Do you plan your meals? Need advice!

john_kent

I am back at parents at the moment so mummy feeds me well . However , i am about to get a flat and will need to plan meals and hope to be really good with my money.

Hopefully I will have my part time job back soon.. I had to give it up for legal reasons. But when I get it back , i get a free staff meal every shift. They also through loads of salad.

I will also get a huge bag of rice from Costco and a huge Coffee and tea.

Will make about a dozen portions of chilly and freeze as well as make good use of the many cheap recipes out there.

Plus I work near a backery that sells bread at 20p a loaf some evenings.


I also have a slow cooker and a sandwich toaster. Toasted sandwiches made up off those things you wont use are good.

My Typical week will be

Sandwiches/snack/leftover salad from part time job for lunch every day

Sunday:- Dinner at mums
Monday:- Chilli
Tuesday:- Meal at part time
Wednesday :- as above
Thursday:- Toasted cheese and something sandwiches with load sof salad from night before
Friday:- as per Tuesday and Wednesday
Saturday ;- as above , or a chilli or other frozen item.

mizmir

Firehorse wrote:

Use the slow cooker. Prepped in the morning, no cooking later in the day when tired. Also good for bulk cooking, freezing/utilising spare for other meals.

Slow cookers are fantastic - I have a chicken in mine as we speak. Shoved it in this morning with a sliced onion and a glass of wine and it will be falling off the bone onto our plates any minute!

Also great for curries, stews etc - just put all your ingredients in with some stock and switch on. Quick and easy!

Ideas for cheap meals - see the recipe thread stickies on the old style board.

alidadas

Thank you everyone for your suggestions - will venture over to the Old Style board. Think I'll look into getting a slow cooker!

Hi Mrs Sparkle - good to see someone familliar!