MealPlans WB 25th March 2007

mioliere

Porridge is lovely with a handlful of sultanas, a slug of Carnation evaporated milk and a spoonful of honey! Keeps me going until lunchtime with no need to raid the treats box!

cupid_s

Sunday - roast beef with veg and yorkies
Monday - out
Tuesday - lamb chops with roast pots, veg & redcurrant sauce
Wednesday - out
Thursday - DH out, me - stir fried monkfish with noodles
Friday - chilli (using some leftover beef) with rice
Saturday - jack daniels steak and chicken wings with jacket wedges and salad

lunches are salad/soups/leftovers (jacket with chilli etc)
breakfast is bacon sandwiches and/or cereal

(we don't usually eat out twice in 3 days but it's out 3 year anniversary tomorrow, and a close friends birthday today)

Sarahsaver

In no particular order apart from today is thai yellow duck curry (leftover duck - rubber duck LOL;))
then the other family members chose one meal each for the rest of the weekdays, and we got pesto chicken, sausagey omelette (thanks 5 y o ds ), pizza and spaghetti bolognese.
And there's me wanting to be more creative. I have done this for a couple of weeks now because I have been fed up of deciding all this myself. If they dont like anything they can blame each other!

thriftlady_2

happyathome_withmyboys wrote: »

How did the porridge go, Thriftlady?

Haven't tried it yet - had some leftover mash to use up so I made potato cakes with bacon (fried them in the bacon fat -yum)- actually the kids ate them all

SeaMonkey

mioliere wrote: »

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

Hi mioliere - it's all a big experiment at the moment. Our first delivery is due on Thursday and it's from Devon Rose (https://www.devonrose.com). Will let you know how I find it!

Most of the time it's just three of us so I figured that their £34 box every fortnight might be OK. We like our fish as well and I'm also trying to include more veggie meals to cut down on overall cost.

SeaMonkey x

reverie

Bit of an odd week here..

Monday - Steak, hm chips, mushrooms, tomatoes and peas.
Tuesday - Salmon kedgeree.
Wednesday - Me at friends, OH left over kedgeree.
Thursday - OH at his leaving 'do', me stuffed marrow from freezer.
Friday - My leaving 'do', both out.

Won't do the weekend yet as don't know what our plans are yet. What a bloomin chaotic week! :rolleyes:

thriftlady_2

I've printed my plan out this week and stuck it on the fridge. Now everyone has read it I can't deviate from it Also it stops the endless 'what's for tea?' questions which drive me up the wall

thriftlady_2

Well, I just don't think I'm cut out for menu planning. I keep trying but it isn't working :wall:

For example, today I realised I had a chunk of salami and half a carton of cream in the fridge that needed using up. Now, normally I'd have no trouble in incorporating them into a meal (quiche, Spanish omelette, pasta sauce for instance). But, because I've got my plan on the fridge and it says 'egg and chips' I feel I can't deviate from it, especially as the boys were looking forward to it. So, what happens ? I eat most of the salami whilst getting tea :rolleyes: - I couldn't put it tomorrow's sarnies either because I'd done a plan for lunches too :doh:

My usual way of meal planning is to think 2-3 days ahead. I find I can make one meal roll into another more easily. So, roast chicken followed by chicken pie, followed by chicken & veg risotto. Then, I start again using up odds and ends (like the salami ).

And another thing why do I always forget that I hate frying eggs :mad: Hot fat spitting at me, put the eggs in plus quite a bit of shell, one yolk disintegrates and they start exploding all over the pan, I start cursing ('mummy said a swear again'), the eggshells drip all over egg-allergic DD's beans :eek:

I should have gone with my instincts and made pasta with salami, peas and cream :rolleyes:

I do love reading everyone's plan though