What's your meal plan dinners this week?

Tree · 02-11-2020 4:24pm

tonight: mac and cheese (obligatory peas)
Tues: Random freezer food
Wed: rice and whatever freezer curry i find
Thu: cheese and green veg risotto
Fri Pizza (it's friday of course)

rubberdungeon · 02-11-2020 8:40pm

Tonight Homemade Doner Kebabs
Tomorrow Vegetable Curry and Rice ( homemade sauce)
Wednesday Homemade Beef Burgers
Thursday Homemade Pizza
Friday Homemade Battered Fish and Chips
Saturday Homemade Chicken Cordon Bleu
Sunday Slow cooked Ham, cabbage and roasties

cee_jay · 03-11-2020 12:00pm

con747 wrote: »

I think it's this one. https://www.recipetineats.com/vietnamese-caramelised-pork-bowls/

Tonight I am trying to use up the contents of the fridge/freezer, there was some pork mince in the freezer, so will make this. Going to try adding diced carrot with the onion, and some green beans maybe.

ellejay · 04-11-2020 4:09pm

cee_jay wrote: »

Tonight I am trying to use up the contents of the fridge/freezer, there was some pork mince in the freezer, so will make this. Going to try adding diced carrot with the onion, and some green beans maybe.

Looks delicious
I'm doing this on Saturday, if you've any tips let me know!

jrosen · 04-11-2020 4:17pm

Tomorrow is shopping day.

Thursday Chicken noodle soup with some crusty bread
Friday Home made burgers/might do turkey.
Saturday Pan fried chicken with lemon/rosemary, creamy mash with spinach and veg
Sunday Roast of some form
Monday Salmon with seasoned fried rice peas and corn
Tuesday Carbonara - will add chicken
Wednesday Sausage & mash

AustinLostin · 04-11-2020 4:44pm

woodchuck wrote: »

Yup, that's the one! Haven't tried it yet, but looking forward to it

I've made this before. Your kitchen will smell like wet dog for a while after adding the fish sauce. My partner was like no way am I eating that when I was making it. But it all works out and its delicious (and he did eat it and enjoy it FYI).

Since I'm here my meal plans for this week albeit we are halfway in:

Monday & leftovers TuesdayIndian beef keema

Wednesday: Chicken pasta w/spinach and sundried tomatoes

Thursday: Tomato risotto - trying to use up our tomato plant harvest

Friday: Gyoza from the freezer made previously. Good one for pork mince too but finding the wrappers can be hit or miss.

Saturday: Unplanned freezer dive

cee_jay · 05-11-2020 11:48am

I made the Vietnamese caramelised pork bowls the other evening - it was not a success The teenager went upstairs to change his socks during cooking as the smell was so bad he thought it was feet. The pork never caramelised for me - so it just tasted like sugary pork. The smell really did linger for quite some time!

Today's online shop arrived, think the meal plan this week is:

Today: Homemade pizza
Friday: Korean Fried chicken burgers
Saturday: Spaghetti Bolognese
Sunday: Steak with baked potatoes and mushrooms/onions
Monday: Katsu chicken curry
Tuesday: Sambal pork noodles (posted on pork mince thread https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/spicy-sweet-sambal-pork-noodles?verso=true)
Wednesday: Some one pan dish with chicken thighs - depends what is left veg wise.

SusanC10 · 05-11-2020 12:17pm

Awaiting my Tesco Delivery.

This week's plan will feature a few 2 night Dinners.

So -

Aubergine & Ricotta Pasta (Jamie)

Chorizo & Mediterranean Veg Pasta Bake (Rachel Allen - basic recipe)

Roast Chicken with all the trimmings

Cottage Pie

Mollyb60 · 05-11-2020 12:58pm

I never do out a proper meal plan per week but I do have a general idea of what sort of dinners I'll do when I'm doing the grocery shop which gets picked up on a Friday.

Sat - dinner at the in-laws (post lockdown/birthday dinner)
Sun - burgers
Mon/Tue - Slow cooker chicken fajhitas
Wed - chicken korma with garlic flatbreads
Thur - mystery dinner to use up stuff - maybe a creamy pancetta pasta
Fri - pizza night

Gonna make a leek and potato soup too that'll cover a few lunches and I'm a big fan of jacket potatoes with whatever leftover sauces I have from dinner.

woodchuck · 05-11-2020 4:04pm

cee_jay wrote: »

I made the Vietnamese caramelised pork bowls the other evening - it was not a success The teenager went upstairs to change his socks during cooking as the smell was so bad he thought it was feet. The pork never caramelised for me - so it just tasted like sugary pork. The smell really did linger for quite some time!

Oh no! I'm attempting this one tonight for the first time... I was looking forward to it, but now I'm just scared :eek:

05-11-2020 4:50pm

Dial Hard wrote: »

Tues: 'Nduja Buffalo mac & cheese

I'd love a recipe for this, if you have one going? Only recently found a place selling 'nduja and it has been thrown into everything since (supervalu Killester, in case anyone's wondering).

I made 'nduja, pork and rosemary sausage rolls this morning using the superquinn sausage meat and must have eaten about 12 of them so far.

woodchuck · 06-11-2020 12:30pm

I haven't ran the meal plan past himself yet, but at this stage, he'll eat what he's told/given :P

Saturday: Chicken korma (the lazy kind from a jar)
Sunday: Steak! With fried onions, potatoes and veg.
Monday: Creamy tuscan chicken with spinach and sundried tomatoes. Probably with pasta.
Tuesday: Leftovers from Monday
Wednesday: Deconstructed shepards pie
Thursday: Leftovers from Wednesday
Friday: Meat, potatoes and veg. We'll just see what meat looks good in the shops.

The exact days may get shifted around.

Dial Hard · 06-11-2020 12:58pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'd love a recipe for this, if you have one going? Only recently found a place selling 'nduja and it has been thrown into everything since (supervalu Killester, in case anyone's wondering).

I made 'nduja, pork and rosemary sausage rolls this morning using the superquinn sausage meat and must have eaten about 12 of them so far.

I use this recipe and just mix small dabs of 'nduja in - https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056852574/1/#post82628769

'Nduja sausage rolls - GENIUS! I should probably not make these, though, cause I'll just eat them.

igCorcaigh · 06-11-2020 10:21pm

My meal planning has gone to hell recently.

All of my fresh fruit and veg are going off while I'm living on sandwiches

Not sure if it's the onset of winter or lockdown or something.

To get out of the rut, im planning on making a cabbage and tomato soup. Something comforting and healthy.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cabbage-soup

Planet X · 07-11-2020 11:05am

......

Lamb shanks tomorrow, Sunday and Kare Kare,
https://panlasangpinoy.com/kare-kare-recipe/

...during the week.

Mystery Egg · 07-11-2020 11:40am

Planet X wrote: »

......

Lamb shanks tomorrow, Sunday and Kare Kare,
https://panlasangpinoy.com/kare-kare-recipe/

...during the week.

How many are you feeding?! :pac:

Planet X · 07-11-2020 12:24pm

Half the tail going in the freezer.

L1011 · 07-11-2020 3:57pm

Freezer and fridge audit has lead to this being the cooking plan for the next two days, to be consumed during the week or next week

Large pot of gumbo, may make 6 servings so 4 for the freezer
Spicy meatballs (have the meatballs, need the sauce) for two servings
Korean beef with a pear marinade, single serving

And this is the 'reconstruction from frozen ingredients' one

Chicken katsu with chips - everything frozen and ready
Matar paneer with naan bread - everything frozen and ready except the naans. Main meal will be constructed from frozen paneer, a frozen curry base, frozen peas, frozen coriander and some extra spices
Lasagna - have the ragu cooked, just need to assemble and bake.

Also, after the pub soup thread from a while ago, the bag of chopped leeks and bag of sliced carrots in the freezer is likely to end up as some pub style cream of vegetable soup. Bought a load of frozen veg at the start of Lockdown 1 in case we couldn't get out to the shops; but that never happened.

fussyonion · 07-11-2020 10:03pm

Sunday -Roast pork with croquettes, roasties, veg, stuffing & gravy.
Monday -Sausage casserole with mash.
Tuesday -Fajitas
Wednesday -Haddock, home made chips + peas.
Thursday -Striploin steak, fried onions, mash and peas.
Friday -Chicken Madras, rice + naan bread.
Saturday-Pepperoni pizza, salad + wedges.

pew · 08-11-2020 7:26pm

This thread inspired me over the weekend to try organise myself better. Currently without a microwave so trying to make do.

Breakfast: same as always, porridge...how exciting. If I'm in the office I may treat myself to a sausage roll or if I'm up really early I'll make some eggs but its mainly porridge. May have to be toast until we get one.

Lunches are the same as always, ham, cheese, tomato and lettuce sambos with crisps or popcorn I pop myself for me. Himself will have a cup of soup with his.

Snacks are chocolate rice cakes and cheese sticks or cheese and crackers

Dinners as followed

Today: bacon and cabbage with mash and veg
Tomorrow: leftover bacon in an omelette

No set day for the rest of the week but I have a plan:

Potato and parmesan galette with a soft fried egg
Homemade burgers with peppercorn sauce
Wedges and chicken tenders (lazy freezer meal)
Salt and chilli chicken with egg fried rice and curry or a quick veg stir fry depends how I'm going
Takeaway on Saturday.

Let's see if I stick to it :rolleyes:

Springwell · 08-11-2020 9:11pm

Just working out ours...

Brussel sprout and pancetta risotto
Spice bags!
Pizza (we got an Ooni in lockdown one)
Chickpea curry
Pork lettuce wraps
Black bean chilli with baked sweet potatoes
Ricotta and pea pasta

Neyite · 09-11-2020 11:36am

But late for the week but:

Saturday: Southern fried chicken, potatoes, roast butternut squash and lemon &parmesean sprouts.
Sunday: Pork fillet, baby potatoes, roasted cauliflour
Monday: Spagetti bolognase
Tuesdsay: Bangers & mash
Wednesday: Kedgeree

Thursday: Savoury mince, carrots & mash.

Friday: Takeaway.

I need to use up freezer stuff next week in advance of the pre-Christmas defrost

Tree · 09-11-2020 10:57pm

All plans out the window. Chipper \o/

nothing · 09-11-2020 11:40pm

This week:

Breakfasts -
Cereal, fruit, nuts

Dinners -
Meatballs, homemade tomato sauce, pasta
Salmon, frozen veg, potato
Chicken with garlic philadelphia filling wrapped in bacon, couscous salad

Teas -
Baked potato, beans, cheese
Eggs, mushrooms, bagel

Snacks -
Yoghurt, fruit, nuts
Popcorn
Boiled eggs

11-11-2020 3:24pm

Ready Meals - Sweet/Sour Chicken, Thai Chicken Curry with rice

Spaghetti bolognese

Tuna fishcakes (flaked tuna from the can, grated ginger/garlic, lime zest, lime juice, 1 egg, breadcrumbs, soy sauce, fish sauce) - served on their own for a low carb dinner - delicious with a bit of sweet chilli sauce on the side.

Sweet potato soup

Home-made Lasagne on Saturday, we have company. Will be served with oven chips, salad, garlic bread and a generous helping of wine.

Sunday - try and burn off some of Saturday's feast

Loveinapril · 11-11-2020 5:31pm

We are the picture of health, we had Fray Bentos chicken pie last night with baby potatoes, carrots and brocolli.
Tonight is beef stirfry with noodles. The beef has been marinating in chilli, ginger, garlic and soy sauce since yesterday.
Tomorrow is hake in some form.
Friday is going to be something previously batch cooked and frozen so maybe veggie lasagne or veggie chilli.
Saturday will be a Chinese for one because my husband is working!

Wisesmurf · 11-11-2020 5:46pm

The one positive of lockdown is adding more to our arsenal - We cook almost everything from scratch these days.

Monday: Chicken and Leek pie
Tuesday: Beef enchiladas
Wednesday (today): Coddle - it's a day for it
Thursday: Veg Risotto
Friday: Takeaway
Saturday: Beef stirfry
(I batch prepare topside beef for this and freeze in portions to defrost on the day - got this beef prep method from Ziangs food workshop on Youtube)
Sunday: Italian Spiced Chicken Breast cooked on the BBQ on a bed of Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
(got this recipe from Sam the cooking guy on youtube)

Dave_The_Sheep · 12-11-2020 12:11am

Thursday - Chicken Fajitas

Friday - Sausage,bean casserole.

Saturday -Vegetarian Curry + Rice.

Sunday - Slow cooker beef stew.

Monday - Pork bowls.

Tuesday - Chicken poblano rice bowls.

SusanC10 · 12-11-2020 11:38am

Waiting on the Tesco Delivery today.

This weeks Meals will be

Pasta Carbonara
Chicken Fajitas
Rack of Lamb
Veggie Tagine
Chicken Chow Mein
Pasta with Chorizo and Butternut Squash (BBC)

AustinLostin · 12-11-2020 12:27pm

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Tuesday - Chicken poblano rice bowls.

Where do you get the poblano peppers? Only seen and used them once - normally substitute in a bell pepper if I see them on a recipe.

Neyite · 12-11-2020 1:22pm

Loveinapril wrote: »

We are the picture of health, we had Fray Bentos chicken pie last night with baby potatoes, carrots and brocolli.

I picked up several of these (along with other tinned meats) for the store-cupboard for the zombie apocalypse first lockdown -and keeping a well stocked pantry pending Brexit in January anyway. They don't have a huge amount of meat in them but it's inspired me to try to do a home made version of their pies.

I must go hunting for a good steak and kidney recipe.

woodchuck · 12-11-2020 1:37pm

This week I'm thinking...

Sat: Enchiladas
Sun: Duck, potatoes and veg
Mon: Stir fry
Tues: Roasted butternut squash with rice, goat's cheese, sundried tomatoes and sage
Wednesday: Meat, potatoes and veg
Thursday: Thai green curry
Friday: Leftover thai green curry

jrosen · 12-11-2020 2:27pm

Ours this week

Beef broccoli
Chicken pie with veg
Thai take out
Tacos with all the extras, paprika like corn on the cob
Veg Lasagne
Chicken curry, rice & naan bread
Pizza with whatever toppings/salad

Toulouse · 13-11-2020 3:31pm

Saturday - Hungarian Goulash, my husband’s Anya’s recipe
Sunday - Slow cooked baby back ribs with BBQ sauce, roasted baby potatoes and salad
Monday - Tuna and feta salad
Tuesday- Pan fried salmon darne with roasted veg and baked feta
Wednesday - Panko and Parmesan topped cod fillet with baby potatoes and salad
Thursday - spicy beef rice bowl
Friday - Chickpea curry
Saturday - Thomasina Mier’s Pork pibil

igCorcaigh · 13-11-2020 5:32pm

Toulouse wrote: »

Thomasina Mier’s Pork pibil

This sounds good, did you manage to find achiote paste?

Toulouse · 13-11-2020 10:11pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

This sounds good, did you manage to find achiote paste?

You can get it in Picado. https://www.picadomexican.com/

It’s a brilliant recipe! We always eat in Wahaca when we’re in London so I make the little pork pibil tacos you get there with her pink pickled onions. It’s also really good with rice and freezes perfectly. Which given the amount you’ll be making is a good thing!

Dave_The_Sheep · 14-11-2020 8:50pm

Ooops wrong thread.

Tree · 15-11-2020 9:42pm

Mon: MAsh, fishcakes and mushypeas
Tue: Egg and chips
Wed wraps
Thu: homemade spicebags
Fri: homemade pizza

igCorcaigh · 16-11-2020 12:09am

Tree wrote: »

Tue: Egg and chips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Seg5WAq65n8

Dial Hard · 16-11-2020 12:49pm

Tonight - 'Nduja & roasted tomato pasta
Tom - Meatball & bean casserole
Wed - Same
Thur - Something with pork mince, either green chilli or keema with peas
Fri - Same
Sat - possibly a takeaway
Sun - butterflied leg of lamb with flatbreads and a pomegranate & feta salad

Springwell · 17-11-2020 7:22pm

Goats cheese, tomato and basil gnocchi
Fish finger Bhurta
Southern fried chicken, mash, coleslaw and gravy
Black bean and pumpkin tostadas
Giant sausage roll
Meatballs and spaghetti
Eggplant parmigiana

Neyite · 17-11-2020 8:42pm

Mine this week have been/are:
Saturday: Homemade pizzas and chinese chicken wings,
Sunday: Roast chicken, carrots and mash
Monday: Lasange and crusty bread
Tuesday: Homemade steak & kidney pie (new recipe inspired by this thread) panfried brussel sprouts and potatoes.

Wednesday: Vietnamese pork bowls with rice (again, new & inspired by this thread)
Thursday: Salmon darnes, potatoes and savoy cabbage.

Neyite · 19-11-2020 8:24pm

My two new recipes this week are keepers according to the jury.

Vietnamese pork bowls tasted amazing. Whoever said it smelled like feet when you add the nam pla earlier in the thread was wrong.

It smells worse than feet.

However, if you crank your extractor fan and your hob up as high as they go and hold your breath while stirring it, the smell soon cooks off and is gone entirely by the time you add the sugar. Keep cooking it on high until it's well caramelised. I served it with noodles, and had cherry tomato, spring onion, chilli slices, and coriander leaf as accompaniments.

The only fault is that I wanted more afterwards.

The steak and kidney pie was also exactly the ticket on a cold wintry night. It takes quite a while to slow-cook it off on the hob so the sauce thickens so I think next time I'll do it in bulk, freeze portions of the filling and then with frozen puff pastry it'll be a quick and easy freezer meal. I added a tablespoon of horseradish which really set it off.

woodchuck · 21-11-2020 3:45pm

Saturday: Meatballs and fried potatoes
Sunday: Chicken supreme, mash and peas
Monday: Lasagne and garlic bread
Tuesday: Leftover lasagne and garlic bread
Wednesday: Chicken Kievs, mash and peas
Thursday: Chilli con veggie and rice
Friday: Leftover chilli con veggie and rice

Springwell · 22-11-2020 2:20pm

Ooni pizzas - have Caputo Nuvola flour to try
Pork chasseur meatballs and tagliatelle
Pumpkin laksa
Halloumi with mexican salsa and lime coriander rice
Five spice chilli squid
River cottage crispy smoked haddock and cheese pancakes
Fish finger bhorta

eviltwin · 22-11-2020 2:25pm

Bento box
Pasta with pine nuts, viva fake bacon and garlic bread
Making a shepherdess pie with mash and gravy which will do Wed and Thursday
Tacos and chips
Bean and lentil Korma with homemade naan
Sunday will be a sietan roast with all the trimmings. Trying my homemade Yorkshire puds for the first time so hopefully they turn out well

joe1010 · 22-11-2020 5:57pm

Mon: pork with mashed potatoes
Tue: sushi or chinese
Wed: chicken, carrots and rice
Thu: Italian pasta with meatballs
Fri: fish and chips
Sat: roastbeef and salad
Sun: homemade pizza (pepperoni and sausages)

Tree · 22-11-2020 10:05pm

Lots of freezer diving on the cards this week... somehow the chest freezer never seems to empty

AustinLostin · 23-11-2020 1:52pm

My week:

Monday: Glazed Sesame salmon will have it with rice and broccoli
Tuesday: Courgette risotto
Wednesday: Halal cart chicken - the method of making the rice here ain't healthy but it is absolutely delicious
Thursday: Bolognese from the freezer.

I ran out of steam when planning for the remainder of the week so see how it goes. Theres a frozen pizza and a bag of wedges in the freezer so likely how it will go on Friday.

Ish66 · 23-11-2020 2:08pm

AustinLostin wrote: »

My week:

Monday: Glazed Sesame salmon will have it with rice and broccoli
Tuesday: Courgette risotto
Wednesday: Halal cart chicken - the method of making the rice here ain't healthy but it is absolutely delicious
Thursday: Bolognese from the freezer.

I ran out of steam when planning for the remainder of the week so see how it goes. Theres a frozen pizza and a bag of wedges in the freezer so likely how it will go on Friday.

I am free most evenings, I will bring cake and my own bib !:D

What's your meal plan dinners this week?

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