Meal plan this week?

[2MapleMuffins]

Would love to see what you have planned.

Would also be interested to know how your 'structure' a meal plan. I try and not eat the same sort of proten or carb every day, so will have rice once; pasta once. potatoes once for example.

My relaiance on chicken is fairly epic, so I am also trying to move away from that and insert more vegetarian meals.

Just interested how other people do it in their daily lives!

APurpleSquirel, can I ask how you make your spicy sausage egg fried rice please as I really like the sound of that and I think it would go down well here with DH and DS!

Saturday - dhal was on the meal plan, but it was DH's turn to cook and he didn't cook it, so DC had pasta with peas and sweetcorn and grated cheese, DH and I had vegan 'fish' fingers, new potatoes and broccoli
Sunday - vegan 'chicken' and mushroom pie, mash and veg
Monday - I will be at work at dinner time, I don't know what DH will cook for him and DC
Tuesday - fish, baked beans and rainbow chips (carrots, parsnips and beetroot cut into chip shapes and roasted)
Wednesday - spicy tomato risotto
Thursday - pasta with a tomato and olive sauce

DH is vegan, DC and I aren't.

@YappityYapYap sure - we get some spicy sausages, currently the Sainsbury's Chorizo style ones, squeeze out the meat into balls & fry in a frying pan. Boil some rice (we use white basmati). Add in any veg you want to the sausage balls (we like stir fry types - onion, peppers, sweet corn etc). Once that's cooked, tip in the cooked drained rice. In a jug or mug crack & whisk several eggs - amount will depend on how many your cooking for & how eggy you like it. We usually go for about 4-5. Add the egg to the rice, veg & sausages & cook, stirring till all the egg is cooked. Done.
We've tried this with several types of sausages but the spicy chorizo type ones have been the best as they flavour the rice with their oil.
Also do this dish with bacon instead of sausages & it's still yummy. My mum used to make it when we were kids.

Today: dahl and chappati with home made onion bahji
Tomorrow: veggie fajitas
Wednesday: veggie burgers (work meal out and the only vegan option not really a fake meat fan)
Thursday: gnocchi with home made red pepper pesto

We are having cottage pie Monday
Fish finger wraps with salad Tuesday
Hotdogs Wednesday
Eggs, cherry tomatoes, spinach, red onion, basil and gets cheese baked in the oven Thursday
Friday probably tuna pasta with sweetcorn and peppers.

Saturday no plan
Sunday roast pork or chicken!

Omg....some really delicious sounding recipes. My kids love Dahl - my go to is butternut squash Dahl. But if anyone can share a recipe I'd love to vary my repertoire.

My plan is based on how much time I have to cook depending on kids evening activities. This week GP are over 2 nights helping out.

This week:
Today - pork loin roast dinner
Tue - Chicken curry
Wed - Sausage pasta
Thurs - Butternut squash and lentil soup
Fri - eggs
Sat - DH bday - so fish and chips
Sun - Steak and rice

I have a list of general mains and a list of sides and I mix and match over the week. I save them all on my phone and try not to repeat over the month. I sometimes go back and copy a full week from a previous months.

So for example my general list will have:

Mince based (Shepherd's pie, spag bol, chilli, lasagne on rotation)
Casserole (Chicken casserole, scouse, braised steak, 3 bean etc)
Meat steak (gammon, lamb, beef steak, chicken breast)
Slow cooked 'roast'
Sausages
Burgers
Meatballs
Curry
Breaded (eg fish, chicken kiev etc)
Stir fry
Fish

Then sides
Jackets
Rice
Pasta
Noodles
Roast potatoes
Sweet potato
Wedges
Mash
New potatoes

Then I always have vegetables as well. I always have pizza on a Friday though or takeaway.

This week is:

Monday - Scouse (bit like hotpot)
Tuesday - Cod loin, rice, chilli fried broccoli
Wednesday - Spaghetti and meatballs
Thursday - Roast gammon, roast potatoes, veg
Friday - Pizza
Saturday - Stir fry chicken in honey, garlic and chilli with egg noodles and veg

M stuffed baked potatoes with roast tomatoes
T butterbean and tomato stew with rice and broccoli
W veggie burger thingys from freezer with home made chips and peas
T baked orzo
F chips on way back from children's activity

Sat: pine nut & basil crusted cod, chips, veg
Sun: boiled ham, mash, carrots and purple sprouting broccoli
Mon: chilli, rice, Doritos
Tues: chicken pie, rice, veg
Wed: Pesto pasta (bacon, mushroom, spring onion, cherry tomatoes & home made pesto) with dough balls
Thurs: chicken kievs and wedges with coleslaw/salad

Tonight - home made pizza (veggie)
Tuesday- jerk chicken bake with rice and peas (garden not r&p peas)
Wednesday- falafel and flat breads (dance, rainbows and brownies dinners to be quick)
Thursday- jacket potatoes with tuna, cheese and beans (swimming night, potatoes in slow cooker)
Friday - Greek dish with chicken and orzo
Saturday- chilli tacos
Sunday - roast dinner

Most dishes will end up as lunch the next day

Mon - salt and pepper chicken with noodles
Tues - stuffed mushrooms and veg
Wed - jacket potatoes
Thurs - chicken in mushroom sauce with veg
Fri - curry
Sat - fry up
Sun - out

I am liking some of these ideas.
Has anybody got cheap and easy favourites for one adult and one 8 year old child.
Very time limited due to being a working single parent.
Don't like curry!
Child cant have gluten.
We do a fried rice thing with eggs and veg.
We do pasta/pesto or pasta and sauce. GF pasta...
Meat, potato and veg.
Eggy bread, eggs on toast
Baked spuds with cheese and sweetcorn or tuna sweetcorn.
We do eat meat, but most days are veggie.
We fo a slow cooker stew that lasts 2 days.

Pork & Cider Hotpot (2 days)
Mushroom risotto
Coconut Dahl & chapati
Chilli & Rice
Arabiatta Pasta
Eat out/takeaway

I'm on SW so tonight we had chicken, lemon and pepper linguine with salad
Tuesday- bean quesadilla, salad and wedges
Wednesday- Garlic and lime chicken balti with rice and veg
Thursday- leftovers
Friday- quorn nuggets, chips, beans, salad
Saturday- not sure yet will do a good breakfast and some sort of fakeaway

M - meatballs and sauce
T - toad in the hole
W and T - chicken of some description
F - takeaway
S - out
S - bolognese which will do 4 meals.

@MyNameHasBeenTaken what about soups? You can make them at the weekend and reheat. Lentil soup is a favourite in my house.
Anything where you roast the veg first.
Let your child research their favourite.

Sunday- Steak, cabbage and potato wedges.
Monday- coq au vin and orzo pasta.
Tuesday- leftovers
Wednesday- prawn red Thai curry and rice
Thursday- Freezer
Friday- vegi burgers
Saturday- DH is away, so DS will have plain pasta and veg and I'll have a stir fry.
Sunday- spaghetti carbonara

DS eats at MIL's twice a week, so we reserve our spicy things for those nights.

M - cold roast chicken, stir fried curried mushrooms, yogurt and brown rice
T - Spanish sausages with roasted aubergine, courgettes, peppers and mushrooms
W - chicken stirfry with cheats satay sauce (smooth healthy peanut butter, soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce)
T - Slow cooker chicken curry
F - soy and ginger salmon with noodles