What is your meal plan for the week?

[MooseBreath]

I'm trying to plan a shop for this week and I feel like I eat the same stuff all the time. A typical week for my family is big standard toast/cereal for breakfast, sandwich/salad/leftovers for lunch, and then planned dinners. It's a bugger trying to get my family to eat their 5 a day, so things like fish and chips, jacket potato, and pizza (delicious as they may be) are needing to be more infrequent. I would love to see other people's plans for a week to get some different ideas!

S: Chicken and lentil curry (tomato, spinach, red pepper) with rice
M: Potato leek soup (leeks, onions, celery) with crusty bread
T: Tacos (onions, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado)
W: Grilled chicken with cous cous (onion, broccoli, carrots)
T: Salmon with springtime risotto (celery, onion, green beans, spinach, peas)
F: Spaghetti and meatballs with side salad (onions, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, olives)
S: Stir fry (peppers, onions, mangetout, carrots, bean sprouts)

Chicken in a creamy mustard and tarragon sauce with mash
Fajitas
Lentil bolognaise
Tortilla and salad
Risotto with spring veg
Naan bread pizza and salad

Tonight we had peri peri chicken traybake with corn on the cob and guacamole.
Rest of the week with no set days:
Chilli con carne, rice and guacamole
Ham, jackets, salad, cheese, eggs
Pasta (macaroni cheese for the others, spicy tomato sauce with gluten free pasta for me)
Salmon, stir fry and rics noodles or rice
Keema curry and rice

DD20 who lives with us is due on 25th so rather simple and interchangeable this week just in case DH needs to take over for him and DS -
M - Halloumi mushroom burgers
T- Gnocchi with cherry tomatoes mozzarella and bacon
W - Burritos and loaded tots
T- Hot Dogs
F - Gammon egg and chips
S - DS9 birthday he want's a buffet
S - Belly pork roast.

Can I have your lentil Dahl and chappati recipe please?

@Georgieporgie29 here you go!

I must be totally disorganised because l don't have a meal plan. I can't think that far ahead and if l do l don't fancy what l planned. I shop most days after work.

Thanks so much @DelilahBucket 😊

Thai green curry
Jool’s pregnant pasta
Chicken, spinach and chickpea curry
Some kind of risotto, prob mushroom
Leftover curry on jacket potato
Jerk chicken and rice and peas
Pasta with cream and some kind of veg
Fishfingers in a bread bun

No more specific meals after this but we have eggs delivered so sometimes do something egg based. Always have noodles in which we have with veg and peanut butter. Or usually have sweet potatoes in the veg box so sometimes do macaroni cheese with these mashed into the sauce.

Sunday - spaghetti bolognaise
Monday - sausage and mash
Tuesday - ribs, salad and spicy rice
Wednesday - chicken pasta bake
Thursday - tuna jackets
Friday - asda Chinese bits

Sunday - eating out
Monday - warm chicken salad with pomegranate
Tuesday - beef tacos with shredded lettuce, tomatoes, roasted red peppers, cucumber and jalapeño salad
Wednesday - Chicken Alfredo
Thursday - low fat butter chicken and cauliflower rice
Friday - baked cod with lemon and thyme, wilted spinach and buttery corn
Saturday - homemade Nando’s (chicken wraps, spicy rice and side salad)

@DelilahBucket

Garlic and lime Balti

This sounds delicious! Would you mind sharing the recipe for this too?

Sun - rolled and minted lamb breast
Mon - veggie quesadillas with homemade guacamole
Tue - eating out
Wed - spag bol bulked out with lentils
Thu - Thai coconut veg broth
Fri - seems to be missing from the meal planner which I have just noticed due to this thread...

Lunches - pork souvlaki with tzatziki, flatbreads and salad.

@WhiskersPete yes sure! This is from A Pinch of Nom so it is designed to be low calorie, but always a winner in our house and a great curry hit without the fat content.

Watching with interest.

@DelilahBucket that looks great. Will give it a go next week. Thanks so much!

Sunday - DH's chicken casserole served with rice
Monday - Chili-con-carne with rice, peas and carrots
Tuesday - Last day of A Level Mocks, so home made hamburgers and fries to celebrate
Wednesday - Fish sambal with rice (hmmm, this is going to be a very ricey week!)
Thursday - marinaded lamb rack with a red wine jus and a shite load of veges
Friday - takeout.

We've started doing shorter, more frequent meal plans, as I found doing a whole week at once meant that when life happened or there was a night we just couldn't be arsed, we ended up with out of date stuff, etc. So my biggest win has been getting a smaller grocery shop every 4-5 days instead of one large one every seven, and then it gives much more freedom with dates and going off piste for the odd night. It also allows latitude for special requests if someone fancies something (and has stopped us doing more expensive top-up shops at the local shop mid-week).

So for the next four nights, in no particular order, we have: salmon risotto, one-pot lasagne, sticky peanut strips with peanut salad, and garlic and herb chicken with parmesan potatoes. On the last night I'll do a grocery shop and get stuff for the next 4/5 days.

Most of our meals are from the What's for Dinner Tonight book by Sarah Rossi, which has whole meal plans in it with shopping lists too. I really recommend it.

Usually my ideas are made up each day, sometimes it's what's on the yellow label, or sometimes it's what's available that needs to be used up, or sometimes it's basics like rice, pasta, etc

I prefer a mixed variety when I'm eating rather than set meals

Today, roast chicken, veg, roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings in a swimming pool of gravy.
Eid chocolate treats for pudding

Monday- Chicken tikka masala with lightly seasoned rice and garlic and coriander naan bread.

Tuesday- Spicy chicken, mushroom and Red onion fried rice

Wednesday - grilled chicken, salad coleslaw and potato wedges for me and my girls / Nigerian tomato beef stew for husband called Ata din din. I'm not keen on it but he loves it with plantain, boiled eggs and rice. The boys eat it too.

Thursday baby potatoes, spinach, chicken

Friday, egg fried rice, black bean chicken, spring rolls, satay skewers.

Saturday chicken seekh kebabs in pitta bread with cucumbers and tomatoes and shredded salad and mccain bbq chips.

Is it really obvious I love and only really eat chicken ?

@ChicagoBears I feel like you're like me. Only really eats chicken and fish. I only eat chicken, cod and tuna

I was definitely getting a strong pro-chicken vibe, lol.

Today- bolognaise pasta bake
Monday - jerk chicken and rice
Tuesday - sausage and chips
Wednesday - salmon pasta
Thursday- beef chilli and wraps
Friday we are going away for the weekend so will prob have McDonald's on the journey

@mbosnz hahaha strong pro chicken vibe! I love it!

This week so far:
Mon : cooked for 11:
Asparagus soup
Roast garlic and rosemary lamb
Roast and dauphinoise potatoes
Roast celeriac and swede
Glazed carrots
Stuffing
Leek pudding
Lemon meringue roulade
Apple strudel
Home made vanilla ice cream
Cheese board
Ice cream petit fours
Tuesday:
Ratatouille bake, sourdough baguette, sausages.
Wed :
Lamb broth with grains and leftover veg, sourdough baguette.
Thurs:
Primavera penne with Parmesan
Friday:
Ratatouille mozzarella bake with sweet potato wedges, garlic spinach and leek
Sat: chicken thighs, any veg left, potatoes.
Sun: spinach and feta soup, roast pork, , baked apples, stuffing, baked banana custard, ice cream petit fours.
Mom: not decided yet but probably involving bacon.