The I will MEAL PLAN and not change my mind thread.....

lizalloareds

Sun - Rst chicken, rst potatoes, honeyglazed parsnips and carrots, yorkshire puds and HM chocolate cupcakes for pudding
Mon- Fish & Chips (FR)
Tues-Sweet and sour chicken using lo chicken from Sunday
Wed- not decided yet!
Thur- Sausage casserole SC

pollys

This week

Mon - eating up lasagne and salad
Tues - pizza and salad
Wed - cheese and onion pie with peas/beans
Thurs - spaghetti bolognese and garlic bread
Fri - jacket potatoes, beans and cheese

Pollys

sonastin

I'm really at a loss for what to do with the leftovers from todays roast. We've got a huge mountain of roast pork which could last for about a year (if I take the time to store it properly!) but the leftover spuds and veg only represent enough for bubble & squeak for one person. Plus I've got some yorkshire pud batter left over but again, not enough for anything useful for 2 - toad in the hole or anyhing like that. Veg-wise, I had less in than I thought so we're down to mushrooms, onions, 2 leeks and some frozen peas. I could do different meals for each of us (there's only 2) but OH generally prefers that we eat the same for some reason. Can anyone come up with some imaginative ideas for how to stretch leftover veg for one and yorkie-pud batter for one into something interesting and edible using as much LO pork as you fancy plus the extra veg listed above?

I'm going to have to visit the SM for more veg before tuesday's dinner but it's pretty certain that our menu will be heavy on the pork this week!

K9sandFelines

sonastin wrote: »

I'm really at a loss for what to do with the leftovers from todays roast. We've got a huge mountain of roast pork which could last for about a year (if I take the time to store it properly!) but the leftover spuds and veg only represent enough for bubble & squeak for one person. Plus I've got some yorkshire pud batter left over but again, not enough for anything useful for 2 - toad in the hole or anyhing like that. Veg-wise, I had less in than I thought so we're down to mushrooms, onions, 2 leeks and some frozen peas. I could do different meals for each of us (there's only 2) but OH generally prefers that we eat the same for some reason. Can anyone come up with some imaginative ideas for how to stretch leftover veg for one and yorkie-pud batter for one into something interesting and edible using as much LO pork as you fancy plus the extra veg listed above?

I'm going to have to visit the SM for more veg before tuesday's dinner but it's pretty certain that our menu will be heavy on the pork this week!

Do you have any spices or sauces? What about a chinese type meal wih the pork and use the batter for a pancake and fill with your chinese pork, mushrooms,leeks etc
Or Pork Strogonoff, you could use all your veg and serve with rice or jacket potato. Have the batter mix as pudding, making a sweet pancake with it.

sonastin

K9sandFelines wrote: »

Do you have any spices or sauces? What about a chinese type meal wih the pork and use the batter for a pancake and fill with your chinese pork, mushrooms,leeks etc
Or Pork Strogonoff, you could use all your veg and serve with rice or jacket potato. Have the batter mix as pudding, making a sweet pancake with it.

Pancakes! Why didn't I think of that?! I have all sorts of spices in the cupboard so there's probably something in there suitable to make a nice savoury pancake. I think this is going to be one of those meals that goes against all my MSE instincts and upbringing... if it needs padding out, i'll be adding more meat rather than veg or carbs!

K9sandFelines

K9sandFelines wrote: »

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

This is now Thai mince from freezer, as i forgot to take out chicken and don't trust microwave to defrost it.

K9sandFelines

sonastin wrote: »

Pancakes! Why didn't I think of that?! I have all sorts of spices in the cupboard so there's probably something in there suitable to make a nice savoury pancake. I think this is going to be one of those meals that goes against all my MSE instincts and upbringing... if it needs padding out, i'll be adding more meat rather than veg or carbs!

Sometimes you can't see what's right in front of you, can you :rotfl:?
You could also make a really thin omelette if your partner is eating same filling, but you don't have a enough spare mix to do another pancake ( unless you're using it for a pud!?.

Enjoy

sonastin

So when I got home, the batter looked decidedly iffy - all separated and brown. Decided to ditch that and just use up the meat and veggies - made it into a yummy stew type thing with lots of dumplings. Mostly because there weren't that many left over potatoes. Mostly because they ended up in my tummy while I tried to figure out what to do with the rest of it :rotfl:

Tonight we're on a snack-type meal as we're going to a meeting which usually serves up some sort of supper later. Or we'll end up with another snack-type meal when we get in if we don't like the supper!

So, plan for the rest of the week now looks like...
Wed: LO pork in mushroom sauce with mash & leeks
Thur: HM pizza
Fri: Faggots, mash, peas, gravy
Sat: I'm out so he'll have to have freezer surprise - possibly thai green curry but there might be something else he'd like. Or maybe he can think about what to eat for himself for once

I'll have to go shopping for more food before weekend anyway but it looks like I can get to the end of the week now on what we have in

K9sandFelines

sonastin wrote: »

So when I got home, the batter looked decidedly iffy - all separated and brown.

Ah isn't that just typical. I'm on salmon tonight, about to eat yum yum!!

winniepooh

Ok here goes

Friday - Shepherds pie
Saturday - sausages and mustard mash
Sunday - bread and butter pudding
Monday - chicken dinner
Tuesday- chicken pasta bake
Wednesday - Frittata
Thursday - jacket potato's