2 weeks of meal plans, help please :)

debtmess

I would love some help in order to ekk out our stores for at least 2 weeks if not until payday (27th feb)

It's breakfasts and main meals plus lunch for me, 3 children have school dinners and I have paid that up till half term (15th feb)

I get a weekly veg box which I can then use to base around ideas along with 6 eggs a large white loaf and small granary loaf.

I have th e following which is great but very little meat in freezer hence I'm stumped.

Freezer
3 brown loafs
Hash browns
1 mince about 300g
3 lots of 2 chicken breasts
2 cottage pies and 2 shepherds pies from previous dinners
2 lots of frozen sweet n sour chicken enough for 2 people
36 pitta breads (will be using for work with soup)
Frozen veg
1pack bacon
Fridge
4x4 lots of crave dale semiskimmed milk
10 eggs
Block of cheese
3 tubs Philly
3 packs butter
2 lots of apple bags
Onions
5 peppers
1 pack ham
2 packs frankfurters
Smoothies and fromage frais for the children

Cupboard
Rice 1 bag
2kg pasta
6 tins beans
4 spaghetti
1 butter beans tin
3 tins chopped toms
Far too much soup but that will be lunch's for me at work
3 tomato pur!e
4 passata
1 jar pasta bake
3 packets of suit

Baking
1 full bag self raising flour
1//4 th of a bag plain flour
3 tins condensed milk
Icing sugar
Half bag sugar
Bag of porridge oats
Golden syrup
Breakfast cereals x

I lack time which is my big problem, I work full time so we are all out before 8 and home around 5.30. My children are 9 and under so not an age where they can start dinner etc, can think of a few things but its same same which is getting boring

Linda32

I'll have a go at the list this is the way I work actually. In that I keep an inventory of what I have in rather than a plan. It seems to work best with me.

Freezer
3 brown loafs- This would do as toast for breakfasts. I try to remember to freeze our loafs into three's as it dosn't keep. However, if I forget I save the ends of the loafs and freeze these then OH has them for toast at weekends.

1 mince about 300g - I would cook this with the bacon and frozen veg and onions to make a 'meat' part of a dinner and serve with potatoes and veg.

3 lots of 2 chicken breasts - 3 more dinners

2 cottage pies and 2 shepherds pies from previous dinners 4 more dinners

2 lots of frozen sweet n sour chicken enough for 2 people ditto above.

36 pitta breads (will be using for work with soup)

Fridge
10 eggs - I'd have these fried on toast for breakfast
Block of cheese - Sandwiches for supper
2 lots of apple bags - pudding
1 pack ham - Sandwiches
2 packs frankfurters - slice and add to the pasta and passata
Smoothies and fromage frais for the children

Cupboard
Rice 1 bag - you could have this with the chicken breast above.
2kg pasta
4 passata
1 jar pasta bake - add to the pasta and stir in the philly. I never buy this myself but I understand that you can do this.

HTH

debtmess

Thank you some great ideas reasons behind the need, my son has broken my mac so it needs some sort of repair, a priority as my sister uses it for college and it has lots of her work on it (it won't even turn on) will know more Thursday on the repair costs

Will have a few on toast meals, I can pad the mince with oats/lentils the saving grace is that my 3 have a hot meal/pudding at school so don't eat a huge meal at night.

Will be checking the threads on here for weeks plans for over next few weeks