January Monthly Menu

Aril

Hi everyone! I've decided to be a brave Oldstyler and post my monthly menu as I know you'll all be kind!! I planned the first few meals around bits I had in the cupboard and freezer and then took it from there. If you have any questions please fire away!!

Week 1
Mon: veggie spag bol
Tues: HM ham & mushroom pizza [wholemeal pitta breads for base] and garlic crumpets
Wed: Cowboy sausage and bean bake [recipe in index]
thurs: HM beef burgers with curry paste added, fresh veg and baps
Fri: Toad in the Hole
Sat: Peanut stirfry and noodles
Sun: Pork and pineapple curry and rice [sc recipe]

Week 2
Mon: pasta with lemon, basil and parmesan and fresh veg
Tues: sardine burgers
Wed: HM chicken nuggets, fresh veg
Thurs: mushroom and nut pilaff
Fri: fishfingers, fresh veg and pots [busy eve]
Sat: paprika chicken [sc]
Sun: pasta & roast veg with creme fraiche & mustard

Week 3:
Mon: spag bol [meat]
Tues: quiche [box- busy eve]
Wed: chickpea & coriander curry and naan bread
Thurs: Liver in red wine [recipe in index]
Fri: risotto using left overs
Sat: Tuna bake
Sun: HM pasties using frozen cooked beef

Week 4:
Mon: tuna and tomato recipe [os book]
Tues: veggie burgers [not HM- busy eve]
Wed: Kedgeree
Thurs: mushroom stroganoff
Fri: gammon [already frozen], chips, fresh veg and HM pineapple and red pepper relish
Sat: pasta, pesto, and broccoli
Sun: Roast beef [joint cut off and frozen from Christmas day joint] and trimmings

Week 5:
Mon: tortilla wraps with creme fraiche, salmon and peas
Tues: mixed bean supper [think I put recipe in index]
wed: poached egg, chips and peas

All meals have plenty of fresh veg with them. Rarely have puds [although am a sucker for a good nursery pud] small person has yogurt.

Aril

Queenie

Thanks Aril :T :T :T

Queenie's January Menu

Week 1
Off to Arils

Week 2
Back to Arils

Week 3
Stay at home monday then off to Aril's

Week 4
Aril's

Week 5
Aril's for 2nd's 3rd's and 4th's on Monday
Sneaking off on Tuesday with all the leftovers

lil_me

That sounds like a great plan Queenie, I might just join you

Don't think I am organised enough to try a months plan yet, 8 days is about my limit, and my freezers of course! But well done, all sounds great !

Peanut str fry, any chance of the recipe ?

Aril

Peanut stirfy is just stirfried veg with a handful of peanuts sprinkled over and a dash of soy and perhaps sherry if I'm feeling racy. All my recipes are quick and idiot proof [they must be if I do them...that's my criteria for all recipes!!] and they have to be tasty. I'm a reasonable cook but it's not one of my faves [a bit like gardening really....oops I shall get myself chucked off the OS board again:D if I'm not careful!!]
Aril

Queenie

Aril wrote:

... and perhaps sherry if I'm feeling racy...

I didn't realise you and Racy cooked together!? Always thought she was a red wine girl myself

li'l me - if you write down those 8 days on your calendar, then you do another 8 days worth of menu's and write those down ... continue to do that throughout the month and you'll soon have a month's worth of menu's all planned out
If you get into the habit of doing it, you could end up with a whole year's worth of menu plans and they'll be seasonal too :money: