Is anyone back meal planning

[lastqueenofscotland]

With supermarkets slightly better stocked I’m back to meal planning

Please share yours!

Mine was/is

Yesterday: lentil shepherds pie with green beans
Tonight: teriyaki fried rice
Tomorrow: dahl with garam masala roasted cauliflower
Wednesday: fajitas
Thursday: falafel and hummous salad

I never stopped meal plannnin...I just made sure I had two back up meal ingredients written down, just in case but surprisingly I never needed them. I always managed to find what I wanted or at least a decent enough substitute that I could work with! I’ve been avoiding meals that need plain or SR flour though as I still haven’t seen it in my supermarket since the end of March!

Here’s the current meal plan:
Friday: homemade chicken kebab with salad and flatbread
Saturday: BBQ - lamb and feta burgers, sausage and onions, veggie kebabs and corn
Sunday: mozzarella stuffed meatballs
Monday: spicy fish stew with oven baked bread
Tuesday: feta and carrot fritters served in flatbreads
Wednesday: homemade sweet and sour chicken with rice
Thursday: chipotle halloumi burgers with a cabbage and chilli slaw and grilled pineapple.

Love reading all your meal plans for ideas 😍

Pulled pork, fried potatoes and salad/broccoli

Chicken Santa Fe salad

Lentil curry with rice and poppadums

Freezer surprise or jacket potatoes with cheese and Beans

Then the food runs out and I have to shop again.

Saturday
Broccoli pesto pasta with garlic ciabatta

Sunday
Roast chicken with everything

Monday
Spicy chicken rice with vegetables

Tuesday
Lasagne

Wednesday
Turkey boats with salad

Thursday
Freezer surprise

Tomorrow - chicken cider casserole
Tues - shasuka and flatbread
Wed - big bowl Minestrone
Thurs - tagliatelle with mushroom sauce
Fri - sausage and rosemary red wine risotto
Sat - lamb steaks with slow-roasted mushrooms and halloumi
Sun - poussins with red pepper puree and salad.

Tonight: DH cooking
Monday
Lunch - persian mung bean soup
Dinner - potato and bacon gratin for the fam, lentil soup for me
Tuesday
Lunch - hummus and guac with crisps and crudités
Dinner - mushroom risotto
Wednesday
Lunch - Marmite sandwiches
Dinner - potato, carrot and chickpea tagine
Thursday
Lunch - ramen
Dinner - lentil soup for me, chicken drumsticks with Chips and salad for them
Friday
Lunch - going out for pizza
Dinner - 🤷🏻‍♀️ picky bits? Prob pasta and pesto for DC

last night - baked trout, new potatoes with dressing and peas.
Tonight - slow cooker paprika chicken and rice
Monday - Fish cakes, remaining new potatoes & salad
Tuesday - Veggie stir fry with peanuts
Wednesday - Salmon with salad & ?pasta or potato wedges
Thursday - Could be Carbonara??
Friday - Fish & chips - if it remains colder
Lunches are generally sandwiches/soup/leftovers - 3 of us all working from home.
Breakfast is fend for yourself time.

S- quorn nuggets and chips with peas
S- jacket potatoes with salad
M- halloumi, salad and pitta
T-sticky mushrooms (Bosh recipe)
W- veg risotto (broad bean, pea and courgette)
Th- poss spanakopitta if the filo in the fridge is still ok

I've always cooked from scratch and just used to have a well stocked store cupboard so I could knock up most things.

The last few weeks I've spent 10 minutes on recipe sites writing down whatever takes my fancy. I've spent less and there is less waste. Who knew?!

This week we have
Pork belly ramen
Gnocchi and tomato bake
Tomato curry
Chicken, potato and chorizo tray bake
Beef and ale pie

This thread is so good for inspiration! Already done the food shop this week but think next week will be more exciting with all of these ideas!

This week we will be having:

Chickpea, spinach and butternut squash curry with rice and onion bhajis
Lasagne
Salmon, new potatoes, broccoli and green beans
Spanish chicken stew with bread
Jacket potatoes with tuna/beans/leftovers and salad
Satay chicken with stir fried veg and rice
Bacon, pea and leek risotto

Vegetable korma
Paella
Roast lamb
Steak and rosemary potato tray bake
Poussins sweet potato and watercress
3 Bean chilli
Carrot and coriander soup

M - Stir fry
T - pasta, roasted veg and tomato sauce
W - fishcakes, roast sweet potatoes, carrots and broccoli
T - baked potato (various fillings on offer)
F - Tagliatelle with venison bolognaise
S - Takeaway (probably pizza)
S - Garlic chicken, patatas bravas

M - tamarind cod with salad
T - baked chicken thighs with spring onions
W - pasta with bacon, carrots, pesto and cream
T - roast red pepper and lentil salad with goat's cheese
F - roasted broccoli and noodle salad
S - veggie chilli from the freezer made into a bake with cheesy breadcrumb topping
S - don't know yet

Great thread!

Empty fridge tonight awaiting for a delivery tomorrow morning.

Sat: pearled spelt mushroom risotto/pork chops with spiced pear chutney and sautéed greens
Sun: buttermilk marinated chicken, pommes Anna, steamed broccoli/Cheese toasties with tomato soup
M: chicken pot pie with herbed buttermilk biscuit crust/baked hake in a creamed leek sauce
T: homemade pepperoni pizza/ W African tofu curry with brown rice
W: egg fried rice/ chicken milanese with green beans
Th: ham and cheese panini with crudite/pasta carbonara with asparagus
F: sourdough olive fougasse with charcuterie and other tapas/miso marinated salmon with ginger broccoli and sushi rice

Today - pasta with broccoli pesto
Tomorrow- leek and mushroom pie
Monday- Kung pao lentils
Tuesday: dahl and naan bread
Wednesday: veggie chilli
Thursday: chillidogs

Had to make a few changes this week so some of last week's meals have been shifted into this week:

Sunday - Picnic tea
Monday - Crispy gnocchi with peppers and chilli
Tuesday - Butter Halloumi curry and naan bread
Wednesday - Baked potatoes with variety of fillings on offer (tuna, cheese, beans)
Thursday - 5-bean veggie chilli
Friday - Tagliatelle with leeks, mushrooms and broad beans
Saturday - Steak and chips
Sunday - Garlic Chicken with patatas bravas

Tomorrow: mushroom carbonara
Sunday: black bean enchiladas
Monday: veggie byriani
Tuesday: garlic siracha noodles
Wednesday: not sure
Thursday: Harrisa lentil salad with rostef broccoli and cauliflower

Lots of changes this week due to the nice weather. As a result, some meals have been bumped and the week ahead will be:

Today: yoghurt marinated chicken drumsticks with tomato and pepper rice salad and corn on the cob (adapted for oven or bbq depending on weather - will now be oven)
Tomorrow: Garlic chicken and patatas bravas
Sunday: Paella
Mon: 5 bean chilli
Tues: Baked potato with tuna mayo
Wed: stuffed peppers and salad
Thurs: filled pasta with salad
Fri: spinach and egg pasta, naan bread
Sat: steak and chips
Sun: DH's birthday meal - takeaway from our favourite Lebanese restaurant.

spinach and egg curry. Not pasta

Having curry take away tonight
Saturday: pea and walnut pesto
Sunday: spinach, chickpea and sweet potato pie
Monday: mocorrcan spiced cous cous salad
Tuesday: Penang tofu
Wednesday: my lodger is cooking for us!! (Eek)
Thursday: Za’atar tofu with herb yoghurt and pitta

Keralan prawn curry
Roast chicken
Kale & pancetta mac n cheese
Paella
Shakshuka
Smoked haddock & potato gratin
Jerk chicken

Today: Cheese souffle, green salad, apple pie and ice cream/ Tom you soup with tofu/prawns/rice noodles/greens
Monday: tuna melt sandwiches with crudités/ carnitas with corn tortillas
Tuesday: nachos using up leftover carnitas/ pasta with fennel & nduja
Wednesday: dumplings with side of spring greens in soy dressing/ lasagne
Thursday: homemade olive fougasse with charcuterie and roast veg/ salmon with miso glaze, sushi rice, broccoli
Friday: ham and cheese toasties with tomato soup/crispy duck with hoisin sauce, greens
Saturday: pub lunch (!!!!)/ smoked french sausage with white bean stew

Mixed bean chilli and sweet potato wedges
Chickpea and spinach curry
Minestrone soup and garlic bread
Quorn and vegetable stir fry
Pasta with cavolo nero, peas and pancetta
Breaded fish, chips and peas
Roast

Tonight: quinoa, lentil, sub dried tomato and olive stuffed marrow
Tuesday: getting a VERY fancy takeaway from a restaurant it’s normally nigh on impossible to get a table out but they’re not planning on opening until August and we managed to get a takeaway slot (v excited)
Wednesday: Barbacoa mushrooms, refried beans, elote, Mexican rice and shit tons of jalapeños and avocado
Thursday: prob home made pasta with fresh tomatoes and tofu ricotta
Friday: pizza night

Getting loads of idea from here - thanks!

Salmon fish cakes
Covolo nero, pancetta and spaghetti
West African chicken stew
Crispy gnocchi with pancetta and mushroom
Corned beef, roast potatoes and baked beans (it's a thing in our house! Stems from DH childhood Boxing Day lunch where they'd have cold roast turkey, roasties and beans) It's utterly comforting.
Chinese pork steaks with salt and pepper chips
Shakshuka
Egg and mango chutney on flatbread
Tuna nicoise
Pesto mussels on sourdough

Some of the lighter meals are lunches. I'm so bored on furlough I'm occupying my time cooking a lunch too!

Tomorrow: takeaway
Saturday: minted pea soup and sourdough
Sunday: Moroccan spiced chickpea and aubergine stew with flatbread
Monday: Cajun red beans and rice
Tuesday: Dum Tofu Kali Mirch curry
Wednesday: chilli from freezer mehbe
Thursday: pasta with red pepper sauce