Could we start a meal plan thread again, so it's not lost in the GC?

mrs_motivated

After a ‘use up’ week, I’m back on the meal planning.  I go shopping on a Friday so my meal plans run from Friday to Thursday.

today - beef bouguignon, mash and peas
Sat -   Salmon fish cakes, salad
Sun - roast lamb, minted new potatoes, veggies. (Will make lamb pies, with leftover lamb and carrots and add an onion and freeze for another week)
Mon - chicken curry and rice
Tue -   Gammon , cauliflower cheese and new potatoes.
Wed - Swedish style meatballs 
Thurs - liver and onions, mash and spring greens

justkeepswimmimg

SausageDogSandwich said:

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 is

Today - sweet and sour chicken with noodles
Saturday- cheese & potatoes pie & beans
Sunday- fajitas and rice
Monday - sausage & mash with veg
Tuesay- wings & wedges with veg

Welcome back SausageDogSandwich, hope you feel better soon. Your plan sounds great x

justkeepswimmimg

Right, back to it as a normal week finally 🙃

Sat - salmon with creamy leeks and beans 
Sun - slow cooker pork in cider, potato and parsnip mash, green beans 
Mon - LO pork in cider, mash, green beans 
Tues - spinach and feta orzo, roasted tomatoes 
Wed - eggs and beans on toast 
Thurs - feta, artichoke and tomato pasta 
Fri - scampi, chips and peas 😋

Shopping list done, just need to find the motivation to leave the house!

YorksLass

This week's meal plan:

Sat (today) - Spicy carrot & lentil soup (from freezer), beef sandwiches, pear crumble & custard (pears were ys, custard to use up some milk)
Sun - Roast chicken, sprouts & mash (last of the 19p Xmas bag of sprouts)
Mon - Gammon salad
Tue - Liver, bacon & onion casserole, mash, carrots & swede (last of the 19p Xmas swede but still have some carrots left)
Wed - HM chicken burgers in seeded brioche buns, side salad (the brioche buns were a freebie)
Thu - Gammon & chips (maybe with an egg or just pickles)
Fri - Fishcakes, mushy peas

The chicken is an extra small one but I've had these before and get a surprising amount of meat off them; the stock will be used as the base for soup.  The gammon is in the SC as we speak.  No baking needed this week but soup making will be on the cards - probably pea & ham (gammon stock) and either chicken noodle or chicken & veg.  Any shopping will be limited to fresh milk and F & V as we're still in "use up" mode.  

joedenise

This week's plan:

S - duck breast, roast potatoes, veg
M - egg, chips, beans, mushrooms
T - eating out lunchtime so probably soup and roll in evening
W - chicken tikka, rice
T - HM faggots; mash; veg
F - liver, bacon, onions, chips
S - beef stew; mash

MacaronVanille

I've actually managed to do a proper food shop and meal plan this week! Been winging it for a while!


Saturday - Japanese Chicken, Sushi Rice, Slaw
Sunday - Veggie Sausage Pasta, Garlic Bread
Monday - Chicken, Rice, Halloumi and Salad
Tuesday - Sausage and Potato Hash, Egg
Wednesday - Chicken Curry, Rice, Naan
Thursday - Freezer Pizza
Friday - Fridge Raid

JingsMyBucket

Shamelessly cross posting from the grocery challenge thread. It's my first time meal planning in a while. I just couldn't get my head around it in December because I was sick then the holidays, etc. 

COOKING PLAN (in no particular order)

Oatmeal / porridge. Just made a batch in the Instant Pot using the Bob's Red Mill recipe. It turned out really well and I had subbed out 1 cup of water for 2% milk. Topping options we have on hand: HM cinnamon apples, HM cranberry sauce, frozen pomegranate seeds, almond butter, peanut butter, flaxseed, chia seeds, seed mix, maple syrup

Basmati rice

Roasted tomatoes - These are some elderly baby tomatoes that will be fine with some EVOO and garlic roasted in a pan. 

Thai beef soup — Based on this recipe for Easy Thai Shrimp Soup. I'm just subbing out leftover roast beef for the shrimp. I highly recommend it; it's so easy to put together and I've made it several times. It'll use up carrots, bell pepper, zucchini, roast beef & basmati rice. 

Vegetable pasta salad — Heavy on the vegetables, light on the pasta. Made with broccoli, zucchini, bell pepper, the elderly roasted tomatoes, caponata, arugula, and parmesan 

Caramelized red onion and ham tart - Leftover Ham and Cheese Caramelised Onion Tart

Vegetable crumble — That will use up some old age pensioner leeks, parsnips, carrots, and some frozen peas. 

Toonie

Meal plan here is a simple one this week with dishes which can be swapped depending on energy levels in the evening.

Sun - Stir fry (using up some tins and odds and ends from the freezer)

Mon - Meatballs and pasta

Tues - Homemade burgers and salad

Wed - Fish and chips

Thurs - DP has Curry, naan, and rice, I'll have chicken and roasted veg

Fri - Pork chops, chips, homemade coleslaw, salad

SausageDogSandwich

Thank you @justkeepswimmimg , already fallen off the meal plan yesterday but back on it again today 

K9sandFelines

K9sandFelines said:

Ate everything apart from these two meals. The cavolo nero was used in a diff.meal, so will sub for sprouts now with Bourgignon.

~Bourgignon, mash and cavolo nero

~ Gobi Manchurian

This week's plan :