credit crunch kitchen: menu plan

Saturday 19 May 2012

menu plan

It's been a while, and my friends have been enquiring, so here is this week's menu plan. I wonder how much I will be able to stick to...

Sat: saayi daal, tandoori (?) salmon cubes, rice, maybe a few chapatti

Sun: oxtail stew & rice

Mon: jacket potatoes, Littl'Un's egg mayo, cheese, baked beans, roast spiced squtternut bosh.

Tues: sausage & chips with brocolli (giggly pig sausages and some organic chipolatas I have in the freezer)

Weds: steak & rocket in pitta bread (inspired by an amazing steak sandwich I had last weekend at Boyden's Kitchen.)

Thurs: chicken, mushroom, sweetcorn in cream sauce with pasta - maybe conchigle

Fri: pickled prawn curry, spinach sweetcorn curry, rice

1 comment:

Lauren - Big Eejit24 May 2012 at 12:27
Giggly Pig sausages sound very cute!
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save money, save waste, save time!

I've challenged myself to stick to a weekly budget, and throw out less, and use up more.

I try to feed our whole family good nutritious food mostly cooked from scratch with as little cost as possible. We're not freaks, we do eat junk, we don't eat enough fruit or veg, and some of us are really fussy, tho not really the kids! I want to share my weekly menu plans because I know there are people looking for this info! Share back and it's even nicer! The challenge is to keep the supermarket shop down below £50 a week, feeding 3 kids and 2-3 adults, without too much deprivation, but staying healthy and yummy!

I do have an overstocked larder which needs managing, but otherwise I shop once a week usually in Sainsburys, for ethical reasons, or online with Ocado for time-saving reasons.

We like to buy organic where we can, where it matters if possible, because we care about our food, to pass the ethics on, and because it usually tastes better too.

I'm sharing my challenge to force myself to stick to it, and because I believe my efforts might help someone else in a similar situation, and I'm hoping people will get generous and share back!