Meal Planning

[Tinsel]

Thanks Rouge. I had a bit of a look but obviously not in the right spot. I will love looking over this thread and thanks for your lists Minnie and KTee. Your dishes sound delish!

[BekZ]

I have to get back into meal planning as well. I found my grocery bill was lower and I didn't have to think every day about what I was going to make. My meal planning style is quite simple. I have a list of meals that we have regularly. Then once a week I check what is the cupboard first and then think about what meals go with what I actually have in stock. Then I write up the weeks meals. I take into consideration how much time I have to prep or if DH is home etc.

Over the week I will have a new recipe to try, a slow cooker day, a roast night, rice/pasta dish, left over/slacko night (usually after slow cooker/roast night), bbq or pizza night.

Here are some meals on the list

Slow cooker
Sausage hot pot
Lamb shanks ( not often)
Beef roast
Chicken drumsticks
Beef strog
Corned beef

Pasta/Rice/Noodle
Spag bol
Chicken thai curry/rice
Chinese chicken stirfry
Stirfry
Vege noodle stir fry

BBQ
Warm steak salad
Sausages and chicken things bbqed with salad and steamed baby potatos

Roasts
Chicken
Lamb
Pork neck

Other
Chicken/pork/veal schnitzel
porl/veal meatloaf
Sheppards pie
Satay chicken wraps/Soft beef tacos
Home made pizza (usually Friday/Saturday nights)
Chicken and noddle soup
Pumpkin soup

[crumpet]

i loooooove meal planning!!

just yesterday i sat down and made a list of meals we both like( my DH is reasonbly fussy so it can be hard, he isnt a vegie type bloke) and then put them into a weekly list.....

i always have a meal a week that is easy like nachos, toasted sangas, baked potatos for those nights i cant be bothered cooking funnily enough they are generally DH's fave nights!!!

heres my 4 weeks worth ive just done:

WEEK ONE

Monday – Spaghetti Bolognaise
Tuesday- Shepherds pie potatos
Wednesday- Chicken Parma with Salad and chips
Thursday-Homemade pizzas


WEEK 2

Monday- Lamb and Cous Cous
Tuesday- Burritos
Wednesday- Crusted Lamb fillets and vegies
Thursday- Toasted Ham Cheese sandwiches


WEEK 3

Monday- Tacos
Tuesday- Crispy Salt and Pepper Chicken ( cheap and cheerful cookbook pg 48) & Salad
Wednesday- Hamburgers
Thursday- Baked Potato’s


Monday- Ritz Chicken, Salad and oven chips
Tuesday- Pasta Bake( recipe in pink folder)
Wednesday- Chicken & Veg Rissotto(recipe in pink folder)
Thursday- Nacho’s


we only need 4 days worth coz fridays are takeaway, saturdays if we dont go out i grab something basic at woolies( usually with no nutritional value like hot dogs ) and sundays MIL cooks for us at her place.

then ive got the grocery list for what ill need as well for each week so then i can check the freezer, fridge and cupboards and do my list before i do my online shopping!!

slightly anal but works well!

[Tinsel]

Thanks Bek and Crumpet. I feel so bad that I haven't branched out so much with my cooking but this is just the motivation I need.

[Netix]

I just googled "meal planning" cos I need help (I thought I would google then look on BB, cos if the Man sees me on BB all day at work, he may get cross ), and I clicked on one of the results. Guess where I ended up. Yep, BB articles! Ahh, does the world revolve around BB????