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

K9sandFelines

Finally got hungry about half eight. Tea was delicious, and I will be adding it to the meal plan at some point again. I made a little mango salsa and added a bit of hm coleslaw I'd made from prepped red cabbage that's been in the fridge for ages, but is going strong still (and I had pickled the rest) 

MissRikkiC

I too love a meal plan and like someone else said, not sure I could shop with out one. Not very well anyway!! 

For us, 

Monday - Can’t for the life of me remember! Something with rice! 🤣 
Tuesday - Lasagana and Wedges 
Wednesday - Breaded tofu stir fry 
Thursday - Buddha bowl 
Friday - HM pizzas. 

This was the plan from the beginning so really pleased we were able to stick to it this week! 

London_1

cheerfulcat said:

https://youtu.be/WHDTP8P9SFI £1 a day. 

I looked through this chaps YouTube recipes and on his £5.for 5 days on day three I think it was he made some nice looking roosts from grated carrot and swede and cooked them alongside jacke potatoes.He has some really nice veggie based recipes on there HTH a bit ,well worth a look I think.More and more meals are going to be veggie based I think I do eat meat ,but far less than I used to so it makes a nice change to see new ones and he is brilliant he doesn't waste a scrap of anything at all  

K9sandFelines

London_1 said:

cheerfulcat said:

https://youtu.be/WHDTP8P9SFI £1 a day. 

I looked through this chaps YouTube recipes and on his £5.for 5 days on day three I think it was he made some nice looking roosts from grated carrot and swede and cooked them alongside jacke potatoes.He has some really nice veggie based recipes on there HTH a bit ,well worth a look I think.More and more meals are going to be veggie based I think I do eat meat ,but far less than I used to so it makes a nice change to see new ones and he is brilliant he doesn't waste a scrap of anything at all  

I knew who this was, without even clicking on the link. He is really resourceful.
Another brilliant one to watch is June who does Budget Eats on the Delish channel. She uses up every scrap of everything, and good at teaching you about different herbs and spices and aspects of Oriental cooking. She is in America though so access to things may differ. I love how down to earth she is and just a wonder basically ☺️


Edited to say June now has her own YT channel called June like the month

arielgirl

This week has been
Mon - HM cottage pie, with mince and bulked up with lentils. Some leftovers frozen
Tue-Baked potatoes, tuna, cheese, mayo
Wed- Noodles with seabass 
Thurs HM chilli with rice. Some of the chilli frozen and some left for tomorrow
Fri - Chilli with macaroni pasta and cheese
Sat - L*dls tortellini pasta the version you can keep in the cupboard as opposed to fridge. 
Sun- A surprise

Then from Monday
Mon - Mash potato with enough cooked for tomorrow, sausage, beans
Tues- Mash, trout, mushy peas
Wed-Fish parcel, wedges and the other half tin of the mushy peas
Thurs-Tuna, mayo baked potatoes
Fri - The other portion of cottage pie frozen last week and the half tin of beans opened on Mon
Sat 1/2 a pizza with wedges OR a full pizza
Sun Chicken thighs. There are two frozen together - one will be kept for Monday nights tea. Mash...And I'm a bit stuck for fresh veg, but could open more peas...in fact I have a box of those dried peas maybe this is a good time to use those.

candygirl

London_1 said:

cheerfulcat said:

https://youtu.be/WHDTP8P9SFI £1 a day. 

I looked through this chaps YouTube recipes and on his £5.for 5 days on day three I think it was he made some nice looking roosts from grated carrot and swede and cooked them alongside jacke potatoes.He has some really nice veggie based recipes on there HTH a bit ,well worth a look I think.More and more meals are going to be veggie based I think I do eat meat ,but far less than I used to so it makes a nice change to see new ones and he is brilliant he doesn't waste a scrap of anything at all  

Ooh I'll be having a look at him then,  seeing as I'm a skint vegetarian  

London_1

  

Just cooking my haddock, and decided to have some more of the cauliflower and instead of mash, will have the last of the new potatoes steamed, leaving a few left for tomorrows lunchtime meal

 Ieaving about a quarter of the cauliflower left for my meat free Monday nights meal.

Tomorrow night I am at my eldest daughters for dinner, and Sunday nights dinner is at my youngest daughters so apart from some fruit for breakfast tomorrow morning, and maybe scrambled eggs for Sunday breakfast, and a snack for lunch, not a lot of cooking for me over the next couple of days.

 I made some Melting Moments biscuits for tomorrow night at DDs to have with our coffee if we fancy it. Also I have made a Manderine orange trifle to take with my for tomorrow nights pudding as its her favourite. 

I will post next weeks menus on Sunday morning as I do my menus and veg prep whilst listening to The Archers  Sunday morning ritual for me  

JackieO xx

K9sandFelines

Not meaning to blow my own trumpet, but tea was lovely tonight. It was meant to be Dan Dan noodles, but I had nothing I could replace for one of the ingredients I'd overlooked. The plan also was to use half vegan mince tonight in the DD noodles and half tomorrow. DD1 hadnt told me if she was still coming tomorrow,so I went with a Autumn Bibimbap ( basically another Buddha bowl with Kimchi) ; as I didn't want to defrost the mince unesscessarily. It turns out she is coming after all 

It's meant to have Gochujang on the roasted veg but I had none left, so drizzled with chilli oil and added sweet chilli sauce later on. I subbed sprouts for cauli leaves. (Cauli still going strong from Easter). This was my favourite part, as they went crunchy in the air fryer like kale chips. I also added some pepper and edamame & broad beans. Rice is under there somewhere  😂

candygirl

https://youtu.be/rz96gQgWRns

Forgot to add this link .Budget, n easy vegan meals 😋 

maryb

How did I not see this thread?  It's already seven pages.  I'll go back and take notes because I lack inspiration atm.

I usually plan for a month but I have a basic template which is

Sunday:  Roast.  I do wish they'd invent another animal!  I circle through chicken lamb beef pork and gammon if it's a five week month

Monday:  Leftovers, either reheated or more usually made into another dish eg shepherd's pie or chicken and bacon in a sauce

Tuesday:  sausages or a mince dish.  Sausages if Monday was mince eg shepherd's pie

Wednesday:  something made with eggs/cheese

Thursday:  chicken usually in something like a stir-fry to stretch a smaller portion.  I use one chicken breast between two

Friday:  Fish

Saturday: something a bit fancier/ a treat