
    Sunday to Thursday -
    chicken caesar salad
    chicken and veg pad thai

    falafel (bought ones:o) with pitta bread and salad
    lamb and lentil curry with brown rice
    veg satay stirfry with noodles

    Lunches will be leftovers or salad (this week's plan is quite heavy on the salad, so I hope the weather co-operates! ;))

    Have a nice week's eating, all.
    Back after a very long break!
  • ska_lover
    ska_lover Posts: 3,773 Forumite
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    The second week running im posting - and sticking to this now.Im using up stuff out of the house this week - just with additional few veggies brought in. In my house I cook for two adult meat eaters, and one veggie 18 yo son (veggie alternative in brackets) which means we end up having two pans of the same meal on the go at dinnertimes most days!

    This weeks starts today for me:-

    Saturday= eating out/Anniversary meal. :) yummy..... (veggie son will be at home having pasta and spinach)
    Sunday - Sweet and sour chicken with rice (quorn chicken for son)
    Monday Cheese and spud pie with sausages (veggie sausages)
    Tuesday - Baked spud night with maybe a frozen pizza if we have no salad to go on the side (veggie pizza)
    Wednesday Fry up - well more like a grill up :) sausage, egg, bacon, hash brown beans (veggie sausages, no bacon)
    Thursday Spagetti Carbonara (veggie version made with quorn bacon strips)
    Friday HM Lasagne and wedges
    Sat Macaroni cheese n garlic bread

    The days aren't gurantees, but these meals are definately what we will be having all week
    The opposite of what you know...is also true
  • anniemf2508
    anniemf2508 Posts: 1,848 Forumite
    Saturday: OH: Leftover chicken and salad. Kids: pizza and garlic bread
    Sunday: Philly Cheese steak and baby jacket potatoes
    Monday: Pasta with herby tomato sauce
    Tuesday: Salad
    Wednesday: Something with chicken drumsticks
    Thursday: Burgers and wedges
    Friday: Chicken and chorizo paella
  • [Deleted User]
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    Monday: DP HM Shropshire fidget pie with veg sausages
    Tuesday: Pizza
    Wednesday: veggy pasta bolognese
    Thursday: Veg pie, chips and gravy
    Friday: HM mushroom risotto
    Saturday: HM Leek and Potato soup with HM bread

    breakfasts: Either muesli or oatmeal or toast

    Lunches: meat spread, cheese or prawn sandwiches made with HM bread, tuna pasta salad

    Snacks: bananas, hm flapjacks, skinny cow ice creams
  • Nancy888
    Nancy888 Posts: 243 Forumite
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    Hi all

    Managed to get on the first page this week...:j

    Thanks to Julie G for starting us off, happy anniversary for yesterday to ska lover and imogen-p :beer:

    Anyway, first week of holidays for my DS1 and DS2, I'm working from home a fair few times and I need to get the freezer under control so lunches will need to be found from a random selection of SF chicken portions, Supernoodles, HM Lentil soup, left over ham shank, hot dogs etc...

    As for main meals

    Sunday - roast beef, yorkshires, potatoes and veg
    Monday - toad in the hole, onion gravy
    Tuesday - LO bolognaise with wedges
    Wednesday - Cottage pie
    Thursday - Chicken kiev and jacket potatoes
    Friday - Scampi and chips
    Saturday - HM pizza

    Have a good week everyone :)
    Anywhere is within walking distance - if you have the time!!
  • CCP
    CCP Posts: 5,062 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Change of plan - that didn't last long, did it? (I was sure there was a chicken breast in the freezer, too. :o)
    CCP wrote: »
    Friday - steak and mushroom lasagne
    Saturday - quick bean and chorizo chilli [new recipe] (a bit of a cheat meal as I'm starting my new voluntary job and I'm not sure if I'm going to be knackered by the evening! ;))
    Sunday - bacon and tomato sandwich (snack meal as I'm not really hungry)
    Monday to Thursday -
    [STRIKE]chicken caesar salad
    chicken and veg pad thai
    [/STRIKE]
    bacon caesar salad
    falafel (bought ones:o) with pitta bread and salad
    lamb and lentil curry with brown rice
    veg satay stirfry with noodles

    I will try to stick to that! ;)
    Back after a very long break!
  • Boodle
    Boodle Posts: 1,050 Forumite
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    Hope you all have a great week people x

    Breakfasts
    Me: cereal or oatcakes/wholemeal toast with date and walnut butter. Tea or coffee.
    Girls: as above or with jams, PB etc, or hm pancakes on request. Fruit juice and oat milk.
    Hubby: Cereal + banana + coffee with oat milk

    Lunches
    Me: Salads with avocado/hummus/nuts/whatever is hanging around
    Girls: Hummus in buns, carrot sticks, soy yoghurt, fruit, cake/cookie
    Hubby: As above

    Dinners
    Tomatoey pasta with leftover veggie burgers chopped up
    Couscous with a bean and tomato stew
    Tofu and veg stirfry
    Roasted veg with hummus and rice
    Tomatoey based curry with rice
    Ska-lover has made me want macaroni cheese and garlic bread so might end up doing that one night ;)

    Suppers
    Girls: biscuit or porridge, and a cup of oat milk

    Snacks/afters can be the usual fruit, carrot, nuts, b+b or oatcakes. Some cake and cookies left over.
    Love and compassion to all x
  • quintwins
    quintwins Posts: 5,179 Forumite
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    edited 23 May 2011 at 10:33AM
    breakfasts are toast or cereal or porridge or pancakes
    lunch is sandwichs or beans on toast or soup

    mon- hm cheese and brocolli pasta, with pork and leek sausages
    tue- chicken casarole with mash
    wed- chilli and rice
    thur- pork casarole
    fri- chips and fishfingers with beans
    sat- cheeseburgers
    sun- lunch at mil so dinner will be sandwichs our soup


    i know i have 2 casaroles in there but i'm using whats in the freezer and since we have a chest freezer i don't wanna have to dig threw, i'm also going to cook and chop up a chicken breast when i do the casarole so i have it for sandwichs :)
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  • donnajt
    donnajt Posts: 1,085 Forumite
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    edited 25 May 2011 at 5:58PM
    mon- hm doner kebab, hm wedges, salad, icecream
    tue- savoury mince, jacket potatoes, topped with cheese, veg
    wed- one pot roast - chicken thighs, drummers, carrots, pots, parsnips, red onions and 15 mins before end cherry toms
    thur- chorizo pasta, bread
    fri- ?
    sat- hm pizza
    sun- off to caravan for a week...food ideas anybody???

    been cupboard raiding and have made:
    * BM red pesto wholemeal loaf
    * BM banana loaf cake
    * Gammon (slow cooked in cherry coke as recommended!) for lunches
  • linzmac_2
    linzmac_2 Posts: 70 Forumite
    edited 23 May 2011 at 1:12PM
    A bit late but here we go. I've already overspent on my budget this month and we are off on holiday at the end of the week so trying to use up what we have in.

    Breakfasts-toast and pb/muesli/eggs
    Lunches-leftovers/soup/beans on toast

    Mon-Turkish one-pot eggs and peppers with sauteed kale.
    Tues-Chinese spiced pork belly, veg and egg noodles
    Wed-[STRIKE]Minute steaks and something![/STRIKE] Actually, might just do tuna pasta since I have everything in for it and it will provide leftovers for lunch the next day too.
    Thurs-Bean chilli with guacamole, cheese, yogurt and rice
    Fri-Fish suppers (so there is no washing up/mess since we are leaving early next day to go on hols)

    Going to make a buckwheat banana loaf today too to use up the black bananas and give us something for snacks.
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