Could you give me an example of your weekly meal plans?

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I’m looking for inspiration. I want to start being more organised with the food shop and start making a weekly meal plan. Teen DDs are getting bored of our usual dishes and younger DSs hate change so it’s a bit difficult to please everyone! Just wondering what other people’s weekly dinners look like! Thanks 😊

This is this weeks

Pasta puttanesca
Leek and potato soup
Egg abd veg fried rice
Nut roast with roast pepper sauce
Asda veggie pizza
Slow cooker turkey and butternut squash chili
Slow cooker maple balsamic chicken and veg
Slow cooker veg curry

I would happily come round to anyone’s house and eat these meals! That’s my dream. I do all the cooking and meal ideas and with two young children it’s A hard to find time and B frustrating when they don’t eat it! Oh to be organised and have meal plans! I dream of a week where someone cooks for me (and I do/did like cooking!). Before anyone complains about DH he works 12 plus hour shifts with few of any days off.... going to try the division of responsibilities from now on wish me luck....new feeding regime 😂

birdglasspen, my DH started doing the cooking whenever he came back from work hungry and nobody else had started making it, then it just became the default (because why would I start making it if I knew he would do it, and had a zillion other things to do?) But I'm lucky as he's usually home by 6pm. Once he started doing the cooking it just made sense for him to do the online shop too - or it may have been the other way round, can't remember!

@Crepuscularshadows I’d love to eat at yours!

Thanks to those who shared their meal plans, I need some inspiration.

This week
Monday - Cuban mojo pasta
Tues - sausage egg chips beans
Weds - cottage pie, green beans, carrots
Thurs - quesadilla, corn on cob, wedges
Fri - goan fish curry
Sat - kedgeree
Sun - chicken chorizo traybake

I don't really plan because I get what is on special offer (this week it was croaker which was a new one to me!) Our frequently-occurring dishes are:
Lasagne
Pasta e fagioli
Hamburgers
Chicken curry
Gnocchi with tomato and mozzarella
Chilli
Spaghetti and clams
Pasta amatriciana
Pasta carbonara
Tagliatelle with meant sauce
We eat a lot of pasta!

Yesterday, I cooked some mince with onion, grated carrot, oats, beef stock, herbs and seasoning. So this week's meals are based around that.
Cottage pie - add peas, mash, grated cheese
Mince pie with chips and roasted broccoli
Lasagne - add tomatoes, garlic, pesto, a pepper and some mushrooms. And, obviously, lasagne, a white sauce and some cheese
Red and white bean curry and rice
Chipotle pepper soup and crusty rolls
Jacket potatoes beans and cheese
Potato goulash

Last week I cooked a one kilo ham an the meals were
Ham, wedges and peas
Ham and leek pie
Hawaiian rice
Lentil and ham soup
Pea and ham soup
Puff pastry ham and tomato pizza
Mushroom stroganoff
Potato curry and flat bread.

Should have said, I'm feeding 4 adults, 5 for the vegan meals because then I can eat those too.

Ooh, yes - Placemarking!

This week's dinners:

Monday- pizza and salad
Tuesday- pesto gnocchi with chorizo and roasted veg
Wednesday- butter chicken with rice, naan and sundries
Thursday- vegetable noodle stir fry and pork bao buns
Friday- harissa sausage tray bake with sweet potatoes and veggies
Saturday- fajitas
Sunday- roast dinner

One thing I do is to make double quantities oof something, but servie it differently.

spag bol
same sauce for lasagne

beef casserole with dumplings
beef pie

chilli and rice
chilli and baked potatoes

chicken casserole
chicken pie

roast chicken
Indonesian chicken soup

roast beef
beef slices and chips

That way you feel like you are cooking one day less, as it is half done in the fridge

Mine is slightly more vague as I know if I say we are having something specific I will change my mind. I shop twice a week and stick to this plan

Sunday - Roast
Monday - Pasta
Tuesday - Asian dish (usually a curry or Korean/Japanese dish like Galbi Jim with rice and veg)
Wednesday - Stew
Thursday - Freezer Day (so we can clear some of the old stuff from there!)
Friday - Fish
Saturday - Takeaway or eat out or tacos if we are out of money!

Next week looks like this...

DS up in London tonight, so will by his own admission be hanging....

DH does the roast, he can't be bothered for two (fair dues) so are off to Caffe Piccolo for dinner.

Only problem being no left overs for the left over roast stir fry.

Monday - Mince with honey,soy sauce, served with baby gem lettuce.There are shredded carrots in there as well as water chestnuts and mushrooms.

Tuesday - Pan fried salmon with sticky rice and warm teriyaki sauce and dry roasted sesame seeds (the black ones are the best) with fine green beans.

Wednesday - Chicken fatty eaters

Thursday- still under consideration.

Friday - out on the tear again.

Saturday we eat at the rugby club again.

Last week was:

M - Salmon & broccoli stir fry
T - Chicken curry & rice
W - Sausage & mash
T - Chicken & veg stir fry
F - Pizza
S - Filled pasta & garlic bread
S - Roast chicken dinner

I love this thread!

@WinterCarlisle your menu sounds delicious!

I’m a fan of batch-cooking, sometimes using a slow cooker:

Aubergine parmigiana with a green salad
Lamb tagine with cous cous
Sweet and sour chicken with rice
Chicken korma with naan and maybe some homemade daal if I’ve got some
Beef and mushroom stroganoff
Chilli either with beef mince/pork mince/turkey mince or just a variety of beans served with jacket spuds and guacamole
Homemade pizza (dough is prepped in bread machine in just 45 mins!)
Lasagne (meat or veggie)
Pasta bake with spinach, ricotta and Parmesan
I’ll often do a roast on a Sunday and there’s usually enough of everything the next evening.

Always on the lookout for more ideas, though!

We are 6 and often feed my elderly father to make 7.

Typical meals in autumn/winter include:

1. Caribbean chicken curry and rice
2. Spag Bol
3. Left over Spag Bol with beans (pinto or cannellini) to make a version of cottage pie.
4. roast chicken thighs (2kg) or whole large chicken with roast veg
5. chicken breast in panko breadcrumbs with rice and katsu sauce
6. pork schnitzel with mashed potatoes
7. sausages and mash
8. lamb stew with Yorkshire puddings
9. air fried salmon and chips
10. chicken/pork or beef stir fry with rice or noodles
11. Thai curry and rice (kids have tikka masala or korma instead)
12. Pasta and spicy garlic tomato sauce with either prawns, chicken or turkey/beef meatballs
13. Tacos with Mexican beef and rice with salad and dips.
14. Seasoned rice with chicken and vegetables

Easy dinners are either oven food (pizza, chips, fish fingers, nuggets or burgers) or jacket potatoes with tuna mayo sweetcorn, cheese and salad.

I would like to do more veggie meals but the kids all have their own veggie likes/dislikes that would make that more difficult.

Shamelessly place marking for later!

If I don't give birth this week, we're having:
General Tso's chicken, rice and bok choi
Veggie lasagne and salad
Black bean enchiladas and salad
Ham, egg and funeral potatoes (it's a US potato casserole dish- DH's request)
Squash soup with cheese toasties
Chickpea and sweet potato stew
Homemade veggie pizza and salad

Sunday: Deliberately massive roast
Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: Mexican chickpea thing
Wednesday: Eggplant noodle soup
Thursday: Pumpkin curry
Friday: Make your own pizza (treat for the kids)
Saturday: Roast veggie pasta

This week it's probably going to be something like this

Sunday chicken curry
Monday Char Siu and buns or rice with veg - I make my own version but like this www.allrecipes.com/recipe/232681/char-siu-chinese-bbq-pork/
Tuesday Prawn Fajitas
Wednesday chicken and veg stir fry
Thursday Pasta likely with garlic pancetta and broccoli
Friday pizza night
Saturday lamb, roasted veg couscous

I've just sat and made my plan as I'm off food shopping - hate it with a passion and wish someone would cook for me!

Monday - shepherds pie, cabbage and cauliflower
Tuesday - freezer meal as I'm not around to cook tea so fishfingers, or pizza
Wednesday - sausages, mash, onion gravy, carrots and sprouts
Thursday - pork chops, baked creamy leaks, peas and broccoli
Friday - baked salmon, baby roast potatoes and salad
Saturday - fajhitas
Sunday - roast dinner but will get that on next weeks shop.

Next week's meals will be based around Richmond vegan sausages. So we will have:

Sausage hash - 4 sausages, chopped, 4 bakin potatoes, onions, tomatoes, garlic. Those that wish will have a fried egg on top.
Sausage, bean and cheese pasties, him wedges, roasted cauli and broccoli
Sausage chilli and rice
sausage pasta bake
sausage and bean soup and crusty bread
Chick pea and cauli curry and rice
Sweet potato quesadillas

I normally order Gousto for my work days but forgot. So

Monday creamy bacon and mushroom pasta
Tuesday carribean pepperpot stew
Wednesday baked potatoes
Thursday Paprika pork

Dishes on our rotation:

Pasta puttanesca
Tacos with grilled corn and feta
Salmon with roasted broccoli
Chicken Katsu curry
Veggie soup
Chicken tandoori or paneer tandoori with salad and homemade parathas (take 5 mins)
Chicken thighs over leeks (Nigella recipe)

This week we have:
Lentil cottage pie
Sweet and sour
Jackets with chickpea curry
Pasta bake
Linda McCartney pies with veg
Veggie stew with dumplings
Korma curry