What's on your menu plan for this week?

[Buddleja]

I'm lacking inspiration here. Share yours so I can nick some ideas

wed- chicken curry done in the slow cooker with rice

thurs- spaghetti with prawns, chilli and garlic followed by trifle because its dh's birthday

fri- tea at my mums

sat- takeaway

sun- roast chicken, potato wedges and salad

mon- cheese and coleslaw jacket potatoes

tue- sausage, bacon, egg, mushroom

wed- don't have to cook because we will be in spain

Prob not v inspiring but I am using up what's in the fridge and freezer!

Tues : Meatballs and Spaghetti

Wed : Chicken and chips

Thurs : Macaroni Cheese

Fri : Fish, New potatoes and Veg

Sat : Kids having Pizza, we are having curry

Sun : Off to my grans for roast beef!

Mon : Beef Stew and crusty bread

I always work Tues-Tues so havent thought about next week yet!

wed - pasta bake made with the last of the leftover roast chicken, some bacon offcuts, the leftover ratatouille, plus pasta/grated cheese. Hopefully should finish up all the leftovers.

thurs - something out of the freezer

fri - SHOPPING DAY
maybe gammon steaks, cauliflower cheese, beans and waffles.

sat - um

sun - slow cooked beef with all the trimmings

mon - leftover beef with veg/potatoes

tues - probably curried beef

wed - salad with leftover beef

thurs - maybe sausages and salad.

mon: fish, cous cous & veggies with cheese sauce

Tue: tuna pasta bake

Wed: Out for dh's birthday, dcs having pizza, jacket pot & beans

Thur: lamb stew & dumplings

Fri: 'Scooter chicken' (see MN recipes!)

Sat: Chicken fajitas

Sun: omletttes/jacket pots/whatever we can scrape together before shopping on Monday!

Love stealing ideas from others, so thanks for this thread!

I absolutely LOVE this thread! The stick I get from my friends for having a menu every week is untrue! Ha I am not the only one.

Personally dont know how I could live without one.

Haven't thought past tomorrow, we are having a delicious cottage pie with lots of veg in it, and a thatch of half white potato half sweet potato.....yummmmmmmmmmmm. I mix green beans, courgette, sweetcorn, carrot and onion with the lean mince..its a ww recipe thats low fat and goooood

Oooh keep them coming!! (even though I've done it already cause DH wanted to go asap!)

Really foureleven your friends given you stick!!! Tsk tsk to them.

Here's mine seeing you've been sharing yours

Wed 'Feelgood fish cakes' (from goodfood)

Tues Cottage pie with corn on the cob

Fri Veg or Fish burgers with salad

Sat Pizza (each person will make their own -well OK the kids will stick their own toppings on)

Sun Roast chicken plus trimmings

Mon Tuna balls and spaghetti

Tues Chicken enchiladas (using chicken left overs)

Mine is below - not shopped for it yet so might make some late substitutions once I have read everone elses. Boneless fish crumble is a jibe at DH who complained last time I made it that I had missed the tiniest bone in the whole world..

Tue - Fishfingers?
Wed - Rice stuffed peppers with goats cheese, broccoli, carrots, halloumi & prawns
Thur - Pancakes with poached egg & salmon with steamed veg
Fri - Quorn Burger & Chips
Sat - Soup
Sunday - Pizza (homemade)
Mon - Boneless fish crumble
Tue Houmous, pittas & salad (with prawns?)
Wed - Quorn Burgers & Salad
Thur - Stirfry & Coconut Rice
Fri - Jacket Potatoes & salad

ooooh can I have the fish crumble recipe please

OK, here's what I've got so far. Have been rifling through old copies of good food mag today as am desperate for some new ideas!

Today- puy lentil bolognaise with goats cheese and pasta. garlic pitta bread.

Wed- Some sort of mushroom, pepper, rice concoction with quorn 'meat balls'.

Thurs- tangy trout

Fri - Friday night is always 'pizza night' (homemade of course )

Saturday- Might try a main meal salad with black beans, avocado, feta, corn on cob.

Sunday- may bbq if nice- lamb chops? homous, wraps? halloumi?

can't really think any further ahead but from my rifling today I have a chickpea bake and a carrot baklava on my list of new things to make.

Dont allocate days, just pick seven meals

Chilli

meatballs with pasta

shepherds pie

salad and a goats cheese tart thing (home amde, v cheap to make and boys can have goats cheese unlike cows)

smoked amcherel with broc and nice bread

Pasta and home amde veggie sauce

Burgers as dad lets us have nice ones from wher he works forr freem with salad

All a bit samey, loads of miney stuff but that's all ds3 will eat.

wed- filo pizza twists

thurs- chippy tea (always have this as straight from dd's ballet class)

fri- prawn fajitas

sat- salmon and cous cous

sun- roast veg, yorks, cheese sauce

mon- mushroom and halloumi peri peri wraps

DanJARMouse, fish crumble is quite easy.
quanties are estimates as I don't really measure

1kg mixed fish, I use cod & salmon , but would be nice with some smoked fish in too (which I don't use as DH soesn't like it)
200g prawns (Optional )
400g cream
Large handful of fresh dill
2 heaped tsp cornflour
Salt & pepper to taste

For crumble,
300g plain flour
125g butter/margarine
125g strong cheddar
100g oats
1/4 tsp salt

Make crumble topping first
I add everything but the oats to the foodprocessor, whizz & then quickly mix in oats at the end.

If no food processor rub butter into flour, then mix in finely grated cheese , salt & oats.

Chop fish into 2cm square chunks removing bones as you go.
Put cream into a saucepan with dill & warm through.
Mix cornflour with a little cold water & stir into cream.
Add salt & pepper to taste.
Stir fish into cream & place into a shallow baking dish
Top with crumble & bake in the oven for about 25-30 mins at 180 degrees C

Lovely - thank you!

I would need to sub the cream for a white sauce though as cant have cream

Sounds lovely! Will pass to DH for his info as he is resident cook!

Monday - roast chicken wraps (tuna steak for me) wth umani paste, with soured cream, salad, etc.

Tuesday - salmon with a garlic and herb butter, steamed baby new potatoes cooked in herby butter, steamed vegetables

Wednesday - roasted vegetable and tomato pasta with garlic bread

Thursday - DH and I out at a garden party; DD out at friends

Friday - DH and I out at a work meal; DD at parents

Saturday - friend over - probably take away curry

Chilli con carne jamie's
ragu sauce and pasta - saturday kitchen
chicken tika - jamie's
jacket potato and beans
homemade pesto and creme frachie with pasta
home made pizza - with mozzeralla and ham and sweetcorn
I have two chicken thighs so will roast those and have with vegtables and potato

Also have soem fish in the freezer and a thai curry paste in the cucboard and a tin of cocnut milk - so will make a curry using this

DanJARMouse, hope you enjoy it. Boo hiss to no cream but instruct DH to make white sauce quite thin as it thickens up loads whilst cooking