As part of my frugal reset, I’ve been sharing our weekly meal plans on here again and I’ll be honest, I’ve really enjoyed the old school blog posts again along with the accountability that I get from sharing something with you all!
I know that our little meal plan board is really starting to work now in our house as last weekend I forgot what we were due to have for tea when we were out and suggested we bought a family sized pie from a little butchers on the high street and one of the kids pointed out that we were supposed to be having Hunters Chicken. 😁
I’ll take that as meal planning win!
I am trying to choose meals that I know everyone will enjoy rather than ‘budget’ meals if that makes sense. I don’t mind spending a little more on our meals when I know everyone will enjoy them which will make it easier to stick to our plans.
What I don’t write on my menu plan board is the extra bits that I serve with the meal – there is always I plenty of salads and vegetables as we’re trying to be much more health conscious at the moment with more healthy food and more exercise happening for us all. Most meals have either a salad of lettuce, tomato, cucumber and red onion on the side or a side of veggies on everyone’s plates.
Monday – Chicken Special
As a diabetic, chicken is my favourite ingredient to cook with – it’s just so versatile. I can take some chicken breasts out of the freezer the night before and do just about anything with it. I like mine relatively plain with just some sort of spice on it while it’s cooking but my partner loves his with BBQ sauce so I’ll do both in no time at all. I’ll do rice and veg for my partner and I’ll have something like roasted tomatoes to go with mine. Honestly, I could eat this every night with no issue with repetition.
Tuesday – Sausage, Bacon, Egg and Chips
I have some nice high meat content sausages (perfect for me as a diabetic) from the local farmers market in the freezer so I’ll serve them with bacon and eggs for both of us. I’ll add in some chips for my partner and some tomatoes or mushrooms for me.
Wednesday – Mince and Yorkshire Puds
You can’t beat slow cooker mince and onions for an easy and filling tea and it’s a perfect meal for when my partner is on nightshift because he can take a big portion to work to eat at work. He’ll also have a smaller portion with some Yorkshire puds before he goes to work and I’ll just have the mince with some veg for my tea at the same time. There’s likely going to be some left over too so we can use that as a topping for our jacket potatoes tomorrow night.
Thursday – Jacket Potatoes
This is a quick and easy tea for us as I’ll pop some potatoes in the oven for an hour or so and then use whatever we have in as a topping. I suspect my partner will have mince and cheese and I’ll have cheese and coleslaw with salad. I rarely eat jacket potatoes so this is a bit of a treat for me and we’ll need to go for a nice long walk afterwards to keep my blood sugars under control which will be a lovely thing to do too.
Friday – Pizza night
We’re having pizza night tonight with a cheeky Asda make your own pizza for my partner and a Meatzza version of a pizza for me which is basically a pizza with a meat base instead of a dough base.
Saturday – Pie and Mash
The butchers in our village does amazing family sized pies on a weekend so I’m hoping to be able to get one before they sell out and if I do, then I’ll be serving it with mash and mushy peas.
Sunday – Spaghetti Bolognaise
I have a lovely portion of bolognaise in the freezer which I will defrost and serve for us and the kids with some spaghetti and garlic bread. So much easier than a full on Sunday dinner. 😉
And that’s what we’ll be eating this week!
See you next week.
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