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Mealplans W/B 8th April

Hello all

Here is my meal plan for next week starting Saturday, DD is away for the week so just me and OH to cook for so my lunches should hopefully be leftovers as in theory should have a DD sized portion left over from meals.

Saturday - Jambalaya (I will get to cook this this week)

Sunday - Hairy Bikers Chicken Casserole with Potato Cobbler (new recipe)

Monday - Chicken in a Nandos Marinade with Rice and Salad

Tuesday - Sausage and Pasta Soup

Wednesday - Chicken Chowmein

Thursday - Spag Bol

Friday - Slow cooked beef curry with rice and Naan Bread

Breakfasts will be cereal, cereal bars, fruit and porridge

Lunches will be leftovers, sandwiches, wraps

Looking forward to seeing everyones meal plans for the week
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  • pinkypig
    pinkypig Posts: 1,814 Forumite
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    Hi Tealady, thanks for getting us started :T

    Our planning went a bit to pot towards the end of this week as the kids and Mr PP have had a horrid virus and nobody really felt like eating so there was lots of toast and soup eaten but not much else. Hopefully we can get back to a bit of routine this week.

    Sat sweet and sour chicken and rice
    Sun roast chicken, veg, roasties, stuffing and gravy
    Mon thai red curry, rice and naan bread
    Tue Spag bol and garlic bread
    Wed out at friend's house for dinner
    Thurs Spaghetti carbonara
    Fri Pizza, salad and wedges

    The freezer is still well stocked with cake, bread rolls and soup so that should last the rest of the holidays.
    Have a good week everyone

    PP xx
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  • CCP
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    My meal plan is still a work in progress but at the moment goes:

    Friday - HM chorizo and pepper pizza
    Saturday - sausage casserole
    Sunday - beef cannelloni (RM ones RTC, baked with some tomato sauce and a bit of grated cheese on top)

    Monday - kedgeree
    Tuesday - meat pasty, chips and baked beans
    Wednesday - Thai chicken curry with rice and some sort of veg
    Thursday - tuna pasta bake - my favourite one with pesto and cherry tomatoes :drool:

    It's not wildly inventive but it will do!
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  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,998 Forumite
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    Thanks for starting us off this week tealady

    Heres mine from monday

    Chicken and peppers in blackbean sauce, boiled rice

    Liver & onions with mash, veg & gravy

    Chilli beef Stir fry & noodles

    Gammon, pineapple, wedges & salad

    Beef Hotpot


    Steak & chips, garlic mushrooms & tinned sweetcorn

    Roast belly pork, roast potatoes, veg & gravy

    Have a good week x



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  • K9sandFelines
    K9sandFelines Posts: 2,895 Forumite
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    edited 15 April 2013 at 11:06AM
    Purple = Freezer

    Mon 8th -
    [STRIKE]Moroccan Quorn meatballs[/STRIKE]/fresh meatballs made with mince with moroccan couscous and [STRIKE]roasted courgette.[/STRIKE]
    ... with spaghetti as cooked too much for DD.

    Tues 9th ~ Smoky rib sauce with Quorn beef strips, wedges or pasta.
    I succumbed to a [STRIKE]chip Naan[/STRIKE], so the above didn't go ahead
    [STRIKE]Broccoli and macaroni cheese[/STRIKE] cooked and half put in freezer

    Weds 10th ~ see below

    Thurs 11th ~ [STRIKE]Jamaican chicken and sweet potato chips and green beans[/STRIKE]
    Now having [STRIKE]Chicken and tarragon one pot[/STRIKE]

    Fri 12th ~ Thai fishcakes mix ... not sure what with?
    This will stay in freezer and will now change to [STRIKE]Thai mushroom curry and rice[/STRIKE] ( as still loads of mushrooms to use up and don't want them going sludgy _pale_)

    Sat 13th ~ Lemon chicken and egg fried rice (will now yet again move forward to another week)
    Now, [STRIKE]Beef strips in Smoky rib sauce[/STRIKE] with wedges, peas and corn (discovered Beef in freezer i thought was mince when inventory done, but is not. I would have used Quorn but think it will work better this way)

    Sun 14th ~ Quorn roast, with veg and trimmings. DD now having this tonight and using leftovers for dinners
    Now, Creamy garlic chicken lasagne

    EDIT :
    Seemed to have skipped a day somewhere :think:, and finished the week on Saturday's meal, leaving Sunday's for another week ( yet again)!
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  • Penny-Pincher!!
    Penny-Pincher!! Posts: 8,325 Forumite
    edited 8 April 2013 at 7:23PM
    This week, I think it's going to be:

    Sun-Pizza with salad
    Mon-Gammon, saute pots, beans and egg
    Tues-Toad In Hole, mash, carrots, cabbage and petit pois with onion & mushroom gravy (friend coming)
    Wed-Chicken, mini roasties, parsnips, carrot/swede mash & sweetcorn
    Thurs-Shepherds Pie (made with beans/onions/carrots) & petit pois
    Fri-Egg, HM chips & beans with HP sauce/bread/butter
    Sat-Chicken Kebab
    Sun-Leg Lamb, roasts, mash, parsnips, yorkies, carrots, cabbage, peas & minted gravy

    There may be a few changes.

    PP
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  • CT19720
    CT19720 Posts: 1,482 Forumite
    Sunday - hm steak and ale pie, with a puff pastry top, roast potates and veg. Kids will have chicken drumsticks instead of the pie
    Monday - hm chilli and rice
    Tuesday - fish fingers with mash and baked beans
    Wednesday - hm Thai Green chicken and prawn curry with naan
    Thursday - Sausages, chips and beans/peas
    Friday - hm pork kebab in pitta bread, with lemon and herb potatoes and salad
    Saturday - hosting a dinner party for 8! not sure on the starter yet, main - hm meat pie with potatoes and veg, pudding - hm mixed fruit crumble; profitoreroles; and hm chocolate brownies - all with or without custard or ice cream.
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  • Kitchenbunny
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    Morning all - I've been doing a bit of magpie stuff this week and borrowing inspiration from your mealplans. Hope you don't mind :)

    Anyway, here goes with this week's mealplan:

    Sunday - Bolognese
    Monday - Chilli Beef Stir Fry with Noodles
    Tuesday - Toad in the Hole with Beans
    Wednesday - Shepherd's Pie
    Thursday - Enchiladas
    Friday - Meatball Subs
    Saturday - Lasagne

    Hope everyone has a lovely week. :)

    KB xx
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  • agreenmess
    agreenmess Posts: 149 Forumite
    Ooooo going to have to put toad in the whole down for next week haven't had it in ages, thanks for inspiration Penny-Pincher!!

    All Breakfasts - For me, its Bircher’s Muesli, or a version of it, with HM yogurt and fruit. For himself, cereal.

    Lunches – Lunches are sandwiches for himself and some version of a bento lunch for me.

    Snacks – Whatever fruit is in the house, and lots of cuppa’s

    Dinners:

    Monday – Hunters Chicken with Value Vegetable Rice

    Tuesday – Chicken Risotto or something else made with the chicken stock from Sunday.

    Wednesday – Sheppard’s Pie

    Thursday - Honey and Mustard Quorn Chicken with veg and rice, done in the slow cooker.

    Friday – Mince in Pasta sauce, with pasta, done in the slow cooker

    Saturday – Sausage Casserole with rice or pasta, done in the slow cooker

    Sunday – Depending on how I feel It might either be Spagetti Carbonara or another Roast Chicken with the trimmings

    Pudding - Sugar free jelly for me and non sugar free for himself.
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  • K9sandFelines
    K9sandFelines Posts: 2,895 Forumite
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    agreenmess wrote: »
    Thursday - Honey and Mustard Quorn Chicken with veg and rice, done in the slow cooker.

    Do you have a recipe please? Or a link to one ...
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  • Our meal plans for the week are:

    Tuesday
    Hm Steak & Stilton pie with mash & carrots

    Wednesday
    Chicken burger & chips

    Thursday
    Eating at a friends

    Friday
    HM Pizza & garlic bread

    Sat
    Chilli con carne & rice

    Sunday
    Chicken casserole with roast potatos

    Monday
    Toad in the hole

    Tuesday
    Mash, fishcakes & Beans

    Lunches will be any left overs, soup, Cheese sarnies or beans on toast

    Snacks, HM Banana bread, HM Lemon drizzle cake, yogurts and fruit
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