Meal Plans 1st January 2007

fairy3

Everyone is so organised! Have been encouraged to do an inventory and even looked in the freezers so am armed and ready with my weekly menu plan from 1st - 8th Jan which I hope to combine with storecupboard and grocery challenge, well for week one anyway.

Okay here goes, this is for 1 adult and three voracious teenagers.Breakfasts and lunches sort of merge to brunch with cereal toast eggs etc in the holidays. More organised on a school/work day.

Monday - Non HM steak bolognaise forno (weak moment) with salad.
Non HM plum pie with custard

Tuesday - HM chilli con carne with rice.
fruit and ice cream

Wednesday - HM Chicken and Mushroom casserole with jackets
Non HM apple pie and custard

Thursday - Party sausages, chinese snacks, half a duck with pancakes, HM egg fried rice with added bits from fridge, onion rings, HM prawn crackers. Perhaps should rename this clearout night!

Friday - HM yorkshire puddings filled with savoury mince.Christmas pudding with brandy sauce!

Saturday - HM potato pie dish as recommended on the site. Jelly with fruit ice cream and amaretto biscuity things.

Sunday - Roast Pork with stuffing, potatoes and a combination of frozen and tinned veg. HM cookies made by DD.

Looking at that list I think I need to be a bit more OS at getting the shopping bills down! Have made the chilli already just cooling, just need to keep those hungry ones from tasting it.

J
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comping_cat

One of my OS resolutions next year is to meal plan, so this is my first one, and the first one for 2007!!!!

Monday - Roast duck, roast potatoes, sausages wrapped in bacon, pork and chestnut stuffing, yorkies, veg and gravy.

Tuesday - Bubble and squeak.

Wednesday - Beef stew and dumplings.

Thursday - Out for dinner - children at a party!!!!!

Friday - HM pizza.

Saturday - Pasta with chicken and ham.

Sunday - Roast chicken, roast potatoes, yorkies, veg and gravy.

Really need to tighten our belts this month, so meals are all based on whats in the freezer, and im planning on sticking to them!!!!

Blairweech

Cant find my meal plan at the moment! Is lost in a myriad pile of paper. Willl post it when it turns up :rolleyes: I know it involves Chicken Maryland, Chilli, uh...Leek and Bacon Pasta Bake...Spinach and Blue Cheese Risotto....

Just found it, OH had mixed it in with his essay to be sent off to the examiners :eek: Wonder what they would have made of it.

In no particular order:
- Chicken Maryland
- Spinach and Blue Cheese Risotto
- Steak, Chips, Onion Rings, Salad
- Chicken Curry
- Leek and Bacon Pasta Bake
- Chilli with Rice and Salad
- Spaghetti and meatballs in tomato sauce

In my fridge/freezer, I think that will leave a pack of 12 chicken drumsticks, 400g beef mince, pack of lamb mince, pack of chicken breasts...so I'm sure I have lots to last me for at least another week after that, just got to think of meals to make out of them.

gingin_2

I am going to start a New Years diet so I will either have very small portions of the meals with lots of veg or something else might follow Lillibet's example).

Tonight: Salt and pepper squid to start Steak stuffed with stilton and boulangere potatoes to follow. (Diet REALLY does start tomorrow).

Tomorrow : Something with leftover frozen turkey. I might just make another "roast" and put gravy on the turkey and do veggies to go with it.

Tues : Sausages and Mash

Weds : Ratatouille and rice ( will do some chicken for Oh)

Thurs: Marinaded chicken pieces (salmon for me), avocado salsa and new potatoes

Fri: Chilli

Sat: Game Pie and mash

Sun : Roast Lamb and trimmings.

For lunches I am going to cook up the turkey carcass to make some stock for butternut squash soup (grown by my dad). I will also make some savoury muffins for ds's packed lunches as they are his favourite and I have some leftover ham from Christmas that needs using up. I have all of my ingredients for my meals and hope only to venture into the little mini supermarket by ds's school rather than Mr T's this week.

Have a good week everyone's menus sound really nice

Sarahsaver

My plan has not got too far due to imminent arrival of in laws for tea we know not when... AND a diabetic veggie mum coming to stay on Tues til Fri.. Tomorrow it will be chicken crumble, then the other days so far, in no particular order, chicken noodle 'big' soup(obviously not when mum's here), bean casserole with dumplings, and thriftlady's lentil flan sounds good. Had sausage and chestnut risotto last night (my recipe) with HM mincemeat ice cream (OH's recipe)- my OH is a culinary angel:)
DD would eat sausages and mash every day, with the occasional pizza - it would be cheap but I think I would get bored!

TKP_3

Blairweech wrote:

In no particular order:
- Chicken Maryland
- Spinach and Blue Cheese Risotto
- Steak, Chips, Onion Rings, Salad
- Chicken Curry
- Leek and Bacon Pasta Bake
- Chilli with Rice and Salad
- Spaghetti and meatballs in tomato sauce

Oooh - sounds yummy - do you have a recipe for Spinach and Blue Cheese Risotto, and Leek and Bacon Pasta Bake please? :A

thriftlady_2

Mincemeat ice cream sounds fantastic Sarahsaver. I could do with some ideas for using up mincemeat-made too much again. We're having mincemeat and apple crumble tonight. I think I'll have a go at a mincemeat ice cream though

Trow

Mine is:

Today was supposed to be HM pizza, but ran out of time, so toasted sandwiches!

Monday - duck, roast potatoes , carrots and parsnips, green beans, chipolatas and gravy (making extra gravy)
Tuesday - sausage casserole using gravy from Mon (making extra mash)
Wednesday - lasagne (making one to freeze plus extra mince and extra tom sauce)
Thursday - shepherds pie (using mash from Tue and mince from Wed
Fri - spaghetti and meatballs (using tom sauce from Wed)
Sat - sweet and sour veg and rice
Sun - Roast chicken, veg etc
Mon - rubber chicken and leek pie

Blairweech

TKP wrote:

Oooh - sounds yummy - do you have a recipe for Spinach and Blue Cheese Risotto, and Leek and Bacon Pasta Bake please? :A

Leek and Bacon Pasta Bake is taken from Delia - super easy and very good (its basically mac n cheese with leeks and bacon

Spinach and Blue Cheese Risotto - I tend to make a basic risotto - fry onions/garlic in butter, add rice, add wine, add stock (I'm completely naughty with my risotto and just add all the liquid in one go), then at the end, pop in some spinach and blue cheese, cover and leave for a few minutes - the spinach should wilt and the blue cheese should melt nicely. Stir, season and serve! Add bacon/parmesan/mushrooms as desired.

Another way to do it is to make a spinach (cooked) and herb puree and stir it into the risotto at the end. This is quite nice garnished with toasted pine nuts as well, although I rarely have these in

TKP_3

Blairweech wrote:

Leek and Bacon Pasta Bake is taken from Delia - super easy and very good (its basically mac n cheese with leeks and bacon

Spinach and Blue Cheese Risotto - I tend to make a basic risotto - fry onions/garlic in butter, add rice, add wine, add stock (I'm completely naughty with my risotto and just add all the liquid in one go), then at the end, pop in some spinach and blue cheese, cover and leave for a few minutes - the spinach should wilt and the blue cheese should melt nicely. Stir, season and serve! Add bacon/parmesan/mushrooms as desired.

Another way to do it is to make a spinach (cooked) and herb puree and stir it into the risotto at the end. This is quite nice garnished with toasted pine nuts as well, although I rarely have these in

Thank you :T These will be on my next planned meal menu