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Meal plan : week commencing 21st January
medsdemon
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Here is my plan for the next week, actually to the end of the month(I begin with a Saturday, but I know others don't). My theory to use stuff we have in and not spend too much and to also keep eating healthier.
Saturday : caldo verde
Sunday: out for lunch so just a snack tea. ( egg on toast ?)
Monday : lentil shepherds pie with veg ( cauliflower and carrots)
Tuesday: left over above with baked beans perhaps
Wednesday: salmon in sweet chilli sauce with spicy rice with red beans and a veg or salad
Thursday: h/m bean burger or falafels in a bun or pitta ( gf) and salad
Friday: butternut squash risotto with goats cheese
Saturday: h/m gf pizza with a side of oven baked fries
Sunday: a roast of some kind ( most probably chicken)
Monday: salmon or sardine fish bakes ( hm like M&S ones) with salad or veg of some kind
Tuesday: meatballs in sauce left from tonight ( made enough for 2 meals and froze the rest) with rice or a baked potato
Wednesday: h/m mushroom soup with crusty bread
Lots of the things I have in. I may substitute a meal here and there if I feel like picking a random recipe from my cookery books.
Breakfasts are toast or porridge.
Lunches are leftovers, hm soup, salads various, and a couple of pieces of fruit.
Saturday : caldo verde
Sunday: out for lunch so just a snack tea. ( egg on toast ?)
Monday : lentil shepherds pie with veg ( cauliflower and carrots)
Tuesday: left over above with baked beans perhaps
Wednesday: salmon in sweet chilli sauce with spicy rice with red beans and a veg or salad
Thursday: h/m bean burger or falafels in a bun or pitta ( gf) and salad
Friday: butternut squash risotto with goats cheese
Saturday: h/m gf pizza with a side of oven baked fries
Sunday: a roast of some kind ( most probably chicken)
Monday: salmon or sardine fish bakes ( hm like M&S ones) with salad or veg of some kind
Tuesday: meatballs in sauce left from tonight ( made enough for 2 meals and froze the rest) with rice or a baked potato
Wednesday: h/m mushroom soup with crusty bread
Lots of the things I have in. I may substitute a meal here and there if I feel like picking a random recipe from my cookery books.
Breakfasts are toast or porridge.
Lunches are leftovers, hm soup, salads various, and a couple of pieces of fruit.
Grocery challenge October: £228.28/£250.00 NSD 4 ( not completed)
Grocery challenge November : £291.65/300.00 NSD 10
Grocery challenge December : £0/240.00 NSD
Grocery challenge November : £291.65/300.00 NSD 10
Grocery challenge December : £0/240.00 NSD
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Here is our Low FodMap Meal Plan to the end of the month
21 Sat: Egg And HM Oven Chips
22 Sun: Orange-Spice Pork Belly with Almond & Raisin Rice Pilaf
23 Mon: Lamb Rump Pots & Veg
24 Tue: Beef Burgers Sv
25 Wed: Pan-Seared Cod In White Wine Tomato Basil Sauce
26 Thu: Ribeye Steak and Salad
27 Fri: Gammon Steak, HM Oven Chips & Fried Egg
28 Sat: Beef Bourguignon Pots & Veg
29 Sun: Pork Shoulder Pots & Veg
30 Mon: Liver/Sausage And Mashed Potatoes
31 Tue: Turkey Schnitzel and Salad0 -
I'm working on my plan to start from Monday - got a big thingy of chicken out of the freezer so you may see a theme...
Monday/Wednesday/Friday - Gym day - Breakfast: low fat sausage and HB egg, Lunch: sliced chicken, baby toms, carrot sticks and dip (maybe hummus or a seasoned mayo)
Tuesday/Thursday - Breakfast: oats, yogurt and fruit, Lunch vegi couscous or quinoa
Dinners
Monday - roast chicken dinner (leftovers from Sunday)
Tuesday - chicken and prawn paella
Wednesday - chilli/lime chicken stir fry
Thursday - thai noodle curry
Friday - Leftover day.That sounds like a classic case of premature extrapolation.
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Thanks for starting the thread this week medsdemon
I go shopping on Monday so mine is Mon to Sunday but some of the days may be swopped around
Mon - pulled pork wraps with salad & crackling
Tue - gammon, jacket potatoes and broccoli / cauli cheese
Wed - liver and onions, mash. broccoli / cauli & gravy
Thu - chicken stew
Fri - chicken madras & rice
Sat - belly pork stew in cider and apple sauce
Sun - roast chicken dinner
Breakfast will be porridge or toast (with egg or beans or marmite)
Lunches will be leftover gammon or pulled pork or some cooked shredded chicken breasts on wraps with salad or soup or basic curry noodles (3 for 50p from Morries) with any leftovers stir fried in honey soy & ginger
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Hi all,
Wed-Wed plan here
W - HM Spaghetti Carbonara
T - HM Meatballs in tom Sauce with Foccacia
F - Date Night
S - Steak and salad, HM Baileys cheesecake
S - Roast Chicken
M - Dhal and HM flatbreads
T - Chicken, bacon and thyme pie
W - Haggis, Tatties and Neeps (Burns Night)
Work lunches - sarnies for DH and chicken soup for me, breakfasts porridge for DH and coffee for me (cannot bare food too early, at work at 6-7)
Medsdemon - we loved Caldo Verde in Portugal (with Vino Verdi;)) - do you have a recipe?Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!
£300/£1300 -
Plan 'till end of the month
Saturday - Chicken balti curry with rice, onion bhaji and naan bread.
Sunday - Roast pork, roast potatoes, carrots, cabbage, pork stuffing and Yorkshire pudding
Monday - Spicy fish stew
Tuesday - Pork and apple burgers in brioche buns with chips and salad
Wednesday - Sausage and mash
Thursday - Tuscan chicken with tagliatelle
Friday - Thai chicken curry with rice
Saturday - Bridesmaid Shopping so will probably eat large lunch out
Sunday - Roast Chicken, roast potatoes, carrots, cabbage and Yorkshire Pudding
Monday - Chicken, leek and tarragon pie with mashed potatoes and veg
Tuesday - Pork stew with dumplingsFebruary Grocery Budget: £190.75/£350.00
NST no. NSD 4/150 -
Hello all
Just finished mine so hot off the press.......
Today - Chickpea curry with nan and rice
Sunday - Roast Chicken dinner with stuffing and vegetables
Monday - Scampi (not HM) YS, hm wedges and mushy peas
Tuesday - Chinese beef curry with rice and noodles
Wednesday - Sausage and mash with vegetables
Thursday - LO chicken enchiladas with nachos
Friday - Out for tea
Saturday - Chicken and potato curry with rice and pakoras
Have a good week everyoneJanuary 2020 Grocery challenge £119.45/£200
February 2020 Grocery challenge £195.22 /£200
March 2020 - gone to pot...
April 2020 - £339.45/£200
May 2020 - £194.99/£3000 -
Saturday: cod with lemon and thyme sauce, rice with veggies, lambs lettuce with eggs (have visitors)
Sunday: leek and cottage cheese quiche
Monday: Barley and vegetable soup
Tuesday: Red curry
Wednesday: probably left over soup as I'm out for lunch
Thursday: Mac'n'Cheese, apple sauce as a side
Lunch is either left over from the night before or soup.Fashion on the Ration 2022: 5/66 coupons used: yarn for summer top 5 /
Note to self, don't buy yarn!0 -
No doubt this might vary a wee bit but thanks to this thread I actually followed a plan last week
Tonight - Haddock, wedges with mushy peas and pickles followed by LO trifle
Sunday - Lamb steak marinated in olive oil, garlic, lemon and oregano, with baked sweet potato and roasted baby toms, mushrooms and pink onions
Mon - HM steak pie, savoy cabbage
Tues - LO chicken casserole with pasta
Weds - Haggis, Neeps and Tatties
Thurs- [STRIKE]Last portion of liver and bacon from the freezer with[/STRIKE] LO mash and something (poss sausages) decided I didn't fancy haviing liver after the haggis:)
Fri - Lasagne, garlic bread and salad
Plenty of soup in the freezer for lunches this week so no need to make any, so lunch will either be soup or "something" on toast. Very little actual cooking this week as most or a least part of meals are "here's one I made earlier" jobs from the freezer0 -
This is something I find quite difficult to do but here is an attempt.
Sunday - Beef brisket in slow cooker, mash or roast potatoes, swede, carrots and broccoli. My first problem is will there be any leftovers from the beef? Its a fairly small piece but I have no idea! How can I tell now, lol?
Monday - Sausages, mash and beans
Tuesday - Chicken fajitas - need a red pepper & some sour cream
Wednesday - Gammon (from freezer) & pasta & sauce for us. Not sure about the kids, some form of junk probably!
Thursday - Chicken curry & rice
Friday - Pizza & salad. Need to buy salad.Haven't got a gluten-free one though so may need an alternative for son.
Saturday - Chicken burgers, salad & wedges
Not particularly healthy by any means but its the week before pay day so will have to do!0 -
Sun - LO Roast pork and veg chow mein (beansprouts, sprouts, mushrooms, sugar snaps, carrots, rice noodles, sauce pot)
Mon - Chicken and veg stir fry with rice (beansprouts, sprouts, sugar snaps, carrots, cashews, plum sauce)
Tue - Chili (HM in freezer) with rice
Wed - Fajitas (corn tortillas, seasoned mince, refried beans and cheese) with sweet potato wedges (wedges and cooked mince in freezer)
Thurs - Fajitas
Fri - Spaghetti with spinach and pesto, green beans and grilled chicken (chicken and spinach in freezer)
Everything I need is in, having a use up week before payday! Lunches will be omelette or soup and crackers on days I'm at home. Two days in uni I buy soup for £1 and take crisps and a drink with me. Two days in work I take HM ready meals - pork fried rice this week.0
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