MealPlans WB 25th March 2007

Penny-Pincher!!

Hi Guys!

Thought Id get started early this week and maybe we can get loads of people mealplanning next week. With Easter holidays on the way:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: ...pennies will be short and maybe if we pull a few meals out of our magic hat:D we can buy a few treats (or make OS) through the holidays

Mealplans are dead easy to do. Make an inventory of all food we have in cupboards/fridge/freezer...then plan 7 days of meals;) ...then we only need to buy bare essentials and spend the money elsewhere:D

Here's mine for this week:

Saturday: Buffet
Sunday: At friends for roast
Monday: Lamb Stew & dumplings
Tuesday: HM Fishpie & veg
Wednesday: Steak & Chips
Thursday:Shepherds Pie & Veg
Friday: Away

I will be away next friday for a week, so if someone else can start the thread...that would be great!

Have a good week.

PP
xx

newlywed

Oooh. Early and I'm all set up and ready....

Sat: Pasta
Sun: Roast chicken
Mon: Chicken and leek pancakes
Tues:Corned beef hash
Weds: prawn noodles
Thurs: omlette
Fri: Risotto
Sat: Toady hole

All with veg etc. Sandwiches/soup/wraps for lunch or stuff on toast at the weekend - eg beans, egg whatever.

Penelope_Penguin

Hi PP! Just been planning for next week, and realised that I didn't post last week's plan. Here's last weeks

Friday – chicken fajitas, with HM piadines


Saturday – minestrone, seedy bread, cheese
We have people over for supper and are having HM blinis, with smoked salmon and crème fraiche; beef in red wine with horseradish mash, onion marmalade, roasted roots, sprouts; lemon meringue pie, HM chocolate truffles

Sunday – Gingham’s Gallette au chou

Monday – beef curry

Tuesday – veg hotpot with dumplings


Wednesday – spag bol

Thursday – HM burgers, wedges, salad



The Small Penguins are off to friends' houses before tonight's school disco, so DH has bought us some steak, which we'll have with potato wedges and salad. There might be ice cream in the freezer, too.

I'll post this week's once I've finished it.

Penny. x

SeaMonkey

Hi everyone!
I'm a long time lurker but have decided to join in the fun. I have been meal-planning for the last couple of months and I can't believe how much we have saved!

Next Thursday we're taking our first delivery of a fortnightly meat box - with the idea of eating less meat but of better quality. We're 2 adults, one teenager and another teen about twice a week. Here goes...

Sunday
roast beef, pots, broccoli, parsnip and carrots
Monday
beef stroganoff with mushrooms and rice
Tuesday
Fish pie with broccoli and carrots
Wednesday
Leek and mushroom pasta with garlic bread and salad
Thursday
Morrocan chicken casserole with chickpeas and rice
Friday
venison & pheasant sausages with potato and leek creamy bake
Saturday
Spaghetti marinara with salad

Lunches are usually sandwiches and soups. Breakfasts are cereal, porridge, toast, fruit.

A big thank you to everyone who posts here - I've been really inspired and hope I can help inspire someone else too!

Seamonkey x

lambanana

Sunday - something with roast potatoes, veg and yorkshire puds (need to buy the "something" though!)
Monday - pasta with vegetable and tomato sauce (always pasta on Mondays, go food shopping on way home from work so pasta is probably quickest option)
Tuesday - veg stew and dumplings (or possibly stew with meat if anything is on offer when I shop!)
Wednesday - toad in the hole, mash and veg
Thursday - corned beef hash and veggies
Friday - veggie shepherds pie
Saturday - meatloaf, potatoes and veg

sianb84

Here is my meal plan

25th March Spanish Chicken with rice
26th March (M) Chicken Pie, veg and mash with gravy
27th March Stir Fry
28th March Stew and dumplings
29th March Pasta with sauce
30th March Sausage casserole with Jacket Potato
31st March Quiche and salad

comping_cat

Ok, this week we will be having :-

Saturday - HM pizza
Sunday - Roast chicken
Monday - HM spare ribs
Tuesday - Stew and dumplings
Wed - Fish and jacket potatoes
Thursday - Chicken curry or casserole
Friday - HM pizza

portsmouthali

I've been mealplanning for a couple of years, before I discovered the joys of OS - mainly because I'm so disorganised my family wouldn't eat if I didn't! I've found the OS board a great help with finding new meal ideas, so like Seamonkey I thought I'd take the plunge.

Saturday: Beef stew & dumplings
Sunday: Roast chicken
Monday: Spag Bol
Tuesday: Salmon (from Lidl!) & noodle stir fry with streamed green beans
Wednesday: Chicken & bacon pasta
Thursday: Sausage mash & peas
Friday: HM chicken curry

Firehorse

ell, apologies for not joining in before, always have them, but never get round to posting. The kids are away this weekend, so no meals planned until Monday, I have reserves in the freezer just for me.

Monday: HM Soya Roast/Roast Lamb, Tatties, Yorkies, selection of veg
Tuesday: Tuna Rissotto
Wednesday: Soya/Nut & Meatballs w Tomato Sauce & Spaghetti
Thursday: Green Lentil Shepherds Pie, Cabbage & Carrots (Plus supper)
Friday: Meat/Veg Sausages, Potato Bake, Broccoli
Saturday: HM Pizza, Salad, Chips (Onion Rings?)
Sunday: HM Nut Roast/Roast Beef, all the usual

As you've probably gathered, I have 2 veggies, 2 meat eaters and I'll eat whatever. I am lucky though, the veggies eat fish, and the meateaters eat alot of veggie stuff, so not as complicated as it sounds. Thursdays is our busy night, so a small tea, plus a supper: usually rolls and cakes made to use up the oven space.

Oppps! Forgot to mention breakfasts!!!! Porridge, cold cereals (Cheerios, Weetabix, Bran Flakes), Eggs or Yoghurt and Fruit

Lunch: during the week for me are leftovers, weekends, soup, rolls etc

millionaire_in_training

haven't done this for a few weeks but last week before payday so I have to plan

Sat- Turkey, pots and veg
Sun- Ham, pots and veg
Mon-HM Pizza and HM low fat chips
Tues- Macaroni cheese
Wed- Chicken ( something) rice
Thurs- Pork , Pots and veggies
Friday- bacon, chicken,pork rissotto.

Hmm yummy. Just need to make sue I stick to it now

honey

Hi everyone,

I love reading all of your meal plans each week, so I'll take the plunge and add mine too.

Sat - eating at my brother's
Sun - roast chicken with all the trimmings, pannetonne pudding (in-laws round)
Mon - fish fingers, mash & peas (DD has friend round and this is what they have requested :cool:) Salmon, new pots and peas for us.
Tue - HM chicken pie, mash, carrots & broccoli
Wed - Jacket potatoes with tuna & peppers in tomato sauce
Thur - beef stew
Fri - falafel (never made these before :eek:) in buns with potato wedges & salad