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Meal plan WC 2nd Nov

I have been meal planning for a full year now and it has saved me a fortune :j

Sunday- Gammon dinner with HM yorkshire puddings
Monday-LO Gammon to make carbonara
Tuesday-HM corned beef pie, chips and peas
Wednesday-Bacon jambalaya
Thursday- Chicken curry with turmeric rice and HF prawn crackers
Friday-HM pizza and garlic bread
Saturday-Spam fritter, hash browns and fried eggs

Breakfasts will be weetabix, toast and porridge with dried fruits.
Lunches will be any left overs, bacon and mushroom quiche or chicken noodle soup. I'll make the soup today.
Snacks will be HM flap jacks, fruit and I'll make some fairy cakes.

Have a frugal week :)
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  • MandM90
    MandM90 Posts: 2,246 Forumite
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    edited 2 November 2014 am30 11:12AM
    I had a £10 off £50 sainsburys coupon, but as I spend much less than that I've decided to do a two week running mealplan and stock up on cat food - total spend £42.05 (incl. delivery), plus I'll get £1.50 cashback...so a free bottle of cider for my pork!

    Monday - Away (with work) to the Peak District, so a meal at a lovely hotel will be included. OH will eat freezer meals and DD at granny's.

    Tuesday - Squash and courgette tagine with saffron cous cous (need to use up squash and courgette, so will cook today and freeze 'til then)

    Wednesday - Weather permitting, having a bonfire (just pruned apple trees). Veggie hotdogs, caramelised onions, HM rolls...beer! :D

    Thursday - HM pizzas with peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives.

    Friday - At a friend's house

    Saturday - OHs parents coming over:

    Main - Slow-braised pork shoulder with cider and parsnips, and sticky spiced red cabbage, with HM rolls

    Pud - Microwave lemon pudding

    (all of the above BBC Good Food recipes)

    Sunday - Lentil and vegetable curry

    WEEK 2

    Monday - Root vegetable and red onion tagine with quinoa

    Tuesday - Jack Monroe's Peach and Chickpea curry, w/basmati rice

    Wednesday - Lentil Spaghetti

    Thursday - Chicken leg and lentil curry (loosely based on jamie's yellow curry, but with lots less meat!) Going to joint a chicken (for the first time!) and use the legs for this

    Friday - Out to eat

    Saturday -

    HM pizzas

    Pud - Peach cobbler

    Sunday - Chicken and spinach Massaman curry

    Breakfasts: With our own chooks and a breadmaker we have a steady supply of eggs and bread...

    Beans on Toast, Egg on toast, Eggy bread, Porridge

    Lunches - Leftovers, HM soup (usually made with leftovers!), egg mayo sandwiches
  • happy35
    happy35 Posts: 1,616 Forumite
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    Did some shopping yesterday and still trying to reduce stocks in the freezer

    Today, roast beef, veggie sausage for me, HM yorkshires, roast pots and parsnips, cabbage and leeks, carrots, mashed swede and peas
    Monday - cold beef, salad, and wedges
    Tuesday - fish. mash with herby philly, veg
    Wednesday - pasta with tomato sauce
    Thursday HM curry and rice with HM flatbreads
    Friday not sure yet maybe HM pizza

    breakfast fruit yoghurt cereal or cereal bars

    lunch salad, pasta, sandwiches or leftovers
  • Friday HM lasagne, chips and peas

    Saturday HM calzones

    Sunday Barnsley chops, roast pots, yorkies and some veg based items

    Monday HM chicken and leek pie

    Tuesday Sausages and roast med veg

    Wednesday HM burgers and chips

    Thursday HM puff pastry pizzas

    Breakfasts for me are porridge, cereal or poached eggs on toast, OH doesn't eat brekkie.

    Lunches for OH are cheese and pickle sandwiches on HM bread (he may get a slice of ham in there if I'm feeling generous ;)) and for me mainly veg based lunches.
  • Smoosh
    Smoosh Posts: 1,629 Forumite
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    Not in order but my meals for today-next Sunday:

    YS roquefort & onion quiche, YS goats' cheese & onion tart with YS ratatouille & roast potatoes.

    Butternut squash bisque with homemade YS ciabatta croutons.

    Fajita seasoned chicken (Quorn for me, YS for OH), peppers, broccoli, mushrooms & baby corn served in YS baked poatoes with sour cream & salsa.

    Sizzling beef (soya for me, YS for OH) with YS spring onions in a black bean sauce served on coconut rice.

    YS spinach & arborio rice soup.

    Mushroom, YS potato & pancetta (real for OH, meat free "bacon" for me) gratin served with YS salad.

    Sweet potato & butternut squash dauphinoise served with meat free sausages for me & caramelised red onion meatballs for OH. Will also serve with any leftover veg, probably broccoli & babycorn.

    Out for lunch with my parents on Sunday so not planning a meal, we'll probably just have a snack in the evening.
  • Here's my meal plan for the week:

    Sunday - Roast beef, mash/roasties, butternut squash, carrots, broccoli, yorkshires and gravy

    Monday - LO sliced beef cooked in gravy, mash, peas and carrots

    Tuesday - Gammon, egg, chips and beans

    Wednesday - chilli con carne, rice/nachos

    Thursday - LO chilli with Jacket spuds and veg

    Friday - husband- sausage and mash, me - veg stir fry with udon noodles

    Saturday - Spanish chicken and rice
  • cookie9
    cookie9 Posts: 764 Forumite
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    edited 7 November 2014 pm30 10:22PM
    Sun – out, pulled pork

    Mon – bagels, pulled pork fajitas or Yorkshire puddings filled with pulled pork changed to savoury rice with pork

    Tue - bagels, chicken kiev with butter nut squash

    Wed- bagels, smokedsalmon pasta

    Thursday- pasta salad, turkey strips with pea risotto

    Fri - pasta salad, quiche changed to pork chops with red cabbage. Have put slow cooker on to make spicy butternut squash soup. Need to look for red cabbage recipe.

    Next week ideas. Depending what is left over after our guests have gone - mushroom and spinach crepes, meatballs and pasta, bacon and mushroom pasta, pork fajitas, stir fry pork, risotto, ratatouille, courgette pesto pasta. Lunches bagels with houmous, pasta salad. Will make lentil soup too as a starter.
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  • I have just worked out that I have been meal planning for around 5 years!!! It has definitely saved me a fortune, but more so has saved my sanity, I don't think I can cook "off the hoof" any more!!! In fact I couldn't unless we had ingredients in the freezer as I don't have "spare" food.
    Anyway this week
    Monday - Chickpea & apricot Korma & rice
    Tuesday - Sausage, mash, gravy & veg
    Wednesday - Nasi Goreng
    Thursday - Pasta with either sundried tomato or arrabiatta sauce (choice)
    Friday - Chicken Dansak, rice & naan
    Saturday - Roast Chicken, roast & mashed potatoes, braised red cabbage, veg.
    Sunday - Out :)
  • freakyogre
    freakyogre Posts: 1,465 Forumite
    edited 7 November 2014 pm30 6:06PM
    Last weeks plan changed slightly towards the end of the week, so I must try harder, although it will be a bit all over the place as I'm out at various places.


    Monday - I'm off to give dry slope skiing a try tonight so my dad has said to pop in for dinner on the way, I think he's doing chilli :)
    Tuesday - [STRIKE]possibly going to the local firework display, so will either get something there, or i'll have soup when I get home[/STRIKE] My dad gave me extra chilli and rice to take home, so I had that :)
    Wednesday - [STRIKE]possibly going to the cinema?! If not, i'll do cheese omelette with potato wedges/croquettes and beans[/STRIKE] I did go to the cinema, but ended up having a 'car picnic' beforehand - scotch egg, mini sausages...pretty rubbish really
    Thursday - [STRIKE]pasta with sundried tomatoes and pesto with garlic bread[/STRIKE] Had jacket potato with cheese
    Friday - [STRIKE]jacket potato with chilli[/STRIKE] My friend pinned this recipe and it sounds perfect for tonight - http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/hungover-noodles/ (I'm not hungover!)
    Saturday - homemade smoked cod fishcakes with potato wedges and peas
    Sunday - [STRIKE]'something' stir fry with rice/noodles[/STRIKE] Will possibly do missed pasta dish from Thursday but will see on the day


    I'm rubbish and totally lost interest in food/track of much this week...
    Grocery challenge - Nov: £52/£100
  • Effyb4
    Effyb4 Posts: 258 Forumite
    I will be feeding 2 adults and 2 hungry teenage boys. The men in my life seem to think a meal isn't a meal without meat.

    In no particular order, main meals this week will be:
    Butternut squash casserole
    Fruity pork steaks
    Baked turkey meatballs with broccoli and crispy potatoes
    Beef and vegetable casserole
    Sausage hotpot
    Bacon and vegetable bake
    Creamy ham, leek and mushroom spaghetti

    Lunches - mostly sandwiches

    Breakfasts - porridge, toast or cereal
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