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Meal Plan Thread WB 20th Jan 14
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Kittenkirst - your post had me and DH in laughter! As a family of 5 we wouldn't eat even half that veg!! Glad he's not been demoted to ex for itWe spend money we don't have, on things that we don't need, to impress people we don't like. I don't and I'm happy!:dance: Mortgage Free Wannabe :dance:Overpayments Made: £5400 - Interest Saved: £11,550 - Months Saved: 240
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Meal plan for this week! DH is going to the USA on Saturday, and with DS at his dads next weekend I'm a bit undecided on meals.
Yesterday, we bought a home 'takeaway' from icelands. It's our first slip in 9 weeks. But we do like something special when DH is going away.
Here is our meal plan:
Sat - HM Pea & Ham Soup
Sun - @ Mum's for Birthday Meal
Mon - Sausages, Croqettes & Beans
Tue - Freezer Surprise :S
Wed - Chicken Jambalaya
Thu - LO Chilli with Natcho's and Sour Cream
Fri - Bratwurst, HM Tzaziki and Fresh Baked Rolls
Sat -
Sun - Collecting DS, so most likely having Cheese on Toast at Mum's
Lunches for DD1 - Cheesy Pasta, Mini Omlettes, Mini Toad in the Hole, HM Soup (all made in the freezer), Cheese and cracker with tomatoes & Cucumber, scrambled eggs and cheese and tomato on toast.
Lunches DS - Sandwiches, HM Cake, fruit and crisps. Or Pasta Salad. School Dinner on Friday.
Lunches DH - Sandwiches, HM Cake & Fruit
Lunches ME - HM Soup, scrambled eggs with DD, Cheese on toast with DD.
Breakfast - Toast & Cereal
Breakfast on Sat always includes Hard Boiled Eggs
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner DD2 - Milk!!
Good Luck xWe spend money we don't have, on things that we don't need, to impress people we don't like. I don't and I'm happy!:dance: Mortgage Free Wannabe :dance:Overpayments Made: £5400 - Interest Saved: £11,550 - Months Saved: 240 -
Monday; Chinese chicken balls from freezer
Tues: spaghetti and meatballs
Wed; HM pizza
Thursday; Asian salmon broth
Friday: taco chilli and rice
Saturday: fish fingers, waffles and beans/peas
Sunday: roast beef and trimmings
Breakfasts; toast or porridge, pancakes at weekend.
Lunches, lentil & veg soup, sandwiches or leftovers.I'm C, Mummy to DS 29/11/2010 and DD 02/11/2013
Overdraft PAID OFF
CC PAID OFFGC Sept £141.17/2000 -
After a busy week last week and far too much eating and drinking, I'm planning a quiet and realatively healthy week this week! No booze or junk food, and lots of veg.
S - Roast stuffed belly pork with cabbage, carrots, sauteed potatoes, corn and gravy
M - Veggie pizza
T - Bacon, mushroom and leek risotto
W - Pork chops with spaghetti in an onion and mushroom sauce
T - Pork and veg chow mein
F - Paella
S - Roast beef and salad sandwiches, fruit, popcorn.
S - Chicken curry with rice and chapattis
Breakfasts will be cereal or toast, lunches will be soup, sandwiches or baked potatoes with tuna or cottage cheese. Snacks will be fruit and yogurt.
Have a good week everyone!0 -
Trying to get thru some ys in the freezer so
Sun ys beef shin and mince hairy bikers gourmet chilli.
Mon pasta bake
Tue ys coctail sausages mash n peas
Wed chicken pilaf
Thu nigella pea n pancetta risotto
Fri ys pizza n chips
Sat hairy dieters ys lamb potatoes and spinach curry
Sun roast chicken spuds yorks veg n gravy.
We will see lol x0 -
Thanks for starting us off this week, PoD
Dinners:
S-Big Salad and garlic bread
M-Pie, Mash, Peas
T-Fajitas, salad
W-TITH, salad, veg
T-Pesto Pasta
F-Chinese Chicken, fried rice
Lunches:
Monday- FQ's Lunchsize Sausage Roll, Fruit, Yogurt.
Tuesday- Same as Monday.
Wednesday- Tomato soup, Fruit.
Thursday- Same as Wednesday.
Friday- Ham and Salad Pitta, Fruit.
Breakfasts:
Bagels, toast, cereal, porridge.0 -
Hi everyone heres mine for next week in no particular order as we usually decide on the day
Gammon joint, roast potatoes, cauli cheese
Lasagne, chips, garlic bread, salad
Chicken curry, rice for me/ chips for DS, nan breads.
Jacket potatoes with leftover gammon & cheese & baked beans
Chicken fajhitas
Roast chicken dinner
Ribs & wings, chips & corn on the cob, coleslaw
Have a good week x0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗
Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).
Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1
Living off savings diary
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p10 -
This thread is great, such an inspiration too.
Breakfasts: porridge or eggs or yogurt / fruit with almonds.
Lunches - hubby is a sandwich man. Me I have a choice of broccoli soup or tuna salad or oatcakes with low-fat cream cheese, ham, tomatoes. Box of crudit!s!s on the side. Fruit for tea breaks.
Dinners:- Stuffed chicken breast wrapped in Parma ham, veggies and tatties;
- Fritatta (chorizo, mushroom & pepper) with homemade chunky coleslaw and salad;
- Cod in herby tomato sauce, roast veg and cous-cous;
- Falafel, pitta, spicy sauce, salad;
- Mince beef, carrots and turnip in gravy, mashed tatties with savoy cabbage;
- Soup, salad & pudding night - broccoli Stilton soup, plate of mixed carrot salad and very small portion of apple sponge pud and custard;
- Hubby's Birthday Dinner Out Treat - woo hoo!
Have a great week peeps x0 -
Mon chicken in mushroom sauce, lunch pasta salad
Tues thai curry, lunch pasta salad
Wed chli, bagels with cream cheese and chicken
Thurs turkey stir fry, lunch pasta salad
Fri omelette, lunch pasta salad
Sat crepes
Sun roast chickenMFW 91 op 2014 £410/1000
MFW 91 op 2015 £4051/4000
MFW 91 op 2016 £4040/4000
MFW 91 op 2017 £812/45000 -
Evening all! Stuck to meal plan 5/7 days last week. Need to do better this one!
So plan is:
Today - roast beef n trimmings
Mon - fish spaghetti (a hairy dieters recipe that's yummy)
Tues - lo beef, in baguettes (an attempt at a Philly cheese steak)
Wed - Mac cheese
Thurs - sticky chicken n coleslaw (hairy dieters again but never tried it b4)
Fri - cod with chorizo crust n mash (yup hairy dieters again)
Sat - beef stew that's lurking in the freezer with mash0
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