What’s on your meal plan this week?

[StressfulBedtimes]

Just sat down to do ours and I’m drawing a total blank
I’m absolutely exhausted and my brain just isn’t braining this morning so looking for ideas to steal 😁
TIA

• Fettuccini Alfredo with lots of mushrooms because I over-ordered!

• Lentil dhal with garlic naans

• Fish paella

• Five bean chilli and rice

• Variety of loaded potato skins with salad

• Homemade pizzas

We're having stir fry tonight:
Noodles (dressed with soy sauce and sesame oil)
Stir-fried spring onions, peppers, green beans and carrots with 5-spice and ginger
Crumbly baked tofu and cashew nut 'sprinkles'

Tomorrow will be mashed potato with something...

That's as far as I've got!

Spag bol, bacon and mushroom cream cheese pasta, chicken tikka masala, brinner (breakfast as dinner), seekh kebabs and cous cous.

Mushroom risotto
Boiled bacon with mash
Cauliflower cheese and chips
Pilau chicken

Also at a blank. Got a new recipe coming today for the ninja foodie so hoping to gain some inspiration.

All I've got so far is a roast chicken salad and warm fresh bread for tonight.

Pizza & chips
Vegetable soup with warm bread
Sausage and mash
Chicken wraps and salad
Prawn balti
Beef mince enchilada pie

Turkey Meatballs
Rice with diced chicken, onion, peas and sweetcorn
Caesar salad with chicken
Chicken teriyaki
Sausage casserole

I find the continual chore of meal planning exhausting. I have almost 3 weeks of rotation and still get met with “That again?!” I always respond that anyone else is welcome to take over…

Sausage and mash
Smoked fish curry with rice
Spag bol
Chicken tagine
One freezer night (probably pizza)

We usually plan one fish dinner, one pasta dinner, one freezer night and then add a couple of favourites

Ready meal from the freezer tonight!
Then: Frittata with salad
Curry in the instant pot
Baked salmon and dauphinois potatoes
Fresh pasta with creamy mushroom sauce
Away on Saturday
Roast Pork

Fish fingers, crispy sliced potatoes and mixed veg
chicken tacos
Chorizo topped tortilla with salad
Singapore style noodles fried with cooked shredded chicken, grated carrot, baby corn on the cob chopped up and cooked shredded broccoli.
braised steak from out of the freezer which is related and served with mash and veg
homemade tomato pasta sauce with spaghetti and garlic flatbreads

Fishcakes with potatoes and veg
spaghetti and meatballs
Jacket potatoes
Chicken chorizo jambalaya
Out one evening

I hate planning meals - happy shopping and cooking but thinking of what to eat is exhausting

Mon: Chicken & hidden veg korma with rice

Tue: Salmon, new potatoes & salad

Wed: Salmon creme fraiche tagliatelle with sweetcorn & cherry tomatoes (bought a side of salmon to split over two days)

Thu: Mango & coconut grilled chicken with rice & salad

Fri: Meatball tomato pasta bake with carrots & peas

Sat: Toad in the hole with broccoli & cauliflower

Sun: Sticky chicken noodles with grated carrot, broccoli & sweetcorn

So far we have...

Mon... chicken fajitas

Tues.... haven't decided yet!

Weds.... homemade turkey meatballs and spaghetti

That's as far as I know!

We’ll be eating at different times this week so lots of easy, reheatable stuff.
Mon lunch: Pesto pasta and mozzarella with tomatoes. Dinner: Roast Cabbage and hamburgers.
Tues lunch: Tomato risotto. Dinner: Salad and cheese
Wed lunch: Aubergines w/chickpeas. Family Dinner: Roast chicken and mash, tiramisu.
Thurs lunch: Microwave Lasagne and salad. Dinner: Veg soup*, toasted ham and cheese sandwich.
Fri lunch: Spinach and ricotta quiche. Dinner: Sausages, easy roast potatoes, grated carrot salad.
Sat lunch: * Veg soup, soda bread and smoked salmon. Dinner: pasta carbonara.
Sun lunch: Egg fried quinoa. Dinner: Pizza, salad and ice cream.

The quiche, soda bread and probably some sort of cake will all be cooked on Wednesday.
Vegetable soup does twice and risotto usually has leftovers which are a good snack.
Fresh fruit and veg on tap.
Microwave Popcorn as a savoury snack.

Duck breast with rice & veg
Lamb cutlets with turmeric mash & greens
Oven baked risotto
Beef ragu with pasta
Turkey pilaf

Mon - Sticky Chicken and stir fried veg
Tues - Salad and Quiche
Wed - Honey glazed Salmon with Roast veg
Thurs - Spaghetti Bolognese with hidden veg (because I have the grandchildren and I know they’ll all eat it)
Friday - Ham, new potatoes, green beans, sweetcorn

Tonight- chickpea, chorizo and spinach stew.
Tuesday- chicken, artichoke and grape tagine
Wednesday- sweet potato, kale and peanut butter stew.
Thursday- no idea but MIL feeds DS.
Friday- rice noodle salad.
Saturday- friends over for dinner. I’m making moghlai chicken, spinach and dhal.
Sunday- PILs over for BBQ pork.

Monday, hairy bikers sausage and black pudding hotpot .
Tues, fish and chips
Weds, his turn, no idea...
Thurs, filled pasta with pancetta, spinach and a lemon butter sauce.
Fri, takeaway, undecided yet.

Peanut chilli chicken and rice
Jacket potatoes with salad
Swedish style meatballs
Spinach and ricotta tortellini
Spaghetti Bolognese
Baked eggs with toast
Lasagne (made with the other half of the bolognese sauce)

Tuna mayo salad, breaded fish with corn on the cob and salad, sugar snaps with Asian fish and rice, egg fried rice, jacket potato and maybe some pasta

Running low on money so raiding my tins and freezer and used aldis super six for veg plus some salad

Monday - Chicken Tarragon Pie (leftover chicken from yesterdays roast, so 15 minutes assembly)
Tuesday - Beans on Toast (optional Egg)
Wednesday - Roasted Pepper Lasagne
Thursday- Nicoise Traybake (Tuna, Olives, Onion, Potatoes etc)
Friday - Brisket (am experimenting with my new pressure cooker) Horseradish Mash, Greens
Saturday - Tacos or Quesadillas with leftover Brisket

Monday: okonomiyaki

Tuesday: pizza and salad

Wednesday: Burger, chips, big salad, birthday cake

Thursday: Vegetable soup, bread and cheese

Friday: crumbed fish with spinach and yogurt lentils (recipe from this month's Waitrose magazine)

Saturday: fig and halloumi salad

Sunday: lentil "shepherd's pie" , broccoli, baked autumn fruit with custard or cream or ice cream depending on what I can be bothered to make/buy.

Batch cooked some shredded chicken fajita mix last night for lunchtime wraps

Dinners:

Monday - Red Thai prawn curry (Gousto)
Tuesday and Wednesday - Three cheese and vegetable pasta bake (Gousto) x2
Thursday - Frozen shepherd's pie, veg and gravy
Friday - Sausage and Chorizo casserole (Taming Twins recipe)

Rest of this week:

• Chickpea and tomato curry with rice (making double to freeze for next time)
• Warm chicken, pesto, mozzarella and tomato pasta salad (leftovers for lunch next day)
• Shepherds pie and veg (ready meal)
• Courgette and broad bean risotto.

I'm currently planning next week which in no particular order will be:

• Chicken fajitas
• Beetroot burgers and oven chips (burgers frozen from last time)
• Pea and potato curry
• Middle Eastern style baked salmon and rice
• Gnocchi with peas and pancetta
• Pasta with tuna and tomato sauce
• Pasta with meatballs in tomato sauce (making double to freeze for next time)