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

Tonight was kebabs,rice and veg
Tuesday chicken wraps, salad
Wednesday steak pie, veg, potatoes
Thursday quiche, corn on the cob, chips
Fridays sausage, beans and mash

Tonight was Jamie Oliver's Salami Rigatoni with salad. Tomorrow it's lamb fillet with roast potatoes and veg. Wednesday chicken Parmigiana with baked potatoes. Thursday lamb casserole. Friday ... hmmm. I have Hungarian goulash to do at some point too.

Chicken pot pie & salad tonight. For the rest of the week we have:
-pulled BBQ chicken sandwiches & broccoli
-beef & barley vegetable soup
-chicken with couscous & carrots
-burgers & salad

This was exactly why I started using Gousto as never have the inspiration or energy to think about what to cook. You lot are so organised and creative!

I've had to stop the box now due to cost and my son has left home. His sisters aren't interested in the Gousto recipes and have very limited tastes.

Soup and bread
rice bowl with miso cod
roast pork and trimmings
omelettes and chips

Yesterday L: Pasta and Parma ham. 5o’clock afternoon tea and fancy biscuits. D: veg.soup1 and cheese.
Today L: spicy tomato rice*, grated carrots. D: Pasta Carbonara.
Wed L: veg soup2 and toasties. D: Hamburger and salad.
Thurs L: Egg fried rice (*leftover rice). D: Sausages and mushroom “stroganoff”.
Fri L: Tortellini in chicken broth. D: Boiled chicken (from broth) salad or pie.
Sat L: Panzanella and tuna. Family dinner: BBQ style pork, potato salad and tiramisu.

On Sunday we have to travel to vote and close up the other place for Winter, so

L: McDonalds (I want the Happy Meal kids’ stationery gift) . D: Whatever we clear out of the fridge and cupboards.

Got a busy week coming up, so it's all just easy meals for us:

• quesadillas
• mac & cheese (batch cooked and frozen)
• spaghetti bolognese
• eggs on toast
• hummus, crudités and pita

I'm trying to do a bit of batch-cooking for the freezer on my WFH days so I can just pull stuff out on busy nights.

Tonight I'm doing a beef stew with dumplings and whatever veg I can find in the garden.
Tomorrow: roast chicken legs with mash, roasted veg, probably courgettes
Thursday: leftover beef stew
Friday: courgette and sweetcorn chowder, again because I have more than I know what to do with of both

To be honest, I don't 'meal plan' so much as make a keen habit of checking dates on things in the fridge and keeping tabs on leftovers to reduce food waste and that dictates what I'll be having day to day.

Today will be leftover carrot and coriander soup with leftover cheese and ham pastry swirls.

Wednesday will have to be butternut squash ravioli with pesto/Mediterranean veg sourdough (plus extra cheese on top!)

Thursday I've got a chicken that needs roasting and then that will make up the basis of whatever I have for the next few days until the end of the week- usually I do a curry to capture any leftover veg going bad, chicken and sweetcorn sandwiches, stir fry or a noodle broth with some shredded chicken.

Jacket potatoes with tuna sweetcorn/grated cheese/beans/whatever we have if I'm in need of a dinner and have nothing in the fridge.

Tonight: Grilled chicken breasts with ratatouille and potatoes.

Breaded haddock, oven chips & peas
Squid stew with tomatoes, garlic, rice
Spaghetti with meatballs and tomato sauce
Cajun Bean stew for me, frozen pizza for DS

I'll make an apple pie as well, ds can help himself if he needs more.

I do a fortnightly meal plan so next 2 weeks are:

Chicken murgh kari with cauli rice
Cod and chorizo hash
Chicken kievs, wedges and green beans
Black bean chicken and noodles and garlic broccoli
Steak, chips and onion rings, tomatoes and green beans
DH and DD out at the rugby grand final so a quick freezer ready while they will probably bring kfc home
Local fish and chip restaurant for my nanas birthday
Tamil black pepper chicken and turmeric rice
Chilli nachos
Crispy chilli beef and rice
Chicken sausages, mash and greens
Thai basil pork
Pizzas
Fakeaway Nando's with spicy rice, green salad, smashed avocado and crusty bread

The chicken chasseur thing was also a success, although I found the Richmond chicken pieces rather scarily meaty.

Totally simplified my original thinking and we're going for:
pizzas and salad
Chilli x 2 meals
cheese and crackers etc
quiche, jacket spuds and salad
veggie sausages and mash
a paneer and chickpea curry with a Spice Tailor sauce

Sausage cassoulet and rice
Falafel salad
Gnocchi in tomato sauce with kale and chorizo
Spanish omelette and salad
Veggie chilli with rice
Prawn stir fry
Roasting tin chicken
Everything accompanied by runner beans and I've got a glut of cooking apples so lots of apple puddings - apple cake this evening, apple purée with yoghurt etc

@OnTheRunWithMannyMontana the Tamil black pepper chicken sounds yummy, do you have a recipe?

It's a SimplyCook recipe so they have sent me all the spice mixes and then I add the fresh ingredients. So no proper recipe sorry!

Tomorrow will be fish, chips and peas
Then:
Baked potatoes with beans
Pasta with pesto
Homemade pizza (not sure what I'm having as I'm gluten and dairy intolerant)
Roast chicken dinner with carrots, peas, potatoes, broccoli, gravy
Chicken curry with rice and poppadoms
Either chicken fajitas or chicken fried rice
Chicken, lemon, rocket risotto

I am cooking next week as I am on holiday. DH is normally in charge.

In no particular order:
Beef cobbler
Chicken Alfredo
Char Siu pork and sticky chicken with bao and salad
Tuscan chicken with rice

Is this all from the famous MN everlasting chicken?

This week's meal are:
Omelettes, green beans, salad, garlic bread
Pizza with salad
Fish tacos
Soupe au pistou
Tofu stir-fry
Salmon with a green veg gratin
Coq au vin with mashed potatoes and garlicky greens. And possibly a crumble.

Next 2 week meal plan complete and online order submitted! Meals are:

• Heck chicken sausages, mashed potato, broccoli and mini yorkshires
• Chicken makhani with rice and cauli rice and veg samosas
• Tomato and basil pasta bake with shredded mozzarella and side salad with balsamic dressing
• Random leftovers from the freezer
• Turkey chilli
• salt and pepper chicken thighs, veggie noodles and spare ribs
• chicken, leek and ham pie with celeriac chips, sprouts and green beans
• chicken tinga wraps, sweet potato chips, salad and guacamole
• jacket potatoes with tuna, coleslaw and cheese
• Cajun meatballs and orzo
• steaks, onion rings, wedges, tomatoes and mushrooms
• beef rendang
• homemade pizzas, bacon and cheese potato skins and coleslaw
• steak in ale, mash, yorkshires, lots of greens

Following - I need inspo!

Roast chicken with med veg tonight
burgers and salad tomorrow
Baked creamy cod with jammy onions
chicken wings with cauliflower cheese and coleslaw
keema
chicken and mushroom casserole

Cawl 😋

Then Cawl Pie later in the week 😋 😋

Lasagne (made with leftover bolognese in the freezer) served with salad

Gammon joint with parsley sauce, veg, and new potatoes.

Veg soup made with the gammon stock, crusty bread and cheese.

Some kind of pasta bake to use up the gammon served with broccoli.

Chicken stir fry with noodles.

Homemade pizza

Roast dinner (pork shoulder or chicken)

Monday - Gousto sticky sausage and rice recipe
Tuesday- Gousto creamy mackerel pasta recipe
Wednesday - honey and mustard chicken tray bake - Tamjng twins recipe
Thursday - vegan sweet potato stew - taming twins recipe
Friday - is usually freezer food night 🤣