This is just the sort of thread I came looking for, so hope some others post too. I try to do
S roast
M stir fry/curry with leftover meat
W pasta or rice dish
Th veggie (see below) or soup or salad
F chilli or curry or stir fry (whatever not had already)
S brunch eggs, bacon or smoked salmon etc. tea slow cook casserole or risotto or BBQ
Here are some ideas:
Fried rice - cook some rice and ideally leave to go cold (could do night before?) stir fry chopped ham/prawns/leftover roast meat and veggies in frylight or v small amount olive oil. Add rice and stir fry. Add beaten egg. (Allow 50-60g rice plus one egg per person). Add soy sauce and serve.
Roast chicken, new potatoes, seasonal veggies and /or salad. Use any leftovers (even tiny scaps enough) for fried rice next day.
Tuna pasta bake - tomato sauce, tinned tuna, veggies (frozen soinach, peas, sweetcorn all would work and cheap). Cheese could be healthy A.
To lower the weekly cost have one night be jackets and beans or beans on toast or fishfingers (2 syns each) and beans etc.
Slow cooker is v good for homemade bolognaise, or chilli (i like to use pork mince and mixed beans, which is a bit different but also cheap. Add Aldi chorizo for great flavour but additional Syns!). Also, a favourite here a sort of summer minestrone with butternut squash, cannelini beans, pancetta and whatever veg is about - courgettes, peppers and some sort of greens work particularly well) with tinned toms, stock and some cooked pasta in at the end. Give the kids plenty of garlic bread to dip.