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TheChosenTwo · 23/11/2020 18:22

What foods do you seem to buy week in week out? I have my regulars set up but we don’t really meal plan, I just buy things that will go with meals and dh goes to the butchers to get the meat.
I should add I shop online.
I think I’m just looking for what other people buy all the time because I get really bored doing the shopping!
My regulars include garlic, mozzarella, chillis, olive oil and dried mango (along with the boring every day things, bread, cheese, milk,
Potatoes)...
Not only boring but utterly pointless thread, I’m aware, just in the middle of ordering it now and I’m already bored 😂

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smallandimperfectlyformed · 23/11/2020 18:41

I am intrigued as to why you buy dried mango so often...my children are fussy monsters so we have sausages, chicken dippers and pasta bake sauce every blinking week. I'd love a slightly more interesting shop!!

TheChosenTwo · 23/11/2020 18:48

All 3 dc like it and one biggish bag usually does them about 4-5 days with a couple of them taking it in their lunchboxes a few days a week. I don’t like it, it smells like sick Grin

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TheChosenTwo · 23/11/2020 18:53

The thing is, I think we eat quite a varied(ish) diet, don’t eat the same thing twice in a row (so don’t cook something with enough leftovers for everyone the next day, there might be the odd thing where dh makes the leftovers into something else for himself but not often) and probably don’t eat the same meal more than once a fortnight. I don’t think the dc are especially fussy, one of them doesn’t eat a lot of meat and one of them hates carrots and parsnips. The other one is happy as long as there’s definitely meat... but it’s not hard feeding them.
I just get a total mindblank when I’m sat looking at the online supermarket!

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MrDarcysMa · 23/11/2020 18:55

Granola
Squash (dp doesn't like water)
Greek yoghurt
Sprouting broccoli, Green beans, cabbage
Peppers, tomatoes
Rice noodles
Tinned Toms
Coconut milk
Bean sprouts
Satsumas, pears
Chicken thighs (tastier than breast in curries)
Quorn chicken
Gnocchi or tortellini
Granary bread
Wispa mousse desserts
Cheddar
Milk
Halloumi

MrDarcysMa · 23/11/2020 18:59

Regular meals we have on rotation are:
Halloumi & roast veg w/ roasted kale
Kale & broccoli Mac n cheese
Gnocchi or tortellini in roasted tomato sauce W/ roast veg
Pad Thai or teriyaki chicken & veg noodles
Veggi chilli or bean quesadillas
Supermarket finest pizza W/ olives
Thai Penang curry (chicken/ broccoli etc)
Sundays - toad in hole or a roast dinner

Mintjulia · 23/11/2020 19:08

Lemon, garlic, parsley (for couscous), black & green olives, red & white wine (for assorted casseroles), tomatoes, peppers, thyme (pasta sauces).

A good assortment of veg and frozen fish/shellfish. Cheese, potato gnocchi.

TheChosenTwo · 23/11/2020 20:08

@MrDarcysMa I like that wispa mousses are a regular! Chocolate eclairs usually make it into the weekly shop here.

Some good sounding meals going on, I haven’t made gnocchi in ages.
Dh does 90% of the cooking, I maybe cook one night a week and do breakfast (and Make packed lunch) for the youngest daily - I lost my love of cooking and thankfully he loves it so it works for us!

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