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Meal Plans week beginning Mon 8 October

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Hi all, couldnt see a thread started this week so here we go again :D

In no particular order:

Pasta bake & garlic bread
Roast chicken, roast potatoes, veg & gravy
chicken curry, rice, garlic nan
chilli beef stir fry & noodles
chicken fajhitas
pizza, poppin chicken bites & garlic bread (@ldi)
pork steaks with mustard mash, carrots & green beans and creamy mushroom sauce

Have a good week x
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House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
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Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

Living off savings diary
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  • poppy-glos
    poppy-glos Posts: 478 Forumite
    saturday: hm bread, toasted and cheese and beans
    Sunday:homemade pastryless quiche and salads.
    Monday: out to tea
    Tuesday: Thai butternut squash and sweet potato curry
    Wednesday: cottage pie from freezer
    Thursday: meatballs, chips and steamed cabbage.
    Friday : Unplanned, leftovers from fridge.
    nov grocery challenge, £.227.69/300, 9/25 nsd: , 7 Cmo, 10 egm.
    Me, 10 yo dd, and the dog. all food and drinks, in and out, plus household shopping.
  • pinkypig
    pinkypig Posts: 1,814 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hoping for another frugal week as things are really tight at the moment. Doing OK with Oct GC and have built up quite a good stock pile with what I've spent so far.

    Our week runs Sun - Sun so here goes;

    Sun - Having dinner at friend's house :j
    Mon - Roast pork, hm stuffing, roast potatoes, cauli cheese and roast veg.
    Tues - HM bread rolls with left over pork, stuffing and apple sauce, wedges and salad
    Wed - Left over pork curry, rice, AF bargain naan bread and poppadoms
    Thurs - Mac cheese, HM garlic Bread and salad
    Fri - Garlic chicken with spicy cous cous and roast veg
    Sat - HM pizza and salad.

    Making some veg soup with what is lurking in the fridge and freezer for lunches and jam crumblie and chocolate muffins for lunch boxes.

    Have a good week everyone :D

    PP x
    Original mortgage £112,000 . Final payment due August 2027.
    Mortgage neutral achieved August 2020 - 7 years early!!!
  • Kitchenbunny
    Kitchenbunny Posts: 2,085 Forumite
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    It has been a long time since I made a mealplan. I figured it was time to try and get back into things. I need to focus. Here's the mealplan:

    Sat - Shepherd's Pie
    Sun - Toad in the Hole with Beans
    Mon - Meat Feast Pasta Bake
    Tues - Chicken Curry with Brown Rice
    Weds - Gammon & Wedges
    Thurs - Enchiladas
    Fri - Black Bean Chicken with Noodles

    I'll try and bake some cookies or a cake or something when the oven is on tomorrow. Got to make the most of every bit of fuel used. Have a good week, everyone.

    K xx
    Trying for daily wins, and a little security in an insecure world.
  • Bluegreen143
    Bluegreen143 Posts: 3,704 Forumite
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    It's nice to get back into meal planning after I let my OH do it for a week :D

    Breakfast - cornflakes for OH, I normally have wheatabix but fancied a change so trialling smartprice bran flakes.

    Lunches - Making lentil & veg soup and homemade bread for me, OH has some ham and tinned tuna for sandwiches.

    Snacks - making lemon drizzle cake and also have apples, bananas, crisps and value biscuits in.

    Sun - roast beef, yorkshires, roast potatoes, veg & gravy my OH is working overtime so will eat at work but my sister is coming for dinner so that will be nice :)
    Mon - veg chilli/tagine from freezer with rice OH doesn't like the tagine so is having chilli, both are frozen in individual servings
    Tues - salmon for me, leftover beef & gravy for OH with chips & veg
    Wed - tandoori chicken with pitta breads & salad OH is cooking this
    Thurs - Spanish veg stew will make this on Sunday so I can go to the gym after work
    Fri - goats cheese & spring veg pasta with salad
    Sat - left free in case we're going out, otherwise stir fry/something from freezer

    As usual, sometimes the nights we have things change but hopefully we'll stick to it more or less.
    Part time working mum | Married in 2014 | DS born 2015 & DD born 2018

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6542225/stopping-the-backsliding-a-family-of-four-no-longer-living-beyond-their-means/p1?new=1

    Consumer debt free!
    Mortgage: -£128,033

    Savings: £6,050
    - Emergency fund £1,515
    - New kitchen £556
    - December £420
    - Holiday £3,427
    - Bills £132

    Total joint pension savings: £55,425
  • CCP
    CCP Posts: 5,062 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Thanks for starting us off, Skint - I'd forgotten I hadn't posted mine yet. (F) means something from the freezer:

    Saturday -
    keema curry (mince (F)) with lemon rice (F)
    Sunday - toad in the hole (snap, KB!) with buttered kale and gravy

    Monday - Thai veg curry with noodles
    Tuesday - rabbit pie (F), kale and carrots
    Wednesday - Spanish sausage casserole and cheesy doughballs (F)
    Thursday - LO sausage casserole for lunch as I'm out with friends in the evening
    Back after a very long break!
  • Billie-jo
    Billie-jo Posts: 1,221 Forumite
    Meals in no particular order and dont plan anything for Saturdays TRY to do one new menu per week which will be in RED

    Cottage pie, cauli, sweet corn & cabbage
    Caramelized onion tart with spicy chicken wings
    Jkt potato with filling either curry or chilli & salad
    Roast Beef, Yorkshires, Roast & mashed potatoes kale, carrots and cauli
    Pizza or fish with wedges & salad
    Sausage, cauli cheese, crushed roast potatoes
    MARCH £62.38/250
  • Islandmaid
    Islandmaid Posts: 6,626 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    Hi all

    Sun- beef stew and dumplings
    Monday - sausage and mash
    Tues- chilli and nachoes
    Wednesday - prawn puri
    Thursday - gammon steak and hm sweet potato chips
    Fri - date night - so who knows.......
    Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!

    £300/£130
  • WantToBeSE
    WantToBeSE Posts: 7,729 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped! Debt-free and Proud!
    Sat-Sausage pasta gratin
    Sun-Chilli con carne (from batch cooking i froze last wk)
    Mon-HM pizza (have mozarella to use up) and garlic bread
    Tues- Gammon (on offer at Lidl), egg and chips
    Wednesday- Roast chicken thighs (on offer in lidl), roast potatoes, veg
    Thurs-Spaghetti and meatballs.
    Fri- any leftovers.
  • silkstrut
    silkstrut Posts: 50 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Im another one that need to get back on track.
    F=from freezer, Its just me and N. Mon to Thur. 3 of us Fri, Sat & Sun

    Sun, being treated to lunch :)
    Mon, Greek lamb, pasta and hm garlic bread, F
    Tue, Pancakes stuffed with smoked haddock and cheese sauce.
    Wed, Stuffed mushrooms and spicy rice.
    Thur, Chilli and jackets, F
    Fri, Toad in the hole, greens and gravey.
    Sat, Sausage cassarole, F
    Sun, Roast chicken, yorkshires, roast sweet pots, mash and veg.

    will make some flapjacks tomorrow.
    Smile make them wonder
  • Kitchenbunny
    Kitchenbunny Posts: 2,085 Forumite
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    CCP wrote: »
    Tuesday - rabbit pie (F), kale and carrots

    I don't suppose there's a particular recipe you use for this, do you? I'm really interested in cooking rabbit and the idea of it sounds amazing.

    Thanks in advance. :)

    K xx
    Trying for daily wins, and a little security in an insecure world.
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