MealPlans WB 19th May 2007

Penny-Pincher!!

Morning Guys!

Another week gone:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Here is our meal plan for this week:

Saturday-Round friends
Sunday-Chicken, Roasties, Yorkies, Stuffing, Cabbage, Carrots, French Beans & Parsnips
Monday-Lamb Chops, New Pots, Cauliflower, Carrots & Peas
Tuesday-HM Fishpie(Cod/mash/onion/parsley sauce) served with Peas & Cabbage
Wednesday-Sausage Cassarole(Sausage/mix/carrots/swede/peas/sweetcorn/onion/baked beans) served with Baked Spud
Thursday-Shepherds Pie(lamb/onion/baked beans/toms) served with Carrots & Sweetcorn
Friday-FR Eggs & Oven Chips

Breakies are combinations of: fruit, yogurt, juice, eggs, toast, cereal or bacon sarnie (1-2 times a week)

Lunches are things like: Leftovers, soup, baked spuds and salad, sarnies/rolls or something on toast.

Have a great week guys.

PP
xx

oops_a_daisy

My meal plan for this week is going to be using up a lot of stuff I already have in so will hopefully just need a top up shop of no more than £15 for the week I had budgetted £150 for the month but have spent £120 so far and am only on 3rd week

Here goes

Dinners

S HM Chestnut & Veggie burgers + coleslaw & salad
S Quorn Cottage Pie with Broccoli & Carrots
M Quorn Sausages (DD) Veggie Burgers (ME) Beans & Chips
T Quorn Chilli Con Carni & Rice
W Quorn Fahitas & HM Potato Wedges
T Pasta with Tomato & Garlic Sauce + HM Garlic Bread
F Left over Chilli Con Carni & Rice (DD) Leftover HM Fruity Burgers & Salad (ME)

Lunches

DD at school
Tuna Sandwiches or HM soup for me

Puddings

Angel Delight, Jelly, Rice Pudding

Snacks

Fruit, Flapjack, Shortbread

Breakfast

Toast made with HM Bread
Coco Pops (DD)
Porridge


have a great week everybody :T

lynzpower

we too are on a use up this week, trying to free up 25 quid for OH to pay off his credit card overpayment :T

So last night

Fri HM chilli, rice, taco shells
tonight - might be going out - but dont know yet -if not- spanish omelette & patatas bravas.
sun- red thai curry chicken veg noodles
mon - pasta in tom & mushroom sauce with chicken
tues - HM burgers, lettuce etc oven chips
Weds- spiced pork chops, cous cous & moroccan veg casserole
thurs- Curry rice & naan
fri - chilli ( again!)

Lunches, will be sandwiches, something on toast, HM soups.

Breakfasts- cereals.
SHOULD only have to buy this week, some dog food, courgette, peppers, maybe a butternut squash, milk, yoghurt and black beans. & one tin chopped toms.

joey_2

Hi everyone, here's mine for the week....

Today : jacket potatoes, cheese, beans

Sunday : gammon, mash, peas

Monday : tuna-pasta bake

Tuesday : pie, potato wedges, sweetcorn

Wednesday : lasagne, jacket potato, salad

Thursday : pizza, chips, salad

Friday : chicken-korma

Frugal_Fox

I'm also having a 'use up the freezer' week - planning to defrost it next Sat!

Fri - HM Pizza with pasta & mixed veg (DD request)
Sat - Chilli con carne with rice, sour cream, tortillas and hm guacamole
Sun - (L) Chicken, Roasties, Veg - (D) Potato cakes & cheese then HM Victoria sponge
Mon - Faggots & Mash
Tues - Pasta, Peas & Ham
Wed - Faggots & Mash again (on offer & we love them! )
Thur - Pasta carbonara with hm garlic bread

Breakfasts:
Cereal, toast, fruit & hm yogurt

Lunches:
Soup for me, meal from freezer for DH (left overs from earlier meals!)
Children - HM roll with cheese, ham, fruit, hm yogurt & hm cake (flapjack, banana loaf, eccles cakes (blame GB Menu), HM gingernuts)

Shopping needed this week:
Sour cream, tortillas, avocado
NB - I shop fortnightly and if I'd bought the cream, tortillas & avocado before today I'd have eaten them as a snack!!

Penny-Pincher!!

Some yummy plans there! I love faggots-do you make them yourself and if so, are they easy to make?

Keep them coming!

PP
xx

jamgirl

hi again. this week we are having:

today: burger and chips
sunday: chicken, mash and veg
monday: left over chicken, pasta, sweetcorn and mayo
tuesday: quorn spag bol
wednesday: my son (9yrs) is cooking us a suprise :eek: with dads help
thursday: egg, chips and mushy peas
friday: veg curry and rice

Herbaholic

Another week and I'm still well within my budget and all I need this week will be some veg, fruit and sandwich meat so I think I'm definately on track for this month, can't wait to see OH face when he sees how much I've saved :j Bare in mind I used to spend £450 - £500 a month on food and waste loads :eek: This month we've eaten meals that have been tasty and all homemade, I'd say we'd eaten better than usual if I'm honest and OH is getting used to the HM cake in his lunchbox.

Have to confess that last week I didn't stick to my meal plan totally :eek: I substituted things because we both fancied a curry, usually when we get these 'cravings' we head off to the takeaway and spend about £20, but I decided to make a curry from what we had in, so made a mince beef curry from the mince in the freezer and used up tins from the cupboard. I was out of chickpeas so added some cannellini beans instead and they worked fine, made loads and froze some for the next time we fancy curry at a moments notice, it came out lovely! OH labelled it "Yummy mince beef curry" and stuck it in the freezer, also made a couple of portions for OH to take to work, something he's doing now instead of sandwiches every day and his work mates are making comments about how he eats better than them :A I also swapped two days around so I could batch bake and use the oven more efficiently, not a biggie just poor planning on my part originally. I'm finding it easy because I have lots in the cupboards and freezer at the minute, a little worried that things will go pear shaped once the stocks dwindle. Sorry if I go on a bit, just helps to tell someone and it helps me keep on track lol!

So this week..... Breakfasts same as last week toast from bread made in the BM and banana porridge or some cereal & fruit. Lunches weekdays sandwiches & fruit or HM meal, weekends Chicken Fajita's for today and Seafood Tuna Baked Potato & Salad on Sunday. We only have 'hot' dinners at weekend when we're both at home.

Teas

Today – Lasagne & Salad
Sunday – Chicken Breast’s, Mash, Carrots, Peas, Stuffing & Gravy.
Monday – Fish, Chips & Peas
Tuesday – Chilli (from freezer), Rice & Tortillas
Wednesday – Toad In The Hole, Mash, Veg & Gravy
Thursday – Chicken Tikka, Rice & Naan
Friday – Sweet Chilli Chicken & Rice

Using salad grow in garden eg sorrel, rocket, lollo rosso and endive so saving money on green salad this week, aside from the bits listed in the opening paragraph I have everything else in the cupboards or freezer to make the meals this week plus will be making some more HM puddings and cakes. Here's to another week of sticking to my guns

Penny-Pincher!!

Herbaholic wrote: »

Another week and I'm still well within my budget and all I need this week will be some veg, fruit and sandwich meat so I think I'm definately on track for this month, can't wait to see OH face when he sees how much I've saved :j Bare in mind I used to spend £450 - £500 a month on food and waste loads :eek: This month we've eaten meals that have been tasty and all homemade, I'd say we'd eaten better than usual if I'm honest and OH is getting used to the HM cake in his lunchbox.

Have to confess that last week I didn't stick to my meal plan totally :eek: I substituted things because we both fancied a curry, usually when we get these 'cravings' we head off to the takeaway and spend about £20, but I decided to make a curry from what we had in, so made a mince beef curry from the mince in the freezer and used up tins from the cupboard. I was out of chickpeas so added some cannellini beans instead and they worked fine, made loads and froze some for the next time we fancy curry at a moments notice, it came out lovely! OH labelled it "Yummy mince beef curry" and stuck it in the freezer, also made a couple of portions for OH to take to work, something he's doing now instead of sandwiches every day and his work mates are making comments about how he eats better than them :A I also swapped two days around so I could batch bake and use the oven more efficiently, not a biggie just poor planning on my part originally. I'm finding it easy because I have lots in the cupboards and freezer at the minute, a little worried that things will go pear shaped once the stocks dwindle. Sorry if I go on a bit, just helps to tell someone and it helps me keep on track lol!

So this week..... Breakfasts same as last week toast from bread made in the BM and banana porridge or some cereal & fruit. Lunches weekdays sandwiches & fruit or HM meal, weekends Chicken Fajita's for today and Seafood Tuna Baked Potato & Salad on Sunday. We only have 'hot' dinners at weekend when we're both at home.

Teas

Today – Lasagne & Salad
Sunday – Chicken Breast’s, Mash, Carrots, Peas, Stuffing & Gravy.
Monday – Fish, Chips & Peas
Tuesday – Chilli (from freezer), Rice & Tortillas
Wednesday – Toad In The Hole, Mash, Veg & Gravy
Thursday – Chicken Tikka, Rice & Naan
Friday – Sweet Chilli Chicken & Rice

Using salad grow in garden eg sorrel, rocket, lollo rosso and endive so saving money on green salad this week, aside from the bits listed in the opening paragraph I have everything else in the cupboards or freezer to make the meals this week plus will be making some more HM puddings and cakes. Here's to another week of sticking to my guns

You have done so well:T ....keep up the good work. I used to spend about the same as you per month and was a total food snob:o ....dont get me wrong, there are still certain items I wont compromise on (heinz, tetley, nescafe, decent bread, etc) but I now buy on offer and cut back on other things. We have a take-away sometimes and I now dont beat myself up about it.

PP
xx

jovichick123

Hi all,

Have just updated my signature... maybe I put a little too much aside for spending this month! Not that I am complaining, it's nice to underspend for a change than overspend

Ok, so my mealplans for the week look like this:

Saturday: HM Pizza and HM Wedges
Sunday: Lamb and Roast Veg
Monday: Vegetable Curry and Rice
Tuesday: Tuna and Tomato Pasta
Wednesday: Egg, HM Chips and beans
Thursday: Vegetable Bake
Friday: HM Chilli and Rice

Breakfasts will be fruit/smoothies (due to my recent kitchen addition of a smoothie maker!)... lunches for work (two days this week due to being on hols on Friday :j ) will be sandwiches or pasta, not quite decided yet lol

Have a great week,

Sarah xx

beemuzed

Hi! haven't posted here for a while, but always good to see what others are eating and get some ideas! We usually have a Sunday roast which then takes care of at least the next couple of days, but I fancied a change this week. So:
Saturday - lasagne and salad
Sunday - salmon, new pots & brocolli
Monday -Sausages, mushrooms, bacon & chips
Tuesday - lemon baked chicken (found recipe in slow-cooker book, not yet tried!
Wednesday - Fresh pasta, pesto & salad
Thursday - Liver & bacon
Friday - quiche & salad