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Meal plans WB 15th January

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Hey everyone, I couldn't see a thread started, so please merge if there is one.

My sleep addled brain has just finalised the menu for next week, so thought I would get it posted before I change my mind (AGAIN :o)


Sun 15 Slow roast shoulder of lamb, with celeriac, swede and carrot, roast spuds and cabbage
Mon 16 lamb & barley stew, cabbage
Tue 17 lamb biryani/curry (Prob just me for dinner-OH out, so possibly just lamb in black bean sauce with rice)
Wed 18 turkey & spinach lasagne, salad
Thu 19 dorotas granados
Fri 20 salmon with a mustard and herb crust, oven chips &veg
Sat 21 away
Sun 22 away-takeaway(?) or lamb curry from the freezer

Only 1 fish dish this week-thats the problem when stretching the sunday joint!
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  • CH27
    CH27 Posts: 5,531 Forumite
    Thanks for starting us off hotcookie:)

    Hope JG is well.

    Sunday -- Roast Beef dinner
    Monday -- Beef with shallots & red wine with mash & veg
    Tuesday -- Spicy beef & onion wraps
    Wednesday -- Salmon, new potatoes & peas
    Thursday -- Cottage pie
    Friday -- Spag bol
    Saturday -- Lamb curry

    Breakfasts -- Cereal, toast or crumpets

    Lunches -- Soups, wraps or sandwiches

    Snacks -- Fruit & HM cakes & buscuits.
    Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
  • I have put my menu on a wipe-board in the kitchen for everyone to see, hopefully this will stop DH snacking on bits reserved for other meals!

    Breakfasts: Porridge, cereal and/or toast.

    Lunches: DD's school dinners.
    DH & I will have wraps, sandwiches, H/M soup or salads to take into work.

    Dinners: SAT: Chicken fajitas
    SUN: Visiting my parents, so probably a roast.
    MON: Chicken casserole in slow cooker with mash.
    TUE: Chilli (from freezer) & Rice
    WEDS: Leftover chicken casserole with roasties.
    THURS: Pasta bake (batch made tomato sauce in freezer, will add whatever other bits we fancy, probably bacon)
    FRI: Omlettes, beans & H/M bread
  • CCP
    CCP Posts: 5,062 Forumite
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    JG - I hope you and little 'un are doing OK. :)

    Friday - lazy evening - M&S meal deal :o
    Saturday - egg and bean curry with pitta bread
    Sunday - mushroom, lentil and stilton wellington with steamed cabbage

    Monday - chicken fajitas
    Tuesday - pork noodles (LO from a takeaway months ago and have been in the freezer ever since :o) with extra stirfried veg
    Wednesday - sausage and squash stew
    Thursday - glazed pork and veg with rice


    Have a good week, all.
    Back after a very long break!
  • Feel its time to restart meal planning so we will be having...

    Sunday: Gammon, parsley sauce, new potatoes, peas and corn.
    Monday: African chicken with couscous and salad.
    Tuesday: Pork loin, apple sauce, mash, brocolli and carrots.
    Wednesday: Macaroni cheese/peas.
    Thursday: North african squash and chickpeas.
    Friday: spinach and thyme pasties.
    Saturday: Sausages and whatever hubby feels like doing!

    have a good week.
  • Hi and thanks to hotcookie for starting us off. Hope JG ok.

    This week we are having/ had:

    Thurs: Fish Finger Sandwiches
    Fri: Don't know - as DH has a tummy bug, so maybe something on toast for me.
    Sat: Salmon with Cream & Dill Sauce, Pasta & Broccoli - if DH feeling better
    Sun: May or may not be going to Wales to visit friends
    Mon: Pork Meatballs with Spicy Chipolte Sauce
    Tues: Cajun Turkey Steaks, Jacket Potato & Salad
    Wed: Lamb Chop Dinner

    May have to swap some meals round or tone down if DH is still feeling iffy.

    If all else fails, I'll make some soup.

    Have a good week all.

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  • Just sat down and done my meal plan and shopping list, quite enjoying this being organised lark :)

    Saturday : Beef casserole, mash, green beans, sweetcorn & cabbage.

    Sunday : Roast chicken, stuffing, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, brocolli, cauliflower, peas, carrots, cabbage and gravy

    Monday : Fish pie, peas & carrots

    Tuesday : Toad in the hole, mash, brocolli, cauliflower & gravy

    Wednesday : Spaghetti bolognaise & garlic bread

    Thursday : Lasagne, potato wedges & salad

    Friday ; Pizza & salad
  • bramble1
    bramble1 Posts: 3,096 Forumite
    this week. ALL from the store cupboard

    Saturday - Pork and prawn stir fried rice

    Sunday - Roast lamb,potatoes, veggies

    Monday - Fish, Chips and peas

    Tuesday - Spag bol and garlic bread

    Wednesday -Chicken grills with potato bake

    Thursday - honey pork chops with boiled pots and veg

    Friday - Something....
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  • Big_Graeme
    Big_Graeme Posts: 3,220 Forumite
    Sunday - Roast chicken dinner, roasties and veg
    Monday - Chicken curry and rice
    Tuesday - Sausage and mash, toad in the hole if I have time.
    Wednesday - Something with the leftover chicken, pie if it cold, with pasta and philly cheese if it is mild
    Thursday - Spag bol and garlic bread
    Friday - Mince and tatties
    Saturday - Takeaway treat or one of those M&S £10 meals as it's payday.
  • majjak
    majjak Posts: 380 Forumite
    Thanks for the new thread hotcookie :D

    I'm in again this week, it's really helping with the Grocery Challenge and keeping spends to a minimum ! :money:

    Breakfasts are the usual cereal/toast
    Lunches either Pack Up or Soup/Sandwiches

    Dinners
    Today - Turkey and Leek Pie, mash and veg
    Sunday - Honey and Mustard Pork chops, roast potatoes and veg
    Monday - Gammon, Egg, Chips and beans
    Tuesday - Salmon, Jacket potato and veg
    Weds - Chilli Con Carne
    Thurs - Bernard Matthews Turkey Roast (free :T) roasties and veg
    Fri - Beef Stew & dumplings
    Sat - Cottage pie ready meal (whoopsie from Waitrose) and veggies
    Sun - Roast turkey, roast potatoes and veg

    Still getting through the turkey LO from xmas ! :rotfl:
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  • Back on the meal planning and have joined the grocery challenge as well as the don't throw food away challenge.

    Sat - Turkey curry, bahjees, poppadums, nann and dips
    Sun - Lamb casserole
    Mon - Toad in the hole woth braised red cabbage
    Tue - HM soup from the freezer, HM bread and rice pudding
    Wed - diced turkey stir fried with veg wrapped in tortillas covered in cheese sauce and baked in the oven
    Thur - Winter veg pie
    Fri - Fish and chips

    Breakfasts are cereal or porridge
    Lunches are soup or sandwiches

    Snacks are fruit or crisps
    I am playing all of the right notes just not necessarily in the right order :D.
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