Meal plan thread WB 29th December

Soworried

PenguinOfDeath wrote: »

Mon - HM butter pie
Tues - HM pizza (pepperoni / seafood)
Weds - Roast chicken dinner
Thurs - Beef in red wine sauce with pasta
Fri - LO chicken butties or chicken noodle soup
Sat - Salmon en croute with wilted spinach
Sun - Sweet & sour pork with noodles

Lunches will be leek & potato soup using YS leeks, snacks will be the copious amount of Xmas chocolate and HM Hobnobs from the recipe on here, delish!

Can I ask what butter pie is please? I'm guessing it is not just a lump of butter with a crust? :rotfl:

Pinot_Noir

lostinrates wrote: »

Pinot noir.....I got that book from DH for Christmas! Its where my nye lentils are coming from, and maybe something else.....its a lovely book, gentle and sensible. .

I love the fact that, unlike a lot of other cookbooks at the moment, the recipes aren't something I would have thought to cook myself and don't require a larder full of hard to source ingredients you will never use again! I am thinking of joining the OS Board's "cook everything in one of your cookbooks" challenge and picking it as my choice. The only issue is that I currently live in the Middle East so the sections on pork and foraging may be a bit tricky to achieve in the desert! :rotfl:

lostinrates

Pinot_Noir wrote: »

I love the fact that, unlike a lot of other cookbooks at the moment, the recipes aren't something I would have thought to cook myself and don't require a larder full of hard to source ingredients you will never use again! I am thinking of joining the OS Board's "cook everything in one of your cookbooks" challenge and picking it as my choice. The only issue is that I currently live in the Middle East so the sections on pork and foraging may be a bit tricky to achieve in the desert! :rotfl:

Omg,but the food out there....?


I am a cook book addict .


Fwiw, DH and I have a little in store test we put books through before buying them to make sure we don't come home with duff ones now. As regards ingredients if I understand the flavours I'll quite happily substitute something hard to source with something else that will "do the same thing" for consistency and 'tone' of flavour......so I might not have the odd vinegar they want but in my collection of odd vinegars I'll have something that 'will do'. If the fish becomes a favourite then its worth buying the right vinegar.....sometimes it makes a difference, sometimes by substitutions have improved the dish

Jacksmummy

I'm abit late doing my menu plan, but better late than never I suppose.

Tues 31st - Sausage, Mash and peas

Weds 1st - Roast beef, potato and celeriac mash, roast parsnips and carrots, brussels, Yorkies andyorkies, desert will be a HM trifle

Thurs 2nd - Beef and mushroom curry with rice using lo beef

Fri 3rd - Jacket potato, cheese & onion rolls ( lo from xmas) with beans

Sat 4th - Spag bol

Sun 5th - Joint of pork, roast potatos, stuffing carrots, peas and gravy

Mon 6th - Chinese pork and egg fried rice.

Lunches will be any lo from previous day, cheese, ham or tuna salad sandwiches
Snacks, fruit, HM biscuits and yoghurt

JulieGeorgiana

JulieGeorgiana wrote: »

So this week:

Saturday - Bratwurst, HM Chips, HM Tzatziki, COTC
Sunday - @ Mum's for Christmas
Monday - Brisket, Mash, Yorkshire Pudding & Veg
Tuesday - Chicken Korma with Rice
Wednesday - Beef and Mushroom Pie with Mash (LO Beef)
Thursday - Sausage, Bacon and Eggs
Friday - HM Pizza with Wedges and Salas
Saturday - HM Fish and Chips with Mushy Peas
Sunday - Spaghetti Bolognese with Salad

Good luck everyone x

Had to change Wednesday due to leftover beef needing using (plus potatoes) and then Thursday is to use up the bacon and black pudding left from Christmas.

**purpleprincess**

Sunday- family round so cooked up a huge cottage pie
Monday- went to Ikea so had some food there
Tuesday- stuffed mushrooms, lasagne, chocolate cheesecake
Wednesday- roast honey and mustard pork joint with veggies
Thursday- leftover roast pork, wedges and sweetcorn
Friday- Bolognaise and pasta
Saturday- HM pizza and salad

PenguinOfDeath

Soworried wrote: »

Can I ask what butter pie is please? I'm guessing it is not just a lump of butter with a crust? :rotfl:

:rotfl: It would be if OH had his way!

It's filled with potatoes, onion and butter (and cheese in this house), bit of a Lancashire specialty I believe. I usually use this recipe http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/potato_and_butter_pie_93603 none of this mushroom gravy or spinach business though

Soworried

PenguinOfDeath wrote: »

:rotfl: It would be if OH had his way!

It's filled with potatoes, onion and butter (and cheese in this house), bit of a Lancashire specialty I believe. I usually use this recipe http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/potato_and_butter_pie_93603 none of this mushroom gravy or spinach business though

That sounds really nice, I'll try that sometime :T

Happy new year to all the meal planners and I wish you a frugal 2014 :A

cookie9

Dinners
Fri -Mushrooms, bacon crème fraiche and rice
Sat - Toad in hole
Sun - Chicken – potato and veg
Mon - Tarragon chicken
Tues -Stir fry chicken and noodles
Wed –Bolognese (Freezer)
Thurs -Pesto pasta
Fri – Chili (Freezer)

Lunches - all with fruit for desert
Sat - Avocado and tomato starter, chili
Sun – bacon lettuce tomato with pesto mayo sandwiches
Mon/Tues Chicken roast veg pasta salad x 2
Wed Chicken and bacon mayo bagel
Thurs/Fri Pesto pasta x 2

snacks - courgette and cheese muffins (made and some now in freezer) ditto banana muffins, chocolate krispie cakes. Trail mix in lunch boxes

Islandmaid

Hi all,

My meal plan for the next week and a bit is

Thursday - chilli and nachoes
Friday - all day breakfast
Sat - pork steaks in peppercorn sauce
Sun - Lamb Kelftico
Mon - chicken fajitas
Tues - coconut prawn curry
Wed - pie and mash (from LO lamb)
Thurs - Burger in baps with HM chips
Friday - fridge raiders surprise

Thank you all so much for your posts, very inspiring