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Meal Plans wc 4th July

Sunday -- eating out for hubby's birthday
Monday -- Tandoori chicken wraps
Tuesdsay -- Salmon, new potatoes & peas
Wednesday -- Tagliatelle carbonara
Thursday -- Pea & Mozeralla pasta
Friday -- Fish & chips
Saturday -- Sweet & sour pork

Breakfasts -- Toast & eggs

Lunches -- Wraps, salads or beans on toast

Snacks Fruit & HM cakes
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

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  • JillS_2
    JillS_2 Posts: 262 Forumite
    Thanks for posting, CH27

    I'm still getting to grips with my new way of meal planning so the following will probably be changed and messed about with.

    Breakfast: Oats soaked in milk and fruit juice with fruit (stewed apple, blackberries, or rhubarb)

    Lunch and Dinner/Supper

    Sat: prawn salad with bnb
    .......grilled steak, spinach, beetroot, baked potato

    Sun: scrambled egg on toast, fresh fruit
    .......pork chop braised over cabbage & parsnip, baked potato

    Mon: sardines on toast, crudites
    .......nut roast, carrots, new potatoes

    Tue: buffalo wings w. blue cheese dip and celery
    .......liver & bacon, saute potatoes, runner beans

    Wed: fish finger sandwich, celery
    ....... beef casserole (with plenty of veg in casserole), baked

    Thu: bacon sandwiches, fresh fruit
    .......smoked salmon & broccoli quiche, green salad

    Fri: hummous, pitta bread, salad
    .....sausage & leek casserole, brown rice



    Sun:
  • CCP
    CCP Posts: 5,062 Forumite
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    Thanks for starting us off this week, CH27.

    Dinners for me this week are:

    Friday - spicy beefburger in a bun with mixed salad
    Saturday - pepper and anchovy tart
    Sunday - honey-mustard chicken pasta salad
    Monday to Thursday -
    tomato and onion dahl, Bombay potatoes and mango chutney
    Spanish sausage casserole
    sausage and bean casserole
    Thai prawn and veg curry with naan bread

    Breakfasts will be cereal or HM bread and jam; lunches will be leftovers or sandwiches.

    Have a nice week, all.
    Back after a very long break!
  • bramble1
    bramble1 Posts: 3,096 Forumite
    This week..... lets see
    Sat - i'm out, OH has beef and black bean stir fry
    Sun - Roast chicken, pots, stuffing and veg
    Mon - Pasta bake
    Tues - marinated chicken, wedges and veg
    Weds - fish and chips
    Thurs - chicken
    Fri -chicken kebabs (HM of course!)
    Annual Grocery Budget £364.00/£1500
    Debt payments 2012 £433.27
  • medsdemon
    medsdemon Posts: 761 Forumite
    Sunday - Bacon on toast for brekkie
    Spaghetti with Pesto

    Monday- Spiced Indian Rice with Spinach, tomatoes & cashews.
    Lemon Surprise Pudding

    Tuesday-H/M Falafels from Freezer with feta salad, olives, sour cream
    L/O pudding

    Weds - Baked potatoes and beans

    Thursday - Classic Nicoise salad
    Lemon Drizzle cake

    Friday - Carrot & Coriander soup
    Lemon Drizzle cake

    saterday - Picnic for our planned walking day out to escape TITP as don't have tickets and slightly depressed about it will be H/m spiced rice salad, antipasti & fruit then to end the day GF Fish & chips and a big glass of wine ( no cooking hurray)

    Sunday- Spaghetti Bolognese ( in SC) and garlic bread
    Pavlova (with whatever fruit i fancy)
    ( cooked at MIL they provide wine :D)

    Breakfasts will be toast or cornflakes
    lunches will be soup or sandwiches
    Grocery challenge October: £228.28/£250.00 NSD 4 ( not completed)
    Grocery challenge November : £291.65/300.00 NSD 10
    Grocery challenge December : £0/240.00 NSD
  • rej-c
    rej-c Posts: 115 Forumite
    Hi all, my first time posting in here - in the hope that it'll inspire me to properly stick to my plan this week. :o

    I'm out from about 7.15am to 7.30pm at the earliest on weekdays for work, so plan for 'quick, easy and sturdy' dinners in the evening. Don't generally plan for weekends, but go with the flow while trying to use up fresh things that need using. Also try to prepare Monday's dinner on Sunday, as Monday's the busiest day of the week at work and if I'm lucky I'm home by 9pm.

    This is for me and Him Indoors, although a couple of friends are generally over to eat with us at least one evening during the week, so I make sure there's something 'stretchy' like pasta or risotto available if they decide they're coming over. Also, I'm vegan but they aren't, so I plan a core of vegan meals that can be de-veganised easily if wanted. However, I count myself lucky that most of the time he, and they, are quite happy with the vegan stuff :T

    Monday - something in the SC [probably a 'chuck it all in' veg curry, can defrost a portion of mince or diced meat to fry up and throw in with his grub if wanted, served with rice]

    Tuesday - pasta w/veg and creamy sauce [packs of whoopsied stir-in Carbonara sauce are available if meatiness is required]

    Wednesday - roast veg w/rice or wholemeal couscous

    Thursday - veg sausage casserole [probably in SC with baked beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions and loads of garlic - pork sausages can be done separately if wanted]

    Friday - stir fry w/well-pressed and marinated tofu [or chunks of whatever meat is dug out of the freezer on request]

    We don't really do puddings with meals [snacking between meals is another story :eek: ]. There are yoghurts in the fridge or fruit if the mood takes us after dinner, but it rarely does because I tend to overdo it on the serving size :o.

    Lunches are leftovers, sandwiches, cereals or, if I'm really pushing the boat out [ie forgot to take something in with me], a plain jacket spud from the shop near work, with salad cream. :rotfl:

    Sorry for prattling on. I will get more succinct with practice, honest!
    Haven't done the GC since February, but a glance at the Tower of Receipts tells me I really need to get back into it... and plenty of other Challenges besides. :o
  • lizzyb1812
    lizzyb1812 Posts: 1,392 Forumite
    STILL in "Use It Up" mode....

    Mon - beans on toast
    -Belly pork and lentils

    Tues - Chicken salad
    - Bacon, mac cheese, peas

    Wed - Tuna mayo sandwiches
    - HM burgers and salad/veg

    Thurs - HM Hummus & veg to dip
    - Sausages, beans, mushrooms

    Fri - Chicken salad
    - meatballs, pasta, tomato sauce

    Sat - HM Soup and sandwich
    HM chili and rice - on this week's list but turned into curry instead

    Sun - HM burger and potato salad
    - Breaded haddock, mash, veg

    Breakfasts - HM yoghurt with fruit, american style pancakes, eggs

    Shopping - no NEED for anything, but.............:D
    "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain." ~ Vivian Greene
  • feelex
    feelex Posts: 80 Forumite
    Hi everyone,
    First time posting my meal planner on here. I live with my partner and we usually do a fortnightly shop for £40 - a tenner each a week. Sometimes we have to go a little over but we mostly try and stick to it. Our priority is eating cheap meals without having to rely on frozen meals. We tend to bulk-make and freeze, so we will be eating the same meals as this the week after next - but maybe not in the same order!

    Monday: Chicken Paella
    Tuesday: Spaghetti and Meatballs
    Wednesday: Pasta Bake
    Thursday: Baked Potatoes
    Friday: Spaghetti Bolognaise
    Saturday: I'm home alone and revert to my student ways with a bowl of pasta!
    Sunday: Chicken Bruscetta Bake
  • hotcookie101
    hotcookie101 Posts: 2,060 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Slightly delayed this week, and we didn't do too well last week. OH had man flu, and I felt poorly one day, so we ended up varying it a lot.

    The plan for this week is:

    M-spaghetti puttanesca, salad
    T-Cabbage, potato, onion and lamb hash
    W broad bean and chorizo risotto
    T-cottage pie from freezer, carrots and broad beans for me as OH is out.
    F-Tomato and mozzarella pasta bake
    Sa-Cod, with a tomato sauce, fried potatoes, veg
    su-roast pork hock, potatoes etc
  • Elisheba
    Elisheba Posts: 1,820 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    My first time posting a meal planner as well!

    Food is an odd one in my house. I am veggie, and DH is not, and gets in a lot later than me most nights, so we tend to eat separately. But, we have both decided to meal plan, and he had a look at mine to see what he could adapt so we weren't buying two rounds of food. Still, I don't actually have his plan, so the meal plan is just for me.

    Breakfast - various cereals - got enough in to last till winter!

    Lunches - HM bread and HM Hummus, olives, with crisps, fruit and chocolate bars

    Dinner:
    Mon- Left over wraps with leftovers and HM Hummus
    Tues - Cheese Beano (Out at Guides so need something quick)
    Wed - Pasta Bake from the Freezer, Garlic Bread
    Thursday - Cream of Green soup from the freezer with HM bread and butter, tinned fruit and icecream
    Friday - HM Pizza, with any veg left overs
    Saturday - going on holiday, but need to pack lots sandwiches and snacks as leaving at 3am! Just thought though that packing flasks of coffee won't work as luggage allowances are so small these days. Hmmm.
    Sunday - Bella Italia baby.
    Live the good life where you have been planted.
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  • freakyogre
    freakyogre Posts: 1,465 Forumite
    edited 10 July 2011 at 8:32PM
    Monday – chicken fajitas

    Tuesday – homemade pizza with salad

    Wednesday – cheesy bean burgers with salad

    Thursday – sausages with baked rice and sweetcorn

    Friday – pork escalope with new potatoes, broccoli and green beans

    Saturday – dinner at my sisters

    Sunday – homemade quiche with new potatoes and salad
    Grocery challenge - Nov: £52/£100
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