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Meal Plans W/B 18th Nov
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Hi
Thought i'd start the thread this week.
Mon - HM Quiche Lorraine, Salad & Coleslaw
Tues - Thai Red Chicken Curry & Rice
Weds - Baked Beans & Poached Egg on Toast
Thu - Toad in the hole with onion gravy
Fri - Lasagne & Garlic Bread
Sat - Tuna & Sweetcorn Bake & Garlic Bread
Sun - Gammon Steak, Pineapple & HM Wedges
Breakfast will be cereal, crumpets or bacon sandwich (weekend treat)
Lunches will be sandwiches, soup etc.x
Thought i'd start the thread this week.
Mon - HM Quiche Lorraine, Salad & Coleslaw
Tues - Thai Red Chicken Curry & Rice
Weds - Baked Beans & Poached Egg on Toast
Thu - Toad in the hole with onion gravy
Fri - Lasagne & Garlic Bread
Sat - Tuna & Sweetcorn Bake & Garlic Bread
Sun - Gammon Steak, Pineapple & HM Wedges
Breakfast will be cereal, crumpets or bacon sandwich (weekend treat)
Lunches will be sandwiches, soup etc.x
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Mon- Black pudding in the hole with mashed potato, carrot and swede. I'll make extra mash for Thurday.
Tues-Home made pizza and hm garlic dough balls
Wed- Lentil meatloaf with veg and gravy
Thurs- A Chicken roast dinner with Yorkshire pudding and the extra mixed veg mash
Fri- Black pudding with bubble and squeak and a fried egg
Sat- Chicken tikka lasagne with cauliflower
Sun- Curry using up what ever needs used up with prawn crackers and hm naan bread
I will be using up a chicken to make a large batch of chicken and noodle soup and a chicken and vegetable soup.
I will need to buy all the veg tomorrow night but other than that we won't need much.
Breakfasts will be toast, cereal or porridge.
Lunch will be soups or hm instant oat pots with berries.
Snacks will be hm yoghurt with dried fruit or flapjacks and cheese biscuits.£36/£240
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Plan for the week is
Saturday - Sausage and Pasta Soup with Garlic Bread
Sunday - Beef Casserole
Monday - Paprika Turkey and Chips with Celeriac Coleslaw
Tuesday - Chilli and Rice, HM Tortilla Chips
Wednesday - Beef Chowmein
Thursday - Chicken and Pepperoni in BBQ Sauce with Pasta
Friday - Chicken Curry, Rice and Naan Bread
Have a squash and celeriac to use up so will add some to the dinners where I can and then make soup with what is left.
Breakfast will be cereal bars, fruit or porridge
Lunches will be wraps (will cook some chicken and a small gammon), pasta, soup or leftovers
Snacks will be fruit, HM Cake (not sure what flavour yet), flapjack or HM crispy squares (using up easter eggs found in the cupboard and stale cereal
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Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is eating. Have a good week0 -
Thanks for starting us off Cat, have just done a 'big shop' today which should last us 2-3 weeks with minimal top-ups so have just been sorting this out
Fri - OH out so just chicken salad for me
Sat - Marinated roast chicken with bread and dip
Sun - Cumberland sausage, roasties, veg & gravy
Mon - Chicken soup
Tues - Salmon en croute
Wed - Pork lo mein
Thur - Seabass with Harissa spiced potatoes
Fruit salad for desserts
breakfasts: cereal, toast, fruit bread
Lunches: Sandwiches, pasta0 -
Hi everyone, have had the parents staying for a week so meal planning went out of the window. Had a couple of meals out paid for by bank of mum and dad very nice, but now back to reality!
Mine for next week Mon - Sat in no particular order. Roast on sunday
chicken & mushroom pasta bake & garlic bread
chilli beef and wedges
gammon, roast potatoes, cauli cheese
chicken casserole & jacket potatoes
chicken & cashew nut stir fry
jacket potatoes with leftover gammon & cheese & baked beans
Roast chicken or pork depends on what I fancy/whats on offer when I go shopping on Monday
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this is my menu but the order may change as I am expecting a manic week
Sunday - gammon, mashed pots, turnip, sprouts, carrots, peas and yorkshires
Monday - chicken, potatoes, cabbage, carrots with peas and sweetcorn
Tuesday - chicken and bacon pie, with potatoes mashed with turnip, sprouts and sweetcorn
Wednesday - HM spinach and ricotta cannelloni with salad
Thursday - fish fingers or sausage with beans and chips
Friday - HM curry and rice with HM garlic and coriander naan
Lunches will be leftovers, HM soup - spicy pumpkin and tomato and red pepper, sandwiches, Fruit, HM either brownies or biscuits will make one today and one midweek
Breakfast cereal or toast with orange juice
I stocked up on loads of fruit and veg yesterday and also bought loads of meat for the freezer so will be planning around that for the next few weeks0 -
Hi
Mind if I join in? Hoping this thread will give me some inspiration for meals
My meal plan this week is:
Monday - Out, but using a Groupon voucher so very MSE
Tuesday - Chicken/Vegetable Fajitas
Wednesday - At my Mum's
Thursday - Tuna & Sweetcorn Pasta Bake
Friday - will pick up something while I'm shopping
Saturday - Takeaway
Sunday - Chicken/Pork Chops, Roasted Acorn Squash & Veg
I see a couple of you are having Chilli this week, think I will put that down on next week's menu as not had that for a while, thanks
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mon...gastro fish and mushy peas and pots. tues...bacon and lentil soup from the freezer and cheese toasties. wed...hm burgers and wedges...thurs chicken and mushroom pasta and salad and hm garlic bread ..fri..hm lamb curry and rice and naan bread.....sat..hm pizza and salad sun...chicken and all the trimmings. breakfast will be ceeal/porridge and toast. lunches sandwiches and lots of fruit. snacks will be hm pop corn and baking today so will prob have iced buns and oaty biscuits and a few other bits.C.R.A.P.R.O.L.L.Z #7 member N.I splinter-group co-ordinater
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I'm trying to do the 5:2 diet at the moment and am cooking some vegetarian things for OH to try.
Sunday - Tea - Roast Pork, tatties, parsnips and cauliflower cheese. Tarte Tatin
Monday - fast day for me - Lunch Spanish Veggie soup, with oatcakes for OH, Tea - Leftover pork with chilli sauce, stir-fry veg and noodles
Tuesday - Out at Lunchtime, so Tea will either be leftover pork in rolls, or sweet and sour
Wednesday - Fast day - Lunch - cheese and leek crustless pie, Tea - Chicken and veg curry with cauliflower rice, for me Cauliflower and Chickpea Korma with rice for OH
Thursday - Lunch - Corn Chowder, Tea - Veggie Lasagne for OH, Spaghetti and sausage in tomato sauce for me
Friday - Lunch - Falafel in Naan bread, Tea - Scampi and Chips
Saturday - Lunch - Cheezy Leek pie, Tea - Chilli (beef for me, Veggie for OH) with wedges
Have a good week everyone0 -
Mon - tuna sweetcorn pasta/chili con carne with rice
Tues - tuna sweetcorn pasta/roast chicken
Wed - chicken pesto pasta with cherry tomatoes/stir frydh cooking so changed to fajitas
Thurs - chicken pesto pasta/chicken in mushroom sauce with rice
Fri - frittata/courgette pesto pasta
Finding making lunches every night a pain so trying to make a large batch to do two days. A little boring but gives me a bit more time.
Using cereal bars as desert in the lunch boxes but this week also making chocolate krispies with raisins.
Store cupboard now getting very low although some baked beans and chick peas left. Think chick pea curry could be on next week's list.MFW 91 op 2014 £410/1000
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M tonight lots of prawn party food to see what we like
T baked potato with coleslaw rest of coleslaw for sandwiches
W paneer curry
Th spag bol
F chilli
S out for lunch with work maybe pate if hungry later
S prawn party stuff, pate, frittata
M pate, salad
T lasagne
W spag bol
Th chicken Kiev with mash and veg
F either prawn stir fry or frittata
S dinner at sister's
S lunch with parents0
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