Meal Planners - Week 1 - 2 January 2015

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Hi

Back to the meal planning. Just under 2 weeks until pay day and we have just put an offer in on a new house so, need to be strict on our food budget (which seems to easily spiral). I am going to make a pan of Mushroom Soup and Cauliflower Cheese Soup using the LO Stilton from the Christmas Cheese board.

Sun - HM Turkey & Ham Pie, Roasties & Green Beans
Mon - Tuna, Cheese & Pepper Quesadillas & Salad
Tues - Mushroom Soup & Crusty Roll
Weds - HM Wedges, Poached Eggs & Beans
Thurs - Ham & Mushroom Pasta Bake
Fri - Hairy Dieters Sweet & Sour Chicken with Rice
Sat - Fillet Steak & Chips (steak in freezer - Christmas purchase)
Sun - Roast Chicken & Trimmings

**Breakfasts will be cereal & chopped banana**
Lunches will be HM soup, Salads or Cottage Cheese & Crackers for me, Ham/Tuna Sandwiches or Tin of Tuna and Pouch of Rice for OH.
For Brunch on Saturday we will have bacon & egg baps

Effyb4

My plan is not for specific days. We will have what I have the time and inclination to cook each day. There is also a mixture of meat and vegetarian dishes. All meals cooked from scratch.

Peanut chicken stir fry
Root vegetable crumble
Sausages with cauliflower cheese
Potato and ham bake
Chickpea burgers
Gnocchi and tomato bake

Lunches are normally sandwiches and fruit. Breakfasts are cereal or porridge.

Butterfly_Brain

Sunday Roast Beef, roast spuds, Y puds, kale from garden, carrots from freezer and gravy followed by tiramisu left over from New year dated 9th January

Monday Left over beef in a stir fry with black bean sauce, a jar of bamboo shoots in a jar (Aldi last year), mini sweetcorn, mushrooms and peppers all from freezer served with rice from cupboard.

Tuesday Casserole from the freezer and dumplings with roast potatoes and kale from garden

Wednesday Mediterranean Pork stew with mashed potatoes all from freezer and cupboard

Thursday Salmon and spinach in pastry (puff pastry with a layer of salmon, a layer of spinach and a layer of cream cheese and chives plaited and cooked in the oven for 30 minutes or until golden and puffy) All from Christmas leftovers, the spinach is from the garden.

Friday Cheese risotto using up some Christmas Cheese

Saturday Broccoli, bacon and stilton soup with crusty HM bread.
125g streaky smoky bacon, chopped into small cubes ( from freezer)
40g butter
1 red onion, finely chopped
500g broccoli heads (I use Aldi frozen broccoli)
600ml vegetable stock (home made is preferable but you can use vegetable stock cubes or boullion powder
60g Stilton, crumbled into small pieces
Using a non-stick pan, fry the bacon without any fat until it starts to crisp.
Add the butter, melt, and then add the onion. Gently fry until it softens. Add the broccoli, and mix well to coat with the buttery mixture. Cook gently for about 2 minutes, and then add the stock. Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove from the heat, and blend the mixture to a smooth pur!e.
If you are eating the soup straight away, then return the mixture the pan. Gently heat, stirring continuously as you add the cheese pieces. Once heated through, serve.
If you are preparing the soup to eat later, then you can add the cheese pieces to the mixture whilst it is still in the blender. The mixture should still be warm enough to melt the cheese, and you can blend further to ensure that it completely mixes.
Serve the soup with a swirl of single cream and / or some crunchy bacon pieces.

happy35

sunday: hot pork sandwiches, stuffing, apple sauce
Monday: cold pork, cauli cheese, peas, roasties
Tuesday: chicken satay, rice and salad
Wednesday: fish pie - will not be popular with anyone else with peas and sweetcorn
Thursday: roast dinner not sure what meat I will take out of freezer poss lamb shank, sprouts, carrots, mashed pots with turnip, peas, green beans
Friday: skinless chicken thighs, chorizo, potatoes, onions and peppers in some kind of traybake

Lunches, HM soup, jacket potatoes, pasta salad or sandwiches

breakfast: toast, cereal, yoghurt, cereal bars

snacks, christmas leftovers, fruit or yoghurt

Soworried

Happy new year :j

Sunday- Bombay potatoes with stir fried fridge bottom veg and left over beef coated in spices
Monday- Smokey mince and chorizo in wraps
Tuesday- Tilapia fillets roasted in foil with veg and noodles
Wednesday- Carbonara using up the bacon from the turkey
Thursday- Turkey curry with turmeric rice and hf prawn crackers
Friday- Pizza and garlic bread night
Saturday- Soup and rolls followed by mince pies with custard

For lunches I'm making sausage and apple sauce rolls to finish off the jar. Stuffing and turkey rolls and soups.
Breakfasts will be muesli, porridge or toast.
Snacks will be from the mountain left over.

I'm hoping to get through the week just buying the fresh stuff, most of the meals are from left overs.

Poddly

Sun Roast Lamb, potatoes, parsnips, swede, carrot, broccoli. followed by Apple and cranberry crumble
Mon Egg fried rice with mixed veg and scraps of lamb, prawn crackers
Tue Fish and oven chips, peas and carrots
Wed Chicken Fajitas with wedges, guacamole
Thu Lamb Hotpot with veg
Fri Turkey Cobbler, mash and veg
Sat Chinese takeaway
Sun Pot Roast Beef, followed by Apple and mincemeat tart

Lunches - I shall make some broccoli and Stilton soup and mushroom risotto for lunches for me and anyone else who may be at home.

vonph1

Sunday - Roast beef
Monday - Homemade meatballs in tomato sauce
Tuesday- Sausages
Wednesday - Baked trout (free from fisherman friend)
Thursday - Pork chops
Friday - Sausages & eggs
Saturday - Pizza


All from freezer and cupboard stocks as hoping to leave big food shop until 16th January at the earliest.

hatful-of-hollow

Next 7 dinners in no particular order:

Beef and veg stir fry, noodles, prawn crackers, spring rolls
Beef Stew and dumplings, peas, broccoli, green beans
Tortellini Primavera and garlic bread
Roast chicken thighs, roasted peppers, onions and carrots with cous cous
Chicken and veg curry, rice and chips
Spag Bol and garlic bread
Chicken pie, dauphinoise potatoes and assorted veg.

fairy3

Feeding three adults so there will be LO's used for lunches along with soup. Breakfasts are cereal,porridge and toast.

5th Monday - Lentil veggie dish (dal cookbook) with pitta bread
6th Tuesday - HM beef and barley casserole with cabbage
7th Wednesday - Chicken proscuitto(YS) with carrots and broccoli
8th Thursday - Toad in the hole (using YS cocktail sausages) with veggies and mashed potatoes
9th Friday - YS Fish fillets with mushy peas and HM oven chips
10th Saturday - HM meatballs and pasta (to shift some of the stockpile)
11th Sunday - Roast beef dinner with all the trimmings

Apart from veggies all from freezer and stores

beluga

My meal plan for the week -

S - Quesadillas made with smoked cheese, mushrooms and leeks, served with rocket, refried beans and corn cobs
M - Quesadillas again, made with cheese, refried beans and leftover lamb, served with corn and rocket
T - Soup and part baked baguettes
W - Spaghetti with spinach, ham and cream cheese
T - LO pasta
F - Baked potatoes with cauliflower cheese
S - Out

Breakfasts / lunches will be cereal bars, blueberry bagels with cream cheese, soup or tuna sandwiches. I'll shop on Tuesday but don't need much, will continue to use up freezer and cupboard stores. All I need for the above meals is a bag of pasta.

Islandmaid

Mon - Chicken curry and Rice
Tues - sausage and mash
Wed - Chicken Kiev,s and chips
Thurs - Risotto or Singapore rice
Friday - Date night (something simple ie LO,s)