my 12 week meal plan

life_in_termoil

Posting it on here so I know where im up to lol. Trying to empty my freezers so I can clean them out and then refill! Im making my own bread and snacks courtesy of weezls website.

Breakfasts will consist of waffles, pancakes, cereal, toast, eggs
Lunches will be something on toast, sandwiches, left over soup,
Snacks will be hm cakes, biscuits, fruit.

I plan on spending 1 day a week baking so once the cakes etc have gone then thats it till the following week although I will buy fruit when we are running low.

Meals are for the week but not set in a Mon, Tues Wed order because of my working pattern. Meals in red are what we have had.

MEAL PLAN

Week 1
· Hm Burgers, chips and beans
· Chicken noodle soup and hm bread
· chips n curry sauce
· Hm pizza
· Spag bol
· Maltese casserole
· Mousakka

Week 2
· Lasagne and garlic bread
· Steak and chips (bday meal)
· Make your own
· Roast dinner
left over roast dinner (only me kids gone dads)
· TAKE AWAY (only me kids gone dads)
· left over TAKE AWAY (only me)

Week 3
· Shepherds pie
· Feta and pepper pasta
· Make your own
· Vegatable risotto
· Toad in the hole
· HM onion Soup and hm bread
· Potato salad and sausages

Week 4
· Sweet n sour chicken and rice
· Cheese and potato pie
· Make your own
· Omelette and chips
· Pasta carbonara
· Roast dinner
· HM lentil and sausage soup and HM bread

Week 5
· HM chicken kievs
· HM Moroccan spiced chickpea Soup and hm bread
· Make your own
· Bacon and eggs
· Fish fingers mash and beans
· Spring rolls, chips and sweet n sour sauce
· Braising steak and onions, mash and veg

Week 6
· Gammon and pineapple
· Chicken pittas
· Make your own
· Turkey soup and hm bread
· Calzone
· Chicken curry and rice
· Roast dinner

Week 7
· Ploughmans lunch
· Chicken supreme and rice
· Make your own
· HM Oxtail Soup and hm bread
· Chicken pie
· TAKE AWAY
· Corned beef hash

Week 8
· HM leek and potato soup and hm bread
· Mince and onions
· Make your own
· Chicken wraps
· Meat and potato pie
· Chicken fried rice and curry sauce
· Roast dinner

Week 9
· HM chicken Soup and hm bread
· Egg and chips
· Make your own
· Chilli con carne
· Chicken burgers, wedges and sweetcorn
· Beef stew and dumplings
· Cheese stuffed chicken

Week 10
· Chicken escalopes (my bday)
· Tacos
· Make your own
· Roast gammon
· HM pea and ham soup and hm bread
· Pork chops
· Mediterranean lamb tray bake

Week 11
· Spanish frittata
· Italian chicken
· Make your own
· HM vegi soup and hm bread
· Bangers and beans
· Roast dinner
· Macaroni cheese

Week 12
· Beef with pepper chutney
· Hm tomato and lentil soup and hm bread
· Make your own
· Chicken bake
· Moroccan tagine
· Veggi burgers
· Chicken stir fry

aplaceinthesun

Wow you are soooooooooo organised, I am in awe...!

life_in_termoil

I need to be organised otherwise it will be a case of CBA to cook so will order a take out. Freezers need emptying so thats my plan and i MUST stick to it!. The last few weeks might be a struggle and may need to rejig afew meals as it all depends whats left in the freezer. Wish me luck

Pink.

Hi life in termoil,

Well done on being so organised! :T One of us will add this into one of the main mealplanning threads later as your meal plan may help others.

Pink

rosie383

Thanks LIT. Some good idea there for me to pick from.

MummyEm

What a great idea, very inspirational, thank you

life_in_termoil

Maltese Casserole

Ingredients

2 large onions (thinly sliced)
1 chicken stock cube
5 pork chops
6 large potatoes (peeled and sliced thickly)
Salt & Pepper
Curry powder
2 teaspoons Fennel seeds
Water
Method

Choose an oven dish that is big enough to take the meat and the potatoes. Start by placing all the sliced onions at the bottom of the dish, spread them all across the dish so that they’ll form a nice first layer. Crush the chicken cube or cut it into small pieces and sprinkle all over the onions.
Add the meat by putting all the pork chops on top of the onions. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and curry. Sprinkle also 1 teaspoon of the fennel.
Add all the potatoes and place on top of the meat. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and curry. Sprinkle the remaining fennel on the potatoes.
Add water from the sides of the dish so as not to wash away the spices. Add enough water so that the onions and meat are covered with water.
Roast in moderate oven for some 2 and a half hours. For the first hour, cover the dish in tin foil. After that, remove the foil so that the potatoes will eventually become crusty and golden brown.

curly_cabbage

I have been inspired by your post i have created a menu spread sheet to stick to the fridge and tonight I will do a stock take of the freezer and see how many weeks we can go with out having to shop.

CC

life_in_termoil

Good luck with your challenge CC, its amazing the amount of food you have once you go through the freezer and cupboards and list it all.