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5th December Meal planning
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I woke at about 4am and could think of nothing else but meal planning!!
So here goes
M - Spag Bol with a tomato and cheese flatbread.
T - Steak/veggie burgers with jacket potatoes and beans
W -HM fish pie with Veggies
T - Chicken Kiev, Mash and Sweetcorn
F - Pizza
S - Beef & Black Bean Stir Fry
S - Chicken and Chorizo pasta bake
Lunches will be sarnies/toast/soupAnnual Grocery Budget £364.00/£1500
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hmm i havent really thought of this weeks meal plan yet err....
breakfast will be toast/eggs/cereal and lunchs will be pasta/noddles/sandwichs or leftovers
monday-gammon stir fry and chips
tue- pork chops, string beans and mash
wed-cheesy tatie bake
thur- sausage rolls beans and mash
fri- mince, yorkshire puddings and roasties
sat-free dinner at inlaws or pizza and garlic bread
sun- lunch at inlaws and quick dinner like beans on toastDEC GC £463.67/£450
EF- £110/COLOR]/£10000 -
I forgot to start the thread on thursday like normal... is it really monday??
DH Menu plan for him and DS is below:
Friday - Spanish Rice
Saturday - HM Chicken Nuggets w/ Pitta, Tzaziki or Salsa
Sunday - SC Curry and Rice
Monday - LO Curry and Rice
Tuesday - HM Pizza Baguettes and Chips
Wednesday - LO Pizza Baguettes and Chips
Thursday - LO Curry and Rice
Good luck to everyone this week x
We spend money we don't have, on things that we don't need, to impress people we don't like. I don't and I'm happy!:dance: Mortgage Free Wannabe :dance:Overpayments Made: £5400 - Interest Saved: £11,550 - Months Saved: 240 -
How are you feeling JG?Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.0
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Insanely late but here goes:
Friday 2 -- Roasted 2 chickens... which will turn up later in the week... on a bed of random mostly root veg (using potatoes, and using up sweet potatoes, carrots, red peppers, fennel, celeriac, red onions and garlic). The *plan* was that there'd be leftover veg for later in the week but it was all eaten by the Greedy. That left us, after dinner, with 500g each of white and dark meat, and about 4 litres of really excellent stock. They were expensive chickens but it still turns out frugal in the end.
Saturday 3 -- curried eggs (Madhur Jaffrey) for lunch, went to a party for dinner
Sunday 4 -- big noshup brunch (we had guests), sudden change of plan to macaroni cauliflower cheese (Jamie 30 minute) for dinner (it had been planned for Tuesday) when I realised I'd not got the pastry out.
Monday 5 -- Family's favourite chicken sandwiches (with pesto mayonnaise and rocket) before a trip to the theatre.
Tuesday 6 -- Chicken & mushroom pie and no veg. I do feel *slightly* neglectful but there were lots of mushrooms in the pie.
Wednesday 7 -- unplanned addition; I have spinach and basil both looking incredibly ropey and tomatoes that were if anything worse, so have made a spinach, tomato, basil, toasted pine nut pasta sauce for tomorrow.
Thursday 8 -- Dodgiest Slow Cook ever (beef, condensed mushroom soup, dried onion soup mix) with baked potatoes & red cabbage.
Friday 9 -- lunch will be the very end of the cauliflower soup, with salsa verde stirred in (leftover from the cauliflower cheese meal) to spice it up, dinner will be cheaty fajitas using the end of the potroast, the end of the chicken breast and some red peppers, and a little bit of sour cream that's knocking around the fridge. I'll need to top up for the tortillas for this and the pasta.
Saturday 10 -- a soup somewhat based on !!!!-a-leekie to finish up the chicken stock and end of the dark meat, hm bread, party in the evening.
Sunday 11 -- time to get more groceries in I think.
So, those chickens are turning up five times over the week.Make £2023 in 2023: (all decluttering), current total £2860 me, £330 for friends & family, £468 charity donations.0 -
How are you feeling JG?
Okay. Since week 34 my blood pressure is rising a little, so I am feeling more human. Was at the hospital yesterday for bleeding... but Baby Roo is just fine and safeWe spend money we don't have, on things that we don't need, to impress people we don't like. I don't and I'm happy!:dance: Mortgage Free Wannabe :dance:Overpayments Made: £5400 - Interest Saved: £11,550 - Months Saved: 240 -
BohemianCoast wrote: »Saturday 10 -- a soup somewhat based on !!!!-a-leekie to finish up the chicken stock
Sorry -- have just read this again and discovered I was filtered! :rotfl: It's called cockaleekie because it's traditionally made from a cockerel! By people in Cockermouth and Cockfosters... ahem.Make £2023 in 2023: (all decluttering), current total £2860 me, £330 for friends & family, £468 charity donations.0 -
Hi
Is there a meal plan thread for this week? I can't find one.:oLife is short, smile while you still have teeth0 -
pink_princess wrote: »Hi
Is there a meal plan thread for this week? I can't find one.:o
It's here
I was just looking for it myself, so i'll see you there!Grocery challenge - Nov: £52/£100
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Thank you :TLife is short, smile while you still have teeth0
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