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Meal Plans WB 2nd September
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Hi everyone :hello: I would like to join you also if that's alright I have been lurking for sometime and really need to get organised as money is short until payday I am trying to use up what I have in. So this is my meal plan and I am going to stick with it.
Sunday: Roast beef, roast potatoes & parsnips, cauliflower cheese, peas & sweetcorn, cabbage. We rarely have desert however today we are having toffee apple crumble & custard.
Monday: HM fishcakes (not made before) with homegrown salad and LO cauliflower cheese
Tuesday: Steak (well roast beef leftovers) onion and mushroom baguettes with salad and a couple of HM wedges for DS
Wednesday: Sausage & onions with HM wedges and cabbage
Thursday: Tuna pasta bake
Friday: HM triple cooked chips, sausage (if DS hasn't eaten them) and eggs
Saturday: HM lamb and lentil curry with HM Nan bread
Sunday: Pork chops, stuffing, roast potatoes, cauliflower cheese, cabbage and carrots
Writing it down makes it more real I am liking the feeling of commitment, thank you for the thread :T
Oh! Breakfast is not usually eaten in our house (hangs head in shame) if it is it's toast or bacon sandwiches. Lunch is HM bacon and lentil soup or HM minestrone soup.
Good luck everyone0 -
Monday-Gammon, egg and chips
Tuesday-Chicken Curry with rice
Wednesday-Spanish Rice
Thursday-Classic Spaghetti and garlic bread
Friday-Carrot, Kidney bean and cumin burgers, rice, salad
Saturday-Toad in the hole, salad, veg
Sunday-Roast Chicken.0 -
I did a big shop this weekend (involved 4 different supermarkets!) so should have plenty to keep us going.
Sun - Roast turkey, carrots, green beans, cabbage, stuffing and gravy (done)
Mon - Stir fry of LO turkey, mushrooms, carrots, green beans, cabbage and noodles, with corn cobs on the side (done)
Tues - Chicken and mushroom pie with sweet potato wedges and baked beans (swapped for pasta bake)
Wed - Pasta bake with tomato, spinach and bacon and a little grated cheese (I'm out for lunch and then the cinema in the eve, so something that can be made ahead and eaten as and when required) (swapped for paella)
Thurs - Lamb curry with rice (swapped lamb for chicken)
Fri - Paella (swapped for pie and wedges)
Sat - Turkey rasher sandwiches (out at theatre)
Have a good week everyone! x
Things have been moved round a little, I'm now going to the cinema tonight instead of tomorrow, and will be going to see a friend's band tomorrow night. I'm doing all the same meals, just using chicken instead of lamb for the curry and spaghetti instead of penne for the pasta bake. x0 -
My meal plan this week is something like this :
Today was Quorn Gruyere escalopes with jacket potato, sweetcorn and asparagus.
Rest of the week :
[STRIKE]Quorn spiced Sheperds pie topped with celeriac, topped with carrots and cauliflower[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Sweet chilli prawn linguine[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] Quorn chicken and leek pie, chips and peas[/STRIKE]
Quorn Peppered steak, mash, green beans and brocolli
This will now be [STRIKE]Bean Goulash and rice[/STRIKE] as i have taken it out of the freezer due to a few spends today.
HM Ariabatta, Quorn meatballs and pasta DONE
HM Fishcakes, corn on the cob and something else tbc.
Ended up being plain fish, mushy peas and actifry chips
I have some plan bs incase I change my mind, but going to try and use up close to date stuff first.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 July £134.25/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality0 -
Joining in to help with my grocery challenge!
Mon - always w/end leftovers night - DH will have sausages and mash, I'll have quiche, coleslaw and salad, kids (age 4 & 2) will have pasta and meatballs.
Tues - lemon sole goujons, curly fries, peas
Wed - spinach & ricotta pasta bake
Thurs - slow cooked pulled pork with salad
Fri - chicken or prawn curry
Sat - pizza and salad
Sun - chicken, stuffing, roasties, veg
Only need to buy curly fries, frozen peas and fruit for snacks.
Breakfast is porridge or cereal, lunch is soup / cheese toasties / fish fingers wraps.Books read 2023 - 49/750 -
Sorted
Breakfasts:
For me - gluten free muesli & rice milk
For dh - fruit and fibre & regular milk
Lunch Options:
Spicy garlicky tomato rice
Hummus with carrot sticks or hm pitta bread
Pasta with HM pesto
Dinners:
Monday - Tomato & Mozzarella Gluten Free Pasta Bake
Tuesday - Vegetable Madras, Pilau Rice, Carrot Salad, HM Flatbreads
Wednesday - Baked Beetroot & Manchego Risotto
Thursday - Vegetable Laksa with Rice and Spinach-Hazelnut Dumplings
Friday - Out at pizza express (we got a voucher from the fam for passing our exams)
Saturday - Movie night at my mum's, they're treating us to a takeaway
Sunday - Mushroom, Lentil & Rice Timbales, Chilli-Chocolate Gravy, Garlic-y Veg, Roast Potatoes, Yorkies & Gravy
Snacks:
Apples
Bananas
HM gluten free biscuit/cookies of some discription
HM potato wedges (If we feel particularly hungry! This could also be a lunch if I'm being lazy...)October Grocery Challenge: £20.65/£150
September Grocery Challenge: I lost track/£200
August Grocery Challenge: £92.11/£1000 -
Monday Bolognese with salad
Tuesday Prawn risotto with green beans
Wednesday Sausages, mash, yorkshires, carrots and peas
Thursday Creamy chicken pasta
Friday Beef stew with dumplings
Saturday Ham quiche with salad and bread
Sunday Beef and vegetable pie with potatoes
Breakfast is a choice of porridge, cereal (cornflakes or malted wheats) or toast
Lunches sandwiches, noodles or soup ( DH will get a packed lunch with sandwiches every weekday)
Snacks for the children: fruit, dried fruit, cucumber, carrots, hummus, breadsticks, cream crackers and some homebakes0 -
Going on holiday on Wed so only posting a few days
Sun - roast chicken, roast pots,cabbage,brussels, roasted courgettes, gravy
Mon - LO chicken with salad in wraps
Tue - Spanish chicken (risotto with chicken and chorizo)
Wed - HM cornish pasty (to eat whilst travelling)
This will be my last post on this thread until nearly the end of the month.
Denise0 -
Tentative as usual:
S- Thai chicken and peanut curry with naan bread
M - Gnocci cheese bake
T- HM pizzas
W - pork medallions in mustard & cider sauce
T - LO chicken noodle soup
F - hot smoked salmon wraps
S- undecided as yet!0 -
PenguinOfDeath wrote: »Tentative as usual:
S- Thai chicken and peanut curry with naan bread
M - Gnocci cheese bake
T- HM pizzas
W - pork medallions in mustard & cider sauce
T - LO chicken noodle soup
F - hot smoked salmon wraps
S- undecided as yet!
Do you have a recipe for this please?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 July £134.25/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality0
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