inspire me - what's on your menu plan for this week?

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need ideas, to get out plan together, i've got most stuff in the freezer/cupboard but just need ideas, something differnt would be nice.

I have lasagna and chips - don't get bloated just don't have v much of either.

I really want to cut down on our meat eating habits! lol. we have meat and potatoes every night or at least 4 out of 7 nights min.

Cod - you know as well as I do that Im a bloater.

Lasagne & jacket pots - we have a small portion of lasagne and a good size potatoe - always had it that way!

So for a house that doesnt eat fiash and is not keen on rice, we stick to pasta and pots!

The week looks like this chez NDP

Mon - King prawn & chilli stirfry
Tue - Don't know, prob nothing as DH is out with work and the DSs are with their birth mum (DD will be having salmon fillet)
Wed - Battered cod, baked beans and a potato variant (as yet undecided)
Thurs - Chicken and veg in black bean sauce with rice
Fri - Chicken and sausage casserole, mash and green beans

Weds are always a quick freezer type meal as I cannot be bummed to cook anything long winded after a long day at college and running around like a blue arsed fly to collect the kids from different places afterwards.

sorry - lasagne

can you do chilli ahem not spicey? cos obv me and J won't have it spicey - I can't stand anything too hot, don't mind a mild curry but that's it. but DH loves it the hotter the better, so could add chillis after taking ours out.

not really as chilli is a key flavour in the stir fry. Although, obviously you could just do a basic prawn and veg stir fry for you and the boy.

Mon - chicken curry with basamati rice
Tues - Toad in the hole
Wed - Chicken Cacciatore
Thurs - My Christmas do at work so DH will have something from freezer (DTS eat at nursery)
Fri- Cod and chips from freezer
Sat - baked salmon on a bed of spinach and leaks with layered potato/onion gratin
Sun - roast chicken

what ever i find in the freezer, am waiting to be paid and if it doesnt happen soon then it will just be food for ds's

Monday: tuna steaks, potato wedges and salad
Tuesday: chicken casserole (DH and DD); veg casserole (me) all served with Yorkshire pudding
Wednesday: sausage and mash
Thursday: DH and I are out; will probably leave for DD and PILs -
Friday: have friends coming round for dinner I think. May cook pan friend sirloin steaks with olive poil mash and chianti butter sauce (fish for me)

Tuesday - Lemon chicken with brown rice and red peppers
Wednesday - Belly pork, broccoli, carrot and boiled potatoes
Thursday - Pasta, cheese, broccoli and chicken
Friday - can't remember
Saturday - Beef stew with garlic bread
Sunday - Pizza
Tonight - spaghetti Bolognese with carrot batons
Tomoorow - Chilli con carne with Jackets or rice
Wednesday - Egg and chips and carrot batons and peas
Thursday - Bacon, onion and tomato pasta

I am buying no meat this week. We are living out of the freezer and if we run out of meat and fish, we shall have cheese or eggs instead!

Monday - spaghetti bolognese
Tuesday - Roasted root veg soup
Wednesday - chicken stri fry
Thursday - Steak pie, meat and two veg!
Friday - Sausage and mash
Saturday - planning to be in labour and depends what the hospital are serving (pls cross fingers for me that baby arrives on due date)

BaileysMilkshake can i come for dinner on thurday that my favorite

or before!!

x-posts corina, if you take my MIL home with you - of course, you'd be very welcome

not sure bout that one, maybe i will stick to what ive got in the freezer

here it is-

mon - chicken stirfry
tues - sausage and rosemary risotto
weds - spag bol
thurs - chicken arrabiata pasta
fri - don't know yet !

toad in the hole and mashed potatoes and gravy

chicken and brocolli pasta bake

baked potatoes and coronation chicken

(both of the above made with one medium sized chicken)

cheese souffle

pizza (homemade, natch)

minestrone soup

not in that order, i change the order around all the time

We are having pasta with roasted veg and mozzarella tonight; salmon, jacket spuds and cauliflower cheese Tues; mushroom risotto weds; sausage, mash and veg thurs and fish and chips fri (sadly not from chippie but low fat oven variety!)

mmmmmmmm like the sound of sausage and rosemary risotto - just ordinary sausages???

mushroom leek and bacon pie with veg

spagetti bolognese

pizza with roasted veg

pasta dish with salmon or chicken or something

chinesey dish - stir fried rice maybe

fish and chips

roast dinner on sunday

chicken casserole tonight
meditteranean fishbake tomorrow
frankfurters wednesday
my dad comes and treats us on thursday nights
pasta or cous cous on friday- depending how lazy i'm feeling!

saturday pizza and sunday roast chicken and stuffing. mmm lovely!

trying to have a VERY cheap shopping week so probably heavily reliant on pasta this week

tonight: penne carbonara
then pasta with broccoli chili and anchovies and also pasta with something else
chicken stir fry with broccoli veg and rice plus a jar of wagamamas stir fry sauce (to use up as I am sick of it cluttering up the cupboard)
I fancy a pie and veg as well sometime this week

shoppingbags - yes ordinary sausages with red wine and rosemary - its lovely - here risotto recipe

ooh thank you. Will need it - I was having roasted veg pasta for dinner this evening except Dh has just let it burn while I was putting ds to bed!!! He is sheepishly on way to the chippie!!!