Meal Plans W/B 25th March

Tealady_2

Can't believe we are in the last week of March already. Meal planning has gone really well this month for me and I am back in control of the grocery budget again. I have been putting the money underspent each week in a seperate purse this month and have £22.50 in there :money:. Thought I might save it up and use for a family treat at some point.

Meal plan for next week,

Saturday - Spicy Chicken and Ribs with Salad and Vegetable Rice

Sunday - Chicken and Gammon Pie with Potatoes and Beans (DD request as also didn't have last week)

Monday - Slowcooked Beef Casserole with Yorkshire Puddings

Tuesday - Chicken Chowmein (didn't have this week as inlaws treat us to dinner one day)

Wednesday - I'm out with the girls for dinner so Ravioli in HM Veg Soup and Garlic Bread for DD and OH

Thursday - Jambalaya

Friday - Fish and Chips planning on HM but may be persuaded by the Chippy

Breakfasts will be Fruit, Cereal and Cereal Bars

Lunches will be sandwiches, wraps, salads or leftovers

Might make some breakfast muffins for breakfast as haven't had those for a while and some ginger cakes will see how I feel.

Looking forward to seeing everyones meal plans

suki_na_tomodachi

Is it ok if i join in with this? I'm still new to saving money and new to this site, i mostly lurk to be honest, looking at everyones advice etc.

CCP

I've really been struggling to do this this week - thank goodness for this thread providing the missing inspiration!

Friday - chilli bean and halloumi burritos
Saturday - chicken soup stew with dumplings
Sunday - soup and pudding night - minestrone soup; ginger sponge pudding with stewed apple and raisin
Monday - Spanish omelette and some sort of veg
Tuesday - Thai steak curry (F) and noodles
Wednesday - bacon (F) and courgette pasta bake
Thursday - jambalaya (Thanks, Tealady!)

suki - yes, please come along and join in!

Tealady_2

suki - please join in the more the merrier.

suki_na_tomodachi

Thanks, well here goes and i'm going to try my best to stick to it

Friday - 2 mini jacket potatoes with cheese and beans

Saturday - LO HM chicken lasagne with a roll or half a garlic baguette

Sunday - 2 cumberland sausages, 1 poached egg, beans and toast

Monday - (Hopefully, depending on if i can cook it right) HM stewed steak in gravy with potatoes

Tuesday - Tuna mixed with chilli flakes and tomato puree with salad and potatoes

Wednesday - Tin of spaghetti with garlic bread

Thursday - Ham and cheese salad rolls

Really hoping i can stick to this, as i work FT i struggle to stick to plans sometimes because of differing shifts in work, and because i live alone, sometimes i come home, clean then cant be bothered so i've been trying to sort things on my days off ready for when i am in work. I've even been making sure i take packed lunches to work as this will help me save money as will meal planning hopefully

Kitchenbunny

Welcome, Suki Nice looking mealplans everyone. Here's mine for the coming week:

Fri - HM Baguette Pizzas
Sat - Pasta Bolognese
Sun - Toad in the hole with beans
Mon - Chilli con carne with Sauteed Potatoes
Tues - Enchiladas
Weds - Shepherd's Pie
Thurs - Spicy Sausage Pilaff

Hope everyone has a lovely week. It's very busy lately so having the mealplan to stick to helps!

KB xx

CupOfChai

Kitchenbunny - yes I find that too, meal planning saves me loads of time as I'm not wandering about wondering what to make for dinner and being unable to think of what I need to buy in the shops.

Mon - fish pie & veg
Tue - black bean chicken stirfry (packet sauce) with noodles
Wed - bacon & tomato pasta
Thur - prawn curry & rice
Fri - mushroom risotto
Sat & Sun - we're away for a week, I just have to do packed lunch for the train on Saturday.

Nottoobadyet

Hello everyone! Anyone else celebrating Passover on Monday? I always make the mistake of hosting so have absolutely loads of people coming over, but they should be bringing some of their own food so hopefully not too pricey.

As you'll see from the list I'm not keeping the traditional no leavening for 7 days rule, Im only properly Jewish for ceremonies that involve lots of booze

Tonight - Out with a friend
Tomorrow - out for date night
Sunday - finally making quiche! Have had this in the new recipe que for ages and ages... Also cooking as much in advance as possible for Monday
Monday - Layla Seder, so will have to make Charoset, Matza etc. As my contribution to the meal will make a big shakshouka, veg stir fry, fruit salad and a roast chicken
Tuesday - out for a drink with a friend but leftover quiche after
Wednesday - Seder leftovers
Thursday - Chicken Carcatore with pasta

K9sandFelines

Mine will go something like this (haven't sorted DD's out yet and hers is repetitive)
Freezer

Mon 25 ~ Thai curry or [STRIKE]Thai salmon fishcakes[/STRIKE] (swopped yesterday's to today as today's too similar to Sunday's tea)

Tues 26 ~ Bolognese layer bake now (see Saturday) [STRIKE]Gumbo[/STRIKE], defrosting on the side

Weds 27 ~ Kids break up ... [STRIKE]Ratatouille and[/STRIKE] sweet potato actifry chips or [STRIKE]omelette [/STRIKE]

Thurs 28 ~ Quorn doner kebab with lambstrips, chips and salad POSTPONED from last week and may have to be changed due to having hardly any potatoes. *Spuds now coming in Tuesday's shop so should go ahead as planned*
[COLOR="rgb(255, 0, 255)"][/COLOR] Ended up being Beef Bourgiginon from freezer, carrot and turnip from freezer, sprouts from freezer and mini roasties

Fri 29 ~ Mayflower (extra hot) [STRIKE]Quorn chicken curry[/STRIKE] or Mayflower (mild) egg curry Changed to Malaysian curry to use up paste

Sat 30 ~ Frittata (see Tuesday)

Sun 31 ASDA SHOPPING (hopefully)
So, CBY Gammon Roast or CBY Chicken Roast
(Shopping won't be here so either the doner kebab or frittata - we don't follow a traditional easter meal here)

ska_lover

Hi all

Monday - Shwartz Chicken and roast pots
Tues - Soup and pudding night (HM Lentil Paprika and Tomatoe soup- tis lush) followed by a lurking apple pie in freezer since xmas
Weds - Cajun sausage and bean hotpot and spring onion mash
Thur - Pasta Bake and salad, corn on cob
Fri - Pizza night
Sat HM Lasagne and New pots
Sun - Honey chicken and rice

bargain_hunter_2

Morning everyone- I'm relatively new to meal planning (well, official writing down meal planning ) but find it definitely helps.
As I'm about to venture back to work full time after 18 years p.t. I've got to get some new routines going in this house :eek:
Oh just started working shifts, and dd's are 18 and 14 so now seems as good a time as any.

week 3 of meal planning and so far so good

Monday -chicken Provençal
Tuesday - Pasta with chorizo/lardons
Wednesday -Friends for birthday tea
Thursday -Mince/Dumplings and mash potatoes
Friday - Secret Takeaways KFC chicken recipe
Saturday -HM Chicken curry
Sunday -Traditional Easter barbecue (maybe the first one ever in the snow :rotfl:)