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MealPlans 5th May 2007

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  • Swishter
    Swishter Posts: 107 Forumite
    Well going to the parents tomorrow and not home till Sunday late afternoon so a fairly easy weekend for me! Still doing a lot of freezer eating.

    Sunday Steak, peppercorn Sauce, HM chips, mushrooms, onions and courgette.

    Mon, Grilled bacon etc breakfast, sarnies for lunch and Roast Chicken, taters, parsnips, broccoli and gravy.

    Tue, Lean bacon, toms and toast. LO chicken, feta and olive salad. Mixed bean tacos with salad.

    Wed, Lean bacon, toms and toast. Mixed bean wraps with salad. Blackend salmon with pineapple salsa and avocado, tom and onion salad.

    Thurs, Tom, mushroom and onion omelette. Greek salad. HM meatballs, ratatouille and green beans.

    Fri, Tom, mushroom and onion omelette. prawn and avocado salad. Grilled trout and ratatouille.

    Snacks bio yougurt with berries, miso soup, nuts and fruit.

    Need to buy:
    Salad leaves
    Onions
    Tomato
    Cucumber
    Broccoli
    Parsnips
    Green beans
    Few taters
    Few bits fruit
    Soup veg, carrots celery etc to make soup with chicken carcass.
    Chicken
    Small piece cheese.
    Bio yogurt
    Frozen berries.

    I'm going to just get a few bits from Asda on Monday and the remainder at the market during the week. On Monday I'm going to cook the ratatouille to use the veg in the fridge that are dying and also cook the chicken early in the day and get the stock and then soup all done, both can go into my emptying freezer!
  • oops_a_daisy
    oops_a_daisy Posts: 2,460 Forumite
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    right I have spent tonight sorting out a new meal planner for this week starting tomorrow - I say new because we are getting a bit sick of the usual stuff so I have decided to shake it up a bit :o

    listed below are 6 dinners which I need to sort into days and for the seventh day we will be having some leftovers :p

    bean burgers in buns with relish and salad ( thanks gingham )
    curried cod with broccoli, carrots and potato wedges ( thanks mr pataks! )
    quorn burgers with hm cole slaw & salad ( thanks quorn website )
    veggie bangers n mash with peas & carrots
    lentil shepherds pie & sweetcorn ( thanks gingham )
    galette au chou with carrots & roast potatoes

    lunches

    cream of veg soup (HM - old schwartzkoph recipie)
    lentil, carrot & tomato soup (HM own recipie)
    tuna sandwiches ( got quite a glut of tuna to use up )

    puddings

    angel delight, jelly, yoghurt

    snacks

    fruit, flapjacks, shortbread

    Im having a freezer clearout tomorrow too because there is stuff in there that could be older than my DD :eek: and also I am hoping to freeze some of the dinners that will be left over for the following week :D

    not sure if the above meal plan is nutritionally balanced though but it will definately be a welcome change to rubber chicken, spag bol, mince & mash & chilli con carni.
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  • Penny-Pincher!!
    Penny-Pincher!! Posts: 8,325 Forumite
    Thanks for all the replies:D

    In the last 4 days for lunch OH & I have been having a piece of quiche or ham, served with some new potatoes and salad with a nice light dressing and it has been going down a treat.

    All the menus look and sound delish...keep them coming!

    Hugs

    PP
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  • Aril
    Aril Posts: 1,877 Forumite
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    Sat- poached egg and shhhh oven chips
    Sun- Toad in the Hole
    Mon mixed bean supper
    Tues Baked bean chowder [new recipe]
    Wed Piquant fish fingers
    Thurs Savoury pancakes with mush and cond mush soup filling
    Fri Pasta with lemon, parmesan and basil
    No puds here.
    Breakfast cereal except Sun when we've got croissants.
    Lunches- sandwiches, hm flapjacks and piece of fruit
    Snacks...anything I can raid from the cupboard without getting caught!!
    Aril
    Aiming for a life of elegant frugality wearing a new-to-me silk shirt rather than one of hair!
  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
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    I went a bit mad yesterday with meat buying so we have a good bulk to start from. Ive done a batch of spag bol & chilli ion freexer yesterday for OHs lunches, plus IM going to do a leek & pot soup & mexican bean soup for my lunches today :)

    Sat- bangers, mash, port & onion gravy peas & carrots
    Tonight- round mates for a roast
    Monday POrk chops, mini roasties, peppercorn sauce, carrots, green beans
    Tues- chicken satay skewers with rice & stirfried honey & soy veg ( adaptation of rmacs :) wonder how many of us will be having this this week LOL
    weds- roast chicken "nandos style" rice & beans, corn cobs salad HM bread rolls ( using some chicken & rolls for sandwiches for thurs lunch)
    thurs- chicken & spinach calzone with jackets & salad
    fri - chicken & chick pea curry, & rice
    sat- start a new plan- will decide then :)

    happy scoffing everyone :)
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  • jovichick123
    jovichick123 Posts: 942 Forumite
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    Morning all,

    Have only meal planned to Wednesday so far (that's when I get my next fruit n veg delivery!).

    So this week looks like this:

    Saturday: Chicken Stir Fry
    Sunday: Chilli and HM Wedges
    Monday: Lentil Shepherds Pie and Peas (Thanks Gingham!)
    Tuesday: Toad in the hole with mash, peads and gravy
    Wednesday: Cauliflower, Potato and Brocolli curry with rice

    We eat a lot of meat in our house (when I was growing up, Dad used to say that it wasn't a meal without some form of meat!!):rolleyes: Over the next few weeks, I want to reduce the amount of meat based meals we eat (maybe down to 3/4 a week) so that we get a good mix of foods, and use up our veg box! :D

    Thanks,

    Sarah xx
  • flourgirl
    flourgirl Posts: 3,415 Forumite
    Well here goes for this week

    Sunday Beef, cauli carrots peas & new potatoes

    Monday Lasagne, Salad Garlic bread

    Tuesday Sweet and sour chicken and rice

    Wednesday DH Chilli & rice me girls curry night out

    Thursday Moussaka cauli carrots & peas

    Friday Jacket potatoes cheesy beans & salad

    Happy eating everyone!
  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,241 Forumite
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    As I mentioned last week, DH is away in Texas on business this week. We're going to take advantage of that and eat *pot-luck* from the freezer.

    So far I've found:

    Pizza - with salad
    HM Burgers - with HM wedges, coleslaw and salad
    Veg curry, pork curry - with rice, peas, carrots, cucumber raitha and naan bread
    Veg chilli - with pasta, garlic bread and salad
    Lamb chops - only 2 so Small Penguins will have them with mustard and honey, baked potato, veg

    Ice cream - finished ends of 2 tubs :eek: :eek:
    Raspberries, blueberries - with HM meringues saved from last week, and cream
    Apple pie
    Plum, sour cream and cinnamon tart

    Quiche portions and wraps for DD's pack-ups

    Will post later with what else I manage to use up.

    Penny. x
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  • jamgirl
    jamgirl Posts: 215 Forumite
    i did this for the first time last week and i'm hooked:T
    it stopped me going to tescos every day!

    sunday: burger and chips
    monday: out for tea at aunties
    tuesday: sausage, mash and gravy
    wednesday: fishfingers for kids, salmon for us with pasta and salad
    thursday: chicken, roast pots and veg
    friday: rest of chicken with pasta and sweetcorn
    saturday: beef fried rice

    puds: yoghurt and fruit
  • isabelle304
    isabelle304 Posts: 300 Forumite
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    My homemade wheat-free vegan meals this week (will decide later what to have on which day):

    lunches

    pea and mint soup
    sweet potato and garlic soup
    quinoa and red grape salad with toasted almonds and honey dressing
    spicy carrot and orange soup

    evening meals
    chestnut and vegetable burgers
    sesame roasted tofu with satay sauce and broccoli
    chickpea curry
    vegetarian Moroccan couscous

    breakfasts
    granola or porridge with rice or soya milk

    snacks
    homemade fruit and nut bars, tofu and fruit mousse, peanut butter or hummous on wheat-free bread from Stamp Collection.
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