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Could we start a meal plan thread again, so it's not lost in the GC?
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@joedenise i had the faggots in onion gravy today. They were lovely. Thanks.I had a look at the list of ingredients for Brains faggots. No wonder they are so horrid.4
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Late to the party as today is first day back after lots of Christmas visiting. Have done a simple plan to get back into it for this week 🙃
Mon - tuna and artichoke pasta
Tues - eggs and mushrooms on toast
Wed - chorizo and chickpea stew (from the freezer)
Thurs - prawn and broccoli Thai curry with noodles
Fri - sausage, mash, braised red cabbage (from the freezer)3 -
Still trying to use up the final bits from Christmas so this week is a little all over the place:
M - Turkey Stirfry
T - Kimchi fried rice
W - Ham and Leek risotto
T - Out
F - LO veggie chilli and wedges
S - Last of the picky bits (cheese and crackers and pickles etc.)
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Forgot to post this weeks meal plan so here goes (from yesterday)
M - Spag bol
T - veg curry, rice
W - chops, mash, veg
T - sausages, mash, veg
F - Fakeaway KFC, chips, corn on the cob, beans
S - Chana masala, rice
S - duck breast, roast potatoes, roasted veg, green veg
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My plan this week 2nd Jan to the 8th Jan to
~Festive wraps/toastie ✅
~Chickpea curry, chips/rice and naan ✅
~Cajun tofu with broccoli and cashew cheese
~Bourgignon, mash and cavolo nero
~Burger and corn on the cob or fishless fillet, couscous
~Gobi Manchurian or Sweet chilli chicken, Chinese veg and rice
~Festive bakes, carrots and green beans
Sunday, I'm flying solo. So, I will use up leftovers or make anything I didn't eat already.
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 Jul £134.25/£150 Aug £47.95/£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 frugality4 -
I think we have got into a bit of a pattern with our meal planning so I have used it for all of January to include stuff we have in.
It goes like this.
Sunday : gammon or chicken. Roast dinner. Veg prepped and soup made. (Leftover veg goes into soup)
Mon : leftover Sunday meat with salad and potato side. ( jackets, oven chips, spring onion mash, or new potatoes)
Tues: pasta or rice, so this could be tuna pasta, salmon and risotto, seafood pasta, bolognese.
Wed, pie or casserole or toad in the hole with veg.
Thursday: something spicy, chilli, fake nando's, curry, couscous and tagine.
Fri : fish, usually oven baked with oven chips and peas, but could be fishfinger sandwich or even egg chips and beans.
Sat : always have something a bit different on Saturdays, so it could be as simple as pizza, or biriani or home made chinese or sometimes a takeaway. Depends on if we have a brunch or not.
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Soup of the week - veg broth
F- freezer rake or takeaway
S - Chicken stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in pancetta, roast veg, baked potatoes
S - Roast beef or lamb, red chimichurri, various veg, herby potato slices
M- Dal, rice and naan
T - Gammon & pineapple, corn, carrots and baby roast spuds
W - Chicken & chorizo traybake
T - One pan pasta either mushroom or sausage
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It's all been a bit disjointed this week - I can't get my head around what day it is, never mind what to have for dinner! In the event, we've had:
Sun - Roast beef dinner, broccoli, mash (planned)
Mon - Beef stew with lots of veggies in it
Tue - Fishcake, chips, peas (freezer trawl)
Wed - Beef jalfrezi - (another freezer trawl)
Thu (today) - Corned beef salad (now craving something vaguely healthy)
Fri - ??? Probably a fish-y meal
Tomorrow I'll sit down and do a proper meal plan for the coming week. Since I've a gammon joint and a small chicken to cook, they'll feature on their somewhere.Be kind to others and to yourself too.3 -
Hi all, would love to rejoin if possible. Completely fell off meal planning a couple of months ago and need to try and get back in to it now! I’m just doing easy/cheat meals at the moment as not feeling very good, but it’s still better than takeaways I suppose! My plan in my head so far isToday - sweet and sour chicken with noodles
Saturday- cheese & potatoes pie & beans
Sunday- fajitas and rice
Monday - sausage & mash with veg
Tuesay- wings & wedges with veg6 -
Still have some soup from the duck carcase, but will need to make some more in the week. Thinking carrot and coriander. And after the meat fest that was Christmas I feel in need of veggies and fish, so …
spanakopita and salad
tuna steak, peas and sweetcorn x2
pasta puttanesca x 2
Pasta with bolognese sauce from freezer
I’m out for brunch on at least one day so that’s probably just going to be soup and a roll that evening. I will need to buy some veg so I can’t do a no spend week but with any luck it should be a low spend one.
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