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

@OnTheRunWithMannyMontana can you explain how you do a 2 week plan and keep stuff fresh? I bulk buy tins/freeze meat etc but your plan is amazing just can't think how you keep food - mainly veg fresh

Bean, red pepper, tom sauce with feta + green salad
Marinaded butterfly chicken with caesar salad
Cauliflower cheese

Then off to Lisbon! Yay.

cheap pizzas with toppings added-olives, anchovies etc
cheese and beans on toast/scrambled egg
mushroom carbonara
stir fry pork with garlic, ginger, mushroom, baby corn etc
lemon fish, peas, new potatoes, salad
baked chicken thighs in mustard and creme fraiche sauce with mixed veg, tarragon rosemary spuds
veggie chilli, sour cream and nachos

Thanks ;)

We have a chest freezer so freeze all our meat and fish and defrost what we need on the day.

I don't order any supermarket fruit and veg but I get a weekly fresh fruit and veg delivery from oddbox. I can see 2 weeks in advance what will be in it so use that to do the plan. If there are any substitutions then I just amend the plan a little bit.

We save a fortune planning in advance and only ordering what we will need.

Mushroom, leek and Camembert gnocchi bake

Beef chilli with tacos, rice, salad and grated cheese

Burgers, chips and salad

Haddock fishcakes, new potatoes and veg

Chicken balti with rice and naan bread

Spaghetti and meatballs with garlic and cheese flatbread

Creamy bacon and broccoli pesto pasta

@PeanutCat1 do you have a recipe for the mushroom, leek and Camembert gnocchi bake? Thank you

Homemade chestnut & sage veggie sausages with mash and miso cabbage.
Palak paneer.
Gnocchi with roasted veg
Black bean and corn fajitas

I'll try and add screenshots of the recipe below, it's from the Waitrose website and they have loads of nice recipes. We've not tried it yet but thought it sounded quite nice!

Alternatively here's the link

www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/mushroom-leek-camembert-gnocchi-tray-bake

Steak with salad and wedges
jerk chicken with rice and peas
crispy beef and noodles
dahl
risotto
carbonara
fish on a bed of roast vegetables with red pepper sauce

Caulifower cheese and crusty bread
Lentil and mushroom bolognese
Mushroom bourginon
Jacket potatoes
Fake chicken fajitas
Marmite teriyaki tofu and edamame rice
Pizza and salad
Sausage and mash with veg

Black bean and pepper fajitas (using a kit)
Omelette
Jacket potatoes with tuna and salad
Beluga lentils bolognase (merchant gourmet lentils mixed with a tomato sauce)
Pesto pasta with roast broccoli and other veg

Monday: Sausage casserole, mash and veg
Tuesday: Chilli with brown rice, guacamole, cheese and coriander
Wednesday: Black bean enchilada rice and guacamole
Thursday: Homemade chicken noodle soup and crusty bread
Friday: Dan Dan noodles
Saturday: whatever we fancy on the day that we can make from the freezer plus a few fresh ingredients
Sunday: Roast

We used to meal plan Saturdays, not want it and splurge on takeaway that we couldn't afford. This way we always get something delicious that we fancy. It's usually something like homemade chicken kebabs, burritos or steak.

Katsu curry with rice and green beans
Cajun chicken with spicy rice and veg
Corned beef pie and peas
Red pesto pasta with broccoli
Fish and chips with peas and sweetcorn
Pizza
Toad in the hole with swede and white cabbage

Cowboy Pie (cottage pie with a tin of beans in it)
Chicken enchilladas
Pesto Pasta
Sausage Plait & salad
Filled Jacket Potatoes with salad

When I was into the meal plan phase I used to create a framework for the week e.g.:

• Sunday roast
• Monday stir fry (using leftover meat from the roast)
• Tuesday pasta
• Wednesday curry
• Thursday fish
• Friday baked potato
• Saturday using up leftovers

It was easier to think 'what curry/pasta sauce etc shall I do this week?' than an open ended 'what shall I cook'

Monday - veggie enchiladas (a meal kit and just tinned mixed beans, onion and peppers for the filling) with sour cream.

Tuesday - pasta with mushrooms in a cream and thyme sauce.

Wednesday - "tapas" of crusty bread, salami, olives, cheese and whatever else needs using from the fridge.

Thursday - breaded chicken with rice and steamed veg

Friday - chicken curry, rice and naan bread

Saturday - breaded fish, mushy peas and bread and butter

Sunday - toad in the hole with onion gravy

Tonight - scrambled eggs and bacon with toast
Tuesday- sweet and sour chicken with rice (jarred sauce from Aldi)
Wednesday- out for dinner through our local community club. It's a fundraiser and apparently will be steak pie with mash and green beans.
Thursday- slow cooker bbq ribs with corn
Friday- not sure

Slow cooker meatballs and pasta tonight

Tues- Steak pie, roast potatoes, veg

Wed- Asian spiced pork shoulder thing with rice and veg

Thurs - Salmon and boiled new potatoes

Fri - risotto

That;s a really good idea.

Oh I love getting inspo. We are:

Monday - prawn green Thai curry
Tuesday - chicken spicy Goan curry (needs lots of yog as it is hot!)
Wednesday - sort yourself due to activities I'm having a little feta butternut squash pie I assume with some sort of potato
Thursday - chicken katsu curry
Friday - TBC maybe a take away as the in laws are visiting

A lot of curries this week but got lots of veg to use up from our veggie box. I also made a big pot of veggie soup for lunches.

I bought a pack of Quorn mince and some meat free chorizo sausages as DD is largely veggie. I'm planning

Sausage pasta bake (half the sausages and lots of veg) and I'll start some jacket potatoes whilst the oven is on
Paella using the rest of the sausages
Spag bog big pot so I can use the rest for
Cottage pie and
Jacket potatoes with chilli
Orzo with tomato and tuna sauce
Tart with half spinach and feta and half pesto and tomato

Not quite sure of the order we'll eat them in though

@OnTheRunWithMannyMontana
Thank you. It's very impressive Planning. May have to try a veg box delivery.

I have slightly rejigged my plan based on some of the lovely meals others have mentioned;

Tonight- scrambled eggs and bacon on toast
Tuesday - sweet and sour chicken and rice
Wednesday- fundraiser dinner
Thursday-Freezer surprise
Friday- quesadillas with avocado, peppers
Saturday- slow cooker bbq ribs
Sunday-salmon something

Supermarket pizzas tonight, with fresh vege added and salad
Tomorrow - black bean soup with nachos and guacamole
Not sure beyond that - maybe a spag bol or some sort of pasta bake; something with veggie sausages, maybe. Feeling a bit uninspired.