Simple Meal Plan Week 3

Let it Snow!

I woke up this morning to 2 very awake children jumping all over my bed and a light dusting of snow outside.  The perfect wake up call on both counts.

I love the snow, and I love my kids more than words can say.

Those following this blog will know I grocery shop online, and there was a delivery due this morning. Another fantastic reason for online grocery shopping – you can take delivery in your ‘Little Miss Naughty’ dressing gown and amuse the delivery driver.

🙂

I have a confession – I forgot about Buy Nothing Day UK falling on a Saturday this year as it was the day after Thanksgiving last year, a Friday …I’d ordered my food a few days ago and hadn’t thought – so my credit card* will have been charged today – oh well better luck next year!

(*It’s a cash-back credit card so I earn commission every time I use it. For me it’s a very effective way of managing my spend each month, and I pay it off each month. It’s also incredibly practical as I shop online and it has built-in insurance on certain purchases)

Simple Meal Plan Week 3

Every few weeks I reduce my usual spend of approx. £100 total on food, drinks, treats and household goods.  This is normally because over 3 or 4 weeks I tend to accumulate some extras, such as items I have frozen, or excess store cupboard ingredients that haven’t quite been used up.

This is one of those weeks so I spent approx:

• £50 on online foodstuffs
• £15 on wine (3 x half price quality bottles – this is one item I do multi-buy)
• £5 on washing powder etc…
• £5 Delivery Charge

A total of £75 – I will also this week be visiting the local butcher – which I do like to do and if I can, I plan it in with my batch of errands.  I will probably spend £5 – So my total this week is £80 – a 20% reduction on usual.

So what are we eating this week in the Wright household?

Breakfasts are a combination of Pancakes, Bran Loaf, Cereals and Toast

Saturday

• Lunch – Ham Sandwiches
• Dinner – Kids are having Mash, Veg and Ham, Hubby and I are out for a Birthday celebration with friends

Sunday

• Lunch – Bacon Sandwiches
• Dinner – Sausage Casserole
• Dessert – Fruit and Yoghurt

Meat Free Monday – also my Gran’s Funeral

• Lunch – Parsnip, Apple and Celery Soup with Cheese Rolls
• Dinner – Mediterranean Vegetable Lasagne
• Dessert – Rice Pudding

Tuesday

• Lunch – Beans on Toast with Marmite and Cheese
• Dinner – Pan Fried Salmon with Lime and Honey and Vegetables
• Dessert – Fruit and Yoghurt

Wednesday

• Lunch – Jacket Potatoes with Tuna and Sweetcorn
• Dinner – Beef Hotpot
• Dessert – Apple Crumble with Vanilla Ice-Cream

Thursday

• Lunch – Light Lunch out as Playday! 🙂
• Dinner – Toad in the Hole with Mustard Mash and Vegetables
• Dessert –  Bread and Butter Pudding with Ice-Cream

Friday

Friday is the day I take part in Food Waste Friday over at The Frugal Girl – so if the fridge is bare the Hubby and I get a takeaway. Otherwise I  get creative and rustle up a ‘No Waste Tastes Great’ meal.  Don’t fret about the Kids, I always have something I can prepare for them such as omlettes or pasta.

Don’t we eat a lot of cheese and ice-Cream! I hadn’t realised! Oh well!

(n.b – Missing Recipes will be posted this week)

How’s your week looking? Are you all prepared with a ‘just in time‘ stocked fridge?

Have a great weekend everyone! I’m off to practise my ‘simplified laundry routine’ which is most certainly a work in progress! How can one be so organised in the kitchen and so disorganised with the laundry?

🙂