MealPlans WB 25th March 2007

balmaiden

Hello everyone Im new, but have been lurking for along time, found the site through boredom one day and have been hooked ever since!! I thought I was pretty good at money saving, but tried meal planning for a month and reckon Ive saved about £10-£12 pounds per week!! Cant believe it ,thanks all and for all other wonderful tips and recipies. My meal plan ( only me and Oh)

SUNDAY chops, roasties, parsnips,peas,curly kale,carrots,yorkies
MONDAY tuna pasta bake
TUESDAY liver bacon ,mash,curly kale,peas
WEDNESDAY h/m fishcakes with h/m chips and peas
THURSDAY chillie and rice
FRIDAY out
SATURDAY h/m chicken thigh curry and rice

Horasio

Today

Brocolli and potato bake HM
Apple crumble HM

Monday
Pizza

Tuesday
Jacket spud with steak and red peppers

Wednesday
Tom soup and HM bread

Thursday
Pasta bake


Friday
Out

Peem

Sunday - Meatballs and pasta (must get meatballs out of freezer)
Monday - Ricotta and spinach pasta shells (again - remember to get them out of the freezer)
Tuesday - Chicken kiev (garlic butter in freezer) and salad and baked pots.
Wednesday - baked potatoes and beans (me & oh and it is the last week of the month!!)
Thursday - omelettes and salad (see what I said above about it being the last week of the month!!)
Friday - out (kids at inlaws and it's payday!)
Saturday - spag bol.

Hopefully by the end of this my freezer will be a bit tidier!

Essex-girl_2

Enjoyed reading your mealplans - cant do it myself this week as dont know what days I will have a working kitchen or not!

Will be back on this thread soon.

happyathome_withmyboys

Right - here goes my week
Breakfasts - porridge for me (tesco value) and HM raspberry puree from the glut last year, Mixed meusli & branflakes for DH and DS1, Oat crispies for DS2 (too young for meusli and too old for porridge - too much mess at opposite ends depending on which one he is given!!). Toast from HM bread

Lunch - sandwiches, HM soup, sardines on toast, whatever needs using up

Suppers
Sunday - Roast leg of lamb (we get a lamb free every now and then as payment in kind for DH work)
Monday - Lamb shoulder stew (see above) in SC - eat 1/3 - freeze 2/3
Tuesday - Fish (free from Dad in Orkney), pesto, carrots & peas
Wednesday - Cauliflower & gogonzola soup, HM bread
Thursday - Rabbit stew & caraway dumplings (rabbit free from local chap who drops them on my doorstep in the middle of the night!)
Friday - Kedgeree - also caught & smoked by Dad
Saturday - Going to try Gingham's cabbage pie

So - what this has made me wonder is why on earth can't I stick to £200 supermarket budget when I buy veg from a separate budget and manage to blag most of my meat from local farmers/poachers? The supermarket challenge is about to start...

Also - picked my first wild garlic this morning and cooked it as I would creamed spinach - absolutely delicious!!

thriftlady_2

Your menu is very inspiring Happyathome I'm especially jealous of your Orkney fish and free rabbits. Thanks for the idea of using fruit purees in porridge -I've got a stash of damson and quince puree in my freezer, might give that a go;)

happyathome_withmyboys

thriftlady wrote: »

Your menu is very inspiring Happyathome I'm especially jealous of your Orkney fish and free rabbits. Thanks for the idea of using fruit purees in porridge -I've got a stash of damson and quince puree in my freezer, might give that a go;)

oooh, thriftlady - is that damson & quince mixed? I haven't manged to find any wild damsons up here yet, but my aunt in Yorkshire has found a quince that produces the most enormous fruit and she brings those up when she visits in November. If you are feeling very decadent (I make my porridge with water, so I kid myself it isn't so bad) you can swirl a bit of cream on the top of the porridge, too: too heavenly for words.

thriftlady_2

No, not mixed I've got my own quince tree:j and come October I'm innundated with them. We don't get through the quince jelly before it's time to make more:rolleyes:

Mmmm... I've got some leftover cream.

happyathome_withmyboys

How did the porridge go, Thriftlady?

mioliere

SeaMonkey wrote: »

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

Hi! How economical do you find your meat box and where do you get it from? Please!