How To Weekly Meal Plan - Plan #43

Happy Monday! I'm hugely excited as my Phone Photography E-Course launches today and I can't wait to meet everyone and get stuck in with the course. You can read all about June's course here.

The weekend went so quickly. I had a meeting on Saturday afternoon in Norwich and my Mum and I decided to make a day of it so we wandered around the quiet parts discovered some beautiful buildings (see here) and had lunch in a lovely little cafe. Then Sunday we did the food shop, popped to Pound Stretcher (who I am working with at the minute) and then to the beach to take photographs for another post and to let off some steam. We then headed over to my Mum's like we normally do. When we got home at 6pm Edith fell asleep pretty quickly, we well and truly tired her out. It was such a lovely day.

As for our meal plan we shopped at Tesco again and it came to £33.99. As always sign up to my weekly meal plan newsletter here and see my meal idea inspiration (and give me a follow) here.

This week we are eating:

Chicken Ranch Wraps

Tuna Mayo Pasta

Chicken Pathia (curry)

Chilli Cheese Fries

Lasagne

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How To Weekly Meal Plan - Plan #41

Happy 1st May and happy bank holiday too. I've always loved May and I wonder if it's all the bank holidays we get! I hope your spending yours being lazy or having a lovely trip out somewhere. I'm spending the morning filming the lessons for my Phone Photography E-Course, it's not too late to save your space, head over here for more details.

As always with my meal plan it's linked up to #MealPlanningMondays and you can add your meal below. I'd love to see it and I love reading what people are eating.

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As for our weekly shop we're off to do that early this morning so I can't tell you a price yet but it will be in my Weekly Meal Plan Newsletter so make sure you're all signed up for that here. 

If you'd like to see the inspiration behind our meals, head over to my Pinterest Board. 

This week's meals are:

Chicken Tikka Pittas

Chicken Curry

Hot Dog Wraps

Skinny Texas Cheese Fries

Crispy Fish Bite & Chips

What's on your menu this week?

How To Weekly Meal Plan - Plan #40

I can't believe Monday has come around again. It's been a busy week and this one looks like it's going to be busy too. But I'm looking forward to the weekend already as it's another Bank Holiday! I have exciting plans. Filming all of the lessons for my E-Course. Eeek. You can read all about it here. 

I'm also in shock that I've reached week 40 already. You guys seem to really love my meal plans and there's going to be lots more as well as an E-Book too. Can you tell I like to keep busy? Haha.

As it's Monday you know the drill. Link your meal plan up here and share some blog love. Each week lots of blogger share their meal plans and it's great for inspiration.

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As my husband is back at work we are back to shopping on a Sunday. We shopped at Tesco again and it came to a grand total of £33.78.

I'm thinking I'm going to need to change this series as every week it gets harder to keep it below £30, £35 seems to be the amount we spend now. I suppose the cost of food has gone up, so it's hardly surprising.

If you'd like to see how we spent our money, sign up to my weekly newsletter here. You can also visit my Pinterest board for the inspiration behind the weekly meals.

This weeks meals (in no particular order):

Chilli sausage rolls with homemade chips.

Chicken tikka wraps.

Cheesey rice balls with tomato sauce & veg.

Chicken & Mushroom pasta.

Crisp topped fish with wedges and peas.

What's on your menu this week?

How To Weekly Meal Plan - Plan #39

It's time for another Meal Planning Monday. Every Monday I'll pop up our plan to give you weekly meal plan ideas and recipes. I've also got a weekly meal plan template that its perfect for printing out, to help you get organised.

Get yourself a free meal plan printable here. 

Happy Easter Monday! I can't believe the Easter holidays are drawing to a close (for us anyway). My husband is back at work tomorrow. It's been a lovely but busy 2 weeks. It's amazing how quickly they fly past.

A huge thank you to everyone who had supported my new business adventure. For those of you that have register your interest for the E-Course you should have hopefully received your info pack by now. If you'd like to hear more information about the Phone Photography course, click the link below and I'll send you over all the info.

Register your interest in my Phone Photography Course here. 

The info pack just breaks down what you'll learn on the course. A huge thank you to those of you who have purchased my photos too. There's still a chance to get 20% off so head over and to grab yourself the discount code.

As for the meal plan. Be sure to link up to #mealplanningmonday. Each week there are some amazing plans linked up so make sure you head over and take a look.

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This week we are eating vegetarian. I used to be veggie until a few years ago when I decided for health benefits and because I fancied chicken, I ate meat again. I was veggie for around 10 years but decided that it wasn't for me anymore. We've decided to go veggie because my husband is struggling with his hiatal hernia so we're trying to see if adapting our diet can help. 

This weeks meals are:

Veggie Fajita Pasta

Saag Paneer

Carrot & Sesame Noodles

Halloumi & Houmous Burgers with Homemade Fries

Thai Pineapple Fried Rice

The inspiration for these meals can be found on my Pinterest Board, it would be great if you could subscribe while you are there too!

And my weekly Meal Plan newsletter will hit your inboxes tonight with our food shop total and receipt. You can sign up to that here!  

What's on your menu this week?

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Weekly Meal Plan #38

Hey there! It's another Monday which means it's time for my weekly ramble and meal plan too! I hope the weather was as beautiful as it was here. It was such a lovely chilled weekend. Lazy day in the garden on Saturday, followed by a day at Nanny's while my husband went off to cricket practice. It was just lovely and makes me crave those warm summer days.

As we are still on half term we've not done the shopping yet but we will be doing that this morning. I've finally uploaded last weeks video which you can see here. I'll also be filming this weeks too and hopefully another video. Also I've set up a RSS feed so you can't get an email when there's a new post which means you won't miss a thing. I would love if you could sign up! 

As always you can link up your meal plan to #mealplanningmonday

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As for this weeks meals we've got:

Peanut Noodles

Teriyaki Mince Rice Bowl

Mozzarella Red Pepper Pasta

Honey & Garlic Meatballs

Tuscan Garlic Chicken

All of these recipes will feature in my ebook I'm currently writing but until then you can see my inspiration behind each meal on my Pinterest board.

Also my Weekly Meal Plan newsletter will be landing into your inboxes tonight so make sure you're subscribed to that too. It will have all of the latest news on my ebook. Sign up here.

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Weekly Meal Plan #37

Happy Monday and Happy Easter Holidays too! Most of you know my husband is a teacher so I love the holidays as it means we get to spend time together as a family! Wahoo. It also means I get a few work days which means I can crack on with my ebook and there's going to be a weekly meal plan video too. 

Last week someone asked if this includes our breakfasts and lunch etc. It most definitely does. I'm pretty resourceful and we often have leftovers or homemade soup with both Edith and I love. My husband takes a packed lunch to work and he doesn't have a huge appetite (unlike me!). I may to a what I eat kind of video/post if people are interested.

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We're doing the shop today as I was at a wedding show yesterday with my photography stand so we had no time to fit in a shop. I've been pretty slack on my newsletter but I'll be sending it out tonight with our weekly shop receipt and how much things came to or head over to my Youtube Channel and see the haul! 

This week we're eating:

Homemade Cheese & Onion Pies with Homemade Potato Wedges

Hawaiian Pasta Salad

Homemade Burgers & Homemade Chips

Beef Kofta Curry

Ham & Mushroom Pitta Pizzas

If you'd like to see the inspiration behind my mealplans visit my Pinterest Board.

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What's on your menu this week?

Weekly Meal Plan #36

Can you believe I've been writing these meal for 36 weeks? I still love doing it and so many of you seem to love them too. Over the next few weeks I'm starting work on my Meal Plan eBook which will hopefully be available by the end of May. It will be the first "product" I've ever created so I'm a bit nervous but I hope you guys will love it.

I'm writing this Saturday evening as I'm not planning on working on Mother's Day. I'm terrible at taking things easy but it's about time I took a day off. We have plans to visit the zoo so hopefully that's what we got up to. Follow me on Instagram to see more.

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As for our weekly shop we did it Saturday afternoon. We shopped at Tesco and it came to a grand total of £25.68. Not bad huh! Last week I didn't get a newsletter out but there will be one heading out this evening. I would love for you to subscribe to my newsletter, which you can do here.

Don't forget to head over to my Pinterest board for all the inspiration behind this weeks meals.

This week's meals:

Mushroom risotto

Chicken pittas & roast veg couscous

Honey & garlic meatballs

Chicken & chorizo jambalya

Chicken soup with homemade flat breads.

What meal do you love the sound of?

Weekly Meal Plan #35

Another week, another meal plan. Although it went quickly last week was a long old week. Edith's "mama" stage is in full swing and I'm exhausted. I've got lots of work to get on with but little time to do it. Edith is also wanting to spend time with both of us. Basically we are all in need of the Easter break. Only 2 more weeks to go!

Last week's #mealplanningmonday saw 13 link ups. There are some great meal plans so  make sure you click back to read through those and read through this weeks too. Kirsty and I would love you to link up and you can do that below.

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As for our weekly shop, my husband was in charge this week. He ventured to Lidl and then we topped up with ASDA as we were missing a few bits. The total shop came to £28.12. Yay for being under budget. You know the drill by now, subscribe to my newsletter here and my Pinterest board here.

This weeks meals:

Lasanga 

Chilli quesdilas

Ham & mushroom pie

Mushroom & cream cheese pasta

Homemade fish cakes with homemade chips and mushy peas.


What's on your menu this week?

Weekly Meal Plan #34

Oh wow. What a really busy weekend. I need a weekend to get over the weekend. I had a photoshoot at Thetford Forest with the lovely Chantal and her family. It was so great to meet them and it was a really great day. After the photoshoot we decided to stay and explore the forest a bit. We are making plans to head back there in the summer.

Then yesterday we had a huge list of housework that needed doing. You name it we did, it was a lot of hard work. We then had my family over for dinner and before we knew it bedtime was calling, for Edith, not for us!

But anyway. Happy Monday! Kirsty and I had 19 link ups to #mealplanningmonday Which is amazing, let's hope for more this week. I love this little community and I need to put in more effort with commenting, I will get around to it I promise.

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As for our weekly shop we went over budget, again. Next week my husband is doing the shop by himself as we always seem to be under budget when he does it! To be fair we had run out of a lot of basics so they all add up, we also had another day and a special dessert too. Next week we will be better. 

We shopped at ASDA as they had the best deal on meat for us. The shop came to £44.58. Eeeek!!  We definitely need to cut back next week. 

As always my newsletter will be going out at 11am this morning. So sign up for that here and head over to my Pinterest board, and follow, for all my meal planning inspiration.

This weeks meals:

Pulled pork, coleslaw, homemade potato wedges and salad.

Pulled pork stir fry.

Pulled pork pitta pizzas with roast veg couscous.

Tuna pasta bake.

Red pepper, chorizo and orzo salad.

Mini sausage lattices with homemade chips & veg.

What's on your menu this week?

Weekly Meal Plan #33

Happy Monday! These weeks are flying by at the moment and this week I'm determined to get myself organised. On Saturday I met with Georgia, it was so good to meet a fellow creative and I left our get together feeling inspired and ready to go out and achieve exactly what I want to. I've got some big plans and I'm hoping I can pull them off! This week already looks like a busy one!

As for #mealplanningmonday last week was another good week with slightly less link ups than usual. I'm hoping we can go back up to 20 again this week. Head on over to Kirsty's blog to see all the details about it! You can link up below and don't forget to grab a badge will your here too!

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As for our weekly shop, we went to Tesco as it was on the way home this morning. I did have the luxury of doing it by myself as Edith fell asleep in the car, so my husband waited in the car with her. The total came to £38.49. We did have a few extras added on because we have vowed not to have takeaway this month, so I bought some pizzas and chips to stick in the freezer and if we were having a lazy day we could then use them instead of wasting £10/£15 on takeaway! I also took full advantage of the reduced baby snacks. They had end of lines down to 13p so of course I snapped up as many as I could. Our baby snack cupboard is now so full we won't need to buy any in a long while!

As always my Pinterest board full of the inspiration behind some of the recipes is here. And my newsletter is going out at 11am this morning, so make sure you have subscribed to that here.

This weeks meals are:

Chorizo, peppers and halloumi bake,

Red pepper, mozzarella pasta.

Chicken and mushroom pie.

Chicken fajitas.

Tuna salad wraps with homemade chips.


What's on your menu this week?

Weekly Meal Plan #32

Happy Monday! And happy first wedding anniversary to my husband and I. We've been married a year but scarily happy 8 years together. My husband pointed out that we've been together for a third of my life. That's a little bit scary. Anyway we popped out for breakfast yesterday morning baby free, thanks Mum, to celebrate. And tonight well, we're going to sit and watch The Walking Dead in our wedding outfits, because we are cool like that haha!

Anyway you're not here for chitchat your're here for meal plans and last week Kirsty had rather a lot join up, 21 in fact. That's pretty darn amazing, hoping it can be beaten this week. I loved the look of Simply Cornish's Chicken Continental. 

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On to our meal plan and weekly shop. We shopped at Tesco as it was easiest and it came to a grand total of £34.30. Eeek £4 over. Next week we will be under budget! We did need a couple of sotre cupboard bits which always bumps things up.

As always you can subscribe to my newsletter (which I will send out this week, last week was hectic!) and for all the inspiration behind our meals head over to my Pinterest board.

This week we're eating:

Steak & Skinny Texas Cheese Fries (they are the best thing ever!)

Hawaiian Pitta Pizzas with Roast Veg Couscous

Roast Dinner

Chicken & Veg Fried Rice

Crispy Fish with Sweet Chilli Noodles 

What's on your menu this week?

Weekly Meal Plan #31

Happy Monday! It's back to routine for us as my husband is back at work. Last week flew by and Edith was unwell for half of the week and is still unwell so it's been a tough one for us. I hate seeing her ill and it's awful when there is nothing we can do to help. We're hoping that summer gets here quicker to get rid of all these nasty germs that seem to be about.

Last week Kirsty had 15 people link up meal plans and I am loving all the inspiration. Mabel and Me's Sticky Honey & Mustard Sausages sound amazing!

We would love you to link up again this week! I will get round to commenting on all the posts this week too. You can link up here:

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As for our weekly shop? That was at Morrisons this week. Coming in at a grand total of £30.92. That's just food for the week. My weekly newsletter will be going out tomorrow evening so make sure you are subscribed here. And head over to my Pinterest board for meal planning inspiration.

Also there will be a recipe up for Caramel Chicken that we ate in Week 28, as a lot of you asked for the recipe. 

This weeks meals are:

Homemade Cheese & Onion Pies with Homemade Potato Wedges

Breakfast Bake

Hawaiian Pasta Salad

Homemade Burgers & Homemade Chips

Beef Kofta Curry

What's on your menu this week?

Weekly Meal Plan #30

Happy Half Term! Or not depending on how you feel with a week off. I, for one, am so glad for a weeks break. It means my husband is off work for the week, which means we can spend time together. It's so difficult so spend time together when we both work so hard so a week together is perfect. A few days out and a time for me to catch up on my workload and just have a break.

We haven't actually done our food shop yet as yesterday was my husbands birthday so we didn't do our usual Sunday shop. But I have written out our list and our meals so I thought I'd share those and I will email you all in my weekly newsletter to let you know the total shop.

Thank you to everyone who joined up for the #mealplanningmonday blog hop. I hope you can join us again this week! I got so many ideas from the meal plans that have joined up and I loved Jessica's meal plan, her recipes sound amazing! I've got my eye on Oriental Steamed Rainbow Trout with Chinese Fried Rice. Make sure you have a look!

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As we've eaten rather a lot of cake recently we're having a healthier week. Thank you to everyone who has signed up to my newsletter this week! As I said it will be going tonight so you've still got time to sign up. You can do that here.

Also head over to my Pinterest board to see the inspiration behind our meals.

This week we'll be eating:

Quick Teriyaki mince rice bowls

Tomatoes, eggs & chorizo with ciabattas

Steak & cheese stuffed mushrroms

Ricotta red pepper pasta

Homemade burgers

What are you eating this week? Don't forget to link up.

Happy Monday!

Weekly Meal Plan #29

Another week has gone by and it was a pretty long one. Edith came down with conjuctivitus so we stayed in most of the week as her eyes were so sore. But she's on the mend and we're looking forward to the week ahead. Mainly because my birthday is on Thursday, yaaay! Expect lots of cake. I do have quite a few blogs posts going live this week so make sure you check back everyday.

I'm so really pleased to say I've joined up with the very lovely Kirsty from Hijacked By Twins for #MealPlanningMonday it would be amazing if you could join with us. Or if you don't meal plan yet and need some inspiration then head over to the blog hop link where you'll find lots of great meal plan ideas.

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My husband was in charge of this weeks shop as I was on a shoot. I had written him a list but I forgot to give it to him, luckily he's memory is pretty brilliant so he only forgot a few bits which we managed to pick up later. He did the main shop at Tesco and we picked a few bits up at ASDA on the way to my Mum's. 

The total shop came in at £27.39. I might need to pick up some fresh fruit in the week depending on how quickly it gets eaten but we will still be on budget which is what we like to see. 

You can sign up to my weekly meal plan newsletter here. It's totally free to do and it breaks down exactly what we spent. I'll also feature exclusive recipes now and then and free printables. So make sure you sign up.

Also head over to my pinterest board to see ideas behind the meals. You can do that here.

A lot of you asked about the caramel chicken. I'm going to feature a recipe for it soon so make sure you pop back for that. It's such a simple but delicious dish. It's just brown sugar heated to go like caramel which soy sauce and a few other ingredients. It then coats the chicken and tastes incredible!

So I guess you'll want to know what this weeks meals are:

Slow cooker caramel pork with stir fry.

Pork wraps with salad & homemade chips.

Chicken nachos.

My birthday tea.

Taco pitta pockets.

What meal do you like the look of? What's on your menu this week?

Weekly Meal Plan #28

Happy Monday! I'm getting rather excited for February. It means that it's soon going to be my birthday, my husbands birthday and a million different other events! How exciting. But also payday. Well ish. Being self employed doesn't mean payday like it used too but the money I was saving for this month can now be released. Haha. 

Last week's meal plan didn't work out too well for us. We had takeaway one night and then our meals got muddled. We used the ingredients we had though so I guess that's all that matters! There will be no takeaway this week. Even if we are both feeling under the weather. 

My husband did this week's shop as Edith was due a nap. So rather than take her out and to save me from getting stressed he went. He did pretty well! He likes to shop at Tesco, so he can use the self scanners. It makes our shop so much easier! He spent a grand total of £32.22 Which is just over budget.

I do apologise for lack of newsletter last week but this weeks will be going out at 11am this morning so sign up here. A massive thank you to all of you who signed up last week. I am currently working on a meal plan printable for you guys which will make things easier when you plan your shop. Hopefully that will be with you either mid-week or by next weeks newsletter! 

So I guess you'll want to know your meals? Head over to my meal planning inspiration board on Pinterest to see the recipes for this week.

Caramel Chicken

Slow cooker chilli

Chilli dog wraps

"Brinner" (Breakfast)

Bacon, spinach and mozzarella puffs

What's on your menu this week?

Weekly Meal Plan #27

Happy Monday! We've nearly made it through January. This month has flown by but at the same time it feels like we've been stuck in it forever. I'm rather excited for next month, its both of our birthday's, Valentines and our 1st wedding anniversary and 8 years of being together. I do love February.

I think this week is going to be a chilled one as last week was pretty busy! But who knows what we'll get up to. Anyway onto food. This week's shop was at Tesco again and came to a grand total of £31.92 not bad going at all! Edith's become a little fussy over the last couple of weeks so we've bought extra baby food (pouches, I desperately need to buy the re-fill ones) to make sure she's eating something.

As always sign up to my newsletter to see how I did the shop for £31.92. You can do that here. And head over to my Pinterest board (and follow me while you are there) to see the inspiration behind this weeks meals.

This week we're eating:

Soy Poached Chicken with rice.

Fajita Pasta

Sweet chilli noodles with crispy fish.

Cheese & spinach puffs with homemade chips.

Moroccan chicken flatbreads. 

What's on your menu this week?

Weekly Meal Plan #26

Happy Birthday to me! Well not me but my blog. It's 5 years old today! I can't believe it. It's the thing (other than my husband) that I've stood by for the longest. I've got lots of posts coming up this week to celebrate but I had to have a meal plan post up today because it's not Monday without one.

Were having a thrifty week this week. Mainly because we have got quite a few things in the cupboard and freezer and I want to use them up before they go out of date. It's great as it means our shopping stays under budget and I can clear some cupboard space.

This week's meal inspiration as always is on my Pinterest Board which you can find here. And don't forget to sign up to my newsletter for extra meal saving tips and a copy of my receipt to show exactly what I spent. A massive thank you to those of you who have signed up already. You can catch up with back issues here.

As it's my blog birthday week, I thought I would share my first ever meal plan post. Enjoy! 

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This week's shop was at Morrisons and we spent a total of £29.39 on food for the week. I did pick up some clothes for Edith too but I don't include those in the total. 

This weeks meals:

Serrano Ham & Mozzarella Salad (how very posh!)

Spinach, Bacon, Mac & Cheese

Peanut Noodles

Chicken and Mushroom Pasta 

Homemade Fish Cakes, Chips & Peas

What's on your menu this week?

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Weekly Meal Plan #25

It's back and with a new photograph too! I didn't meal plan over Christmas and New Year as we were all over the place. We had people over we went to other peoples so it didn't really make much sense to try and budget and plan every meal. It what a little bit weird as I did miss the routine of meal planning and it's good to finally get back to eating "normal" food rather than bingeing on cheese and chocolate. 

I did feel a little rusty and we did go 17p over budget. But I think we'll let that one pass. I've got my newsletter going out at 10am this morning so make sure you are subscribed to that if not catch up with back issues here. We shopped at Tesco this week which is not my usual but it was easier than stopping else where. 

As always the inspiration and ideas behind the meals are on my Pinterest board. I've not said what days we'll be having meals on anymore as it always chops and changes anyway. We'll eat whatever runs of the date the quickest!

This weeks meals:

Chicken Taco Cups with Couscous

Easy Chicken Pot Pie with Homemade Chips & Veg

Sausage Rigatoni

Crisp Fried Fish with Sweet Onions & Rice

Chicken Burgers, Homemade Wedges & Veg

What are you eating this week? What meal would be your favourite?

Weekly Meal Plan #24

It's the last meal plan of 2016! There's been 24 weeks of meal plans this year and it's going to carry on next year too. I am also going to film my video over the Christmas period whilst my husband is off work. 

This week we had an extra meal as we had my mum and brother over for dinner. A couple of weeks ago my husband made amazing burgers and I need to share them with you so we thought we would invite family over as they are too good not to share. It was lovely and we'll be doing the same again next week but for CHRISTMAS! I'm so excited and I've almost got everything we need.

There's no meal plan for the next two weeks as meals will be hit and miss. I'll be back in  the new year, probably with some super healthy recipes probably because I'll feel so huge from all the eating over Christmas haha!

Our shop was at ASDA and food totaled £28.41. Not bad considering we had an extra meal too! It's great ended the year on target. So here's what we are eating this week:

Sunday

Festive Burgers

Monday

Sausage & Veg Pasta

Tuesday

Jacket Potato & Cheese

Wednesday

Spinach, cream cheese & mozzarella quesadillas

Thursday

Bacon & Mushroom Spaghetti

Friday 

Chicken Curry

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What are you eating this week?

Oh and Merry Christmas!

Weekly Meal Plan #23

Happy Meal Plan Monday! These weeks are coming around so quickly and there's only 2 weeks left of meal plans before Christmas. I'll be taking a break over Christmas and will be back in the New Year. 

We had another busy weekend (we can't wait for a quiet weekend this week) meals out and then finishing the Christmas shopping yesterday. Well almost. now to wrap it all. I'm hoping that my husband will do it. It pains me to say it but he's much better at it than I am and quicker too.

We've decided to have a healthier week, in preparation for Christmas. The meals are also pretty simple which is perfect as Edith rarely has an afternoon nap anymore so getting things done is pretty much impossible. That also means that newsletters will be a little hit and miss until I have time to write them but please do subscribe here.

This weeks shop was at Morrisons and it came to: £30.20. Only 20p over budget. 

This weeks meals are:

Monday

Chicken chow mein

Tuesday

Teriyaki chicken rice

Wednesday

Indian - spiced shepherds pie

Thursday

Veggie fajita pasta

Friday

Slow cooker chilli (we didn't have it last week)

Don't forget that all of the recipes I have used for inspiration are right here.

What's on your menu this week?