Happy Monday! How are you? What have you got planned for the week ahead? I’m not sure we have anything much planned; I’m still off work as it’s the summer holidays in the UK so we’ll have having days out I’m sure. But, I need to keep on track – if you watched my YouTube video yesterday you will know I’m not doing well – so food has to be something I keep my eye on. This post just goes through what we’re eating this week so keep our food spends under budget. I have definitely honed my skills in this area for a long time now – and have even written a course about it here – so we have very little food waste and our meal plans are cheap and tasty!
This week’s meal plan looks like this:
Monday – filled pasta and sauce
Tuesday – quiche, potato croquettes and beans
Wednesday – honey chilli chicken with rice
Thursday – smoked salmon tagliatelle
Friday – jacket potato with cheese and beans
Saturday – pizza night!
I do our food shop on a Sunday so I haven’t thought about what we’ll have next weekend! But I’m looking forward to the meals this week. Both boys will eat the same as us all week as well which helps. I love it when we can all eat the same meals together 
plus it makes it a lot easier as I only have to think about one meal rather than different things. Keeps the cost down too 
For my lunches this week I haven’t really got any plans; probably just a sandwich or cheese on toast. The boys usually have a sandwich of some description with fruit and yogurt for afters. Breakfast in our house is just cereal; either wheetabix or shreddies with banana. Goes down well with everyone and fairly healthy + cheap! I might make a couple of smoothies too; I’ve got frozen mango or frozen berries to use as a base.
Related posts:
- Healthy Eating On A Budget
- 3 Healthy Breakfast Recipes On A Budget
- 3 Healthy Lunch Recipes On A Budget
Part of our planning and budget for food means that some items are used from our stockpile every week. This is so the food we already have in the cupboards is used regularly and rotated so nothing goes to waste, but it’s also a good habit to get in to so that if we cannot get to the shops for whatever reason, I can make meals from what we already have in the cupboards. Using a combination of fresh and frozen food really keeps our grocery budget down. If I use them, the fruit is frozen this week for smoothies I do need to build up having a stockpile again.
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What are you eating this week? Trying anything new? I’d love to hear from you in the comments!
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Your weekly meal plan looks good. Healthy and tasteful 🙂
Greetings from Scandinavia!
Thank you! And hello 🙂