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Could we start a meal plan thread again, so it's not lost in the GC?
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Need to come up with two meals for Saturday and Sunday, but these are the things I've eaten so far this week. Also, what I'm eating tonight and tomorrow. I'll edit once I've thought about the weekends meals.
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 frugality1 -
F - Takeaway/freezer rake
S - Out
S- Jerk chicken with rice and peas, veg
M - Salmon in a bag, sweet potatoes, veg
T - HM steak and onion double crust pie, sides tbc
W - Spag bol
T - Cullen skink
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Have got organised this week and done my plan already. Have got quite a lot in the freezer so not too much shopping tomorrow. I’ve got enough soup for lunches this week too so will have a weekend off making any.
Sat - out
Sun - smoked salmon sandwich (out for lunch)
Mon - new potato, pepper and feta traybake
Tues - beans on toast
Wed - chicken, pepper and pea egg fried rice
Thurs - tuna steak with lentils, spinach and sun dried tomatoes
Fri - sausage and spinach gnocchi0 -
My weekend meals are vegan chicken stew and dumplings and vegan 'fish' goujons, chips and peasGC 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 frugality1
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This weeks meal plan is -
Monday - Pasta with chicken in white sauce and sweetcorn
Tuesday - Beans on Toast or Fishfingers, Chips and Beans
Wednesday - Chicken Nuggets, Chips, Veg Sticks
Thursday - Birthday Dinner. It’s DS1’s birthday so he gets to pick a takeaway
Friday - Spaghetti Bolognese
Saturday - Philly Chicken
Sunday - Roast Gammon2025 Decluttering Campaign Mrs SD –The joy of decluttering 45.5/104⭐️
#3 Make £2,025 in 2025 £244.34/£2,025
2024 Decluttering🏅 121.5/52[/b] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️2023 Decluttering 53.5/52 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 2022 Decluttering 84/52(72) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2021 Mission Declutter 56.5/52(85) ⭐️ 2020 Banish the clutter 45/52
#25 Make £2,024 in 2024 £684.05/£2,024 #? Make £2023 in 2023 - £331.75/£2,023 #31 Make £2022 in 2022 - £489/£2022 #96 Make £2020 in 2020 - £1,307.72/£20201 -
F - Takeaway/freezer rake
S - Pork rib chop, salad, sweet potatoes
S- Balmoral chicken, veg, spuds, peppercorn sauce
M - Cauliflower and macaroni cheese
T - Chicken, chickpea & chorizo stew
W - Cullen skink (c/f from last week)
T - Baked potatoes topping tbc
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Here we are again. All planned and a medium shop done. Lidl bit was super cheap as I won a £10 voucher last week 🥳. Mind you, then spent £7 in sainsburys on bits I can’t get in Lidl 🙄
Sat - prawn and cherry tomato linguine, broccoli
Sun - Chinese pork belly slices, ginger sweet potato mash, pak choi
Mon - LO pork and veg noodles
Tues - beans on toast
Wed - garlic mushroom and broccoli pesto pasta
Thurs - tuna steak, ginger sweet potato mash, green veg
Fri - cheese and mushroom omelette, bread and butter
Also making leek and pea soup for work lunches.1 -
A bit of a delay in posting this week as Thursday is the start of a new month and I didn’t manage to get the monthly meal plan done until this evening.Monday - Egg, Chips and Beans
Tueaday - Pesto Pasta
Wednesday - Stir Fry Noodles
Thursday - Salmon, Rice and Veg
Friday - Chicken Nuggets, Chips, Veg Sticks (because we didn’t have them as planned last week as my Mum cooked for us)
Saturday - Chicken Curry
Sunday - Spaghetti Bolognese (because we didn’t have it last week as I was poorly, so we only managed soup instead)2025 Decluttering Campaign Mrs SD –The joy of decluttering 45.5/104⭐️
#3 Make £2,025 in 2025 £244.34/£2,025
2024 Decluttering🏅 121.5/52[/b] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️2023 Decluttering 53.5/52 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 2022 Decluttering 84/52(72) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2021 Mission Declutter 56.5/52(85) ⭐️ 2020 Banish the clutter 45/52
#25 Make £2,024 in 2024 £684.05/£2,024 #? Make £2023 in 2023 - £331.75/£2,023 #31 Make £2022 in 2022 - £489/£2022 #96 Make £2020 in 2020 - £1,307.72/£20201 -
@justkeepswimmimg do you have a recipe for your prawn and cherry tomato linguine, it sounds lovely!2025 Decluttering Campaign Mrs SD –The joy of decluttering 45.5/104⭐️
#3 Make £2,025 in 2025 £244.34/£2,025
2024 Decluttering🏅 121.5/52[/b] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️2023 Decluttering 53.5/52 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 2022 Decluttering 84/52(72) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2021 Mission Declutter 56.5/52(85) ⭐️ 2020 Banish the clutter 45/52
#25 Make £2,024 in 2024 £684.05/£2,024 #? Make £2023 in 2023 - £331.75/£2,023 #31 Make £2022 in 2022 - £489/£2022 #96 Make £2020 in 2020 - £1,307.72/£20200 -
StickyTheStickInsect said:@justkeepswimmimg do you have a recipe for your prawn and cherry tomato linguine, it sounds lovely!
https://desertislanddishes.co/prawn-tomato-linguine-inspired-by-clodagh-mckenna/It was good, quite spicy. Enjoy,JKS1
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