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Could we start a meal plan thread again, so it's not lost in the GC?
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Was sure I’d posted the other day but can’t see it. So, from last Saturday:
Sat - burger, coleslaw, salad, baguette
Sun - tuna pate and toast (out for lunch)
Mon - smoked basa and pea risotto
Tues - beans on toast
Wed - prawn and mushroom egg fried rice
Thurs - sausage and spinach gnocchi
Fri - courgette and halloumi salad1 -
A bit late but here is this week's plan
Monday - beef stew cobbler with new pots and cabbage (very wintery dinner for August Bank Holiday but tasty nonetheless )
Tuesday - halloumi tacos
Wednesday Louisiana linguine
Thursday - out
Friday - Jacket potato, ham and homemade coleslaw
Saturday - pork fillet with garlicky white beans and an attempt at patatas bravas
Sunday - macaroni cheese - will be cooking this with granddaughters - but obviously not cooking with them as an ingredient 🤦♀️2 -
All to plan this week.
The coming week will most likely need some swapping and tweaking.
F - Cod loin with veg, I'll decide later how to cook it.
S - HM chicken goujons, jazzed up beans, corn, potatoes
S - Pigs in blankets roast dinner
M- Baked chicken curry, rice, naan
T - Gammon & pineapple, salad, potatoes
W - Cottage pie (from the freezer), veg
T - Pasta with chorizo, pesto and tomato sauce.
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Only planned to Thursday as I’m off on Friday so will do a new plan and shop then.
Sat - hoisin and sesame tuna steak, gingery vegetable noodles
Sun - roast chicken, new potatoes, salad
Mon - chicken, green bean and pesto pasta
Tues - beans on toast
Wed - out
Thurs - halloumi, new potato and red pepper skewers0 -
I picked up a TGTG bag last night from Aldi, thinking I've not had one for a while I'll take a chance; but it was a bit disappointing. So, I will stick to Olio for the foreseeable future.
Six packs of crispy sliced potatoes (although delicious) and five or six bags of salad (very useful); was a bit much. So I've had to get inventive as my freezer is full to bulging, so little space to freeze. At a push I can wilt some salad as it's bistro, with spinach and beetroot. I was expecting a little more variety.
I might make carrot and coriander soup too, as I've got a few bendy ones and some carrot Dahl I wasn't keen on.
GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £76.30/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality1 -
Fri - sausages, honey mustard new potatoes, salad (probably last outing for the bbq for a while)
Sat - steak, chips, salad
Sun - halloumi and bean stew
Mon - chicken and mushroom risotto, broccoli
Tues - beans on toast
Wed - sandwich (out for lunch)
Thurs - prawn and broccoli sweet chilli noodles
Fri - tbc1 -
Just one tweak this past week which was better than expected.
F - tbc
S - tbc
S - Spicy chicken flatbreads with salad and HM oven chips
M- Chilli con carne with rice
T - Cauliflower and macaroni cheese
W - Reef chicken Reef chicken by Marie Mitchell | Jamie Oliver Cookbook Club recipes sides tbc
T - Thai Green pork and veg curry with rice
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Giving this a go again in order to maintain better habits!
Starting tomorrow for just lil old me:
Saturday - tuna gf pasta and mini corn cobettes
Sunday - gf chicken and chips, with salad/pickles
Monday - mini burger with salad/pickles
Tuesday - jacket spud with baked beans
Wednesday - tuna gf pasta and tinned sweetcorn
Thursday - garlic bread, gf chicken and frozen veg?
Friday - freezer rake2 -
crazybunnylady4 said:Giving this a go again in order to maintain better habits!
Starting tomorrow for just lil old me:
Saturday - tuna gf pasta and mini corn cobettes
Sunday - gf chicken and chips, with salad/pickles
Monday - mini burger with salad/pickles
Tuesday - jacket spud with baked beans
Wednesday - tuna gf pasta and tinned sweetcorn
Thursday - garlic bread, gf chicken and frozen veg?
Friday - freezer rakeGC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £76.30/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality1 -
Does anyone have any fennel recipes please? Got 3/4 from TGTG box. I've looked at the beginning of the grocery challenge, but there's nothing for fennel.
I'm airing on the side of Fennel gratin, as I still have sliced potatoes from a different TGTG.GC Jan £101.91/£150 Feb £70.96/150 Mar £100.43/150 Apr £108.45 app/150 May £149.70/150 Jun £155.15/150 July £76.30/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)Forever learning the art of frugality0
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