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Meal plans WC 07/08/16

Morning :)

Pay weekend so this weeks meals will be a lot better than the scrape through ones last week :o

Sunday-Steak with garlic mushrooms and sweet potato chips
Monday-Chickpea and potato curry
Tuesday-Turkey mince cheese burgers with stir fried veg
Wednesday-Beef stir fry
Thursday-Steak with fried mushrooms, onions and garlic bread
Friday-Wrap pizza
Saturday-Chick pea and potato curry

Lidl have the joints of beef on for £4.99 a kilo, I always get these and chop it in to steaks, stir fry slices and a small joint. It lasts me ages for around £12. I'll buy it this morning along with the 59p spinach they have.
I've got a kilo of yoghurt busy making it's self on the bench so that will be breakfasts with oats and fruit added to it.
Lunches will be soup as I have some in the freezer ready batched up.
£36/£240
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  • Islandmaid
    Islandmaid Posts: 6,626 Forumite
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    Hi Soworried

    Our week runs Wed to Wed

    W - Jacket spud with tuna and salad
    T - Asian style soup with Crab rangoons
    F - Date night
    S - Pan fried duck Dauphinoise potatoes griddled asparagus
    S - Roast pork, roast spuds, cauli cheese, runner beans etc
    M - Pulled pork wraps with salad
    T - cous cous stuffed peppers with green salad
    W - basil and tomato chicken with spaghetti
    Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!

    £300/£130
  • themull1
    themull1 Posts: 4,299 Forumite
    Sunday - Roast beef, and all the trimmings
    Monday - Chicken and veg curry and rice
    Tuesday - Sausages, potato wedges and beans
    Wednesday - Lasagne and salad
    Thursday - Either chicken stir fry or mince and dumplings
    Friday - Frittata - just to use any leftovers up.
    Saturday - Fish, savoury rice.
  • JIL
    JIL Posts: 8,842 Forumite
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    Sun, pizza from aldi.
    Mon. Jacket potato, scooped out mashed with cheese, cream cheese, and spring onions, salad. Piri piri chicken.
    Tues. Burgers in buns sweet potato wedges leftover salad.
    Wed, couscous, roast veg, hallomi. Hm houmous Moroccan bread.
    Thurs out
    Fri fish and chips.
  • glider3560
    glider3560 Posts: 4,115 Forumite
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    Sunday - grilled pollock with boiled potatoes and veg
    Monday - vegetable lasagne (frozen from a larger batch a few weeks ago)
    Tuesday - chicken kebabs
    Wednesday - sweet chilli chicken with egg noodle
    Thursday - meat free meatballs (bought ready made from Tesco, going in a homemade tomato suace) - never tried these before
    Friday - got family round, so doing a big pot of chilli
    Saturday - takeaway
  • mrs_motivated
    mrs_motivated Posts: 1,608 Forumite
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    Hi everyone,


    Today we had, chicken, stuffing, veg and roast potatoes


    Mon leftover chicken, in a paella type dish
    Tue mushroom omelette, salad and wedges
    We. gammon, chips and peas
    Thu. cod, new potatoes and Mediterranean veg
    Fri slow cooker beef stew.... think it might be a bit warm for stew, but found some braising steak lurking in the bottom of the freezer that I want to use up.
    Well Behaved women seldom make history

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  • [Deleted User]
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    S: Satay with sweet potatoes, peppers and Fry's chicken style strips and rice
    M: Sausages, mash and broccoli
    T: Sweet and sour stir fry with noodles
    W: Mushroom Stroganoff
    T: veggie Curry
    F: Tomato, red onion and red wine risotto
  • If it all goes to plan :

    Quorn Spag bol, garlic bread
    Lentil, veg and chickpea tagine, lemon rice (from last week)
    Cheesy mushroom quorn fillets, kale, carrots & roasties
    Mixed bean bake, polenta topping
    Cheese carrot & lentil slice, salad, minty new pots (not tried this recipe before!)
    Onion tart, minted new pots & green beans, carrots
    Butternut squash & chickpea massaman curry & rice
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