How very appropriate that my 100th post should be a Simple Meal Plan!
Also how very typical is it that I need to rush it, as I have very limited time today!
🙂
Firstly an update on my Simple Meal Plan experiment last week.
I aborted my usual online shop and headed off to the farm shop.  I am very keen to shop locally and organically, but time and convenience favours online for me. As I budget £100 per week for all my groceries this is a consideration also.
Reflecting on my experience, it worked okay, but I have done an online shop for the week coming. The main issue was taking the time out to go and do the shop, and then also having to do a further two trips to the supermarket and also ask someone else to pick a few items up for me as well.
However interestingly my actual grocery shop cost less. My total spend was about £65, but due to having three shopping trips plus lunch I wasted spent probably that amount again on other things .
Simple Meal Plan 12 -18 March 2011
Saturday
- Lunch – Trip to local bakers for rolls and cakes
- Dinner – Fish Fingers and Chips for the Kids (Hubby and I out at a 40th Birthday Party)
- Dessert – Ice Cream Cones
Sunday
- Lunch – Carrot, Lentil and Ginger Soup with Home-made Rolls
- Dinner – Slow Cooked Bolognaise with Home-made Garlic Bread
- Dessert – Home-made Cake and Custard
Monday (Meat-Free)
- Lunch – Cheese, Crackers, Crunchy Veg and Salad
- Dinner – Slow-cooked Vegetable Curry and Home-made Chapatis
- Dessert – Fruit and Yoghurt
Tuesday
- Lunch – Slow-cooked Potato and Leek Soup with Home-made Rolls
- Dinner – Slow- cooked Cottage Pie with Steamed Vegetables
- Dessert – Home-made Cake and Custard
Wednesday
- Lunch – Jacket Potatoes with Tuna and Salad
- Dinner – Toad in the Hole with Mushroom Gravy and Steamed Veg
- Dessert – Fruit and Yoghurt
Thursday
- Lunch – Light Lunch Out as PlayDay!
- Dinner – Slow-cooked Steak and Guinness Pie with Steamed Veg
- Dessert – Apple Pie and Ice-Cream
Friday
Weekend Away Hooray! Normally this is my No Waste Tastes Great day whereby I challenge myself to use up any potential food waste. I am going to be extra extra vigilant this week to ensure there isn’t any waste on Friday.
There will be a No Waste Tastes Great here on Friday – but with a twist!
Please do check out my Guest Post over at Untitled Minimalism – I am sharing the Steak and Guinness Pie recipe – so very simple! A must for St Patrick’s Day!
Back tomorrow with a guest post from Gip Plaster from So Much More Life – he will be sharing his Faminimalism Story…
Anyhow…better love you and leave you as there’s a dress I need to squeeze myself into – wish me luck!
Just wanted to say congrats on your 100th post and here’s to 100 more. (at least)
Thank you so much! Just been over to your place and had a browse…looking good! Jo
Just wanted to say congrats on your 100th post and here’s to 100 more. (at least)
Thank you so much! Just been over to your place and had a browse…looking good! Jo
Just wanted to say congrats on your 100th post and here’s to 100 more. (at least)
Thank you so much! Just been over to your place and had a browse…looking good! Jo
congrats on your 100th post !! Hope you fit into your dress.
I did – Just! Haha!
congrats on your 100th post !! Hope you fit into your dress.
I did – Just! Haha!
congrats on your 100th post !! Hope you fit into your dress.
I did – Just! Haha!
Hurray for your 100th post! I think I’ll eat at your place this week — everything sounds great. 🙂
Have a great time tonight!
Thanks Jenny had a lovely time – it was a black tie do. Have a lovely Sunday – popping by yours later today for a catch up – Jo
Hurray for your 100th post! I think I’ll eat at your place this week — everything sounds great. 🙂
Have a great time tonight!
Thanks Jenny had a lovely time – it was a black tie do. Have a lovely Sunday – popping by yours later today for a catch up – Jo
Hurray for your 100th post! I think I’ll eat at your place this week — everything sounds great. 🙂
Have a great time tonight!
Thanks Jenny had a lovely time – it was a black tie do. Have a lovely Sunday – popping by yours later today for a catch up – Jo
Did you get to wear your versatile dress again? 🙂
Congratulations on your 100th post! It must feel amazing to look back and realize how much writing and time that amounts to!
Hi Jo – No it was my Karen Millen LBD that comes out for cocktail parties etc… I wear it maybe twice a year and it’s always hit and miss as to whether I will still fit in it !:-)
Interestingly I have no idea how much time I have spent on blogging. It’s a hobby, a bit of stress relief so I don’t really think about the time I spend on it – I kind of get a little lost in it which is a good sign I’m enjoying it…Have Fun Jo
Did you get to wear your versatile dress again? 🙂
Congratulations on your 100th post! It must feel amazing to look back and realize how much writing and time that amounts to!
Hi Jo – No it was my Karen Millen LBD that comes out for cocktail parties etc… I wear it maybe twice a year and it’s always hit and miss as to whether I will still fit in it !:-)
Interestingly I have no idea how much time I have spent on blogging. It’s a hobby, a bit of stress relief so I don’t really think about the time I spend on it – I kind of get a little lost in it which is a good sign I’m enjoying it…Have Fun Jo
Did you get to wear your versatile dress again? 🙂
Congratulations on your 100th post! It must feel amazing to look back and realize how much writing and time that amounts to!
Hi Jo – No it was my Karen Millen LBD that comes out for cocktail parties etc… I wear it maybe twice a year and it’s always hit and miss as to whether I will still fit in it !:-)
Interestingly I have no idea how much time I have spent on blogging. It’s a hobby, a bit of stress relief so I don’t really think about the time I spend on it – I kind of get a little lost in it which is a good sign I’m enjoying it…Have Fun Jo
Congrats Jo! 100 posts is awesome. Isn’t it fun to celebrate the milestones? I’m lifting an imaginary glass of really expensive champagne in your honor right now as I type this!
Cheers,
Tanja
Cheers Tanja! Have a second imaginary glass! Jo
Congrats Jo! 100 posts is awesome. Isn’t it fun to celebrate the milestones? I’m lifting an imaginary glass of really expensive champagne in your honor right now as I type this!
Cheers,
Tanja
Cheers Tanja! Have a second imaginary glass! Jo
Congrats Jo! 100 posts is awesome. Isn’t it fun to celebrate the milestones? I’m lifting an imaginary glass of really expensive champagne in your honor right now as I type this!
Cheers,
Tanja
Cheers Tanja! Have a second imaginary glass! Jo