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The I will MEAL PLAN and not change my mind thread.....
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Next week : (DD is a fusspot, so hers is always subject to change)
Purple is freezer
Mon ~ Me : Warburtons Wrap pizza, actifry chips and salad or fruit (SW|)
DD: Pizza, actifry chips and peas
Tues: L/O chicken from Sunday, HA couscous and veg DD: Beans on toast
Weds : Both of us : Quorn meatballs, with possibly Arriabatta sauce (HM) with pasta.
(Garlic Bread for DD)
Thursday : (HM) Thai/Malaysian chicken/prawn curry with cauliflower rice
DD: Quorn chicken nuggets, with noodles and veg of choice
Friday : Me: HM Cauliflower and brocolli cheese (depends if i have bought brocolli and there is enough L/O cauli). Plan B is Prawn or chicken (or both) Jambalaya ( depends what's left in freezer).
DD: unsure at the mo possibly meat free burger or something along those lines.
Saturday : (HM) Lemon chicken and egg fried rice
DD : Quorn sausages, raw carrot and onion rings
Sunday : Me : HM Quorn Beef (strips) Bourgignon
DD: (Quorn) Roast dinner with veg (some will be fresh)GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £76.30/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality0 -
heres another week
friday - italian meatballs - new recipe to try
saturday-pizza, chips and salad
sunday - hm treacle tart - new recipe
monday - chicken tikka and rice - new recipe
tuesday - gammon joint in slow cooker, mash and veg
wednesday - bbq chicken drumsticks
thursday - gammon and leek pie - frugal queens recipeI'm trying so hard to be thrifty, but it doesn't come naturally. You lot are an inspiration!JUST LOVES THE O/S BOARD0 -
K9 - The Warburton wraps are very high syns. You might want to reconsider your meal for that night.
Denise0 -
K9 - The Warburton wraps are very high syns. You might want to reconsider your meal for that night.
Denise
Thanks Denise. I accounted for them, but they so weren't worth the fuss. The rest were frozen, so DD can use them for packed lunch. I much prefer hash brown base pizza, also meaning to try meatza (sp)? and cauliflower base!
How are you doing on SW?GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £76.30/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality0 -
K9 - The meatza is worth trying. Have only done it once but we enjoyed it. The hash brown base pizza sounds good. Think I'll have to pinch that one, LOL! Only got 4.5 lb to lose to get to target but it's coming off so slowly, only half at a time. Was hoping to do it by Easter but don't think it's going to happen with Easter being early this year.
Denise0 -
K9 - The meatza is worth trying. Have only done it once but we enjoyed it. The hash brown base pizza sounds good. Think I'll have to pinch that one, LOL! Only got 4.5 lb to lose to get to target but it's coming off so slowly, only half at a time. Was hoping to do it by Easter but don't think it's going to happen with Easter being early this year.
Denise
SO close then, but going to be so hard with all that chocolate about :A. We need to be exceptionally good hey! I will definitely try the meatza. The hash brown base was nice but fell apart a bit once putting on plate, still tasted the same though! I tried cauliflower rice last night, and it's fab - so will be doing that. I've still a stone to lose. Was hoping it would be by April, but if it just drops off in time for summer that will do me.
Fingers crossed for both of us.GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £76.30/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality0 -
I've sort of fallen off the wagon of posting although I've managed to keep planning and mostly sticking to it. Freezers are over full at the moment and I've spent a fair bit on a grocery stock up this month already so I think I'd like to eat from the freezer this week. Might need some veggies towards the end of the week but I haven't done proper inventory yet to make a plan.
I've got a huge joint of pork for Sunday lunch as family are over for mothers day. Bound to have some leftover so maybe a pork&leek pie on Mon. I know I've got fishcakes, faggots, sausages, thai curry, indian curry, chicken breasts, turkey steaks, pork chops, and a couple of tubs of freezer surprise. Too tired to work that up into a meal plan tonight but I'm sure I can do something with it so that I only need to buy veg at the end of the week. Watch this space...0 -
Been on plan all week ( apart from when DD decided she wanted chippy chips last night). The only change has been Beef Goulash instead of Bourgignon,which i will do another day.
Will upload menu plan for next week when on laptop , as also need to update sig.GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £76.30/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality0 -
Sunday-late lunch instead of dinner as out at gig tonight ( possibly baked potatoes or spicy squash/lentil soup followed by banana bread made to use up bananas.
Monday-Spaghetti bolegnese
tuesday-gnocchi in a red pepper and parsley pesto
wednesday-Spicy Chorizo rice
thursday- Not sure but maybe a pasta bake
friday- away for the night so eating out
saterday- I have a duck in freezer so may make something with thatGrocery challenge October: £228.28/£250.00 NSD 4 ( not completed)
Grocery challenge November : £291.65/300.00 NSD 10
Grocery challenge December : £0/240.00 NSD0 -
Mon ~ Me : Jollof rice with salad ( realised need to go easy on the Tuna as DD needs it for school dinners). So i will have something else. Possibly Lemon chicken and egg fried rice (carried over from last week, as wasn't made)
DD: Tuna and pasta
Tues ~ Me : Quorn Peppered steaks, jacket potato, green beans and corn on cob
DD: Quorn chicken pieces with satay sauce, noodles, peas and babycorn
Weds ~ Meatza (with Quorn mince)
DD : HM pizza (dough in freezer)
Thursday ~ Me : HM/SC Jambalaya with rice?? and veg.
DD: Meat-free meatballs with ariabatta sauce and spaghetti
Friday ~ Me : Quorn lamb donner with actifry chips and veg or meat free burger
DD: Meat free burger or something along those lines (as she didn't have this last week) with actifry chips and veg
Saturday ~ Me : Salmon, spinach, carrots ?? and lemon couscous
DD : Quorn sausages, raw carrot and onion rings
Sunday ~ Me roast Gammon/Chicken with trimmings (depending on next shopping delivery) or Beef Bourgignon ( made Goulash last week instead) with rice or jacket potato
DD: (Quorn) Roast dinner with veg (some will be fresh)GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £76.30/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality0
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