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Meal Plan W/B 18/01

Afternoon

Actually wrote this out yesterday before I went shopping, meant I only spent £1.60 as using up stocks from freezer :j

Mon to Fri breakfasts - HM oat pancakes

Mon to Fri lunches - HM pea soup

Dinners -
M - sweetcorn fritters
T - turkey stew & veg
W - jackets spuds with tuna & sweetcorn
T - sweet potato burgers
F - chilli & rice
S - breaded chicken & HM chips
S - haggis , veg, mash

Sweetcorn, turkey stew, burgers, chilli, chicken, chips & haggis all from freezer :T
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  • Also using up stocks from the freezer here. So in no particular order we will have:
    Jambalaya
    Cottage Pie
    Turkey breast steaks with mash and veg
    Fishcakes for me, crispy chicken for OH with oven chips and veg

    Lunches:
    Turkey mince burritos for OH (he'll happily eat this all week)
    Red pepper and sweet potato soup and sausage casserole for me

    Breakfast:
    Cereal for OH, crumpets with Dairylea for me.

    The exception to freezer fun is Tuesday evening, when we're off out for dinner for our anniversary. I think we're going for a Chinese so I'll probably bring home leftovers for Wednesday night (OH never has anything left so he can have the individual spag bol that's lurking in the freezer drawer).
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  • Thanks for staring the thread pm2326


    Breakfasts a mix of yoghurt with granola and blueberries or porridge


    Lunches a mixture and sandwiches, soup and a roll or jacket potatoes and fruit for snacks


    Dinners
    Sun chicken, veg, roast potatoes, Yorkshire puds and stuffing.
    Mon. stuffed taco shells with a side salad
    Tues . Toad in the whole, veg
    Wed. I'm away, but will put a lamb hotpot in the slow cooker for the family
    Thu. Away again... but left them bacon chops to have with chips and beans.
    Fri. fish, peas and a jacket potato
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  • Islandmaid
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    Hi all,

    Cereal/toast for breakfasts
    Soup/sandwiches for lunches

    This weeks delights will be -

    Sun - roast pork
    Mon - spag Bol
    Tues - pulled pork in rolls with coleslaw
    Wed - Spanish chicken and rice
    Thurs - sausage and mash
    Fri - takeaway
    Sat - shep pie from freezer stash
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  • katkin
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    Thank you for getting us started for the week pm2326.

    I like the sound of your oat pancakes. Could we please have the recipe?

    Breakfasts - eggs or Greek yogurt with fruit.

    Lunches - leftovers, sandwiches or oatcakes with bits of salad and cheeses. No soup this week as I've went right off anything but Chinese chicken and noodle - from a Chinese cook....:o

    Dinners:
    LO Chinese takeaway re-heat.

    Pollack steaks with lemon, herb crumb baked with potatoes, and aubergine parmigiana from the freezer.

    Lasagne from the freezer with salad and garlic bread slices.

    Salmon with roast veg and spicy cous-cous.

    Sausage and pepper hot pot with cabbage, green beans and baby toms.

    Lamb steaks with potatoes and broccoli, carrots and cauliflower.

    Killie pies with beans and hm wedgies.

    Have a great week folks x
  • Still trying to run down the freezer meat stocks, the last trip to Costco has lasted me ages!

    *Pretzel fried chicken thighs with potato wedges and dips
    *Jacket spuds with whatever fillings take our fancy at the time
    *Pork in plum sauce with noodles and stir fry veg
    *Cod and parsley fishcakes
    *Sweet and sour chicken with rice
    *Out for tea one night as part of an Xmas pressie :)
  • Breakfasts will be porridge or cereal

    Lunch will be a choice from ham sandwiches, tuna pasta salad or soup

    Dinners (in no particular order):
    Slow cooker pork curry
    Chicken risotto
    Shepherdess pie (twice)
    Soup with dumplings
    Omelette
    Yellow bean stir fry veg and noodles
  • hotcookie101
    hotcookie101 Posts: 2,060 Forumite
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    I'd completely forgotten about this thread-I always posted my meal plans but haven't really been on here for about a year. I still plan, and at the moment am having to be super organised as house bound post op. We have pretty much all we need in the freezer, it is just fresh veg (back getting a veg box for a while) and milk for the OH...
    (I'm doing 5:2 at the moment-as I can't get out, it's the easiest way for me to stick to maintenance, or even a slight deficit-that's tuesday & thursday)
    Here's us from Monday

    m 18 malaysian lentil & squash curry, broc rice
    t 19th miso salmon, ,chilli & ginger spinach& cabbage .broc for me, rice for OH
    w 20 lamb chops saute potatoes, cavolo nero, carrots
    t 21 cod with leek, cheddar & mustard sauce, potatoes(OH) broc(me) cabbage carrots
    f 22 merguez stew, sprouts, roasted squash & spuds
    s 23 bolognese pasta bake with mozzarella, salad
    s 24 roast pork shoulder, roast spuds, carrots & sprouts, steamed cabbage/cavolo nero
  • t 21 cod with leek, cheddar & mustard sauce,


    That sounds lovely hotcookie - I have some frozen cod to use up - how do you make it ? Do you follow a recipe ?


    Here's mine from Monday in no particular order


    1. cod in some sort of sauce, mash & green veg
    2. chicken and mozzarella in herby tomato sauce with sweet potato mash
    3. piri piri chicken with garlic cous cous and roasted peppers/corgettes
    4. beef mince shepherds pie for me - HM chilli beef burgers stuffed with goats cheese for DS with roasted sweet potato
    5. pulled pork done in slow cooker with HM coleslaw, pickles and salad & roasted sweet potatoes
    6. leftover pork with Yorkshire puds and veg and gravy
    7. hot and spicy pork steaks with jacket potato for me / sweet potato for DS and salad


    Have a good week everyone
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  • hotcookie101
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    That sounds lovely hotcookie - I have some frozen cod to use up - how do you make it ? Do you follow a recipe ?

    I admit-this one is a frozen from waitrose job, but I normally make it myself! All I do is sweat some leeks in a very small amount of water, then add some cornflour and english mustard powder, cook it off and then add milk to make a white sauce-cook for a few minutes to thicken and then add cheese (leaving a bit to sprinkle on top) (you could just add any mustard rather than the english mustard powder but I have a tin of it, about 12 years old and nearly full-so I try to use it when I remember :p )

    Pour over fish (AMAZING with smoked haddock, especially on a bed of spinach!) and bake for 25-30 minutes.

    You can make a while sauce with butter and regular flour, but I use cornflour for ease. Plus I prefer to add my butter calories to the veggies than the sauce :p
  • Here's mine for this week:

    Fri: Chicken and bacon club sandwiches
    Sat: Homemade lamb koftas with greek salad and flatbread
    Sun: Lamb biryani
    Mon: carrot, cumin and feta fritters in flatbreads
    Tues: smoked haddock chowder
    Weds: Tuna steaks with potatoes and sweetcorn salsa
    Thurs: Sardine linguine

    Happy cooking!

    LM x
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