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Mealplans WB 11th April 2008
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Afternoon all
OH is away Mon-Thurs next week so me and DD will just be having simple meals - so much easier and cheaper when hes away bless him!!! Some meals from last week didn't happen as we ate out on our way back from Glasgow on Wed and Thurs we had bacon, eggs and beans etc, so will fit them in as and when as i'd already bought the stuff
Sat - Leftover bolognese and jacket taties
Sun - Sausage casserole, mash and broccoli
Mon - Cheesy potato bake, broccoli
Tues - Chickpea curry for me, korma for DD and rice
Wed - Pasta bake
Thurs - Jacket taties/something on toast
Fri - Sweet and sour chicken, rice, mini spring rolls
Have a good week all
kate xxx0 -
Hi all, this week we're having:
Monday - spaghetti, Alex Mackays Ragu and cheese
Tuesday - fried chicken, salad, new potatoes and coleslaw
Wednesday - [strike]cowboy chicken and rice[/strike] shepherds pie and broccoli (using lamb from Sunday's roast)
Thursday - mini meatballs in tomato sauce, mashed potato, green beans or broccoli
Friday - macaroni cheese and green salad
Saturday - lunch out
Sunday - roast"We have to be kind because everyone is fighting a great, great battle" - Sir Richard Attenborough
"There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women" - Madeleine Albright0 -
Great mealplans everyone :T
Welcome Newbies :wave:
Nikki
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Sun 13th: Garlic and thyme roast chicken with all the trimmings
Mon 14th: Chicken curry and rice
Tues 15th: HM burgers (for Hubby), HM salmon fishfingers (for kids) both with parsnip and butternut squash wedges
Wed 16th:HM chicken kievs, mashed potatoes and sweetcorn
Thurs 17th: sausages and cauli cheese
Fri 18th: kids having salmon and prawn pasta bake, Hubby having burgers and HM wedges.0 -
Ok this week we're having
Sunday at Dads for dinner:T
Monday kids Roast duck, veg ,roast pots, yorkshire pud. Me same no duck
Tuesday Kids HM meatballs tom sauce and rice. Me same veggie 'balls'
Wednesday All sausage casserole pasta (veggie sausages)
Thursday All Egg HM wedges beans
Friday All HM pizza salad HM garlic bread
Saturday Kids pork stir fry with blackbean sauce and noodles Me veg stir fry
Lunches sandwiches/toasties easy as kids on holiday!!GC 9/4-6/5
£160.00
wk 1 £115.24 = £44.76 left!!
wk 2 £0 = £44.76 left!!
wk 3 £46.71 = -£1.950 -
ok here's hoping we stick to this,
today - saus & lentil casserole (sc) and hm bread
monday - beans on toast (oh working late)
tuesday - mince and jkt spuds
wednesday - bacon and veg pasta
thursday - veggie curry and hm naan (if i find a recipe)
friday - corned beef hash
saturday - toad in the hole
lunches will be mainly soup or sandwiches in hm breadNonny mouse and Proud!!
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience!!
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Amor et metus. Lac? Sugar? Quisque massa vel duo? (stolen from a lovely forumite!)0 -
Righteo, here goes (for the next few days) - am trying lots of new things this week as the menu list feels a little stale. So a mixture of favourites and new bits to try:
- home made chilli with spagetti
- spagetti carbona (using a recipe found on the £5 jamie oliver recipe thread)
- corned beef casserole (as above)
- chorizo pasta (as above!)
- meat and mash and beans (couldn't get fave sausages so ham it tis)Declutter 300 things in December challenge, 9/300. Clear the living room. Re-organize storage
:cool2: Cherryprint: "More stuff = more stuff to tidy up!" Less things. Less stuff. More life.Fab thread: Long daily walks
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Sat: fish & chips (bought from supermarket)
Sun: roast pork, caramelised apples, roast potatoes & parsnips, carrots
Mon: special fried rice using pork & prawns
Tues: sausage, mash, onion gravy & peas
Wed: meatballs in tomato sauce (from freezer), spaghetti, salad
Thurs: chicken legs roasted with tomatoes & courgettes, couscous
Fri: spicy smoked haddock chowder & naan breadMortgage started on 22.5.09 : £129,600Overpayments to date: £3000June grocery challenge: 400/6000 -
As I have just noticed this today I will do my meals from today till Thursday!.
Mon-HM lentil soup, HM bread.
Tues - burger buns and potato wedges.
weds - chicken veggie pie roast pots.
thur - spag bol and garlic bread.
Not very exciting and not much on the lines of veggies but I am using all the bits up in the freezer etc and plus its hubbts wages next friday i am trying to buy little or nothing till then.
QP.Grocery Challenge. £400. - £35.22 + £19.80 + £109.01 = £164.03
Other spends (Clothes Luxuries etc)£11.97 + £1.19 + £7.36 + £69.00 + £38.50 + £5.50 + £23.00 +£2.00 = £158.52:shocked::sad:0 -
sorry mine are so late this week.......i have been so busy
ill start with thursday lol
thursday: hm spicy prawns and noodles
friday: hm chicken and mushroom pie
sat: pizza
sun should have been hm soup but went for a curry
mon: hm soup
tues: hm chicken burgers:cool:"More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them." - Harold J. Smith:cool:0
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