Making chicken feed of my mortgage

muddywhitechicken

I'm in agony and can barely stand up/sit down/walk following a beasting in the gym on Thursday morning. Luckily for me, we've got a lazy weekend planned!

I went a bit bonkers crazy with the meal planning and supermarket shopping this morning
The fridge is now stuffed full of fresh food

Today - three bean chilli with brown rice
Tomorrow - baked cod with prawns, sugar snaps & spring onion in a lime juice/fish sauce/tamari/ginger/chilli/garlic dressing with very green barley with basil & mint
Monday - Sicilian roast chicken with fennel and blood oranges
Tuesday - chunky BNS, quinoa & ham hock broth
Wednesday - borlotti bean, tenderstem broccoli, celery, black olive & tuna salad with balsamic roast onions
Thursday - chicken & ravioli soup
Friday - cinnamon-rubbed salmon with couscous & harissa yogurt
Saturday - warm herbed chicken & houmous grain salad

Wins this week include try-me-free fresh pasta (£2.50), a £5 M&S voucher for going paperless with my personal pension provider, 2 x £5 Morrison's More vouchers, £40 garden centre vouchers received from CP and £33.60 rail delay repay from a recent business trip :T

What a difference a week makes... Mr MWC put the central heating on yesterday :eek: No heating today but the log-burner will be going on soon!

apple_muncher

Congratulations on getting into the 20s!

gallygirl

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Today - three bean chilli with brown rice
Tomorrow - baked cod with prawns, sugar snaps & spring onion in a lime juice/fish sauce/tamari/ginger/chilli/garlic dressing with very green barley with basil & mint
Monday - Sicilian roast chicken with fennel and blood oranges
Tuesday - chunky BNS, quinoa & ham hock broth
Wednesday - borlotti bean, tenderstem broccoli, celery, black olive & tuna salad with balsamic roast onions
Thursday - chicken & ravioli soup
Friday - cinnamon-rubbed salmon with couscous & harissa yogurt
Saturday - warm herbed chicken & houmous grain salad

As I'm nursing the remnants of a cold that has become very attached to me, I'm pinching these ideas as my brain is not working . Not the ham hock though as you can't get that here


Congrats on being in your 20's :rotfl:.

muddywhitechicken

apple_muncher wrote: »

Congratulations on getting under the 20s!

If only Apple...! The £5,000 I transferred yesterday just takes us below £30,000

pavlovs_dog

your menus always sound divine MWC. Lovely to see you back x

muddywhitechicken

gallygirl wrote: »

As I'm nursing the remnants of a cold that has become very attached to me, I'm pinching these ideas as my brain is not working . Not the ham hock though as you can't get that here

Oh no! I hope the lurgy doesn't linger too much longer.

I was grumpy this morning after stepping on the scales and then looking at the weather forecast so I cheered myself up by choosing too many yummy (but not budget-friendly) recipes! Mr MWC has a rare week at home so I might as well take advantage!!!

MWCx

greent

Wow - just noticed your total OPs in your signature - how brilliant is that?! - just imagine if you'd not made them.....

Great news on being below 30k :T

CathT

Great milestone, your menu planning looks sounds delicious especially the baked cod with prawns.

muddywhitechicken

greent wrote: »

Wow - just noticed your total OPs in your signature - how brilliant is that?!

VERY!!! It makes me smile every time I see it! Especially as we haven't neglected pensions, savings/investments or holidays whilst doing so

muddywhitechicken

CathT wrote: »

Great milestone, your menu planning looks sounds delicious especially the baked cod with prawns.

That's a new-to-us recipe that I have very high hopes for
No prawns for me though as I developed a shellfish allergy about 12 years ago