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

Ours ended up being all over the place, but I did end up making a delicious risotto last night which involved forcing dp to eat broad beans by drowning them in lots of wine and cream.

We're having fajitas tonight, which I'd planned to eat days ago

Tomorrow will probably be dhal and rice

Saturday is a birthday in the house, so will be a takeaway

I've got to do an order but am thinking along the lines of:

a noodle tofu thing, or maybe trying tempeh which I've never used before

celeriac gratin with veggie sausages and steamed Savoy cabbage or green beans or something else with vitamins!

spag bol, which we don't seem to have had for quite a long time

falafel and salad wraps, maybe with cous cous alongside

cheese night with a baked camembert, pickles, etc - am craving radishes and celery!

veggie shepherds pie

Not sure what else.

Starting tomorrow

Salmon fish cakes, broccoli, peas and homemade tartare sauce
Prawn jalfrezi, rice, naan, poppadums and chutney etc
Slow cooked lamb with roast potatoes, green beans and homemade mint sauce
Sweet potato and squash stew with cheddar scones (thanks PP, get so much inspiration here)
Hake, bean and chorizo stew
Sausage, apple and parsnip tray bake
Sicilian stuffed chicken with potatoes and tomatoes

[quote SpaceOp]@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[/quote]
Sorry for late reply. Yes, 15 minutes will do it.

Spaghetti Bolognese (actually will probably use tagliatelle)
Home-made pizza with artichokes, capers, anchovies and black olives - I already have the dough and tomato sauce in the freezer
Steak and mushroom pie, roast parsnips and new potatoes
Spinach and chickpea curry and rice. Forgot to put nan on supermarket order, might try making them.
Paella with chicken, chorizo and prawns
That's as far as I've got.

Mominatrix I am interested in your poke bowl; do you use supermarket fish? Do you cook it at all? Any pointers gratefully received!

Hi @yikesanotherbooboo. I live close by to both a Japanese grocery store which supplies sashimi grade fish and also a good fishmonger so I go to whichever is convenient that day. I cube the raw fish and serve it with seasoned sushi rice, cubed avocado, grated raw carrot, edamame beans, lightly pickled cucumber , and some kimchi. I drizzle poke sauce which is available from Ocado and sprinkle sesame seeds.

Raw fish isn’t necessary - you can use lightly smokey salmon, tofu, tinned tuna or even chicken. It is a low cook, no fuss, high in nutrient meal which also tastes great.

@Bloodybridget

Spaghetti Bolognese (actually will probably use tagliatelle) Home-made pizza with artichokes, capers, anchovies and black olives - I already have the dough and tomato sauce in the freezer Steak and mushroom pie, roast parsnips and new potatoes Spinach and chickpea curry and rice. Forgot to put nan on supermarket order, might try making them. Paella with chicken, chorizo and prawns That's as far as I've got.

Artichoke pizza = the best pizza.

Thankyou Mominatrix, it sounds lovely .

Wrote meal plan during an interminable meeting earlier and shopping done at high speed so was home for wine and MAFS.
Tonight: mushroom pie with chips from freezer.

• fajitas
• chickpea and vegetable kofte
• jacket potatoes, egg mayo for me, beans for dd
• crispy gnocchi
• orzo with tomatoes. Sheep I am bought The Green Roasting Tin. Dd agreed to both of these recipes which to my mind are vvv similar so will have them on non consec nights.
• quiche with salad if weather ok. Vegan sausages with something if not.

Fish or meat ( can't decide at the mo)burgers tonight with usual accompaniments.
Saffron and lemon chicken ( from Persiana) with wraps and salad
Fish with a ' grainy salad'
Leek and potato soup with sourdough
Pasta alla Norma
Roast butternut squash and feta
Cauliflower cheese with??

Bracing myself for supermarket run as we speak.

@MirandaMarple thanks! Will try. I also need to track down a recipe for salmon in a more italian/french style.

No order as such for next week so far but we're having:

Sausages and yorkshire pudding (but not Toad in the Hole)
Roast chicken (probably with yorkshire pudding again to avoid meltdown from dd!)
Chicken salad and garlic bread
Fried cod with potatoes and veg
pizza (we didn't do it last week so trying this week)
Butternut curry
Fajitas

I'm getting a fairly big delivery from the butcher this week so will have that to base meals on for next few weeks. Some is easy like mince ad meatballs etc bt there's steak, pork chops, lamb chops etc too.

Monday: Japanese fried rice and edamame
Tuesday: bean chilli
Wednesday: stuffed tofu and curry ramen
Thursday: lasagne soup
Friday: Pizza night
Saturday: might have a lazy weekend and do pasta and pesto with bacon/tempeh bacon
Sunday: going to do a Valentine’s brunch for the family then I think DH and I are getting a take away

Also going to make a leek and potato soup and a carrot and cabbage soup too

Lentil ragu
Enchiladas
Halloumi burgers
Stuffed butternut
Gong Bao chicken - I thought it would be fun to have Chinese food for Chinese New Year. I’m going to get some fortune cookies and use chopsticks!
Crispy cod fajitas
Venison sausages and mash

Feeling a bit more inspired finally!

Tomorrow: breakfast for dinner
Saturday: spicy sausage pasta with roasted tenderstem broccoli
Sunday: Butternut and chickpea curry
Monday: Penang noodle stirfry
Tuesday: bean burgers and salad
Wednesday: tabouleh with flatbread and hummus
Thursday is DPs problem

We haven't done breakfast for dinner in ages and I've got some lovely bacon from a farm. I might add that to my list for next week - thanks @lastqueenofscotland. We all love roasted tomatoes and mushrooms too so can up the nutritional//health factor (vs breakfast for dinner growing up which was fried eggs and fried bacon and toast.! )

Friday - lentil and butternut curry and roti
Saturday- posh fish finger sandwiches chips and salad
Sunday - pasta with bacon arrabiata and garlic bread
Monday - beef in black bean sauce with either rice or noodles
Tuesday- Mexican bake
Wednesday- scampi and chips and salad or baked potato cheese and beans

Next week’s meals:

• nduja, fennel and tomato pasta
• salt baked lamb leg with salsa verde, courgette tian, crispy potato
• chicken legs with broad brans, artichokes, and fennel
• cauliflour Mac and cheese
• pork tenderloin with mustard and cream sauce, greens
• Japanese eggy rice bowl
• slow baked salmon. Sautéed watercress, rice
• lentil stew with herby flatbread
• spaghetti with clam sauce

Pancake day : American blueberry pancakes for breakfast, korean vegetable pancakes for lunch, galette complete (ham, cheese, egg) and lemon sugar crepes for dinner

Sweet treat: far breton

Pancakes for every meal = complete genius!

Just putting yet another grocery order together - so boring.

So far I've got:
pasta but not sure what sauce yet

spinach and mushroom pancakes followed by lemon and sugar pancakes

tofu in black bean sauce with stir fried vege and rice

vaguely Turkish style vegetable skewers in pitta with salad

a lazy meal of Higgidy quiche, new potatoes, salad

Last night I made pasta with sausage and tomato sauce for the first time, god it was good!
Fish tonight, DP cooking so up to her what she does with it (I'm always trying to give her a steer when she cooks, which doesn't go down well
Sunday, lamb loin chops with potatoes, tomatoes and black olives
Monday, veg crumble for DP, steak and mushroom pie for me, both from freezer and need using
Tuesday, roast veg with halloumi and couscous. And pancakes!
Can't remember after that.

God I miss halloumi

Saturday: kung pao lentil and noodles, black pepper tofu and cashews
Sunday: take away for dinner but also going to make a Valentine’s brunch feast of raspberry doughnuts, chocolate dipped strawberries, apple
rose pastries, red berry smoothies and sending DH out for good coffee
Monday: African peanut stew
Tuesday: a pile of pancakes and various sweet and savoury fillings for build your own style on the table
Wednesday: roasting tin sticky rice with broccoli and squash
Thursday: shepherds pie
Friday: pizza as per

Monday: god knows
Shrove Tuesday: chicken, cheese and mushroom pancakes, followed by sugar lemon pancakes
Wednesday: buddha bowls
Thursday: chicken burgers, sweet potato fries
Friday: chana masala with spinach, spicy potato curry & rice

Tonight steak and chips / salad
Roast chicken, roast pots cabbage
Dhal, some sort of flat breads, roast cauliflower, salad
Salmon with boiled pots and frozen veg
Spaghetti with pesto and green beans
Roast veg; BNS, beetroot, peppers, toms and halloumi with sour dough
Chicken ramen style broth with veg

Must get The Roasting Tin out again.

Ham hock, leek and Lancashire cheese pie
Gumbo with prawns
Roast chicken & Co
Leftover roast chicken with roast potatoes and baked beans
Chicken thigh and chorizo tray bake
Pasta nduja and roasted peppers
Shakshuka (a lunch or brunch)
Black pudding hash with a fried egg