New year new meal planning thread

[lastqueenofscotland]

Looks like the other one may have dropped off?
Getting my arse back in gear
Tomorrow: Christmas dinner (Christmas for me was cancelled for covid)
Saturday: picky bits/leftovers
Sunday: jacket spuds with leftover chilli
Monday: borlotti bean shepherds pie
Tuesday: mushroom and leek risotto
Wednesday: satay noodle stirfry
Thursday: DP sorts

Friday: some work of freekeh veg salad to use up all the stuff that’s about to turn.
Saturday: baked feta pasta with Mediterranean veg
sunday: Tofu pad kee mao
monday: chipotle portabello mushroom fajitas
tuesday: veggie burgers and Cajun fries
wednesday: pub!
thursday: byriani

Still here and lurking cos we’re in the middle of a transatlantic move and I haven’t cooked in weeks but don’t want to drop off the thread

Harissa fish pie
Lamb balti and a big box of Gujarati steeet food snacks from the market :-)
At a local music festival - wood fired pizza hopefully
Fish burgers, wedges, salsa
Salmon ramen
Moroccan meatballs, cauliflower harissa tray and
Creamy kale gnocchi

My fridge freezer has recently, bizarrely, decided to get overly icy, so am eating the freezer in readiness for a joyless defrosting session.

• Quorn nuggets and chips
• dhal and rice
• green soup with bread
• chickpea curry and rice
• spring rolls, veg bao buns and something TBD
• butternut and pine nut ravioli with pesto dressing
• Cook ready meals (1x Thai green curry, 1x butterbean and kale thing).

Chicken jalfrezi tray bake
Steak Diane, fries, broccoli
Brisket roast dinner
Summer veg lasagne
Good weather due next week so planning a couple of bbq dinners. Got lots of veg from the garden which I'll griddle and make dressings for. Some sea bass and trout in the freezer to use up too.

My next week is at odds with the forecast heatwave
Friday: cheese and onion pie with mushy oeas
Saturday: think we are going out
Sunday: Wimbledon themed bbq (how we make it Wimbledon themed is TBC)
monday: west African peanut stew (it’s been ages!)
tuesday: coconut dahl and garlic naan
Wednesday: pasta of some descriptions maybe tortellini
thursday: vegan dirty rice

Prawn fish cakes
A British salad (cheese, ham, pork pie, all the salad)
Hoi Han chicken and rice
Chicken burger with gochujang sauce, pickles, fries
Pizza takeaway

Finally a bit back on track

vietnamese vermicelli salad
bana ganoush pita pockets
massive tomato, roast pepper and crouton salad
romesco pappardelle and gigante beans

then a few days of eating out and being fed by my mum

In no particular order, plan for next week:

Lamb burgers, wedges, yoghurt dressing, cucumbers
Veggie miso grain bowl
Beef soft tacos
Courgette tart, new potatoes, salad
Freezer meal of some sort

Salmon, Greek salad
Pesto pasta with broccoli, peas & courgette
Broccoli, blue cheese, chilli & walnut quiche, salad
Salsa verde hake, roast veg, rice
Veggie Thai noodle salad with peanuts & tofu
Mushroom & halloumi burgers, salad, chips

Vegetable borscht with olivieh salad
Samosa chaat
Baked burrata with cherry tomatoes and pesto, sourdough
Tuscan bean soup
Tarka dhal, chapati

My motivation is coming out of retirement!

Tomorrow: out
Saturday: roasted veg pesto pasta
Sunday: jackfruit and white bean chilli
Monday: mushroom stroganoff
Tuesday: sweet potato soup
Wednesday: out
Thursday: kung pao tofu

Tomorrow: DP cooking
Satuday: penne arabiatta
Sunday: maybe pizza or shit from freezer
monday: veggie paella
tuesday: west African peanut stew
wednesday: out
Thursday: homemade falafel with flatbread, hummus and salad

Back from holiday, need to stop eating like I still am - too much crap and alcohol have been featuring heavily.
Baked haddock with samphire, broccoli and a tarragon cream sauce.
Veggie fingers with wedges and peas.
Thai green curry with tofu.
Salad of gorgonzola, pear and walnut.
Veg risotto with leftover tarragon.
Dahl and rice.

Tonight was a cold soup called Okroshka. Chicken, smoked sausage, stock, cucumber, spring onion, dill, mayonnaise, egg and potato.

Camping the rest of the week and meals planned at camp are

Chicken curry, rice, chapati
Tomato soup and cheese toasties Shakshuka
Sausages
Grilled chicken with lemon and herbs, new potatoes
Chorizo and red pepper omelette
Pot noodle - no time for pot noodle snobs 🤪

@BerthaBetty that soup sounds interesting! Am def getting in on the cold soup train this week

Tues: mushroom bourguignon and mash
Weds: gazpacho
Thurs: Cucumber and Lettuce Vichyssoise for lunch and Thai noodle raw veg salad for dinner
Fri: doing a fancy lunch in a vineyard then heading to a street food market for dinner
Sat: BBQ: beef brisket in the smoker for the omni’s, marinated and grilled tofu for the veggies, baby potato salad, yellow courgettes, corn on the cobb
Sun: plan is to take a relatively long walk to a country pub for Sunday lunch - will have to see about the weather

Fish, chips, mushy peas (at home, still eating through all the cod by brother in law caught three weeks ago!)
Lime and coriander chicken, fattoush
Roast chicken dinner
Green gnocchi
Five spice pork belly ramen
Tomato cobbler
Mackerel and harissa salad

Fish tagine
Borscht and varanyky
BBQ
Tomato cobbler (didn't get round to it last week)
Beef massaman
Boston baked beans with jacket potato

Tomorrow: leftovers/freezer shit
saturday: creamy corgette pasta
sunday: home made pizza
monday: lentil shepherds pie
Tuesday: Moroccan chickpea stew
wednesday: chilli
thursday: broccoli and tofu stirfry with noodles

Trying to get myself into some semblance of organisation now school starts in a few days. I have been very lazy for weeks. This week:
Porcini pappardelle
Pad Thai
Salmon, new pots and green veg
Kale and butter bean thing made ages ago and frozen
Jacket potato and salad
Buddha bowl with tofu left from pad Thai

namechange - was KobaniDaughters

trying to get myself into a routine too, finally settled back in the U.K. and got my oddbox regular delivery so first part of the week sponsored by them!

Monday: tofu dirty Cajun rice
Tuesday: fennel braised with saffron, crushed coriander and olive potatoes, veggie sausages and salmon
Wednesday: DD and I out for the whole day
Thursday: borscht and bread rolls
Friday: probably curry out of the freezer

<Waves>... it's been a while. But then, meal planning has been erratic at best over the holidays. Need to get back to it, not least because it definitely is cheaper!

This week - order to be decided

Paella
Penne with spinach, ricotta and lemon
Cauliflower curry
Tuna jacket potatoes and salad

DS starts high school this week so I need to check with him what he wants as a "first day of school" meal. Knowing him it will be meatballs or salmon!

And I haven't done the shopping for this yet but additional three days / into the weekend include:

Roast chicken/chicken tray bake
Pancetta and leak tart with salad
BBQ - we have a new BBQ and want to test it out. Not sure what we'll have yet. Probably lamb kebabs and sausages.

Jacket potatoes and Boston baked beans (didn't get round to it last week)
Dinner out on Saturday - a tasting menu
Roast chicken dinner
Miso and gochujang potato and baked eggs
Cajun butter cod
Pancetta, pea, lemon and chilli pasta
Chilli
Cottage pie

Attempting a 2 week plan this time to clear the fridge / freezer. Shopping today & then will just top up milk / bread next week if we need to.

Out for curry
Roast chicken
Courgette pasta
Chicken fricassee, rice, green beans
Sausage traybake
Fishcakes & salad (with wedges for those who want them)
Pizza / jacket spuds depending on the weather!
Some sort of curry...
Roast pork
Pea feta & mint frittata
Pulled pork with jacket spuds & coleslaw
Veg chilli
Fish tray bake
Out with family
Some sort of fried rice / jambalaya to use up any leftover veg before shopping again

DC are back at school tomorrow and trying to get back into a routine. Also I need to get back into shape, won’t have a lot of time in the evenings and we’re tightening our belts.
Courgette pizza boats and jacket potatoes
Easy cheesy tomato risotto
Dan dan noodles
Red pepper and mascarpone pasta
Hasselback courgette traybake
Sweetcorn fritters and something….