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Could we start a meal plan thread again, so it's not lost in the GC?
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Ok last week made enough for two meals on some of the days, so this is this week's plan.
Tonight : Burrito with side salad and potato salad
Rest of the week (all dependant on the current hot spell):
Haluski (as didn't have it last week, luckily cabbage still good) ✅
Mushroom and Bacon Carbonara ✅
Ital soup No longer having this as it was to use the Pak choi
Chilli and sweet potato wedges ✅
Something with tofu (not sure on the sauce component)✅ Had pad thai
Roasted veg pasta ✅
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 £74.69/£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 -
This week didn't go completely to plan and next week may well need a bit of tweaking too!
F - fridge/freezer rake
S - family bbq
S - chicken wings & salad
M - yoghurt chicken curry
T - chilli con carne
W - pasta, chorizo, tomato sauce
T - tbc4 -
Another short week for me 🙃
Sat - Parma ham, peach and feta salad, fresh bread
Sun - tuna sandwich (out for lunch)
Mon - chorizo and chickpea stew, pitta bread
Tues - prawn and courgette orzo
Wed - chicken and sugar snap egg fried rice
Thurs - salmon with herby cream cheese sauce, new potatoes, sugar snap peas
Have tweaked tomorrow’s as have stuff to use up 🙃3 -
I've been missing in action for a while, things have been a bit difficult, but have still been meal planning but not posting here. Hoping for a bit of a fresh start in July!
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Welcome back @StickyTheStickInsect
Didn't have Haluski on Sunday, as I needed to use up some leftover Chilli and leftover rice, so made Burritos again
This weeks plan is as follows:
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 £74.69/£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 -
F - fridge/freezer rake
S - spiced chicken flatbreads, salad
S - steak dinner
M - sausages, wedges, beans, veg
T - lasagne, salad
W - sweet and sour pork, rice
T - bacon and pea pasta
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F - fridge/freezer rake
S - lemon & oregano chicken wings, feta dip, salad, potatoes
S - peri peri lamb, spicy rice, veg
M - chicken toped with bacon crumb, avocado dip, potatoes
T - spag bol
W - tofu in black bean sauce, veg, rice
T - salmon in a bag, veg, sweet potatoes
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Sat - chicken and broccoli satay noodles
Sun - salmon with chimichurri sauce, sautéed potatoes and broccoli
Mon - tuna, broccoli and pesto pasta
Tues - chorizo and chickpea stew
Wed - prawn and veg egg fried rice
Thurs - mushroom and herby cream cheese gnocchi
Fri - steak with chimichurri cannellini bean salad3 -
Meal plan has been a bit samey this week, as its been my end of the month
I've already started on next week's plan, so I shall post that soon also.
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 £74.69/£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 -
Stuck to all past weeks plan, except the tofu; that's been moved to tonight, and we're having orange tofu not herbed now.
The rest of the week, is as follows:
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 £74.69/£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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