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Meal plans w/c 11th July

Unless I'm missing something (which is entirely possible after the week I've had ;)) the meal plan thread hasn't yet started for this week - shall I kick off as I've just done mine?

Friday - lasagne (from the freezer) with mixed salad
Saturday - bacon and mushroom pizza
Sunday - smoked cheese and onion pastry-less quiche with salad
Monday to Thursday -
chilli con carne burritos (chilli from the freezer)
garlic prawn wraps
cheese and tomato pasta bake
Thai roast pork curry with rice (the pork is LO from a roast which has been frozen)

Breakfasts will be my usual cereal or HM bread; lunches will be LO quiche on Monday and Tuesday then whatever is supplied by the catering company for the rest of the week. (Free food - yay! :money:;))

What has everyone else got this week?
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  • Kitchenbunny
    Kitchenbunny Posts: 2,085 Forumite
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    edited 10 July 2011 at 7:25PM
    Thanks, CCP, for starting the thread. Here's my mealplan for the week:

    Friday - Lasagne with garlic bread
    Saturday - Chilli con carne with sauteed potatoes
    Sunday -[STRIKE] Toad in the Hole[/STRIKE] had chilli con carne pasta bake :D
    Monday - Sweet & Sour Chicken with Noodles
    Tuesday - HM Pizza
    Wednesday - Spicy Pork Skewers with Mixed Veg Rice
    Thursdsay - Jambalaya

    We've got cereal for breakfast and there's either leftovers or sandwiches for lunch, plus fruit and some yoghurts for snacks. When it gets a little cooler I'll get baking again and make some apricot bars for the cake tin. Have a lovely week, everyone.

    KB xx
    Trying for daily wins, and a little security in an insecure world.
  • Pee
    Pee Posts: 3,826 Forumite
    I won't do my meal plan until tomorrow, but love the smoked salmon quiche suggestion as I have a pack of smoked salmon trimmings which I want to use and that sounds weight loss friendly.

    I'm thinking the pack will do two meal, making it a bargain, so other suggestions appreciated - otherwise it'll be pasta with a cream sauce which isn't diet friendly.

    My meal plan is to try to clear out the freezer a bit, so apart from two smoked salmon meals it'll be scampi and peas and something with mince - bolognese if my OH gets his hands on it!
  • hotcookie101
    hotcookie101 Posts: 2,060 Forumite
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    Thanks for getting it started CCP :)

    Just done mine for the next few weeks, so heres next week (NB plans may be changed at a moments notice!! :rotfl:
    Mo-I'm out for work, so OH will have something from freezer-pie and potatoes or a chorizo stew and spuds.
    Tu-Chicken breast, stuffed with philly, wrapped in prosciutto ham, saute potatoes, piedmontese peppers &rocket salad
    We-cripsy skinned mackeral, with asian dressing and veggie noodles
    Th-bacon and chilli pesto pasta
    Fr-smoked haddock chowder, brown bread rolls
    Sa-Greek lamb chops&potatoes, salad
    Su-Roast chicken, stuffing, veg and potatoes.
  • goobergirl
    goobergirl Posts: 119 Forumite
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    FRIDAY - Chicken Curry with extra veggies (sliced salad potatoes and green pepper)
    SATURDAY - Fish cakes (with tinned salmon), cabbage & carrots
    SUNDAY - Roast lemon Chicken with rice and broccoli
    MONDAY - Macaroni cheese
    TUESDAY - Tuna steaks (found in freezer today, bought when reduced to clear) with salad (lettuce from garden) & baby potatoes.
    WEDNESDAY - Spaghetti bolognese
    THURSDAY - BBQ burgers / chicken legs & salad ( may substitute this on another night depending on weather)

    I'll also make a batch of soup - butternut squash & sweet potato for lunches. Cold meat & cheese for sandwiches.

    Cereals / fruit & yoghurt for breakfasts.
  • CH27
    CH27 Posts: 5,531 Forumite
    Sunday -- Roast chicken, new potatoes & veg
    Monday -- Spicy chicken wraps
    Tuesday -- Chicken pasta
    Wednsday -- Bacon, leek & mushroom quiche with new potatoes & salad
    Thursday -- Brie & cherry tomato pasta
    Friday -- Fish & chips
    Saturday -- Burgers

    Breakfasts -- Toast

    Lunches -- Wraps, crackers & cheese or eggs on toast

    Snacks -- Fruit & HM cakes.
    Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
  • bramble1
    bramble1 Posts: 3,096 Forumite
    Saturday - marinated chicken d/sticks with chips and rice
    Sunday - Belly of pork, roasties, veg
    Monday - Carbonara
    Tues - chicken breast with sommin
    Weds - sausage jacket pot and beans
    Thurs - pork and prawn stir fried rice
    Fri - HM chilli and garlic chicken kebabs

    Lunches - I've made lentil soup, OH has HM tuna pasta salad and sarnies
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  • raphanius
    raphanius Posts: 1,338 Forumite
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    Monday - HM lasagne, salad & garlic cabattia

    Tuesday - Bombay potato & spinach pie (from this months good food mag) & beetroot salad

    Wednesday - Sausages, mash & baked beans

    Thursday - HM fish pie & peas

    Friday - Leftover fish pie & rice fusions

    Saturday - Jacket potatoes & salad

    Sunday - Egg & chips
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  • MrsRogers
    MrsRogers Posts: 631 Forumite
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    we are having :

    Sat - Chicken Fajitas and HM Wedges
    Sunday - Roast Pork Shoulder and all trimmings
    Mon - Left over pork, pepper sauce and Rice
    Tue - Cottage Pie (Beef Mince & Lentils)
    Wed - Oriental Baked salmon, stir fry veg and rice
    Thur - Lemon & Garlic chicken, New Pots and salad
    Fri - Burger and chips (bought on offer when had BBQ few weeks ago)
    Goal - We want to be mortgages free :j

    I Quit Smoking March 2010 :T
  • JillS_2
    JillS_2 Posts: 262 Forumite
    Well my new way of meal planning where I plan both lunch and dinner hasn't really been working out too well so I'm going back to the old way where I only plan dinner and lunch is generally leftovers or something quick and easy from fridge or freezer.

    I haven't completely revamped my plan yet so some of the following will be beefed up a little. (I've only just come to this decision to go back to old method.)

    I will also be adding or changing some of the veg since after my stint in the garden this afternoon I realised I now have 11 veg ready for eating - spinach beet, lettuce, radish, courgette, broad beans, onions, sorrel, summer cabbage, savoy cabbage (thinnings as spring greens), peas and mange tout (although they are nearly grown to a size where they're mange-not-quite-tout)

    f. means frozen ingredient and F. means frozen dish

    Sat: grilled f.bacon, new, mange tout, courgette

    Sun: caramelised onion quiche, salad

    Mon: bacon sandwiches

    Tue: spaghetti w.sardines

    Wed: f.hummous, f.taramasalata, f.pitta, salad

    Thu: F.ChocClare's Chinese Chicken, rice, mange tout

    Fri: f.mortadella sandwiches
  • Pee
    Pee Posts: 3,826 Forumite
    Sunday - the left overs of todays pasta with philidelphia light and broccoli and smoked salmon trimmings stirred through.
    Monday - Chicken kiev with oven roasted peppers, garlic and maybe onions.
    Tuesday - Spaghetti bolognese
    Wednesday - lasagne
    Thursday - Chicken out of freezer with roasted peppers
    Friday - currently thinking fish finger sandwiches
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