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Black-Saturn's Menu Planner

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As promised here is my week's menu planner. If your going to buy all the ingredients in the shopping list you should buy the cheapest ones you can source. I will start the first post with the planner, then my next post will be a shopping list. Then my subsequent posts will be all the receipes needed. Feel free to ask question or comment inbetween if you wish.

Breakfast Each Day - Toast or Wheat Biscuits (Tescos own version of Weetabix.

Lunch each Day - Home Made Soup

Sunday - Roast Pork, Mash, Mixed Vegetables, Gravy followed by strawberry mousse.

Monday - Pork Curry, onion bahjee (sp?) followed by malt loaf.

Tuesday - Lasagne followed by fruit cobbler.

Wednesday - Asda value pizza and chips followed by fruit cobbler.

Thursday - Fishermans Pie followed by chocolate mousse.

Friday - Iceland Scampi and chips and peas.

Saturday - Spaghetti Bolognese followed by strawberries and cream.
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  • mummysaver
    mummysaver Posts: 3,119 Forumite
    Thanks very much for posting Black Saturn - with all these menu planners around I won't need to do any work myself soon, just as I finally got around to meal planning too!
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  • Sounds great,looking forward to the recipes,thanks :)
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    Shopping List

    1 loaf value white bread
    1 small chicken breast
    4 cooking onions
    1 packet scotch broth mix
    1 carrot
    mixed herbs
    Frozen Peas
    Pork Joint
    White all purpose potatos
    Value Gravy Granules
    Frozen vegetables of your choice
    6 pints milk
    1 small tin evaporated milk
    1 jelly
    Value Plain Flour
    Curry Powder
    White value rice
    Tesco Wheat Biscuits (their version of Weetabix)
    Sultanas or Raisins
    White Granulated Sugar
    Tea Bags
    6 eggs
    Value Self raising flour
    Porridge oats (optional)
    Margarine
    Value Lasagne Sheets
    4 packs value mince
    1 tube tomato puree
    2 tins value tomatos
    Value Cheese
    Cornflour
    Value Tin of fruit of your choice
    Asda value pizza
    2 large cod steaks
    1 tin of prawns
    1 and a half pints single cream
    salt
    pepper
    value plain chocolate block
    Iceland Scampi
    Value spaghetti or pasta
    Strawberries


    Add on the drinks of your choice for the week.
    2008 Comping Challenge
    Won so far - £3010 Needed - £230
    Debt free since Oct 2004
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    Recipe for lunchtime soup

    Take 1 small chicken breast, 1 onion, half a packet of scotch broth mix, handful of mixed herbs, a few frozen peas, one potato peeled and chopped and 1 carrot peeled and chopped. Put all these ingredients in a slow cooker with about half a pint of boiling water and cook in the slow cooker for about 4 or 5 hours.

    When cooked puree and either transfer into individual portions and freeze or transfer to one large container and chill.
    2008 Comping Challenge
    Won so far - £3010 Needed - £230
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  • pixie1
    pixie1 Posts: 1,442 Forumite
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    I love scampi but its just so pricey, Ive never tried Icelands version so Im going to give it a go now - Thanks Black - Saturn :)
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  • pixie1
    pixie1 Posts: 1,442 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Sorry to sound stupid but whats scotch broth mix? I love the sound of the soup, I will try this one for sure!
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  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    Pork Curry and Onion Bahjee Reipe

    I must admit I'm not very good at cooking curry but here's how I do it.

    With the leftover pork from sundays roast. Cut the pork into small cubes and add to the slow cooker, add sultanas, curry powder, one potato peeled and cubed, half an onion and about half a pint of boiling water. Serve with boiled rice.

    Cut the other half of onion into small pieces and add to a bowl, mix in plain flour, curry powder and pepper until it is in a stiff paste and then form into balls. Deep fry or shallow fry until golden.
    2008 Comping Challenge
    Won so far - £3010 Needed - £230
    Debt free since Oct 2004
  • Lucie_2
    Lucie_2 Posts: 1,482 Forumite
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    pixie1 wrote:
    I love scampi but its just so pricey, Ive never tried Icelands version so Im going to give it a go now - Thanks Black - Saturn :)

    Check out https://www.fixtureferrets.co.uk & it's on BOGOF at Tesco & Morrisons this week.
  • lidls do a delicious scampi - lots of the time their frozen stuff is on offer as well.
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    Lasagne Recipe

    Preheat oven to gas mark 5. Peel and chop 1 cooking onion and add to a saucepan with some butter or margarine. Cook until golden and add 1 tin of value tomatos and a scwert of tomoto puree. When that is bubbling add 2 packets of value mince and a handful of herbs. Cook for around 20 minutes on a low heat.

    Meanwhile boil about half a pint of milk in a saucepan and stir about 4 heaped teaspoons of cornflour into a bit of milk in a cup. When the milk is about to boil add the cornflour mixture and turn the heat down. Then add about 4 or 5 ounces of grated cheese and stir till melted.

    In a baking tray layer up the lasagne sheets, mince mixture and cheese sauce mixture. Top with grated cheese and then bake in the oven for about 20 minutes ish.
    2008 Comping Challenge
    Won so far - £3010 Needed - £230
    Debt free since Oct 2004
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