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Meal plans WC 20/03/16

Hi
I've finally been able to get some shopping in so it will be easier to meal plan this week :D

Sunday-Corned beef casserole
Monday-Bovril and cheese chicken breasts with stir fried veg
Tuesday-Sausage, egg and chips or ham and cheese omellettes
Wednesday-Grilled halloumi stir fry
Thursday-Fish pie and peas, cauliflower
Friday-Lamb dinner with the works
Saturday-Tortilla pizza or nasi goreng

Going to make a big batch of vegetable soup for lunches and have loads in for breakfasts.

Just the lamb left to buy as Aldi don't get them in until Monday.
£36/£240
£5522
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  • Gingerjar
    Gingerjar Posts: 135 Forumite
    Sounds lush, great planning!��
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  • NewShadow
    NewShadow Posts: 6,858 Forumite
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    I've defrosted a load of turkey and boiled a pile of eggs in prep for the coming week.

    It's only a 4 day week next week thanks to easter, so I think I'm going to plate up turkey roasts and have a very boring few days.

    Monday to Thursday: Breakfasts will be boiled eggs; Lunch will likely be tomato soup, possibly with some cheese and pickles as a snack, and a selection of fruit; Dinners will be turkey with sweet potato, carrots and broccoli.

    Friday I think I'll make a curry.

    Not exciting, but easy and relatively healthy.
    That sounds like a classic case of premature extrapolation.

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  • NewShadow
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    Soworried wrote: »
    Sunday-Corned beef casserole

    recipe? :p
    That sounds like a classic case of premature extrapolation.

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  • Islandmaid
    Islandmaid Posts: 6,626 Forumite
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    Hi all,

    This weeks breakfast the usual cereal/toast options, lunches, sarnies and soups.

    Sun - Roast beef from freezer stash with all the trimmings
    Mon- HM BNS and ginger soup, with HM bread
    Tues - HM chicken satay, with fried rice and salad
    Wed - Sausage, mash, peas and gravy
    Thurs - quiche, pot salad, green salad
    Fri - date night
    Sat - out for meal with friends
    Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!

    £300/£130
  • Soworried
    Soworried Posts: 2,369 Forumite
    NewShadow wrote: »
    recipe? :p

    I've just put it in the slow cooker now, OH is watching the derby game today so I don't know what time we'll eat so this is perfect and easy :)

    I've added a bag of diced swede and carrot
    2 large onions chopped roughly
    Mixed herbs
    Dash of soy sauce (Riches the juices)
    2 beef stock cubes
    1 pint of water
    After 2 hours I'll add the tin of corned beef cut in to cubes. I'll serve it with roast potatoes and some warm HM bread to mop up the juices :)
    £36/£240
    £5522
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    One word must start each prayer
    One hope will raise our spirits
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  • beluga
    beluga Posts: 877 Forumite
    Hello all :)

    My plan for this week will involve using up what I have in so I can do a big shop over the long weekend.

    Sun - I've got a big pan of lamb stew on, using up RTC lamb pieces, carrots, swede, courgettes and some barley. I'll serve with some boiled new potatoes. Several portions will go in the freezer.
    Mon - Leftover lamb stew and potatoes
    Tues - Spaghetti with spinach, bacon and mascarpone
    Wed - Same
    Thurs - Same
    Fri - Chicken fried rice with curry

    The rest of the weekend I don't have planned as yet, not sure if I 'll be here or staying with family. Plenty of frozen ready meals if I'm in.

    Breakfasts and lunches will be whatever's in the cupboard-
    pancakes with maple syrup, new potatoes, crackers with ham and cheese, baked potatoes with tuna.
    Yogurt and fruit for snacks.
  • happy35
    happy35 Posts: 1,616 Forumite
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    Today hm bolognaise with pasta of some sort. Salad with halloumi for me
    Monday Kiev, salad, hm coleslaw, hm sweet potato chips, not sure what I will have instead of Kiev yet
    Tuesday chicken, sprouts, swede, carrots, parsnips mash and stuffing, veggie sausage for me
    Wednesday leftover chicken chorizo etc jambalaya type thing
    Thursday something from freezer, cabbage, carrots, parsnips, roasties
    Friday fish and chips from chip shop after our walk on the beach
    Saturday .not sure yet

    Lunch will be soup salad or leftovers
    Breakfast fruit and yoghurt cereal or toast
  • Redlady.....
    Redlady..... Posts: 110 Forumite
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    edited 20 March 2016 at 5:09PM
    Monday-Bovril and cheese chicken breasts

    That sounds interesting Soworried, could you tell us how you do it please?
  • [Deleted User]
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    Sunday: butternut squash, sweet potato and black been chilli burritos with rice
    Monday: puff pastry topped with chopped tomatoes, brie, capers and peppers
    Tuesday: Veg stir fry with noodles and teriyaki sauce
    Wednesday: Pasta with tomatoes and roasted veg
    Thursday: Lasagne
    Friday: Home made pizzas
    Saturday: Veggie rundown coconut curry with rice
    Sunday: Quorn lamb style with roast potatoes, leeks, stuffing, yorkshires and gravy

    As a vegetarian it is getting really boring with just leaves and twigs to eat :rotfl::cool:
  • katkin
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    I'm fascinated by the bovril and cheese chicken breasts too!

    Breakfasts - porridge, yoghurt, fruit, egg or toast.

    Lunches - veg soup, salads, sandwiches (for him) left overs, fruit, crudites

    Main meals
    • Haddock with cauliflower and cheese sauce, mash and veggies
    • Lamb steak, new potatoes, salad
    • Chilli, rice and salad
    • Tortillini / pasta with brown butter and plum tomatoes, salad
    • Chicken breasts with mushrooms and peppercorn sauce, potatoes and roast veggies
    • Pork and pepper curry, side salad
    • Quasadillis (stuffed with LO/freezer mini meatballs in tomato sauce with cheese , hm coleslaw and salad

    (lots of salad things to use up)

    Snacks - crackers with cheese, sugar free jelly with fruit, yoghurt, fruit, crudites with hm dips, the odd jaffa cake for those "moments" :rotfl:
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