To ask what is your meal plan for the upcoming week?

[KnittingForMittens]

Interested to know and to get some ideas :)

Mon: kedgeree
Tues: not sure. Omelette maybe?
Weds: honey & mustard chicken thighs w new pots and veg
Thurs: not sure
Fri: bn squash, lentil & feta salad

I'll do the rest of my meal planning tomorrow while I'm sitting around watching dc play sports!

This was a very good thread to open before I sit and meal plan tomorrow! Some fab ideas here!

I'm on week 4 of my new 4-week rolling meal plan next week. I can't remember what is on it but I know everything needed is coming in the online shop.

It was hearing about other people on mumsnet's 4 week meal plans that gave me the inspiration and so far it is fab!

If anyone complains I will tell them to fuck off and make their own food might reconsider but it massively reduces my mental load.

@elfrodeswancourt what's the 4 week meal plan? Or is it just what it says, just plan out 4 weeks and repeat repeat repeat? Hmmm that's interesting as meal planning is my least favourite thing to do but if I don't do it we spend so much money on food.

Sat Roast chicken, new potatoes courgettes green beans and butter

Sun at friends

Mon chickpea korma, rice and salad

Tues kedgeree

Wed veg soup bread and cheese

Thurs sausage baps, fried onions coleslaw salad

Fri pesto pasta.and salad

Butterflied marinaded chicken breasts with saute potatoes and salad
Sausage creamy mustard meatballs and pasta
Satay chicken skewers and coucous and veg
Beef stir fry, bok choi and dan dan noodles
Seafood green curry and rice
Asparagus rissotto
Carbonara

Steak filled giant Yorkshire pudding with mash and marrow fat peas

Halloumi and roasted Mediterranean veg

Pan fried chicken on lentils with leeks

Mac and cheese with sweet corn and ham

Chicken balti with chickpeas and spinach

Basa fillet with mash and broccoli

Pork and tomato risotto with mushrooms;

that’s this weeks end going into next week! Plan starts on a Wednesday

Pollock fish, chorizo and chickpea stew
Pork stir fry (but all elements ie noodles/veg/protein separate as that's how the ds's enjoy a stir fry)
Puttanesca
Homemade burgers & ranch slaw
Greek style roast chicken

We're trying to keep spends low but I refuse to not enjoy food if we're not going out or buying clothes/hair cuts /home items for new house etc I can at least enjoy meals we both work bloody hard . I realise I'm lucky be able to do so.

Quorn chipotle somethings with something
Tofu stir fry twice as lots of tofu
Eggs, prob omelette.
Out twice. May be 3 times.

QOD- the youngest will absolutely eat everything on there, she thinks she’s some sort of Sous chef in the kitchen, eldests menu will be:

Chopped peppers, sweet corn, brown rice, wrap cashews x 2 meals

Small pizza with sweet corn, carrot sticks and cucumber (will pick all the cheese off)

Plain pasta, boiled egg (just the white), broccoli, cauliflower and carrots x 2 meals

Fishfingers/chicken dippers with waffles and carrots x 2 meals.

Week in, week out... a rotation of the same two proteins (eggs and nuts) carbs and veg, in alluring and different ways.

Dd2 and I had Thai beef stir fry with lemongrass and coconut sauce for lunch. Luckily dd1 is actually still awesome so we haven’t traded her yet

Probably something like chicken, salad & wraps
Sausages, broccoli, Yorkshire pudding & gravy
Veg stir fry with noodles
Pasta, pesto & bacon
Chicken nuggets & fries

We don't have much time to cook because we both work full time and have lots on in the evenings.

We are having an ‘eat up what’s in the fridge/freezer/cupboards week as the housekeeping account is very low!
Sat - sticky aubergine stir fry and rice
Sun - roast loin of lamb + roast pots and veg
Mon - sea bass fillets and veg
Tues -spinach and potato curry
Wed - baked trout and salad
Thurs - sweet potato and black bean burgers
Fri - breast of lamb and veg

Surely only on mums net do children (and I use that term loosely as mine is 20 and wouldn’t eat that) eat mushroom burgers and risotto

I'm convinced DS was born with the (expensive) tastes of a 40 year old epicure.

No idea which is I fear where I’m going wrong...
Great ideas here though

Oh this is fun! Thanks for ideas

Veggie here so...

Green pesto lasagne (BBC recipe)

Mushroom asparagus omelette

Beetroot feta pumpkin salad

Cheesy broccoli stuffed baked potatoes

Freezer dip/things on toast (beans/eggs/tomatoes etc)

Saturday mussels skinny chips salad
Salmon roast potatoes cauliflower cheese broccoli
Ribs, corn on cob baby roast new potatoes
Pork chop tray bake - onion apple sweet potato carrrot and stuffing
Pasta salmon broccoli salad dressing spinach
Fish cakes and poached eggs

I plan or I eat chips for every meal.

Tomorrow: stirfry of some description
Monday: veggie sausage stew and mash
Tuesday: Penang tofu
Wednesday spicy roasted squash with nuts. Will do a side salad or something
Thursday: pasta with roast pepper sauce.

Does anyone meal plan for lunches? I find that when I do my weekly shop I always forget lunch things. Then end up popping to the shop loads during the week and spending too much money.

QOD mine wouldn't eat that sort of thing either. My youngest likes to snack in rubbish and my eldest who is 16 has only just tried a mild curry.

Sat: Venison steak and mash
Sun: Roast chicken
Mon: Veg stew
Tues: Whatever DH catches
Wed: Squirrel stew
Thu: bean salad
Fri: BBQ

This is DH’s department but the menu planner on the fridge says:

Sunday - Roast lamb if cool, dinner in the pub garden if hot
Monday - home made pizza
Tuesday - chicken with green pesto & mozzarella
Wednesday - sardines for me, soup for DH
Thursday - red pesto pasta bake with mixed beans & tomatoes
Friday - toad in the hole, mustard mash and shallot & red wine gravy
Saturday - vegan hot & cold buffet (vegan guests coming)

Crikey, a couple of these menus would be very expensive!

Sunday - homemade veggie pizzas, salad and chilli bread.
Monday - Potato wedges, homemade burgers and salad.
Tuesday - Mac and cheese with chicken and chorizo. Salted and pepper chickpeas on the side.
Wednesday - Sausage, mash and beans.
Thursday - roast veggies with wholemeal pasta
Friday - chilli and jacket spuds
Saturday - fish with anything I still have left in the house.

Steak filled giant Yorkshire pudding with mash and marrow fat peas

I could hammer that right now.

BenWillbondsPants

For us it’s free, we grow or hunt/fish everything