MealPlans WB 8th April 2007

KittyBoo_2

Here's mine
Sat. Beef curry and brown rice, pitta bread
Sun. Chicken thigh caserolle, new potatoes, carrots, brocolli and cauli.
Mon. Brothers for a barbecue
Tues. Jkt spud, cheese and salad
Weds. Cod portion, new potatoes, peas,carrots and parsley sauce
Thurs. Egg and chips
Fri. Homemade chilli and brown rice.
Breakfast -egg on toast/cereals out of pantry
Lunch - homemade soup and bread/sandwiches or beans on toast.

Still using what's in freezer/pantry etc. Sticking within my £10 p.w and only buying basics e.g. bread and milk.

Shortie

Hi all

Here's my list, still to be sorted for the end of the week though...

Sun: Chicken, roast potatoes, sprouts, broccoli, sweet corn, carrots, gravy
Mon: Egg & veg fried rice
Tues: Lamb chops, mash and frozen veg
Wed: Chicken curry and naan bread
Thurs: HM chicken burgers (if I have enough meat left from the roast) and chips
Fri: Sausages with sweet potatoe wedges and beans
Sat: Tuna or Bacon pasta bake

*Edit: Thanks AngelAtGraceland for the tinned soup suggestion instead of tinned toms... we can now have a totally non-buying week of dinners :j *

smitty2702

oops forgot to post yesterday but:
Saturday - Spaghetti bolognese (ok i cheated and used a tin of dolmio but it was BOGOF and ive run out of tomatos)
Sunday - Chicken nuggets, wedges and veg (HM)
Monday - Roast Chicken and trimmings HM
Tuesday - Spanish Chicken HM
Wednesday - Cottage pie (or burgers) HM
Thursday - Toad in the Hole HM
Friday - Fish fingers and chips (not HM as v short on time)

Aril

Sun- Chinese [the hardest bit of this was making the boxes they go in!!] plus the remainder of the HM trifle from yesterday
Mon- pasta,grilled bacon, onions & peppers with half fat creme fraiche
Tues- gnocchi with broccoli and mushrooms
Wed- cheddar and veg bake [my recipe in index]
Thurs Macaroni cheese
Fri fishfingers chip ad broccoli [have got my niece here]
Sat....now I get embarrassed!!! Chinese takeaway. We've got friends coming over and we do this every three months.
Breakfast will be cereal except for today when we always have something special. Topped the freezer up with half price bakery items from Sainsburys yesterday so have several weeks worth stashed.
Lunches- HM bread with various fillings, HM malt loaf and Easter log [Mr T] plus carrot or pepper and fruit of some description.
As usual small person will have yogs for dessert.
Aril

FunkyFairy

This week we will be mostly eating:-

Sat:- sausages, bacon, egg, fried bread.
Sun:- Roast turkey, Roast pots, carrot, stuffing, yorkshire puds
Mon:- at mummy in laws
Tues:- HM shepards pie with veg
Weds:- HM thai chicken curry with rice
Thus:- HM fish and chips
Fri:- HM quiche with backed pots and salad

Shortie

I've updated my Saturday now so I have a full weeks menu...

happyathome_withmyboys

Hello!
Our week will be:

Breakfasts - porridge for me (tesco value) and HM raspberry puree from the glut last year, Mixed meusli & branflakes for DH and DS1, Lidl weetabix 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 (with lots of lovely ideas from the sandwich spread thread), HM soup, sardines on toast, whatever needs using up

Suppers
Sunday - Roast chicken (my last supper fave!)
Monday - Kedgeree & peas (from freezer)
Tuesday - Rabbit Pie (filling from stew disaster frozen a couple of weeks ago) and bubble & squeak from Sunday's veg left-overs
Wednesday - Broccoli & blue cheese soup (broc was reduced to 50p for huge head in Asda last week, so I bought lots, cooked it, pureed it and froze it). HM ciabatta rolls
Thursday - Pasta & wild garlic pesto (starting to bloom, so need to get lots in now!)
Friday - HM Hamburgers with rolls frozen from Wednesday
Saturday - Mediterranean Fish Stew (sounds smarter than it is - I've got a load of fish that needs using up, plus lots of crab & lobster shells in the freezer, and I'll just whack in some tomatoes, garlic & saffron)


Last week was more successful than the week before - but we did have one glitch when I had gone beyond the end of my tether: two sick and contagious boys at home, bored, crabby, scrappy and high-maintenance - and well-meaning hubby (actually wanting an excuse for a beer!) offered a take-away when I was at my weakest. So HM pizza was replace by take-away Chinese: which was actually a really nice treat, so I'm not going to beat myself up about it.
Oh - and I got confused last night and did HM chicken curry from the freezer with Chana dhal to use up glut of chickpeas in pantry instead of hamburgers - so that is on the list again!

Down to last 3 tubs of rasp puree - but the rhubarb is shooting now and I'll be able to start picking next week - porridge & roasted rhubarb - yum, yum yum! Can't wait....

TKP_3

Oops, a bit late this week - here's mine :

Sunday - Roast Lamb, roast potatoes, roast butternut and parsnips, garlic and rosemary roasted tomatoes and gravy

Monday - HM pizza

Tuesday - Chicken Pie

Wednesday - Lasagne and garlic bread

Thursday - Cottage Pie

Friday - I am away - OH wants fish 'n chips from the chippie :rotfl:

Saturday - I am away - OH will have (frozen, leftover) meatloaf and onion gravy. he has learnt to make mashed potatoes now, so he can have that too. Doubt if he will bother with veges... :rolleyes:

thriftlady_2

I love reading your menus HappyatHome. Just the sort of food I like to make. I've got some rhubarb that needs eating up so I might try it on porridge (the damson puree got made into a jelly which no-one likes except me :rolleyes: ). The rhubarb was going to be a crumble after roast chicken today, but I didn't have enough butter and I decided that pudding wasn't necessary owing to all the chocolate lying around

happyathome_withmyboys

Thank you thriftlady! If you have any crystallised ginger in your pantry/fridge the syrup is delicious drizzled over the rhubarb... I use the chunks for some cake recipe or other, or rhubarb & ginger jam if I'm feeling lazy - but I always keep back the syrup for that purpose. Its also nice in a retro kind of way on a melon fruit salad....
How could you have bred a family that does not appreciate your damson jelly?
Your compliment is appreciated more than you could know - thank you again!