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Meal plans WC 15/02

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The locusts, I mean kids :cool: are off this week so I need filling meals and plenty snacks on hand.
All of this is from the freezer/cupboards so I'll only need fresh stuff.

Sunday-At my sisters for dinner
Monday-Beef stir fry
Tuesday-Eating out with Tesco vouchers
Wednesday-HM corned beef pie, chips and peas
Thursday-Sausage casserole
Friday-HM Pizza and garlic bread (Pay day :j)
Saturday-Jambalaya to use up odds and ends

Lunches will be cheese and onion pasties or sausage rolls as I have loads in the freezer, they can have HM flapjacks or fairy cakes with them and fruit.
Breakfasts will be weetabix with dried fruit or HM yoghurt with dried fruit.
Snacks, HM flapjacks, fairy cakes, crisps, fruit and A!di oatie biscuits that I have in the cupboard.

I've just remembered that I need juice to get them through the week as well. There is not much left in the budget but we should get through until Friday :eek:
£36/£240
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  • Thanks for starting us off this week Soworried. Heres mine

    sunday - gammon steaks, jacket potatoes & cauli/broccoli cheese
    Monday - hunters chicken, wedges & tinned sweetcorn
    Tuesday - chicken & leek pie & jacket potatoes, broccoli
    Wed - chicken & peppers in blackbean sauce, rice
    Thu - steak in ale, roasted sweet potatoes & butternut squash, cabbage & carrots
    Fri - leftover steak in ale, mashed potatoes & cabbage
    Sat - Kung po chicken with cashew nuts & rice
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  • beluga
    beluga Posts: 877 Forumite
    edited 16 February 2015 at 2:10PM
    My meals have been all over the place this week, so I need to get back on track. My plan for this week - Edit - just had a sort through the fridge and completely changed the plan!

    S - Singapore noodles with dumplings
    M - Pork and veg satay with rice
    T - Quesadillas with salad and corn
    W - Pork and veg satay with noodles
    T - Chicken fajitas
    F - Chicken katsu curry with veg fried rice
    S - Quesadillas with corn and BBQ beans

    Breakfast and lunch will be malt loaf, toast, crackers, soup or sandwiches. Yogurt or fruit for snacks.
  • Effyb4
    Effyb4 Posts: 258 Forumite
    Our meals for the week will be:

    Beef casserole
    Toad in the hole
    Chicken, red pepper and almond traybake
    Mushroom pasta
    Bacon and pea risotto
    HM turkey burgers in rolls
    Roast vegetable crumble
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  • CAT££
    CAT££ Posts: 341 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi

    Mon - Roast Chicken, Stuffing, Roasties, Carrots, Cauli, Peas & Gravy
    Tues - LO Roast Chicken
    Weds - Beef & Ale Casserole, Mash & Veg
    Thurs - Prawn Stir Fry & Noodles
    Fri - Hunters Chicken & Sweet Potato Chips
    Sat - Beef Stir Fry & Rice
    Sun - Rack of Lamb, Roasties, Veg & Gravy

    Breakfasts will be either porridge or Crumpets
    Lunches will be Ham/Tuna Sandwiches
    *Will make a big pan of Soup with the chicken carcass from roast*
    Cat :wave:
  • merzal
    merzal Posts: 290 Forumite
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    Mon - spicy sausage pasta bake
    Tues - jacket potatoes
    Wed - away for the night
    Thurs - recipe book pasta (cook book challenge)
    Fri - friends coming over, not sure yet
    Sat - gammon, wedges, cauliflower cheese
    Sun - roast chicken & all the trimmings

    Have everything in so won't need to go shopping till the weekend.
    Thanks for the thread!
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