What we ate last week...

Hi everyone!

This is what we ate last week:

Monday - Cheese salad and new potatoes.

Tuesday - Ploughmans Lunch (tea!).

Wednesday - Roast chicken, roast potatoes, cabbage, carrots, stuffing and gravy.

Thursday - Quiche, new potatoes and corn-on-the-cob.

Friday - Omelette.

Saturday - Stuffed baked potatoes, corn-on-the-cob and coleslaw.

Sunday - Burgers, chips and coleslaw.

Leave me a comment if anyone would like my recipe for the stuffed baked potatoes. It's very yummy!

Mandy x

What we ate last week...

Hi everyone!

Sorry this is late up, but Daisy was struggling in the heat yesterday so didn't find chance to blog.

Monday - Veggie rice

Tuesday - Chinese chicken

Wednesday - Burger, chips and salad

Thursday - Veggie lasagne

Friday - Sausage, boiled potatoes, cabbage, broad beans, carrots and gravy

Saturday - Indian takeaway

Sunday - Cheese on toast

The veggie rice was lovely, as was the chinese chicken and veggie lasagne. The Indian takeaway was a special treat to our lovely daughter who completely arranged for us to see Paul Weller in Northampton the night before. It was paid for out of money that she had owed me (not the household budget). Sunday was a very simple cheese on toast to take away some of the guilt. We didn't purchase any food or drink while we were at the gig because we ate tea before we left and took drink with us.

We have been shopping on Sunday and I'm buying a lot less of the packet things, trying hard to eat as much fresh as possible and less meat too.

What have been your favourite meals last week?

Mandy x

What we ate last week...

Hi everyone!

This is what we ate last week:

Monday - chicken salad with new potatoes

Tuesday - chicken pasta

Wednesday - quiche, mini jacket potatoes and peas

Thursday - quiche, new potatoes and salad

Friday - chicken breast, wedges and sweetcorn

Saturday - cheese on toast

Sunday - ham salad and new potatoes

There was a lot of chicken meals last week, but a little goes a long way in this house because I cut it up to stretch it out. Let me know if anyone wants the chicken pasta recipe, it was very tasty and cheap to make with leftover cooked chicken. the quich also did two days, but we don't mind eating the same thing twice. Saturday was so hot that we couldn't face a cooked meal and I didn't want to be in a hot kitchen! Yesterday's salad was lovely (made by OH). 

We are getting loads of strawberries now and I gave a tub full to my son and his girlfriend. They came to visit (as they always do on Sunday) with goodies for us too. There was new clothes for Daisy all the way from America, from Harriet's parents and they also gave us a huge cabbage and bag of broad beans from their garden. Fresh garden produce tastes so much nicer than supermarket bought fruit and veg and the smell of our strawberries is lovely. A nice little top-up to our veg this week - very thrifty!

Until next week...

Mandy x  

What we ate last week...

Hi everyone!

this is what we ate last week...

Monday - spag bol and garlic bread

Tuesday - fish, chips and peas

Wednesday - beef casserole and boiled potatoes

Thursday - beef and onion pie, boiled potatoes and peas

Friday - beef burgers, french fries, onion rings, sweetcorn and salad

Saturday - chicken kiev/fish, hash browns and beans

Sunday - we had a late lunch when the tennis was on so not hungry for a proper tea. We had cereal or crackers and cheese and cake.

There was a lot of quick (rubbish) freezer food this week, but this is a use-up! We wouldn't normally eat like this every week and Daisy always has fresh food.

I baked jam buns, cherry buns and choc chip buns. I made nutty chocolate squares too.

Breakfasts were cereal and toast and poached eggs.

Lunches were sandwiches and cake plus snacks/goodies that we still have.

This week will be healthier! It is hot and hopefully will stay nice all week, so salads are planned! Yesterday we had chicken salad and new potatoes (Daisy loved it!). Tonight we are having leftover chicken, stretched to make a meal, using pasta in a creamy sauce and other bits left in the fridge. I did buy fresh sald stuff etc when I went shopping.

I have updated my own spreadsheet for my foodstocks, but have decided no to post up each week what we have used because it's not very interesting.

If anyone wants the recipe for nutty choc squares, just leave me a comment, thanks.

I'm off to tackle the huge ironing pile now :(

Mandy x

What we ate last week...

Hi everyone!

Here is last week's menus:

Monday - pork chops, baby baked potatoes, carrots, broccoli, stuffing and gravy.

Tuesday - fry-up: sausage, bacon, hash browns, beans/tomatoes, mushrooms, egg and toast.

Wednesday - beef burgers, wedges, coleslaw and salad.

Thursday - cheese salad and new potatoes.

Friday - jacket potatoes, cheese and beans and sausages.

Saturday - chicken kiev and wedges/omelette.

Sunday - bbq chicken drumsticks and vegetable risotto.

Until next week...

Thanks for reading!

Mandy x