Meal Plans WB 23rd December - CHRISTMAS WEEK :)

JulieGeorgiana

It's Christmas Week!!!!! YAY!!!

This last week we did very well, a few swaps but week 5 of eating homemade foods and being good

Saturday - Cheese on Toast
Sunday - Chilli with Tortilla Chips, Sour Cream & Salad
Monday - Sausages, croquettes and Beans (quick dinner as we are going out to see Santa and his sleigh after dinner)

Tuesday (Christmas Eve):
Lunch - LO Chilli & Jacket Potatoes
Dinner - Selection Box Buffet Food

Wednesday (Christmas Day):

Breakfast - Full cooked English Breakfast (bacon, chipolatas, black pudding, beans, mushrooms & Hash Browns.

Starter - Chicken Liver with Wild Mushrooms and Chardonnay Pate on Toast

Christmas Dinner - (Pork Shoulder, crackling, Pigs in Blankets, Roast Potatoes, Yorkshire Pudding, pork stuffing, German red cabbage, petit pois, Sweetcorn, HM Gravy & Red Current jelly).

Dessert - HM Mince Pies with Jersey Extra Thick Double Cream

Supper - Cheese Board

Thursday (Boxing Day): Christmas @ MIL
Friday: LO Chilli with Rice
Saturday: Bratwurst, HM Tzaziki, HM Chips, Corn on the Cob, German Ketchup & Mayonnaise & Beer (We have friends over)
Sunday: Christmas @ Mum's

Good luck and MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE xxx

Ladyluck1

Yay! Excited because I'm hardly doing anything thanks to a new baby!

Monday: taco chilli and rice
Tuesday: 'picky' dinner at parents
Christmas Day: Xmas at my Nan's
Boxing Day: lunch at in laws and tea at my aunts.
Friday: some kind of leftovers from the various visits
Saturday: fish and chips
Sunday: visiting relatives in London so not sure.

We are totally spoilt this year! Very grateful

JulieGeorgiana

Lady Luck - DD2 is 5 weeks old, how old is your baby?

How exciting is Christmas with a new baby?? I can't wait

Ladyluck1

Aww! My dd is 6 weeks old
Very close in age!

Jacksmummy

Ooooh I love Christmas

Normally we invite my parents but this year we have decided it is just going to be the 3 of us.

Saturday, Chilli & rice
Sunday, Lamb chops, roasties and veg
Monday, Sausage, chips and beans

Christmas eve, Eating out with friends, will do mince pies, cream and a glass or 2 of mulled wine when back home

Christmas day
Breakfast, croissants and jam
Lunch, Turkey, pigs in blankets, sausagemeat and stuffing, brussels, carrots, roast potatos, honey roasted parsnips (using the honey from our own bee hives) HM gravy & onion sauce
Pudding, HM lemon cheesecake
Tea, Turkey cobs

Boxing day
Pork and stuffing cobs, A joint of honey roasted ham, HM prawn toast, HM mini pizzas, Hm mini quiches, salad, HM coleslaw ,sausage rolls, cheese and onion rolls, selection of cheese and crackers, dessert, Trifle and LO cheese cake

Friday, Turkey curry & rice

Saturday, Pick n mix day using up all the left over Christmas bits

Sunday, Joint of beef, Potato & celeriac mash, brussels, carrots, Yorkshire pudding and hm gravy

Monday 30th (DS's birthday) Pork and stuffing cobs, and lots of birthday cake

Breakfast will be as normal, cereal or toast
Lunches, will be any LO from previous day, sandwiches or soup

Merry Christmas everyone x

lostinrates

Huge thanks Juliegeorgiana!

Ok,

Saturday

Tonight we have drinks and stuff, so the nibble bits will fill us up. Any extra sustenance needed I am buying extra smoked salmon because any lo can be used for breakfasts/ lunches. While throwing together canap!s also plan to make a little of what we call 'miss kool jelly',

Sunday
Fusion food.......duck, stir fried w/ oranges and christmas and spices, with oriental overtones, pak choi, rice noodles. Never done it, but in my head it works.

Monday

Salmon souffl!. Hot but not heavy.

Tues
Georgian cheese bread ( which is probably all we'll want ) and salads, (Plus potato rosti for me as I probably can eat neither)

Wednesday. (Lowest key Christmas ever cooked. No starter, only the crusty as pud......just two of us, and see no need to do a banquet!)

Goose, stuffing, Brussels with chestnuts and nutmeg, roast beetroots, parsnips of Tiberius, roast potatoes. Gravy.

Thursday
Cold cuts, avocado, pomegranate and rocket salad for freshness.


Friday
Hortobagi pancakes.
Saturday
Brunch out,
Supper ...garlic mushrooms with white wine and chestnuts for DH.




DH plans to bake bread daily ( lucky chickens! ) and we will be making a panettone to nibble on. Not sure what else. DH mentioned fancying Florentines.

We'd usually have at least three course meals several times this week, but we re both a bit switched off heavy eating ATM. Next week might be more ravenous, who knows. We also do not plan as much DIY this week, where as next week we'll be doing more so might be hungrier! We have muesli or porridge or toast and eggs for dh and the fixings for a full english or to for breakfasts apart from Christmas Day which I have planned a 'le cake' and spiced caramelised oranges with waffles. Lunches will be 'picky'.. I have three different pages on the fridge for him. Lots of fruit.



First year IN MY LIFE there is no home made Christmas ham. Why? Loads of good offers on hams, but none that I could see on ethically reared ones. On already cooked ones, but not ones to cook at home, the cooking of ham is a huge tradition for us, but I will NOT use unethically reared meat.....this time of year especially should be to think of others. Pigs included.

Soworried

I can't really plan our full week as our left overs will really decide the menu. This is what I know.
Saturday- Pork chop covered in cheese and garlic butter with garlic bread and mushrooms
Sunday- Chicken dinner
Monday- Chicken curry and turmeric rice
Tuesday- Takeaway as I don't finish work until after 7pm, my christmas box:D
Christmas day- Gammon, yorkshire puddings, stuffing, sausages wrapped in bacon, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, honey glazed parsnips, pancetta sprouts, gravy and mince and apple sauce.
Followed by mince pies and brandy cream or cheesecake with icecream
Boxing day- Sliced meats, pates and cheeses with crackers and breadsticks
Friday and Saturday depend on our left overs.

Have a lovely christmas everyone x

Pooky

I need a plan for this week to help me focus...

Saturday - cheese fondue - bread and veg to dunk.

Sunday - veggi pasta bake, DD1 will have a frozen HM cottage pie to take to work and nuke.

Monday - Sausage plait with wedges and veg

Tuesday - raclette with chicken/steak/gammon and pork - veg/potatoes/salad and plenty of cheese. Inlaws joining us for a festive afternoon and evening.

Wednesday - bacon, egg and avocado muffins for brekkie. Turkey/beef/gammon with pigs in blankets, yorkies, roast potatoes/sweet potatoes and parsnips, stuffing, carrots, cauli and broccoli with white wine gravey and cheese sauce. Christmas pud for DH, DDs and I don't really do puds.

Thursday - cold meats and pickles at lunch time. Cheese and biscuits in the evening.

Friday - lunch at Mums, cold meats/rolls/salad for evening meal.

Islandmaid

Hi all,

Like most of us its a bit hit and miss this week.

For the first time we are having a child free Christmas, just the two of us, so, we treating ourselves xmas day

Mon - butternut and cauli curry, rice and naan

Tues - anti pasti with HM bread

Wed - breakfast scrambled eggs, smoked salmon on toasted muffins
Lunch, crab and advacado tian, silton crusted sirloin steak, port sauce, daulphanoise potatoes, chanteray carrots, sprouts, lardons and chestnuts. HM ginger pannacotta for desert, if we have room
Supper - cheese, biscuits and picky bits - all served with lashings of vino

Thurs - MIL coming for lunch, OH wants roast pork and all the trimmings - he,s cooking so thats a bonus

Fri - all 3 kids are back, so xmas day mk2 - prawn cocktails (kids fav) roast lamb and all the trimmings - lemon torte for those who can

However you are spending this week, I hope you enjoy it x

b0nz0

We seem to be feeding the 5000 on Christmas between lunch and tea so the rest of the week is very low key, cheap and cheerful. Hopefully there will be lots of leftovers

Sat: left over pizza and chips
Sun: homemade lasagne
Mon: beans on toast
Tues: tea at the Inlaw's

Wed:
Brekky: croissants and no doubt copious amounts of chocolate for the kiddos
Lunch: cooked ham or smoked salmon sandwiches (depending on preference) , mince pies
Tea: baked cheese with homemade bread and onion chutney
Homemade beef Wellington with dauphinoise spuds, carrots and roast tomatoes
Lemon mousse and shortbread (hopefully homemade time permitting)

Thursday: hoping for some leftover ham to make ham fried rice
Friday: leftovers or baked spud and salad
Saturday: homemade soup

happy35

Sunday: Pork chops, potatoes not sure what to do with them yet, carrots, cabbage, sprouts, peas and yorkshires
Monday roasted baby potatoes, cauli cheese (will make today), carrots and mixed veg
Tuesday either chinese takeaway if I am late home or HM onion bhajis, HM dough balls, HM stuffed mushrooms and a few bits out of the freezer. Will decide on Monday as if that is bad Tuesday will be worse !!
Wednesday Croissants, jam and orange juice
3 bird roast, nut roast for me, roast potatoes, sprouts, roast parsnips, carrots, peas and mashed turnip
either profiteroles, sticky toffee pudding or Ben and Jerrys ice cream (i dont do puddings but like ice cream)
picky bits for those that want them ie mince pies, cheeseboard etc
Thursday going to mam's for lunch, then a Christmas type tea at home, pate and bread, mince pies, christmas cake,frozen bits if anyone wants them
Friday not sure lunch time, Indian Takeaway as OH working all over Christmas and is finishing work for a weeks holiday
Saturday have a cooked ham not sure what we will have with it though