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Could we start a meal plan thread again, so it's not lost in the GC?
No plan as such from me this week, I'm in the "red warning" area of Storm Babet. Supermarkets haven't had deliveries for two days due to road closures/flooding on main arterial routes. My local SM has no milk, bread, F&V, chilled and frozen almost gone.
So for me its some wonderful creations from the freezer/cupboard stocks but I'll get back on track next week.
Look after yourself Need2bthrifty!
Thanks JKS, we're not as badly hit as other areas have been, but tonight is looking a bit worrying - its rained all day rivers are full to the brim and another hour to go until high tide
Jan - June Grocery spends = £531.61 July - Grocery spends = £119.54 Aug - Grocery spends = £20.63
Hope everyone is okay after the horrid weather, and no lasting damage to anyone property.
Did we all get through on what we had at home?
My plan has changed a little again. I know there is always wiggle room, but still .... 🙄.
Leftover rice means I need to do something with that tonight. I was thinking chilli or burritos ( I always love them, especially as they freeze so well). Or as I have an orange and orange juice that's been sitting around too long, I may also do orange tofu
Also leftover pasta, so with vegan mince I will make Bolognese and add that or a kind of hamburger helper meal, which I have never tried.
Tuesday and Wednesday are the same. Pot pie, and lemon and courgette pasta. Not sure which way around I had those originally; but DD2 will be here on Wednesday so I will do the pie then, as she doesn't like lemon based dishes. She has some sort of independent learning week, so here for about a week. So will adapt next week's meal plan to allow for that.
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 ££110.46/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)
Big shout out and round of applause to all supermarket HGV drivers. Even though the main roads are still closed they have managed to get two separate deliveries through to my local SM before 10.00am this morning, first since Thursday morning, well done guys
Went a bit mad with the fresh veg been craving it and want to replenish soup stocks
I’m away at the end of next week so just 5 days to worry about. Smallish shopping list but will go to the farm shop and stock up on decent chicken.
Sat - tapas with freshly baked baguette Sun - creamy chicken thigh, cannellini bean and leek traybake, broccoli Mon - chicken and chorizo jambalaya Tues - beans on toast Wed - bacon and broccoli pasta
Been a bit terrible at sticking to the plan, also because I tried to update on my app and it's been having problems. So it duplicated everything, and then I proceeded to delete the duplicates, losing everything I had planned. I do have it wrote down manually, but only a weeks worth. So, I'm having to try and remember what I had laid out for the month.
We didnt have the lemon Courgette pasta last week or pot pie, so we are having the latter tonight with parsnip chips.
So, meal plan Wednesday to Tuesday so far
W: Veg, sweet potato and orzo salad ( this is like an autumnal salad that can be eaten hot or cold)
T: Pizza F:Tofu satay S: Roasted veg, pasta and pesto
S: 'Chicken' pot pie and parsnip chips
M: Lemon and Courgette pasta
T: see Wednesday but with squash instead of sweet potato
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 ££110.46/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)
Forgot to post last week. F - takeaway/freezer rake S -out S - Roast chicken dinner M - Dal, rice naan T - Toad in hole, veg, onion gravy (c/f from a couple of weeks ago) W - Spag bol T - Trying this Korean pork and red pepper stew | Tesco Real Food
Wednesday was Spaghetti Bolognese. Thursday was Burrito, salad and chips Friday one pot Lemon and Courgette pasta Tonight creamy Courgette curry and rice.
Im currently trying to compile a few days meals for tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday. I think it's looking something like
Tomato and ginger soup with cheese toastie Jackfruit Campire stew w. mash potato Meera Sodha squash, red onion and quinoa salad (I will sub quinoa for another grain as I don't like it) This is like an autumn salad, not like a summer salad.
I'll come back on Wednesday with next week's meal plan.
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 ££110.46/£150 (includes food, toiletries and cleaning from 13th to 12th of each month. One person vegan household with occasional visitors)
Today was mushroom and spinach tart with salad Sunday roast duck, game sauce, roast butternut squash, spinach, roast cauliflower monday halibut, corn on the cob, spinach, baked potato tuesday cold duck, salad, maybe a baked potato wednesday cauliflower cheese thursday slow cooker veg curry, veg rice friday probably cauliflower cheese unless I’ve turned the rest of the cauli into soup, in which case it will be veg curry again
Didn't really post much last month as things kept getting in the way and the meal plan seemed to be forever changing! Hoping this month will be better!
So planned for this week:
S - roast pork dinner M - cold pork, chips, beans T - baked salmon, mini roasties, corn on the cob W - carbonara T - Stifado, mash F - thai fish curry, rice S - sweet and sour chicken, rice
