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 week we’re having:

Sun - roast pork and apple crumble for pud
Mon - pork stroganoff with tagliatelle (leftover from roast)
Tues - bolognese pasta bake and salad
Weds - fish and chips
Thurs - homemade pizzas and coleslaw/salad
Fri - noodle stir fry
Sat - homemade cheese and onion pasties for lunch, Thai veg green curry for dinner.

We have got

Macaroni cheese with bacon and kale from the Roasting Tin
Prawn linguine (it's a Jamie recipe)
Beef casserole (One of the Nom cookbooks)
Chicken fajitas
Something with mince - chilli, space bol or cottage pie
bosh bowls (vegan day). (from the Bosh cookbook)

Kids at their dads today so I'm eating cereal.

Mon: Caribbean style cous cous and chicken/veggie chicken substitute marinaded in a lemon and herb sauce. With peas and tender-stream broccoli
Tues: Homemade leek and potato soup with bread/crackers. Will probably throw some raw veg on the side
Wed: (Veggie) sausage and bean casserole with mashed swede. Will add some chorizo for meat eaters.
Thur: Pasta in a creamy garlic and herb sauce (essentially melted Boursin and creme fraiche) with peas, broccoli and tomato's.
Fri: Mezze night so stuff like falafel, tzatiki, hummus, olives, feta, some form of meat for those that eat it and pitta/flatbreads to build wraps/pittas. Might add some potatoes of some variation.
Sat: Were at a Halloween party so whatever they're serving.
Sun: Roast dinner.

I usually do something mince based which lasts for 2 nights. Next week it's going to be home made burgers, served with salad and sweet potato wedges. Wednesday will be fish pie. Thursday chicken curry. Friday is either takeaway or fast food or restaurant, DS wants KFC. Saturday will be grilled salmon and vegetables. On Sundays I've started cooking dishes from other countries to try and get DS to stop being so bloody picky, not sure what yet next week but I might do ramen.

The first rule of meal planning is that you don't mention the fuckups.

My supermarket order came with really mangey sweet potatoes that weren't going to make it until the end of the week, so sausages got brought forward. Kale chorizo able puy lentil moved back.

The trick is to be flexible (ish).

A typical week of meals for us would be:

Stir fry
Chicken curry/ chicken salad
Pizza
Stew
Roast dinner
Fish, broccoli and potatoes
Pasta dish ( spaghetti bol, pasta bake etc)

Loving some of your ideas thank you.

We are in Europe and DH is German.

Today we were out all afternoon and rarely do a roast.

Sunday - This morning I made jalapeño, cheddar and onion bread in the bread machine and cooked it in the Dutch oven. Came home and roasted a chicken whilst having a bath. Had the bread, roast chicken and salad for dinner.

Monday - potatoe dauphinois, salmon and beans.

Tuesday - homemade pizza dough - pizza with be fresh basil, tomatoe, mozzarella and chilis.

Wednesday - homemade vegetable samosas with leftovers for a couple of lunches.

Thursday - pulled pork, guacamole, sour cream and homemade made tomato and onion salsa - served with tacos.

Soup
Stuff on toast,cheese,beans,eggs.
Pasta
Fajitas
Stuff with rice so curries, jambalaya,egg fried rice

I'm not pretending this is healthy but it's easy and keeps everyone happy!

Spaghetti Bolognese
Macaroni Cheese
Chicken and chips
A roast
Lasagne- meat, Quorn or roast veg
Tomato pasta
Soup and nice bread
Nachos
Curry
Salmon and broccoli
Fish supper
Homemade burgers
Pizza
Wraps- veg or stir fry or chicken
Mixed grill
Mussels and garlic bread
Pork chops and apple sauce
Cheese chops
Gammon and pineapple
Steak, mushrooms and chips

I bread things down into categories for each day. Then I just choose a meal for each category which I find easier. I actually have a list of meals under each category which I ŵrote in a notebook. We are vegan so my categories are often split into types of carbs etc. I like to experiment with different recipes too so one night a week is a free choice of whatever category I feel like/ using up leftovers etc
Mon: free choice
Tues: husband cooks
Weds: pasta bake/ one pot mesl, as I am out late this night so I prep in advance and DH just throws in oven when he gets home from work
Thurs: potatoes
Fri: salad/ mezzo platter. Followed by dessert
Sat: fakeaway eg homemade pizza/ burgers
Sun: have traditional cooked lunch, followed by toast/ sandwiches in evening

Here is this week's menu:

S: Cheesy mash (with hidden onions) and beans
M: Chicken and chorizo paella
T: Tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches
W: Butter chicken with rice and broccoli
Th: BLTs with french fries
F: Spaghetti and meatballs with side salad and garlic bread
Sa: Chili con carne with rice

Sunday - cottage pie & veg
Monday - salmon with veg and baby potatoes
Tuesday - chicken fajitas
Wednesday - chicken stir fry
Thursday - cod in parsley sauce with veg
Friday - homemade pizza night
Saturday - leftovers/picky bits

This is our weekly plan from today for the week. Whole shop inc lunches and breakfasts was £89 & we should have 0 food waste at the end of the week

Lasagne/salad
Chicken curry (bbc food "easy chicken curry" recipe)
Veggie enchiladas
Beef chilli/jacket potato with dollop of yogurt/grated cheese
Chicken prawn paella
Toad in the hole
Cajun salmon/roast new potatoes/veg

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Rump steak, homemade wedges, home grown tomatoes and basil with mozzarella, peas, carrots, sweetcorn.

Roast chicken and potatoes, stuffing, carrots, broccoli, peas, onions.

Pan fried salmon, asparagus, jacket potato, peas, carrots, small side salad.

Char siu pork, rice, mixed stir fried veg.

Left over char siu pork with noodles in a soup base with green beans and sweetcorn, topped fresh spring onions and celery.

Gammon, red lentil and mixed veg stew with jacket potatoes. Will whizz up left overs to make a thick soup and have with crusty bread and cheese.

These are dinners over last few days, it's the gammon today. We spend quite a lot on food, we do grow some veg and have a pear tree.

This week we are mostly 'avin:

Mon: Roast carrot and lentil soup, garlic baguette
Tues: Stir-fry with noodles and prawns
Weds: Chicken drumsticks cooked with orzo, olives and lemon, sauteed savoy cabbage on the side
Thurs: Jacket potatoes with beans and cheese, cut up veg with hummus
Fri: Pizza
Sat: Traybake of teriyaki tofu and butternut squash, white rice, cucumber and spring onion salad with sesame oil and rice vinegar
Sun: Roast dinner - uusally chicken but might do lamb this week

This week we've had:

Sunday: Roast lamb, mashed spuds, roasted kumara, pumpkin and parsnip, along with carrots, broccoli, chard, beans, asparagus, leeks, brussel sprouts, and mashed swede

Monday: Vege Fajitas

Tuesday: was going to be chicken casserole with the above mentioned veges, but DD got a glowing report, and an excellent test result so I was 'persuaded' we could celebrate with takeout, lol.

Tonight is spaghetti and meatballs, with spinach added to the mix.

Tomorrow is Venison Bulgogi, with rice and steamed asian greens.

Friday is takeout night, with robust negotiations as to who gets to choose, and what is to be had.

Saturday, we're having home made curry night.

Monday crispy gnocchi and butternut squash bake

www.theguardian.com/feasting-with-ocado/2021/oct/22/rukmini-iyers-crispy-baked-squash-and-gnocchi-gratin-with-creme-fraiche-feta-and-kale?utm_source=guardian&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=guardian_main%20partnership&utm_content=1x1&dclid=CKDI-sz08fMCFaYV0wodmu4Ptw

Tuesday sausage and kale pasta
pinchofyum.com/date-night-rigatoni

Weds the bottom “bowls” of the butternut squash from Monday roasted and filled with Leon Brazilian black bean stew I batch cooked from the freezer

Thursday tofu curry probably with a jar of sauce with brown rice

Friday frozen veggie burgers with sweet potato fries

Saturday mixed pepper fajitas with fresh salsa, guacamole and corn on the cob

Sunday sausage casserole

www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/sausage-and-cider-casserole-with-apples-and-sage/

This week we've had
Hotdogs and beans
Chicken drumsticks, roasties and veg
tonight - beef chilli burritos
tomorrow - chicken pie & mash
Friday - pasta pesto

This week mon-fri

Veggie lasagna
Roasted sweet potato and smoked tofu stew
Pork steaks with rice and veg
Jacket potato
Chicken curry

Breakfast bowl - bacon, eggs, mushrooms and baked beans in a casserole dish, layered and baked

Salmon and rice

Chilli and jacket potato

Lasagna and garlic bread

Toad in the hole

Gammon egg and potatoes

A roast of some description

This week:
Traybake chicken pieces with roast spuds and salad
Seafood chowder and crusty bread
Beef and root veg stew, broccoli and baked potatoes
Halloumi super salad (Mob Veggie recipe)
Veggie Nasi Goreng(Mob Veggie again) rice, grated carrots & cabbage and spices, topped with fried egg - much nicer than it sounds
`Laksa ( Mob Veggie again) - carrots, courgettes, sugarsnap peas, noodles, coconut milk and spices
Something mince-based - probably spag bol
At the weekend I often do Shakshuka (sp?)for brunch or supper.

Each week we have one mince based meal, one or 2 chicken-based, one fish ( eg salmon and spinach pasta) some sort of soup and some veggie meals. Most weeks we'll have a curry of some sort ( usually chicken or chickpea).

We are 4 adults, one of whom is still a fairly fussy eater but he is now trying new food regularly. I try to have a salad accompanying most meals if they are not already veggie, and as a family we are trying to up the percentage of veg to carbs.
If we have a new cookbook, I make everyone go through it and put a post-it on 2 meals that they would like to try.
I keep a running list in a journal of meals everyone will eat as well as recipe books and a Pinterest folder.

Regulars on our menu:
Potato curry and rice - make enough for 2 days
Chicken sausage and brocolli risotto
Bolognese (make enough for 2 days) with Jacket pot
Bolognese p2 with tagliatelle and garlic bread
Chilli (make enough for 2 says) with jacket pot
Chilli with pittas
Bacon and leek risotto
Iceland bbq salmon fillets served with cubed roast potato and roasted brocolli
Chicken arrabiata, enough for 2 days
Savoury mince, enough for 2 days, one day with jacket pot one day with mash
Fri tends to be pub/frozen pizza/takeaway
Chilli flaked tuna steak with cayen cubed roasted potato and roasted brocolli or with spaghetti and brocolli boiled then tossed in the tuna pan to pick up the residual chilli/salt etc (out 5yr old replaces tune steak with fish fingers)
Chicken or beef casserole, again 2 days worth, 1 day with jacket pot, one day with mash or roasties.
Fajitas
Tacos

Hi I have a 12 month old baby, she struggles with finger food but getting much better recently. She eats healthy so no salt or sugar.
I'm struggling with meal plans for her, please can people give me some inspiration what are you feeding your baby’s?

Lamb stew (will do two nights)
Pancetta and pea Risotto
Homemade pizzas
Nigella's Chicken & chorizo tray bake
Sardine pasta
Eating out on Sunday