Inspire me - your meal plan for the week ahead

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Trying to meal plan to save money, time and use up all the bits and pieces lurking in the freezer.

What do you all have planned for the week ahead?

I have no meal plan for this week and will be winging it!

Holydrinker - phili cheese steak tagliatelle sounds fab. Please tell me more! Is it easy?

Monday Loin of pork with roasties
Tuesday Fishfingers and Chips
Wed Cottage Pie
Thursday Pasta and tomato sauce
Friday Lamb Curry

Resurrecting this in order to plan this week

Sun roast chicken and trimmings / baked apples and ice cream
Mon breaded pollock and mash and veggies
Tue chicken curry / chicken wraps
Wed Spanish omelette / steak pie and peas
Thu cheese & sweetcorn pancakes / bacon and mushroom risotto
Fri bacon risotto / takeaway!

Mon- sausage and mash veggies
Tues - Thai green curry and rice
Wednesday beef in red wine green beans and rosaries
Thurs mushroom stroganoff and rice
Fri - chicken and bacon pie
Saturday - homemade lamb kebab pitta salad
Sunday sausage casserole and mash

Have loads of sausages to use up this week.

Monday - soup & toasties
Tuesday - fish, SW chips & Chinese style curry
Wednesday - chilli jam chicken & cous cous
Thursday - meatballs & pasta
Friday - pork kebabs, pittas, rice & tzatziki
Saturday - nice valentines type meal (prob scallops to start, steak with garlic mushrooms, potato gratin, nice pud)
Sunday - beef dinner

Cook 3 meals a day this week so:

Monday
BF- slow cooker brisket with potatoes and carrots
L- leftover roast chicken, potatoes/artichoke salad, beetroot in balsamic dressing and chopped peppers
D- braised lamb shanks with chard
Tuesday
BF- pork leg steaks in five spice sauce with courgettes and carrot stirfry
L- leftover brisket with salad and baked sweet potatoes
D- venison and chestnut casserole with baby chard
Wednesday
BF- leftover venison casserole with rocket and beetroot salad with balsamic dressing
L- leftover pork leg steaks with stirfried peppers and chard
D- Lamb, potato and mango curry
Thursday
BF- leftover curry
L- baked sweet potatoes with tuna and salad
D- Pork and smoked paprika meatloaf with patatas bravas
Friday
BF- buffalo burgers
L- leftover meatloaf
D- seafood paella
Saturday
BF- leftover paella
L- chicken livers with rocket and beetroot salad
D- pizza and champagne for valentines day
Sunday
BF- beef sausages
Lunch- Octopus (DH is cooking)
Dinner- Roast veal

DH had tummy bug last week and lost about 3/4 stone (which he couldn't really afford to lose), so am feeding him up this week as he is ravenous.

There will be a chocolate chestnut cake and some banana bread in there too. Precooked all main dishes til Thursday Bf last night, will have another cooking session on Wednesday to pre-prepare rest of weekdays dishes.

M- stir fry

T- chilli and rice

W- coriander chicken curry and rice

T- mushroom and veg pie

F- chicken pie with greens

S- beef Wellington and chocolate bread and butter pudding

S- sausage cassoulet

thai cod steamed veg
veg tagine??
chicken curry
smoked haddock greens and mash
??? spag bol? - pub night

This week we are having:

Sun: chinese takeaway & prosecco for my birthday!
Mon: roast chicken, roast potatoes, carrots, marrowfat peas and gravy
Tues: left over chicken with baked potatoes, broccoli and mushroom & white wine sauce
Wed: Pasta with creamy mushroom and proscuitto sauce, salad & garlic bread
Thurs: same as wednesday
Fri: southern fried chicken fillets (M&S) with baked potato and coleslaw
Sat: Romantic M&S Valentines meal deal with bubbles for me and my best friend as our dh's will be at a stag chicken in creamy tomato and basil sauce with salad and garlic bread for her dd and mine
Sun: the rest of the chicken in creamy tomato and basil sauce

We had roast chicken yesterday, so I'll be using the leftovers for a few days...

Monday - chicken ceasar salad
Tuesday - Turkey curry
Wednesday - prawn stir fry w rice noodles
Thursday - lamb tagine w betroot quinoa
Friday - paprika chicken (one of those bake in a bag mixes - very tasty and simple, no added fat) w crusty bread
Saturday - I've been told to keep it free, so I'm hoping it involves a naice dinner out somehwere!

Marking place to get some ideas.

Tonight we are having beef goulash with rice.
Tomorrow a deli chicken with roast potatoes and veg.
Wed veg soup made with the rest of the chicken.
After that - that's why I'm on this thread - to get some ideas :o

Saturday - Cheesy pasta with bacon, garlic bread and veg
Sunday - Toad in the hole with mash and veg
Monday - BBQ pulled pork with jacket pot and veg
Tuesday - Savoury pancake with pesto, bacon and cheese. Sweet pancake with chocolate spread and peanut butter
Wednesday - Cheese and ham omelette with wedges and salad
Thursday - Pasta bolognaise with veg
Friday - Eating out at Morrisons (£9 for 2 adult meals and 2 childrens meals plus drinks)

2 of my 3 DC won't eat any veg unless it is blended so the pesto will have spinach in and the cheesy pasta will have cauliflower.

Just thinking about this at the moment so might aswell write it down...

Today- Roast pork shoulder, cheesy twice-baked potatoes, cabbage & carrots.
M- Pulled pork, coleslaw, corn on the cob.
T- Was thinking chicken thighs & drumsticks with roasted butternut squash, beetroot & red onion but above post just reminded me it's pancake day so will prob do some savoury ones with any leftover pork and then some sweet, maybe with ice cream, choc sauce and nuts.
W- Chicken and roast veg
T- Eggs of some kind or maybe rice noodles with stir fried veg, depending what comes in our veg box this week.
F- Fish (from van), chips & peas
S&S- will depend on what we are doing/if i go to farmers market etc but prob hm pizza/steak/burgers on Sat and a roast/stew of some kind on Sun.

Today - nicey spicey rice
Tomorrow - wraps
Tuesday - pork skewers with pittas
Wednesday - venison burgers, SW chips & onion gravy
Thursday - meatballs & pasta
Friday - chicken & oyster sauce stir fry with noodles
Saturday - homemade quiche (DS wants to try making his own)
Sunday - beef dinner

Subject to changes, depending on how we feel on the day

Today: leftovers from yesterday (chicken breasts stuffed with cream cheese, wrapped in parma ham served with pasta and cream sauce)

M: sweet potato, goat cheese and roast tomato salad
T: Pork, brocolli and red pepper stir fry
W: Chicken korma and cauli rice
T: Some sort of defrosted meat from the freezer, with roast parsnips
F: Don't know yet, will see what is left knocking around in the fridge or do a storecupboard/freezer type dinner.

Mon - beef biryani, cauliflower curry
Tue - meatloaf, mash & veg
Wed - piri piri chicken, rice & veg
Thu - leftover piri piri chicken
Fri - moussaka
Sat - leftover moussaka
Sun - pie & chips