Meal Plans w/c 20th June.

Boodle

Hi everyone - thanks for sharing

My plans are getting a bit more complex as with the nice evenings and with eldest getting a bit older so staying awake longer, I am having to adjust meal times. She is playing outside from after her tea at about 4:30 until 6:45 which is just before her current bedtime at 7pm (athough we read until around 7:30.) We are going to move her bedtime to 8pm instead, and ask her to come in at about 7:30 to give her a bit longer running around. So it makes sense to let her have plenty to eat at 4pm rather than a snack, and then allow her the choice to come in and eat with us at 6:15 for dinner time too (baby will probably eat equal portions at each meal.)

I am trying to stick to £20 a week on the supermarket shop so here is us for this week:

Breakfasts:
- Fortified oats cooked with oat milk, with dates, almonds and walnuts
- or, Oatcakes with date and walnut butter
- or, HM muesli with oat milk
All followed by slice of 50/50 - toasted or not - with olive oil spread
Glass of fruit juice + oat milk/tea/coffee, and a banana for DH

Lunches:
Me - salads with nuts, or hummus, or avocado + 'cheese' with dark rye crispbreads or oatcakes
DH + DDs - Sandwiches with PB+J, or choc spread + flaked almonds, or hummus, or 'beef' slices; carrot sticks; dried or fresh fruit; soya yoghurt

Sundays we have a big lunch (this week 'beef' slices, veg, roast pots and gravy, with hm ice cream for afters) , then sandwiches/on toast + cake/biscuit for tea, and no dinner - just popcorn, or crudites + hummus for supper.

Girls' Teas (4pm):
- Beans/scrambled tofu/veggie ravioli/tomato sauce + 'cheese' on toast,
- or, Veggie burgers/veggie fingers/'omelette' with jackets,
- or, pasta with veggies, nuts/tofu and EV olive oil,
- or any meal portions which have been made and previousy frozen such as cottage pies, lasagne, etc
All followed by hm ice cream in cones or custard pots

Dinners (6:15pm):
Sat - Tofu Oat Balls with stir fried vegetables
Mon - Ratatouille, omelette, salad and wholemeal roll with olive oil spread
Tue - Pizza (wholemeal subs as base) topped with tomato sauce and hummus, with salad or veg.
Wed - Sweet Potato Bake (with courgette, tomato, onion and 'cheese' sauce) with salad
Thu - Veg tagine or curry with broad bean pilau
Fri - Aduki, Kidney and Black Bean Chilli with rice

Suppers:
DDs - Little Oaty Biscuits with a cup of oat milk at about 7:30
DH and me - Oatcakes with yeast extract, or a naughty square of dark choc. With cup of warm nutmeggy oat milk or plain cold oat milk.

suzybloo

Really need to keep a lid on the spending, and have lots in the freezers and cupboards. We go on holiday in two weeks and I dont intend spending any more than £20 until then, but will need to buy veg and cold meat for sandwiches. We get milk delivered so wont need to buy that.
Menus are as follows
Sunday b) Boiled Eggs and toast (l) HM soup and HM bread (d)HM fish pie and broccolli, Strawberries, Meringue and cream
Monday b) Cereal (l) HAm Sandwiches, yogurt and apple (d) Meatballs and spaghetti
Tuesday: (b) Toast and yogurt (l) Dads for Lunch (hubby will get egg and cheese sandwiches)(d) Chicken, Roast potatoes, carrots
Wednesday (b) Cereal (l)cheese and tomato roll, yogurt, banana (d) Omolette, chips and peas
Thursday (b) Toast and yogurt (l) Dads for lunch (hubby will get Ham and tomato sandwiches)(d) HM Soup and Bread, followed by Rhubarb crumble and custard.
Friday (b) cereal (l) HM soup and Bread (d)HM Meat Loaf, new potatoes, peas and Carrots
Keeping to the above means I will only have to buy 3 onions, broccolli, carrots, 2 bananas, new potatoes, 1 loaf bread, and pack of ham - so hopefully this will mean a spend of less that £8.
I will do baking for the snacks, and there are crisps etc in the cuboards for hubbys piece box.
Definately meal planning means that you can make sure that there is variety in the week and a good structure to what nourishment and vitamins etc everyone is getting.

medsdemon

Am trying to NOT visit the shops this week except for milk so sat down this morning and made my weeks meal plan to last to payday next week.
Breakfasts will be Cereal, Toast( If I get round to making a GF loaf), Sausage & Eggs, H/m Drop Scones or Drinky Yoghurt.
Lunches are various leftovers or portions of Carrot & Coriander or Split Pea and Ham soup. Might even have a go at making a lentil pate for crackers and salad.
Monday-H/M pizza and Easy Slaw salad
Left-over yummy carrot & pineapple cake with cream cheese frosting from yesterday
Tuesday-Spaghetti with butter and herbs & last bit of little gem lettuce on side
Old fashioned creamy pudding ( to use lone leftover egg yolk)
Weds - Veggie & Cashew Nut Stirfry in sweet chilli sauce with Rice
Thursday- Sticky Mango Sausages with Spiced Rice Salad
Friday - Ham & Vegetable Tortilla & H/M wedges ( using ham from the Hock I will cook for the Split pea & Ham Soup I am making for the weekend in SC for emergency meals as everyone is so busy in and out.)
Sat - Split Pea & Ham Soup - also veggie sticks & cheapie basics Tortilla chips and H/M houmous for the girls getting ready at ours to nibble on before a party.
Sunday- Veggie Chilli & Rice with Cheese
Fruit Cobbler (as discovered blackberries in the freezer)
Monday- Pasta Bake with whatever I can find to pop in that I fancy ( probably freezer veg by now!!)
Leftover Fruit Cobbler & Custard
Tuesday- Cauliflower & Lentil Pilau
Mango Lassi

Yay Payday

lolly_896

Sunday - Whoopsied Curry for 2 @ Asda - £1.50
Monday - Pasta Carbonara with Garlic Bread - £1.60
Tuesday - Homemade Burgers with Wedges - £2.70
Wednesday - Chicken Tikka Masala, Rice - £3.25
Thursday - Meatballs and Pasta - £2.50
Friday - Homemade Pizza with Ham and Sweetcorn £2.00
Sunday - Jacket Pots with beans or tuna mayo £1.50

Total Meals = £19.55

Breakfast will be Eggs, Pancakes or Crumpets (Although i do want a blueberry muffin recipe)

Lunches - Soup £1 inc bread (4), Sarnies or left overs

Edit to add costings to help me at the end of the week (ish)

lizzyb1812

Hi all. This is my fifth straight week of menu planning and it's going really well so I thought I'd start posting on here.

This week's theme is "Use It Up!" as I counted about 80 main meal portions in the freezer and cupboards this morning :eek:

So: lunches and dinners

Mon - HM tomato and red pepper soup and roll
- Belly pork, veg and lentils

Tues - Chicken salad
- HM Chili and rice/pasta

Wed - Bacon omelette
- HM Stew and veg

Thurs - Sardine salad
- Sausages, mushrooms and beans

Fri - Crackers, pate, cup-a-soup
- Cod, veg, cheese sauce

Sat - HM mushroom soup and roll
- Bacon, mac and cheese

Sun - Tuna mayo roll
- Roast pork and veg

Breakfasts - HM yoghurt, fruit from garden, pancakes from freezer

A lot of the fruit and veg comes from the garden. Shouldn't have to shop at all this week.

Lizzy

Kitchenbunny

Some lovely looking mealplans this week. I particularly like the sound of the Okonomiyake. Anyway, here's my mealplan for this week:

Monday - Chicken Balti with Rice & Naan
Tuesday - Spanish Omelette with Wholegrain bread and butter
Wednesday - Not sure
Thursday - Toad in the Hole with beans
Friday - Steak Sandwich with Fajita Mushrooms, Onion rings & Salad
Saturday - BBQ chicken skewers with HM potato salad (kind of a potato salad/coleslaw mix I'm giving a try)
Sunday - Pastitsio with Garlic Bread.

Lunches are sandwiches or leftovers. When the oven is on on Thursday night for the toad, I'll be making either a carrot or a banana cake depending on whether I've got bananas left that need using up. Otherwise there is fruit to snack on, and I shall probably bake some more flapjacks later in the week when the oven is on again for the Pastitsio. Thanks for starting the thread.

KB xx

**purpleprincess**

Monday- bolognaise and pasta
Tuesday- vegetable curry and rice
Wednesday- Chilli con carne and wedges
Thursday- bacon risotto
Friday- 3 bean chilli and rice
Saturday- Thai green curry and rice
Sunday- roast of some sort

B17c

Hi all!!
Hope you don't mind me posting, I love reading what everyones having, gives me ideas!

At the moment its just me i'm cooking for but i'm moving next weekend and will have to REALLY stick to a tight budget food wise (well, all round actually)!

B - this week will prob just be coffee, maybe a banana
L - coffee or tea, meal deal (sarnie or salad/snack/drink) or ham salad

Wed -Day off- Grill up (scrambled eggs, bacon, mushrooms, tinned tomatoes)
Thurs -8 til 5- Mexican Stirfry (diced chicken stirfried with onion, red and green peppers, mushrooms, prawns and fajita spice mix)
Fri -10 til 7 -Scrambled eggs and mustard ham
Sat -10 til 7- Poached salmon flakes (reduced at saino's) and peas
Sun -11 til 5- Prawns, tomato and cucumber slices.

I know its a bit of a strange one, i dont get paid til friday and i know i need to cut out the meal deals and coffee to save money... does anyone have any ideas for packed lunches i could take to work??

I have IBS and cant really eat pasta, potatoes (tho i'm ok with new pots and chips funnily enough!) and should stay away from bread too as it bloats me... I dont like the wheat free versions

sorry if ive gone off the point, thats my week anyhoo... have a lovely week!!! xx :T

B17c

CH27 wrote: »

Monday -- Ham in cola with chips & peas
Tuesday -- Ham in cola with new potatoes...

Ham in cola? that sounds amazing! is it easy to make?? xx

chirpychick

I know this is for the week and its now Thursday but can i just put my Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday in here so i can join in and then start with next weeks full thread as im quite new to posting.
Also its not payday for a few days and we are using everything up!

Thursday -
(L) Tuna sandwich
(D) Twirly Pasta with Arrabiata Sauce (whoopsy 2p) topped with Mozarella (whoopsy 29p) baked in the oven.

Friday -
(L) Cauliflower Grill in a sandwich
(D) Pasta, Arrabiata sauce, vegie sausages, carrots

Saturday -
(L) Veggie burgers
(D) Cauliflower grill, baked potato, peas & sweetcorn

Sunday-
(L) Veggie burgers
(D) Quorn pasta bolognaise

I dont eat breakfast but hubby has 2 slices of toast.

Snack - HM victoria sponge, Bananas, Satsumas, watermelon

I hope i did this right