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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's plan (almost everything from freezer as running it down to defrost before holiday next month) plus stuff from stores:
F - out for a birthday meal
S - chana masala, rice
S - roast chicken dinner
M - Egg, chips, beans
T - Spanish rice
W - meatballs in tomato sauce with spaghetti
T - Fakeaway KFC, chips, corn on the cob, beans (this may change depending on whether we decide to go away in our motorhome Thursday rather than Friday!)
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All planned nice and early this week. Done a small sainsburys shop this afternoon and will go to the farm shop for chicken and eggs tomorrow.
Sat - out to eat 😋
Sun - Greek chicken traybake
Mon - tuna pesto pasta, green beans
Tues - beans on toast
Wed - chicken egg fried rice
Thurs - bacon, mushroom and Stilton gnocchi, green beans
Fri - scampi, chips and peas4 -
I didn't do a meal plan last week and how I regretted it. We didn't starve by any means but I felt very disorganised all week and definitely won't be making that mistake again! This week's plan:
Sat (today) - Soup & sandwich, piece of Genoa cake for afters
Sun - Roast beef, mash, carrots & swede
Mon - Gammon salad
Tue - Beef stir fry & noodles
Wed - Cod cake, chips, mushy peas
Thu - Chicken Kung Po, jacket potatoes
Fri - Some kind of fish meal
I have a head of celery to chop/freeze and need to make pastry tomorrow for a couple of small quiches to use up a container of gammon "bits". The pastry trimmings will do for an assortment of jam/lemon curd tarts. Or maybe mince pies.Be kind to others and to yourself too.4 -
Sorry I've been m. i a.. My meals have been very basic and eat what I fancy on the night. Plus I've had granddaughter here who has sensory issues and only likes certain foods
This week youngest daughter is here from uni, so our meals will be something from this selectionWe've already had Dahl
Hoisin shredded tofu style pancakes
Shwarwarma in pittas and koftas
Jacket potato with jackfruit 'tuna' and salad
Cajun tofu and pasta
Hotdog and chips with corn on the cob
Pesto and pasta
Could have been pizza, but I don't want to buy vegan mozzarella especially. So we will omit that for nowGC 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 frugality4 -
Soup of the week is cauliflower and coconutCauliflower cheese with lots of extra veg, apple, banana and kefir
Roast lamb, roast potatoes, roast veg (pepper, courgette, shallots, tomatoes), raspberry clafoutis and kefir
Mon. Out
Cold lamb, spinach, green beans, mange tout, rest of the clafoutisFish curry, spinach, green beans, mange tout, poached pears, kefit
Sardines from freezer, greekish salad, poached pears, kefir
Spanakopita, greekish salad, stewed plums, custard
there will be enough curry, sardines and spanakopita left to take me well into the following week.5 -
F- takeaway or freezer rake
S - Fish finger sandwiches, mushy peas and oven chips
S - Roast lamb and various sides, tiramisu
M - Foil baked salmon, green veg, sweet potato wedges
T - Out for dinner
W- Potato and pea curry (c/f from last week)
T- One pan sausage pasta
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I’m ahead of myself due to a bank holiday Friday, also out for the day tomorrow so need to shop this afternoon (fairly small one again).
No more soup, I’m declaring spring 🙃
So, starting from Sunday as tea out tomorrow:
Sun - tuna steak with warm new potato, green bean and olive salad
Mon - creamy chicken and chorizo pasta, green beans
Tues - beans on toast
Wed - sweet chilli prawn noodles, sugar snap peas
Thurs - halloumi, new potato and courgette hash
Fri - salmon with creamy leeks and cannellini beans4 -
Plan for the week:
Sun (today) - Roast lamb, greens, mash and Yorkshire puddings
Mon - Cold lamb cuts, chips & pickles
Tue - Salad - there's a h/m quiche in the freezer to use up
Wed - Fish pie, broad beans
Thu - Corned beef hash, greens
Fri - Probably cod fillets, tbc
Sat - Corned beef, potato & onion pots with crusty rolls
I'm with justkeepswimming on the soup front, although there are a couple of tubs in the freezer, should they be needed. I've made a SC rice pudding that will do with fruit for afters during the week and have chopped a load of carrots that are now in a tub of cold water in the fridge. Tomorrow I'll slice up the lamb joint - it's a large piece so there'll be plenty to go in the freezer. There's also slices of beef and gammon in there so I'll not have to buy a joint again for quite some time.Be kind to others and to yourself too.3 -
F- takeaway or freezer rake
S - Pulled pork tacos
S - Veal schnitzel, peppercorn sauce, veg, baby potatoes
M - Black pepper chicken curry
T - HM pork & chorizo burgers, salad
W- Shepherd's pie using lamb frozen after Easter
T- Pasta with a tomato, pesto and chorizo sauce.
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The menu plan went to pot as I was out more than expected, so I still have the wherewithal for the main course and just need to buy a few veggies.
Fish curry, spinach, green beans, mange tout, fruit salad, kefir
Sardines, spinach, green beans, salsa verde, stewed plums, custard
Spanakopita, Greek style salad, pineapple, kefir
All those will do two days so I’ll add a chicken stir fry and raspberry clafoutis for when a friend comes to lunch.3
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