meal ideas

[Oorki Galoorki]

i am about to do a big meal planner
so i need ideas(not recipes) for lunch dinner and snacks
im hoping i can do a month to 6 weeks worth.....

thanks in advance

[christy]

In our house I have standard snacks:

carrot sticks
pita bread (I put it in the freezer and then cut it apart & bake to make into "chips")
hummous (I make it myself using tins of chick peas)
popcorn

I always have these on hand if I run out of other snacks.

Next fortnight Dinners at our house:

tuna patties & salad or on a roll
Stir fry x 3, one with rice and 2 with noodles and different meats
Bolognaise
meat & 3 veg (otherwise known as happyface dinner.... mashed potato face, carrot eyes & nose, mince hair and tomato mouth)
BBQ steak & salad
Thai turkey meatballs
Vegetarian mexican
Potato, leek and bacon soup
Baked paprika chicken on couscous (with steamed veges)


Lunches are pretty stock standard here. Matilda is a creature of habit and has the same breakfast & lunch everyday. Lunch is always vegemite sandwich with carrot sticks. If I'm lucky she will eat some left over bolognaise, or noodles, but most of the time it is vegemite or she won't eat. Jovie will eat everything, but prefers a light lunch of fruit generally... I encourage a sandwich but she's not keen on them. She will eat bits & pieces of left overs or ham etc. I usually eat left overs.

[sangie]

Here are some things we are having for dinner this week. Mostly lighter meals as its going to be hot:

Chicken wraps with salad
BBQ steak with veg also cooked on the bbq
Beef Schnitzel with potato salad and green salad
Grilled fish with home made chips and salad
Pesto Pasta with cherry tomatoes

Lunches:
We usually have leftovers or sandwiches (fillings such as egg/lettuce, ham/cheese etc). Also have fruit

Snacks:
Fruit
I've just made some banana muffins!
Cruskits/salada's with cheese or vegemite

[Mother Goose]

Dinner:
Apricot chicken
Home made hamburgers
Savoray mince
Spag Bol
Pesto Pasta
Tuna Morney
Cold meats and salad
Steak and salad or home made chips and eggs
Sausages with mash and onion gravy
Home made pizza
Lamb chops and veg or salad
Lamb salad
Roast in the slow cooker
chicken wingettes or drumettes with salad
Quiche and salad

Lunch:
Quiche and salad
Left overs
Toasted sandwhiches (ham and cheese, ham cheese and tomato, cheese - whatever you like!)
Eggs on toast
Boiled Eggs and Soliders
Tuna Salad
Cheese and Mac
Salad
****tail Franks
Homemade Sausage rolls (if you've got little ones, it could be a fun thing to make together in the morning and then have for lunch)
Chicken Salad
Baked beans on toast


Snacks:
Muffins (again, a good thing to make together and then eat)
Pikelets (can freeze them then defrost when needed)
Popcorn
Fruit kebabs
Cheese
Fruit and Veg sticks with Dip
Crackers with Dip
Homemade trail mix


HTH

MG