Well I’ve had a bit of a week, hence this post was originally intended for Wednesday, but better late than never!
I do my grocery shop online, and I do this because I hate shopping and I find it easier to plan for the week ahead this way.
Because my thoughts have been on other things this week, the meal plan for next week (starting Saturday 13th November) will be very simple and basic, normally I would add in new recipes and meal ideas.
n.b – Breakfasts are a combination of cereal, pancakes, toast and scrambled eggs
Simple Meal Plan Week One
So here we go:
Saturday lunch – Tuna and sweetcorn topped jacket potatoes
Saturday dinner – Homemade cheese and tomato pizza for Daddy and the kids(I’m out with the girls!)
Saturday dessert – Fruit and Yogurt
Sunday lunch – Beans on toast with Marmite and grated cheese
Sunday dinner – Roast chicken with potatoes and vegetables
Sunday dessert – Rice pudding
Meat Free Monday lunch – Potato and leek soup with homemade rolls
Meat Free Monday dinner – Soya mince spaghetti bolognaise with rolls and garlic butter
Meat Free Monday dessert – Butterscotch Bananas
Tuesday lunch – Omlette with vegetables
Tuesday dinner – Chicken and spinach lasagne
Tuesday dessert – Apple crumble and ice-cream
Wednesday lunch – Carrot and coriander soup with homemade bread
Wednesday dinner – Sausage casserole with remaining bread
Wednesday dessert – Fruit and yogurt
Thursday lunch – Eat out as PLAYDAY!
Thursday dinner – Cottage Pie with steamed vegetables
Friday – This is the day I take part in Food Waste Friday over at The Frugal Girl so if I am very good and have no waste then we have a take out (you can’t eat healthily every day!), or if I have been very bad on the waste front I have to rustle up something from my leftovers!!! So check out on Friday which way it went 🙂 – Don’t fret about the kids I always have something I can rustle up for them such as omlette or pasta with veggies (they have a hot dinner on a Friday at School and Nursery!)
So what was my shopping bill on food this week (including drinks/wine, a few treats and storecupboard ingredients that need replenishing?)
£74.67 + £5.50 delivery ——- Total=£80.17
This is about right – I budget approx. £100 per week for all grocery spend including any house products, nappies etc… that I also need to keep the family ticking along but not the cupboards cluttered up. This also allows for the extra milk I may pick up from the local shop and storecupboard items that I have underestimated the need for.
All my recipes are either on the blog or will be posted soon!
Please don’t forget to let me know what you think of my meal plan this week in the comments below
You make simple meals on a budget sound as appetizing as going out to a nice restaurant! Kudos to you (and will you stop over at our house, please?)!
Yay! Thanks for the comment. I think the recipes are pretty good and I love cooking for others! The beauty of slow cooking is you always have enough so the more the merrier :-)! I am planning on getting all the missing recipes for week one on the blog asap but we are having a bit of a week over in the Wright household…good job I have simplified my life so I can drop everything a re-prioritise when I need to and focus on what’s important. Don’t forget to post another comment with a link to your blog so I (and everyone else) can check it out – Jo (just found your blog – had typed it in wrong! oops)
You make simple meals on a budget sound as appetizing as going out to a nice restaurant! Kudos to you (and will you stop over at our house, please?)!
Yay! Thanks for the comment. I think the recipes are pretty good and I love cooking for others! The beauty of slow cooking is you always have enough so the more the merrier :-)! I am planning on getting all the missing recipes for week one on the blog asap but we are having a bit of a week over in the Wright household…good job I have simplified my life so I can drop everything a re-prioritise when I need to and focus on what’s important. Don’t forget to post another comment with a link to your blog so I (and everyone else) can check it out – Jo (just found your blog – had typed it in wrong! oops)
You make simple meals on a budget sound as appetizing as going out to a nice restaurant! Kudos to you (and will you stop over at our house, please?)!
Yay! Thanks for the comment. I think the recipes are pretty good and I love cooking for others! The beauty of slow cooking is you always have enough so the more the merrier :-)! I am planning on getting all the missing recipes for week one on the blog asap but we are having a bit of a week over in the Wright household…good job I have simplified my life so I can drop everything a re-prioritise when I need to and focus on what’s important. Don’t forget to post another comment with a link to your blog so I (and everyone else) can check it out – Jo (just found your blog – had typed it in wrong! oops)