I need a menu plan for next week - any ideas?

[Hulababy]

I need to start menu planning. I need meals for me and DH, plus 5yo DD, to suit the following:

We all eat together at about 6:30pm

DH and DD eat meat, neither particularly fussy eaters although DH disn't keen on shellfish.

I don't eat meat but like fish and seafood.

DH and I need to start losing weight - so needs to be healthy and low fat.


Tuesday I work later, and Wednesday we have swimming lesson after school, so those two need to be a quick meal with little or no prep, or to be prepared beforehand.

Friday we are out so nothing needed.

Sat/Sun no plans as yet so will need to shop accordingly!


So I need meals for Monday - Thursday, and then some ideas for weekend too.

Waitrose locally is introducing internet shopping this week, so tempted to give them a try rather than Sainsburys


Thank you!

[Hulababy]

LOL sandyballs. Yes she apparantly looks like me. She is very similar looking to my baby/child photos but she does have different coloured eyes, and is much taller/skinnier than I was.

[sandyballs]

My God Hula, I can't believe how alike you and your DD are! That photo of you and her on the beach, I had to do a double take back at the one above, in her disney princess outfit. Dit and dot .

[Hulababy]

Right, thanks for some inspirations. Think we may have:

Monday: Mushroom stroganoff with puff pastry lid. Served with baby vegetables.

Tuesday: Fish kebabs (described below) with a cous cous salad

Wednesday: Stirfried pork and vegtables (described below) with noodles (DH/DD) Just veggie for me

Thursday: Pan friend salmon fillets, green vegetables, jacket potato

Friday: Homemade burgers (tuna for me, meat for DH/DD as have some in freezer), oven baked wedges and salad

Weekend - still not sure what doing!

[bozza]

Oh yes I forgot that I added diced carrots when I made it. I served it with brown rice and it they hoovered it up.

[CountessDracula]

oh I did simmer for ages after adding chick peas and toms

[CountessDracula]

good, glad to hear it.

Just to say I made a version of that chickpea thingo for dd and her mates for dinner with couscous and they loved it.

I adapted for dh and my supper with lamb steaks and it was really very good indeed.

I made it thus

small diced carrot, celery and onion, fried gently for 10 mins in oil, then for another 5 with chopped garlic. Added tin tomatoes and tin chick peas, plus oregano and basil and pepper. Gave that to the sprogs with some couscous.

For dh and I added tabasco and more basil and salt and more pepper, then mixed in with the couscous, it was gorg

[Hulababy]

Wow, lots more. Thanks. I will get my menu plan sorted tomorrow and my shopping on order!

I'm fine CD. Op went well. Need repeat one in 3 months. Hopefully then pain will go copletely. For now just dealing witht hese HRTs for a month, then I should be fine again

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Here are my meals for next week:

Mon - salmon kebabs with rice and salad

(salmon fillet cubed and marinated with garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil and juice of a lime - stuck on to skewers and then griddled for about 7 or 8 minutes)

Tues - stir fried pork fillet with noodles, with stir fried baby sweetcorn and broccoli

Weds - Cauliflower and broccoli in cheese sauce with boiled potatoes

Thurs - spaghetti bolognese (I'm out so they're cooking for themselves!)

[CountessDracula]

ah thanks that's great
off to make it!

[bozza]

I am at work but have cut and paste your original message

1 onion, chopped
1 red and 1 yellow pepper, chopped
4-6 mushrooms, sliced
1 clove of garlic, crushed
1 tin of chick peas, drained and rinsed (or any other tinned pulses)
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley, or 1/2 tsp mixed dried herbs
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
black pepper to taste

Heat 1 tbsp of of olive oil in a large saucepan.

Fry onion and garlic for a couple of minutes, until soft.

Add the peppers and mushrooms and cook on a low heat for around 10-15 minutes, until soft.

Add the tomatoes, chick peas, herbs and spices and simmer with the lid on for a further 10 minutes.

Serve with rice or crusty, warm bread.

[CountessDracula]

i can't blardy find ti!

[MarsLady]

Here's a nice fish dish for you (you could prepare and freeze the sauce into portion sized containers).

Roast peppers and tomatoes in oven. Pop into blender, a large handful of mint... blitz!

White fish - bass or bream. Bake in oven for 20mins.

Pop some roasted peppers and tomatoes (unblitzed) on the plate, fish on top, pour over pepper/tomato sauce.

YUM!

[CountessDracula]

erm... have you got the recipe

[bozza]

I think you were proving that you could make healthy and filling meals without needing meat.

[CountessDracula]

oh fab
must make it!

maybe will do tonight for dd and her 2 little monsters mates who are round for dinner

[bozza]

Well I made it and fed it to my 3yo and her friend and they wolved it down.

[CountessDracula]

Oh right
I think I googled it to prove one could have nice and healthy food, it's not mine!!

[bozza]

queenofquotes, that is.

[bozza]

That's what you called it. You put it on qofs's moneysaving thread. It is basically tins of chickpeas and tomatoes and veg thrown in.

[CountessDracula]

hula sory to hear you haven't been well

At Castle drac this week we have had/are having

Sunday:Roast Lamb

Monday : Chicken in a lemon and pepper crumb thingy (waitrose make it, is yum) with green and tomato salads

Today: Salad with lardons and a little parmesan

Tomorrow: DH out at footie so I will have a boiled egg or something!

Thurs: Out for Persian food I think or to cinemas (so will just have popcorn

Fri: Pork casserole with veggies (made double a couple of weeks ago and froze)

Sat: Out for dinner for wedding anniversary hurrah!

[bozza]

OK first recipe for next week decided on and is in one of your books. It is the Dinner Lady's lemon chicken and pea risotto. But as the chicken is added at the end, you could leave it out of yours and add either fish or veggie alternative.

[CountessDracula]

I have a chickpea casserole?

[bozza]

For the last week we have had had:

Fri - sausage, mash, carrots, peas and cabbage (DS had friend to tea so this is my stock favourite)

Sat - lasagne sheets layered with spinach (well swiss chard) and mozarella and topped iwth tinned toms and grated cheddar - lisalisa posted the recipe on here, served with ciabatta

Sun - grilled pork steaks, roast pots, cabbage, carrots, peas, apple sauce

Mon - shepherd's pie with cabbage and peas (DH away)

Tues (today)- only DH and me because DS has sandwich at CMs before his swimming lesson and DD has nursery tea - another of the lasagne things I made at the weekend but with salad this time I think

Weds (tomorrow) - only DH and me because DS has to have a sandwich at home before football practice - rest of shepherd's pie with whatever veg we have left

Thurs - Countess Dracula's chickpea casserole which I froze last week

I am now thinking on what to have for next week. DS going to friend for tea, and DD having friend for tea (but good eater who comes regularly) on Friday, all out on Sat, all in on Sun, all in on Mon but DH may have to eat later because DS has beavers, just me and DH on Tues and Weds (as above), all on Thurs but I am working Tues-Thurs so time constraints. See mine is just as complicated as yours!

[Mercy]

The Waitrose website has some good recipes iirc.

Also Gordon did some really fast pasta meals on tv recently. Will see if I can find them for you.

[cardy]

TBH you didn't miss much, I don't think you would have gained any useful ideas.

Funny, my DH DIDN'T forget it was on!!