Meal plans

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Anybody want to share? In no particular order:
Brazilian stew with palm hearts - recipe from Lad Iguanas
Cauliflower cheese and jacket spuds
Nigella's fish finger bhorta
Thai green curry with tofu
Shallot tart with rocket salad
Veggie chilli

Fish tacos
Chicken zataar
Roast rib of beef w Cauli cheese roast potatoes Yorkshire puddings and three veg
Takeaway
Soup - bouillabaisse
Fajitas

@MirandaMarple I've been keen to try a salmon tray bake - can you tell me your recipe please? I usually do salmon parcels in foil with ginger/soy/lime so I'm guessing its a similar flavour?

Monday : Fajitas (because it turns out after my two weeks that in fact my order is only coming tomorrow at 8pm! I have everything except some peppers which I'll buy at local tesco)
Tuesday: Roast chicken, potatoes, vegetables
Wednesday: Gyoza with stir fried veg and noodles [testing out the Itsu gyoza from Ocado!]
Thursday: Salmon parcels, broccoli, noodles
Friday: homemade pizza
Saturday: Roasted tomatoes, chorizo, feta
Sunday: Quiche - bacon, feta, broccoli and salad

Tonight (Sunday): roast dinner
Tomorrow: brown rice salad with edamame, peanuts & Asian dressing
Tuesday: steak and ale pie
Wednesday: ratatouille and cauliflower cheese with homemade bread
Thursday: african chicken stew
Friday: homemade pizza
Saturday: God knows.

Mine for next week
Saturday: pasta with pesto (home made), broccoli, asparagus
Sunday: veggie sausage stew and mash
Monday: carrot and harissa salad
Tuesday: chipotle roasted sweet potato, fajitas veggies and guacamole with tortilla chips
Wednesday: mushroom, leek and pea risotto
Thursday: DP cooking
Friday: tofu and broccoli Thai peanut curry

Oh that's very organised to have a plan for next week already! I might go to the shops today, so may have to get planning.

From tomorrow

Cheese pie, baked beans
Steak & dauphinois (DH birthday treat)
Sunday roast (not sure what yet)
Pasta, cavelo nero, ndjua sauce (got a back of goodies off a friend from local Italian deli - the ndjua is awesome) with lemon and Parmesan breadcrumbs
Chicken katsu curry
Sticky Chinese chicken tray bake
Salmon with chermoula sauce and Middle Eastern rice salad

I really need to meal plan on Tuesdays as that’s when I know what’s coming in the veg box on Thursday but I can’t get my head around not planning at the weekend!

[quote SpaceOp]@MirandaMarple I've been keen to try a salmon tray bake - can you tell me your recipe please? I usually do salmon parcels in foil with ginger/soy/lime so I'm guessing its a similar flavour?

Monday : Fajitas (because it turns out after my two weeks that in fact my order is only coming tomorrow at 8pm! I have everything except some peppers which I'll buy at local tesco)
Tuesday: Roast chicken, potatoes, vegetables
Wednesday: Gyoza with stir fried veg and noodles [testing out the Itsu gyoza from Ocado!]
Thursday: Salmon parcels, broccoli, noodles
Friday: homemade pizza
Saturday: Roasted tomatoes, chorizo, feta
Sunday: Quiche - bacon, feta, broccoli and salad[/quote]
It's from a tray bake recipe book which I can't remember the name of as it wasn't my book but it's this

Salmon with any green veg (green beans, broccoli, sugar snap, asparagus) and frozen peas. Roast in soy, sesame oil and and honey. When cooked drizzle with a dressing of sesame oil, ginger, lime juice, spring onion, peanuts and chilli.

I serve with rice or roasted sweet potato.

Saturday: teriyaki carrots, miso jackfruit and truffle ponzu sweet potatoes
Sunday: thai noodles and raw veg
Monday: falafel, hummus, Greek salad
Tuesday: instapot lasagne soup
Wednesday: bean chilli out the freezer
Thursday: prob take away ramen
Friday: pizza night
Saturday and Sunday DH ok charge cos I’m working so he’ll sort him and the kids and I’ll do me

I'd forgotten about this. Nice to see it still going.

Tonight we've had a cheese, potato and leek bake.
We've got the wherewithal to make:

veggie carbonara

potato/pea dosas and coconut chutney - I'm trying to find a recipe for the thin curry sauce that is often served with them, but if not, we'll probably make a dhal as that will give us leftovers

veggie sausage rolls and homemade baked beans, perhaps - or I'll just make the sausage rolls for lunches

veggie fajitas or burritos

some sort of soup

omelettes and wedges maybe, or egg and chips or Spanish omelette

We'll have a takeaway at the weekend

Monday: butternut squash and thyme soup & side salad
Tuesday: moussaka
Wednesday: butter chicken & cauliflower rice
Thursday: salmon & green veg
Friday: bunless cheeseburger & salad

Today: hot dogs with onions and salads
Sun: roast chicken and mash/ gravy / cabbage
Mon: chick pea and spinach curry and rice
Ties: smoked haddock chowder
Weds: pasta with tomato sauce
Thurs: Spanish omelette and salad
Fri: chicken and barley soup

Meals for the week will be:

• chicken and veg soup with homemade focaccia
• butter chicken with homemade naan
• spaghetti and meatballs in tomato sauce
• meatball subs for lunch the day after
• tofu and kale salad
• salmon poke bowls
• cauliflour steaks with quinoa
• vegan Japanese curry with sweet potato and tofu
• sausage and root veg tray bake

Birthday dinner for DS where he chose the food: sashimi starter, then cheeseburgers and chips with truffle mayo, red velvet cake, ice cream.

Birthday lunch will be giant American hot dogs and crudités. Root beer float.

DS has a craving for American junk food!

@MirandaMarple Thanks. Roughly how long in oven? 15 minutes?

We had a change last week as I forgot I'd ordered one of those Restaurant at Home burger kits to try out. Everyone agreed burgers were delicious, the little extras going a LONG way to improving the flavour. However, when I cleaned the pan afterwards I came to the conclusion that the main difference was the fat content!!! The base of my pan was completely covered in solid fat - so all animal fat that came out of the burgers. Delicious but... phew.

We are having a bit of a higher meat to vegetarian ratio this week, with beef three times due to specific requests from the family! Feels weird. Can't remember the last time we ate beef so many times in a week.

Monday - Spaghetti bolognaise
Tuesday - Fish cakes and veg/salad
Wednesday: Steak and veg stir fry with noodles
Thursday: Smoked haddock risotto (recipe I'm trying out from this month's Olive magazine but couldn't get any smoked haddock on weekend so hoping to pick some up when I do the milk/bread run later in the week)
Friday: asian-style mince in lettuce cups (DS' request)
Saturday Chicken pieces with veg and potatoes

Prawn katsu burgers with sweet potato wedges and carrot and seed salad tonight
Nutty chicken curry tomorrow (both of these are bbc good food recipes)
Nigellas mushroom stroganoff
Beef in black bean and garlic
Quiche chips and beans

Lots of hot dogs happening. I've been enjoying the Fry's veggie ones.

Has anybody tried the new Richmond veggie burgers? I'm not generally a big burger fan, but the sausages are so good that I'm tempted to try the burgers. And OH would be a happy man if I planned a burger night.

@RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie

Lots of hot dogs happening. I've been enjoying the Fry's veggie ones.

Has anybody tried the new Richmond veggie burgers? I'm not generally a big burger fan, but the sausages are so good that I'm tempted to try the burgers. And OH would be a happy man if I planned a burger night.

What are the sausages like? DH and I used to buy the most amazing vegetarian sausages - proper chunks of veg with some mash I think. But we can't remember where they were from and every time I search the veggie sausage aisle I don't recognise them. I thought they were linda McCartney ones but the ones my local store has now don't seem to be the same.

Me and the DC aren't keen on bean burgers so don't usually due veggie burgers. We do occasionally do veggie bakes of one kind or another which usually go down well.

The Richmond sausages are great, but quite 'meaty'. They remind me of the sausages we used to have with crinkle chips in cafes at the seaside as kids!

@RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie

The Richmond sausages are great, but quite 'meaty'. They remind me of the sausages we used to have with crinkle chips in cafes at the seaside as kids!

Mmm, not so keen! . As meat eaters, we like vegetarian sausages where they are more obviously vegetarian. That's why I like veggie bakes too. Will have to keep looking!

@SpaceOp that sounds like Glamorgan sausage that you are looking for

Oh she glows does pretty a recipe for the best veggie burgers I’ve ever had OMG burgers. So good!

Mine from last week ended up jumping about a bit but for the next week
Friday: tofu jalfrezi
Saturday: rengang noodles
Sunday: spag bol
Monday: west African peanut stew
Tuesday: Moroccan cous cous
Wednesday: blackbean and mushroom enchiladas with guacamole
Thursday: DP cooking

My rough menu for the next week I've not included days when I'll be on my own and therefore probably eating more snacky type things:

Th kedgeree
Sun Mexican pulled chicken buns with coleslaw and sweet potato wedges
Mon scampi and chips
Tues something casserole like from the freezer leftovers with mash

Next week's plan:

Monday: homemade broccoli quiche & jackets
Tuesday: chicken kebabs, pitta, hummus, tzatziki & salad
Wednesday: chicken and apricot sausages, sweet potato mash, veg & gravy
Thursday: veggie curry
Friday: homemade pizza
Saturday: undecided; maybe takeaway!

Next week’s meals:

-spiced butternut soup with bread and cheese
-butternut squash spelt risotto with the other half
-salmon poke bowl (we have these almost weekly now!)
-sea bass parcels with fennel, mangetout, and sugar snap peas, new potatoes
-salami, burrata, and pesto panini
-coq au vin blanc

• BLT sandwiches

-veggie udon stir fry -tuna casserole -mung bean and kimchi pancakes

For Lunar New Year: homemade tofu and veg dumplings, crispy duck with hoisin sauce, rice noodle salad