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Could we start a meal plan thread again, so it's not lost in the GC?
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This week I bought a Gousto box with a 70% off code - got 4 meals for 4 for a total of £14 odd. We'll being having 1 lot this week the meat and fish for the other half have been frozen for another time.
F - fish and pasta bake
S - Chicken provencal (Gousto meal)
S - Creamy smoked basa potato topped pie (Gousto meal)
M - 5 spiced chicken selects (Gousto meal)
T - Fragrant haddock Moilee/rice (Gousto meal)
W - Corned beef hash
T - jerk chicken, rice 'n' peas5 -
This week’s soup is carrot and coriander. Out at least two days so just 5 main meals to find.
Mediterranean vegetable tart with salad
lamb leg steak, buttered carrots and sprouts
pasta puttanesca x2
spanakopita, tomato salad3 -
One change to last week's meal plan - I didn't have enough potatoes left to make mash for the fish pie topping so that's moved to this week. Instead we had ys sea bass fillets from the freezer. This week's plan is:
Sat (today) - h/m celery & bacon soup with cheese twists, ham sandwich, cherry pie & custard
Sun - Cooked sliced beef (from freezer), mash, swede - will make mini Yorkies
Mon - Thai green chicken curry, boiled rice
Tue - Cooked gammon slices (from freezer), egg, chips
Wed - Fish pie, peas, sweetcorn
Thur - Chilli, jacket potato and whatever veg is left in the fridge
Fri - yet to be decided
Soup of the week will be spicy carrot & red lentil and there should be enough chicken left to make either a chicken & leek bake or some pasties.Be kind to others and to yourself too.3 -
sat green beans new potatoes and cheesy veg with pork chop
sun creamy leak and potato soup with bread rolls
Mon carrot and broccoli soup with crackers
Tues cauliflower roast with asparagus and trimmings
Wednesday Vegetable soup with bread rolls
Thursday avocado and tomato with egg on toast
Friday Salad with new potato
Porridge and berries for breakfast and fruit for snacks21k savings no debt4 -
Very late this week as away at the weekend. Does make for a short plan and another small shopping list though 🙃
Mon - pork stroganoff, noodles, broccoli
Tues - beans on toast
Wed - tuna and broccoli pesto pasta
Thurs - Thai chicken and broccoli curry, rice
Fri - creamy leeks and beans, salmon
Only need one portion of soup this week and there’s one in the freezer so all good. There are a couple of sad looking carrots that I might need to turn into soup before the week is out…2 -
Soup of the week - tbc
F- Chicken wings, baked spud, veg
S - Naan bread pizza, salad
S - Pork chops, mushroom sauce, veg, baby spuds
M - Refried bean wraps, salad
T - Stovies and baked beans
W- Pasta with a chorizo, pesto and passata sauce
T- Yoghurt chicken curry, rice, naan
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The week’s plan went to pot when I spotted an ox kidney and a packet of prawns on reduction so the spanakopita is still in the freezer and I made prawn curry instead of puttanesca. This week is a short week as I’m going away for several days, so need to avoid buying anything and use up what I’ve got.
steak, sweet potato wedges, mushrooms, spinach, egg, raspberries, blueberries and kefir
puttanesca, spinach, pasta, dessert tbc x2
ox kidney in chili sauce, rice, dessert tbc x2
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Plan and shopping list done last night but forgot to post. Soup made one evening as the carrots were getting sadder by the minute so Thai spiced carrot and lentil this week. Wonder if we’re getting to the end of soup season 🤔
Sat - out to eat 😋
Sun - chicken, chorizo and new potato traybake with green beans
Mon - chicken and chorizo jambalaya, green beans
Tues - LO jambalaya, green veg
Wed - prawn and sugar snap egg fried rice
Thurs - creamy leek and mushroom pasta, green veg
Fri - chipotle steak and new potato hash, green veg3 -
Forgot to post yesterday - trying to cut out carbs this week!
F - Jerk chicken with cauliflower rice 'n' peas
S - chicken fajitas
S - beef in gravy from freezer, roasted veg, green veg
M - toad in the hole, roasted butternut squash cubes, roasted carrots green veg
T - Beef stew, celeriac mash
W - Cottage pie with carrot & swede mash topping, green veg
T - Pork steaks, celeriac mash, green veg
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Sorry for the stereo silence.
I'll be honest I've been winging it, or buying reductions so haven't really done a strict meal plan.
This week will be along the lines of ....
Lentil Bolognese
Pitta and saladLeftover chickpea and spinach jalfrezi with potatoKyiv, onion rings or chips, peas and cornSomething featuring jackfruitSausage, mash,.broccoli, green beans
Need to think of one more meal!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 £89.90/£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 frugality3
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