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Meal Plans W/B 31th March
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Sun: Roast lamb with all the trimmings.
Mon: Lancashire sausages, mashed potatoes, mixed veg, hm yorkshires and gravy
Tue: Hm spicy chicken strips with cous cous and buttered mushrooms
Wed: OH's HM cottage pie with vegetables
Thu: Sausages casserole
Fri: Good old egg chips and peas with bread and butter
Sat: Chicken and vegetable pie (steak and potato for OH) with chips/mashed potatoes and gravy0 -
Cooked but will go in the freezer, as Dad took us out for dinner and this had already been turned on!K9sandFelines wrote: »Haven't decided what i am having yet tomorrow, so plan will run from 1st-7th of April.
Freezer
Mon 1 ~ [STRIKE]Gammon roast with actifry potatoes, sweetcorn and roast parsnip[/STRIKE]
Tues 2 ~ Butterbean and Leeks with cheesy orzo
Now, [STRIKE]Szechuan chicken and noodles[/STRIKE]
Weds 3 ~ Leftover Gammon, with egg, chips and asparagus.
Now, [STRIKE]mushoom strogonoff with the leftover gammon [/STRIKE]chopped into it and
Thurs 4 - Macaroni and Brocolli cheese now (as Mr A had no 50p caulis when shopping was delivered)
Now [STRIKE]Butterbean, leek and cheesy[/STRIKE] orzo as leeks need using turned into [STRIKE]tagliatelle[/STRIKE]
Fri 5 - Meal of DD's choice as it's her birthday( i will try and tow the line with SW, but will be hard ...)!
Didn't quite tow the line!
Sat 6 - Smoky rib cook in the bag sauce (with Quorn Beef strips) or wedges and veg (tbc)
Will now be [STRIKE]salmon, asparagus and potatoes with some other veg tbc[/STRIKE]
Sun 7 - [STRIKE]Chicken and tarragon one pot[/STRIKE]
The rest should go to plan and Brocolli and macaroni cheese will move to next week, providing the brocolli keeps, the egg and chips i can live without.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 Jul £134.25/£150 Aug £119.37/£150 Sep £170.48?/£150 Oct £66.92/£180 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. Two person vegan household, with occasional visitors)Join me on the meal plan thread : https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6356309/could-we-start-a-meal-plan-thread-again-so-its-not-lost-in-the-gc/p1Forever learning the art of frugality0 -
Heres mine a little late as I didnt go shopping until today due to the bank holiday
TUE - jacket potatoes & baked beans (was going to be chicken stew but forgot to take thighs out of freezer)
WED - fajhitas, chicken peppers corgettes, wraps
THU - chicken stew
FRI - mustard pork chops with mash veg & gravy
SAT - chilli burgers & wedges, salad, tinned sweetcorn
sun - roast pork with apple and herb crust, veg & gravy
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This is tonight's tea ... Szechuan chicken - cost app £1.50 using half a pack of £2.09 YS chicken.
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 Jul £134.25/£150 Aug £119.37/£150 Sep £170.48?/£150 Oct £66.92/£180 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. Two person vegan household, with occasional visitors)Join me on the meal plan thread : https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6356309/could-we-start-a-meal-plan-thread-again-so-its-not-lost-in-the-gc/p1Forever learning the art of frugality0 -
Monday - Turkey steaks with roasties, broccoli, carrot & swede
Tuesday - chippy tea
Wednesday - hm chicken curry with rice
Thursday - salmon fillets with stir fried veg and noodles
Friday Chicken breast with bacon, use up fresh veggies
Saturday - use left over chicken with bubble n squeak leftover veg
Sunday - lamb casserole (from freezer) with jacket potatoSemi-retired, cat loving, married, Norfolk living girl.0 -
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 Jul £134.25/£150 Aug £119.37/£150 Sep £170.48?/£150 Oct £66.92/£180 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. Two person vegan household, with occasional visitors)Join me on the meal plan thread : https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6356309/could-we-start-a-meal-plan-thread-again-so-its-not-lost-in-the-gc/p1Forever learning the art of frugality0
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