Please share you meal plans, I need inspiration!

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Starting my shopping list for Friday and I have zero inspiration on what to buy/cook. My children aren’t fussy which should make things easier but in reality I am bored and lacking inspiration.

This week we have the following meals planned:-
Fri:- Macaroni cheese with spinach mixed through and tender stem broccoli on the side.
Sat:- Steak, chips, peas, grilled mushrooms and cherry tomatoes.
Sun:- Sticky Teriyaki chicken, egg fried rice, stir fried baby corn, spring onions and broccoli, spring rolls and prawn crackers.
Mon:- Shepherds pie, green beans and broccoli.
Tues:- Chicken pie, mash, cauliflower, carrots and savoy cabbage.
Wed:- Spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread and side salad.
Thurs:- Jacket potato, beans, cheese and 2 pork sausages.

I LOVE Meal plan threads!

I tend to start on Saturdays so this is ours beginning last weekend;

Saturday- slow cooked gammon, jacket potatos with sour cream and dill and honey carrots.

Sunday- Chicken, ham and leek pie with vegetables

Monday- Freezer surprise (which ended up being baked salmon, macaroni cheese bites and broccoli)

Tonight- McDonalds for the children, steak with creamed spinach and mashed carrot and swede for me

Wednesday- Spicy baked meatballs with green rice and roasted peppers. (I put preapred meatballs in an oven tray with onions, garlic, tinned tomatoes and paprika and chili. The rice is mixed with loads of parsley and dill. )

Thursday - Chicken thighs stuffed with sweet paprika garlic and butter under the skin and served with tempura broccoli and whatever other vegetables I can find

Friday- chicken noodle soup.

Alot of it is using pre-prepared stuff like the creamed spinach (M&S) and meatballs and macaroni bites.

We have also started a routine of having cheese and fruit every night for pudding. I am loving it. And it gets an extra 2 types of fruit (mainly apples and grapes or strawberries) into the DCs as well- one of whom is generally a fruit and vegetable refuser.

Tues - meatball lasagne and salad

weds - toad in the hole, broccoli and carrots

Thurs - enchiladas (El Paso cheesy one)

Fri - steak, chips & cauli cheese

Sat - creamy garlic, mash topped chicken pie and veg

sun - day off....out for Mothers day

We definitely get stuck in a rut with meal ideas, we’ve got a busy week this week so it’s all easy teas -
Tonight - spicy tomato rice with mixed veg and either chicken or chopped chipolatas thrown in
Wednesday - chicken salad wraps
Thursday - prawn and chicken stir fry
Friday - jalapeño and cheddar hot dogs with chips, or takeaway if we’re feeling really lazy!

Love these types of threads too!

Mon - Jambalaya
Tues - Chicken & Veg stir fry
Wed - Filled pasta & garlic bread
Thurs - Chilli & rice
Fri - Pizza
Sat - Chicken curry
Sun - Roast dinner

Your meal plan sounds delicious can I move in?!

Ours this last week;

Thursday -sausage, mash and mixed veg
Friday - takeaway kebab 🙊
Saturday - oven baked butter chicken with rice and homemade flatbreads
Sunday - roast chicken, honey roast carrots and mash
Monday - cheats Lahmacun with herby potatoes and a sumac salad and mint yoghurt

Tuesday - cheese, potato and spinach filo pie with Tenderstem broccoli and homemade chips
Wednesday - leek and potato soup and petit pain

Currently doing our meal plan for next week but only have homemade pizzas, honey garlic chicken and rice (kids favourite) and carbonara so far so looking for inspo!

Our meals for this week are:

Saturday - tortellini pasta salad
Sunday- Mushroom pasanda (with chicken for DH)
Monday - Hairy Bikers kale, potato, cheese and caramelised onion Galette
Tuesday - fajitas (jackfruit for me, chicken for DH)
Wednesday - aubergine and mint tagine (BBC recipe, will add lamb for DH)
Thursday - American style salad (Hairy Bikers recipe)
Friday - black lentil dal in the slow cooker, with homemade chapatis

Still feeling quite sad about the passing of Dave Myers, so the Hairy Bikers recipe books have come out!

Fri - jacket potato with tuna & coleslaw and salad
Sat - burgers with oven chips and salad
Sun - chicken & ham pie (ready made) with mash and veg
Mon - southern "fried" (breadcrumbed) chicken with chips and salad
Tues - chicken & brocolli pesto pasta
Wed - leftover pasta
Thurs - jacket potato with quorn sausages and beans or pizza (the other will be Friday's dinner)

We have; (In no particular order)

• avgolemono with garlic bread
• BBQ chicken legs with broccoli, sweetcorn, wedges and bread and butter
• meatloaf with mash and veg (M&S meatloaf)
• jacket potatos with whatever filling people like- I like to mash mine and ix with bacon bits, cheese and chives
• tacos

I have been wanting to make kidneys cooked in sherry and cream and serve with rice for ages now but that is SO not going to fly with Dcs or DH so will wait for a time when I can indulge myself.

I feel like we eat the same stuff on rotation, I have tried to write down everything we like on a big list but still feel like we don't get much variety!

This wk:
Sunday: Lasagne and g'bread, veg
Mon: Chicken tray bake (with peppers, toms, garlic, chilli, potato)
Tues: DS is cooking carbonara, some leftover lasagne from freezer
Wed: Curry, rice, poppadoms
Thurs: Chilli & nachos, rice etc
Fri: chicken kebabs, salad (fakeaway style)
Sat: pizza (homemade)
Sun: Roast

Mon- min roast, chicken breasts, roasted veg & steamed veg

Tue- Turkey bolognese with boiled veg

Wed- Jacket Potatoes with tuna, cheese & salad

Thurs- chicken & bacon risotto

Friday- vegetarian cottage pie with veg

Saturday- homemade pizza & salad

Sunday- no idea, super hectic day, possibly soup, crusty bread, salad etc...

Monday - Spaghetti bolognese
Tuesday - Tuna mayo and sweetcorn on jacket potatoes
Wednesday - Mexican style sausage and bean casserole with rice
Thursday - Meatballs and gnocchi bake
Friday - Pork steaks and roasted baby potatoes
Saturday - Macaroni cheese and homemade breaded chicken
Sunday - Tuna and sweetcorn pasta bake

Here's the current one:

2024 meal planning http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/foodandd_recipes/4971725-2024-meal-planning