What is on your menu plan this week?

[Hulababy]

I did one for last week:

• salmon fillets with watercress, sugar snap peas and avocado
• steak with lemon and thyme (tuna for me), oven wedges and onion rings - we didn't have this so will have it this week instead!
• solw gougons with dill mayo, salad and crusty bread
• duck and/or roasted veg wraps with egg noodles
• veggie chilli and rice

And I have just done nextweek's, doing Sainsburys order at same time:

• pasta and sweet pepper salad
• grilled cod (chicken for DH) with srping herbs dressing, with salad
• haddock stuffed with muchrooms, with jacket potatoes
• thai noodles with crab
• roasted vegetable mousaka

But this week I forgot, so having to make it up as I go along. What is on your planner, for inspiration!

Homemade lamb & mint burgers with oven roasted potato wedges

Chicken in a tomato/marscapone sauce and baked potato

Tortilla & Salad

Cottage Pie

Thats as far as I have got this week!

Tonight - Pizza + salad
Tue - Lamb Tagine
Wed - Chilli (slow cooker)
Thurs - More chilli!
Fri - Thai Green curry with big prawns!

mmmm... hungry now!

probably not to your taste but anyhow:

yesterday had roast so tonight chicken curry made with leftover roast chicken
Tuesday - spaghetti bolognaise
Wednesday - pasta,pesto, broccoli, cheese
Thursday - ready meal night as working late (kids will have eaten at nursery)
Friday - steak pie with mash and carrots

Tonight veg chilli, wholemeal pittas, cheese, sour cream

Tues - lamb chop dinner but minus lamb for me as veggie

Wed- fish i think

Thur - something quick like pasta as ds1 has footy so something quick for after

Fri-DP wants KFC!

Mon - sausage and potato wedges
Tues - meatballs and spaghetti
Wed - Chicken stirfry
Thurs - prawns in rice, or maybe copy PPC and have Thai prawn curry
Fri - fish parcels

(Think I can do this without going shopping)

pinkpussycat........ DPs arse would be hanging out of his pants if he had that much spice in a week!!

PMSL mom!

(Actually hadn't thought of that...maybe I should modify it somewhat!)

Tonight - spag bol
tomorrow - cheese & potato pie
Weds curry
Thurs - Mums for tea (hurray)
Friday - takeaway / ready meal (home alone!)

Tonight we had chickpea, parsnip and spinach curry with wholegrain rice.
Tuesday: vegemince and borlotti bean bolegnaise and spaghetti with broccoli.
Weds baked potatoes with different salads and soya cheese.
Thursday hearty veggie and lentil soup with bread
Friday I let the kids think of something they fancy in the morning then do my best to cook it! Something like a tofu quiche, veg sausage and mash, or red lentil dahl with roti.

Saturday We tend to have a bean stew with quinoa and steamed greens
Sunday a roast dinner with a nut roast/seitan dish for the protein bit and roast potatoes, parsnips, swede, greens and a good chickpea and onion gravy.

For puddings during the week they tend to have some type of soy yoghurt or maybe a biscuit if I've made any.

Weekends we might have soy ice cream and choc sauce or a cooked pudding like treacle sponge.

Tonight - Teriyaki Salmon and Cous Cous and veggies
Tomorrow - Tofu Stirfry
Weds - DH is cooking pasta with lardons and pinenuts and toms etc
Thurs - We are out
Fri - Buffalo Chilli

Plus have made a massive bean, lentil and chickeny soup for lunch most days and for my mum and dd to eat on Thurs night

Tonight - Roast chicken
Tuesday - Chicken Curry (using left overs from the roast
Wednesday - Spinach Canneloni
Thursday - Chili and Rice
Friday - Leak and Bacon Pie
Saturday - Tomato and Egg Pasta
Sunday - Homemade Pizza's

tonight- sausage, beans & eggs

tuesday - mock beef stir fry , pak choi, broccoli and rice with oyster sauce

wednesday - macaroni cheese

thursday - jacket potatos, cheese & salad

friday - roast chicken and all the trimmings

saturday - take away of some sort

sunday - chicken soup and granary bread

this week (I plan Friday-Thur):

• hutspot (mash made withcarrots and beans) with venison sausages dh brought home - they were nice but a bit rich
• lentil roast with fresh tomato sauce with roast potatoes and roast parsnips/carrots
• leftover tom sauce for pasta with tuna
• baked potatoes with prawn marie rose and green beans
• easy night - broth from freezer with buttered toast for just me and DH
• vegetable rice with fish fingers
• lamb burgers and champ

Tonight - kedgeree
Tuesday - Falafel, pitta, tzatziki, and souvlaki
Wednesday - Chicken & mushroom pie
Thursday - lemon risotto
Friday - salmon with spicy coconut crust
Saturday - shoulder of lamb boulangere (get me)
Sunday - Home made burgers & chunky chips.

Although by the looks of tonight's overcatered dinner, we may be eating kedgeree till March.

Shrooms, how do you make the chickpea and onion gravy?

Today: veggie curry and rice
Tues: tortellini and salad
Weds: quorn fillets, new potatoes, veg
Thurs: mushroom risotto
Fri: pizza and salad
Sat: sausages, mash, veg
Sun: veggie roast dinner

and maybe a glass of wine or two!

today: home made fish pie
tomorrow: fish again
Wed: slow cooker beef stew
Thur (mum feeds them)
Frid: mumsnet meal
Sat: dont know - was meant to be going to friends but hubby coming home
Sun: roast lamb

Carmenelectra - The chicpea and onion gravy goes like this and is very yum:

Finely chop up and onion and some garlic and sautee very slowly with olive oil. Once very soft turn up the heat and get slightly brown then add a tbs of cornflour/arrowroot and stir well till coated.

Add a splash of stock and stiR in so you have a thick paste (to avoid lumps) then keep on add little bits and stirring till it's safe to add the lot (about a pint - to a pint and a half).
Add about 250g cooked chickpeas (or one tin) and bring to the boil whilst you add some balsamic vinegar - about 2 tbs, and some thyme and rosemary. Dried works really well. Add some soy sauce if you think it needs the salt/colour. Then when it's reduced to what you like it like and remember it thicken as it cools, serve wither as it is or liquidized on your roast >slurp

Oh I love these threads; they are so useful for providing inspiration!

Today - veggie curry and rice

Tuesday - just me and the girls, so omellette (why can I never spell that?), salad and crusty bread

Weds - veggie toad in the hole, with veg and gravy

Thursday - Goulash and baked potatoes with soured cream

Friday - probably out for curry but if the weather is bad it will something pasta-ish

Saturday - not sure but I really fancy veggie lasagne

Sunday - if dp has been good, I "may" cook him a free-range chicken but otherwise it will be veggie sausages with stuffing, roast potatoes and vege

Ooh thanks Shrooms for gravy recipe, sounds nice! Will make it for Sunday.might leave the garlic out though as not too fussed on it!

Thanks all. These sound great!

Supposed to be trying to lose weight - again - so reading through properly now to see which can be adapted for low fat/low points meals.

Always happy to spread the gravy love around

janiete, do you have a recipe for the goulash ?

salmon and sweetcon lasnange/green beans

sausage and pasta 'stew'

chicken legs with garlic, dill and olive oil

haddock fish pie, with veg.

minestrone soup with meatballs

veg curry , rice

thats as far as I have got, all home made, as have food allergies in family.

Tuesday - smoked mackeral salad
Wednesday - carbonara pasta & asparagus
Thursday - sweet chilli chicken & rice & peppers
Friday - fresh salmon & couscous & nice veg
Saturday - spaghetti bolognaise
Sunday - lamb shoulder in red wine sauce (slow cooker) and veg