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Meal Planning w/c 29 Feb

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Just sorting my meal plan for next week and couldn't see a thread started so heres mine in no particular order:


Leftover gammon, jacket potato and cauliflower cheese
hot and spicy pork chops with roasted veg and cous cous
pulled pork with salad, home-made coleslaw & wraps
Liver and onions, mash and green veg
Leftover liver padded out with a few sausages, chips and peas
chicken curry & rice
roast chicken dinner (usually sunday)


Breakfasts - porridge or toast
Lunches - leftovers or soup or cheap instant noodles & stir fried leftover veg


Have a good week everyone
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  • NewShadow
    NewShadow Posts: 6,858 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Afternoon.

    Payday today, but I'm determined to do a no spend week! I've plenty in, so have pulled together the following:

    Monday - eggs for breky, a sw meal for lunch with bannanaramas and satsumas, and LO roast chicken dinner.

    Tuesday - I'm in hospital for some tests, so NBM until (likely) 3 or 4pm. I'm planning the rest of the roast for an early dinner, followed (perhaps) by some sugar free jelly and fruit.

    Wednesday - Back to normal with yogurt fruit and oats for breakfast, Soup (I think chicken and sweetcorn, but not made it yet) for lunch, and comforting faggots, mash and peas for dinner.

    Thurs - likely the same as wednesday (I'm defrosting 4 faggots).

    Friday - I'm working from home, so I'll make a chicken pie and (maybe) a cake.
    That sounds like a classic case of premature extrapolation.

    House Bought July 2020 - 19 years 0 months remaining on term
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  • I've been lurking for some time on the meal planning threads and they have helped us so much. We no longer eat the same thing every week! Did a weekly shop today and picked up some extra bargains to fill the freezer. This week we have:
    breakfasts:
    Frozen berries, yoghurt and muesli
    Toast and marmite

    lunches
    Sandwiches and fruit
    Soup
    Any leftovers if there are any

    dinners
    Chilli and rice
    Leftover chilli and rice mixed and put into wraps
    Chicken casserole, veg and rice (enough for two nights)
    Thursday will be soup and toast in the car as we have our first antenatal class and will be pressed for time!
    Homemade fish, chips and peas
    Gammon shanks, potatoes and green beans

    snacks
    Nuts, fresh and dried fruit, crisps, homemade chocolate chip banana bread
    July grocery challenge £161.25/£290
  • Hi Folks, planning for this week was more difficult than usual, probably due to been full of cold and everything seems like to much effort.... Anyway after a much needed kick up the the bum, I have come up with.

    Lunches
    Salads, sandwiches or leftovers

    Dinners
    Beef and ale stew
    chicken salad
    fishcakes with cauli and broccoli cheese
    Spag bol
    Sausage chips and beans
    chicken with sundried tomatoes and porchini with wild rice
    Well Behaved women seldom make history

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  • lucylema
    lucylema Posts: 834 Forumite
    I have planned the following for this week:...

    Monday - Fish Goujons for Mr Lema and l/o Beef Casserole for me both served with chips
    Tuesday - Chicken and Veg Stir Fry served with either Rice or Noodles and Sweet & Sour Sauce
    Wednesday - Vegetable Pasta Bake served with Salad
    Thursday - Slow Cooked Chinese Chicken Curry served with Rice and Noodles
    Friday - Spaghetti Bolognese
    Saturday - Chilli Con Carne usin l/o Spag Bol
    Sunday - Roast Lamb served with Roast Pots, New Pots and Mixed Vegetables

    Mr Lema is having buns for lunch with various fillings
    I will have either buns, salads or cous cous for my lunchs
    Lucylema x :j
  • pm2326
    pm2326 Posts: 1,096 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi

    I start my new meal plan on a Sunday and yesterday was a pork chop roast dinner.

    M - veggie sausage, broccoli, sprouts, potato & gravy
    T - chilli & rice
    W - sweet potato & broccoli gratin
    T - salmon pasta
    F - potato cakes, scrambled eggs, beans
    S - chicken pie & mushy peas

    All the fresh veg has been used up after tonight's tea so the rest of the weeks plan is from freezer/cupboards

    Work day lunches - HM red lentil, chickpea & chilli soup
    Sat lunch - probably a quesadilla
  • flipper_72
    flipper_72 Posts: 681 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    This week's plan
    Mon was chicken enchiladas
    Tues Pasta & chicken
    Wed Fish pie
    Thurs Sausage casserole
    Fri Spag bol
    Sat Lamb burgers & chips
    Sun Mountain meatballs

    Still on a mission to use up freezer and cupboard contents and keep the shopping bill down.
  • Cappella
    Cappella Posts: 748 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I didn't plan this week and so far impulse buys by OH when we've been out have cost a fortune and our meals have been rubbish. The only bright spot is that he's paid :)

    So, a quick rummage in the freezer this morning and . . .

    Wednesday: Beef Stew, mash, cauli and green beans.
    Thursday: Smoked haddock, green beans, mash, green beans and carrots.
    Friday:Salmon fishcakes, wedges, peas.

    Back to planning properly next week but thank goodness for a well stoked freezer ;)
  • lollyfin
    lollyfin Posts: 299 Forumite
    Meal planning has saved me a fortune over the last couple of months. This is ours for this week starting Monday passed
    Monday ham broth
    Tuesday chicken escalopes, spaghetti and chips
    Wednesday chicken and ham pie
    Thursday risotto
    Friday beef stroganoff
    Saturday lasagna
    Sunday chicken curry

    Lunches are leftovers, sandwiches or soup
    And snacks are custard creams, jam sponge and fruit loaf
    konMarie and fabbing all the way
    Weight loss challenge starting 11st loss in November 4lb
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