2014- time to start meal planning

[Emmabryant123]

As of today I am back on the meal planning for our evening meal:

Wednesday- salmon fillets, mash,cauliflower cheese and roasted parsnips and carrots
Pudding: mince pie and custard

Thursday (tomorrow)- me, hubby, ds1 and dd1- ham and cheese slice, chips and baked beans
Dd2 and ds2- fish fingers, chips and baked beans

Friday- chicken fajitas - with grilled chicken breasts, cheese, red onions, green peppers, fried tomatoes, sour cream and salsa
Pudding: home made choc brownies and ice cream

Saturday- omelettes- cheese and tomatoes for me, dd1 and dd2 for the boys cheese and onion

Sunday- gammon joint with salad bits and part baked crusty baguettes
Pudding: fruit salad and yoghurt

Monday: hubby and I- steak, mash and fried onions and mushrooms
Kids - tuna pasta bake and sweet corn

Tuesday: sausage casserole with roast potatoes

Wednesday: home made cheese and onion quiche with jacket pot and mushy peas
Pudding: raspberry pavlova

[pregnantpause]

Good idea,

tomorrow- pumpkin and red lentil soup with fried onion topping.
Friday- sausage, green beans and mash. With red onion gravy.
Saturday- artichoke soup with chicken dumplings.
Sunday- lentil Bolognese with tagliatelle.
Monday- roast veg cous cous.
Tuesday- cheese sandwiches (in work)

[prettypleasewithsugarontop]

Thu - freezer tea
Fri - baked potatoes (beans and cheese for the girls and I, tuna for dh)
Sat - some form of pasta with garlic bread (either macaroni or in tomato sauce)
Sun - steak pie, mash and veg
Mon - scrambled eggs and toast
Tue - homemade pizzas

[mrspremise]

mmmm, pregnantpause, artichoke soup with chicken dumplings sounds LOVELY! How do you make that?

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Today - veggie hotdogs and salad (am indulging dp!)
Tomorrow - am eating lunch out so probably salad or something on toast for tea
Monday - Thai vege curry (with tofu) and rice
Tuesday - veggie burritos
Weds - pasta with either pesto, creamed mushrooms or cheese, plus salad
Thurs - egg and chips and peas (day from hell at work)
Friday - veggie curry, dhal, rice, salads
Saturday - no idea
Sunday - either veggie shepherd's pie, or nut cutlets and roast vege

[pregnantpause]

It's a recipe from two greedy Italians- we're covering it in the cookbook club this month. I'll see if I can find it online.

[RestingActress]

I did a two week one yesterday as part of my NY resolution to be more organised, and booked grocery deliveries to suit them based on the 3 for £10 meat / fish deals.

I'll skip over yesterday fish fingers and chips as we were hungover

Today - fish pie
Tomorrow - red pesto chicken and pasta
Saturday - sausages and mash
Sunday - roast beef then apple pie or cheesecake at tea time
Monday - cold cuts baked potatoes and salad
Tuesday - Meatballs
Wednesday - Shepherds pie
Thursday - Chilli con carne
Friday - taglietelle carbonara
Saturday - takeaway
Sunday - roast chicken
Monday - cold cuts baked potatoes and salad
Tuesday - Beef Stroganoff
Wednesday - Toad in the hole
Thursday - Somerset pork
Friday - Spag bol

[Clutterbugsmum]

Mine for January

01/01/2014 WED Roast Beef & Trimmings
02/01/2014 THU Cold Beef and mash, Veg
03/01/2014 FRI Chicken Burgers, Chips and salad
04/01/2014 SAT Sausages
05/01/2014 SUN Roast Chicken & Trimmings
06/01/2014 MON Lemon sauce/Sweet and sour Chicken /stir fry
07/01/2014 TUE Chicken & veg Soup / Homemade Bread
08/01/2014 WED Spag Bol
09/01/2014 THU Fish fingers Mash & Peas
10/01/2014 FRI Fettuccine with Peas, onion and Bacon
11/01/2014 SAT Cottage Pie & Veg
12/01/2014 SUN Turkey and Leek Pie & Veg
13/01/2014 MON Pan Haggerty
14/01/2014 TUE Storecupboard pancakes, bacon and Tomatoes
15/01/2014 WED Onion Soup and Homemade Rolls.
16/01/2014 THU Egg on toast & toasties
17/01/2014 FRI Burgers & Chips
18/01/2014 SAT Sausage and Mash
19/01/2014 SUN Roast Pork
20/01/2014 MON Macaroni cheese/Cold Pork
21/01/2014 TUE Sticky Pork Bites and rice
22/01/2014 WED Lasagne/spinach ricotta pasta
23/01/2014 THU Baked beans on toast/Jacket Pots
24/01/2014 FRI Meatballs/Hot Balls
25/01/2014 SAT Not Pot Noodles - Chicken, Noodles and veg
26/01/2014 SUN Birthday
27/01/2014 MON Pasties (made with mince & potatoes) & Veg
28/01/2014 TUE Chicken Cacciatore (chicken cooked in Tomatoes)
29/01/2014 WED Toasties / Egg on toast
30/01/2014 THU Hot Sausages in Crunchy Bread
31/01/2014 FRI Pizza & Curly fries

[starofbethlehemfishmummy]

Mmm
Tonight - beef casserole.
After that no idea! Dh has moved jobs as of today, which means a longer commute, so we won't all be eating together in the week. Don't want to be cooking twice every night (and yes he can cook for himself but would then live entirely on sausages and burgers) so need to think up some stuff that is easy to keep warm or reheat (but no microwave; as I have a teeny kitchen and nowhere to put one)

[pregnantpause]

Oooh ckutterbug- you've just added pan hagertty to my list- perfect for this weather, thanks

[VinoTime]

Tonight - smoked haddock chowder

Friday - quorn sausages, roast potatoes, frozen veg and gravy

Saturday - mince and potatoes with peas and sweetcorn

Sunday - cheesy pasta bake with carrots and broccoli

Monday - spaghetti bolognese (I only use 1/3 of a pack of turkey mince per meal and bulk out with veg, so lots of onion, mushrooms and a green pepper)

Tuesday - baked potatoes and salad

Wednesday - chilli and rice for me, fish fingers and chips for dd (it's her 'naughty' day where she gets to choose because I'm making something she won't eat)

Thursday - chicken and veggie stir fry with noodles (tiny bit of chicken for flavour more than anything, with lots of onion, mushrooms, carrots, broccoli, pineapple and a pepper)

Friday - ham, cheese and veggie omelettes with toast and any left over salad bits

Breakfast - cereal, toast or porridge

Lunch - sandwiches, pizza muffins or homemade veggie and lentil soup

I've never really done a strict meal plan before, but I'm giving it a go this year. I can already see how it will save me even more ££'s and I budget shop as it is

[spacegirl81]

clutter im impressed! I usually do a week at a time!

[Gemizzel]

I always have the best intentions when it comes to planning meals but for some reason I never seem to fancy what I have planned for that evening and end up rummaging in the cupboards I infuriate myself that I do this because I can't seem to force myself to eat what I don't fancy because I don't really enjoy it.
Does anyone else have that problem? Do you just ignore what you fancy to eat and eat what you have planned?

[Clutterbugsmum]

Thank you. But to be fair I normally only do week or 2 at a time. But I did it to get away from DH who is dying from the cold manflu .

[Clutterbugsmum]

Gemizzel, the meals on my list I have about 90% ingrediants in either fridge/freezer and cupboards so I may change things around if I don't fancy what I have Planned.

[Jcee]

Yum...love threads like ths for inspiration...some great ideas here....Clutterbugs i am in awe at being that organised....here's my list for next week

Tomorrow - chicken risotto
Saturday - steak sandwich, rocket and onion rings
Sunday - beef bourginon
Monday - roasted veg frittata salad
Tuesday - sausage & mash
Wednesday - veggie stir fry noodles
Thurs - pork chops & spicy rice
Fri - Kiev chips

[neversleepagain]

Friday - Spinach & ricotta cannelloni with garlic bread
Saturday - Fish and chips
Sunday - Roast chicken, roast potatoes & roasted vegetables (courgette, onions & mixed peppers
Monday - Chicken curry and rice
Tuesday - Meatballs and spaghetti
Wednesday - Pan fried sea bass with mash and peas
Thursday - Vegetable lasagne

[RestingActress]

starofbethlehem - do you have a slow cooker? I find ours invaluable for this reason.

The DCs have after school activities 4 nights out of 5 - their choice not mine, I'm too lazy to be a tiger mother, and DH can be home anything between 6 and 10, so a lot of my stuff can be done in the slow cooker and then just 3 mins to microwave frozen rice / boil fresh pasta to go with it.

[Eggsiseggs]

Oooo great! Got out of the habit of this last year and it Cody both £££ and llbs!

Tonight: Thai red curry (butternut squash and pineapple)
Tomorrow: potatoes with beef casserole from my huge batch now in freezer
Sunday: pork medallions with baked apple, peas and potato
Monday: chunky lentil/veg soup with bread (freezer batch)
Tuesday: chilli con carne with brown rice (freezer again!)
Wednesday: Cajun salmon with rice, roast tomatoes and whatever other veg is handy
Thursday: soup again
Friday: eating out
Saturday: eating out
Sunday: steak, salad, potatoes

A bit meatier and heavier than usual, but it is cold, miserable Jan!

[Eggsiseggs]

Cost, not Cody!