Coming up with meals one day at a time can mean that you are forced to do multiple grocery trips during the week. Consider meal planning in order to save time, money and effort. It really is such a convenient way to live and you can work your meals around the kids’ after-school activities, meetings and homework. This week, I wanted to share a meal plan from a member of the community rather than my own. This meal plan was kindly provided by Leanne. Of course, I don’t have the exact recipes Leanne used, so I included some recipes from my blog and also other websites for your convenience.
I would love to read what your plan is this week and perhaps feature it in the coming weeks.Â
MEAL PLANNING TIP
Each week I am going to share one meal planning/grocery budget tip to help you through this process.
Make your plan flexible. Some worry about meal planning, thinking  “what if I don’t feel like a chicken casserole that day”. This is a big possibility. I planned soup last week for a Wednesday but on Tuesday it was raining. I simply switched the days around. The tip is to just make sure that the fresh items you buy have a flexible expiry date.  i.e. They don’t expire a few days after purchase and allow you to keep it in the fridge longer if desired.
Find more of my meal planning tips here:
MONDAY
Homemade Sausage Rolls – Put any leftover sausage rolls into the kids’Â lunchboxes the next day!
RECIPE: Homemade Sausage Rolls
TUESDAY
Pork Chops and Steamed Vegetables
RECIPE:Â Pork Chops with Balsamic Roasted Vegetables and Gorgonzola
WEDNESDAY
Chicken, Vege and Bean EnchiladasÂ
RECIPE: Chicken, Black Bean & Vegetable EnchiladasÂ
THURSDAY
Shepherd’s Mince – Leanne used no pastry or potato with her recipe. I like mine as a Shepherd’s pie.
RECIPE: Quick Shepherd’s Pie
FRIDAY
Baked Potatoes with Salad
RECIPE: Baked Potato – 1 classic recipe + 9 variationsÂ
SATURDAY
Homemade Pizza
RECIPE: Chorizo & Salami Pizza
SUNDAY
Roast Lamb and Veges
RECIPE:Â Roast vegetables with lamb
BAKING
Fruity Bliss Balls – Leanne didn’t include a baking option in her meal plan so I thought I’d add one in for you.  These are ideal to put in the lunch boxes of kids who have a nut free policy at their school, store in the fridge for up to one week.
RECIPE: Fruity Bliss Balls
5 comments
Your meals always look so yummy, even when you’re planning things we don’t normally have here!
I finally sat down to plan this morning:
Monday: Steak & veggies (holdover from last week)
Tuesday: Chicken & veg casserole (using leftover roast chicken)
Wednesday: Sar Hor Fun (favourite Asian noodle dish!)
Thursday: Pasta Bolognese
Friday: Fend for yourself Friday
Saturday: Quiche & veg (use leftover pastry from last weekend)
Sunday: Potato & leek Soup with bread
ooh that sounds delicious Tracy, I’ve not heard of Sar Hor Fun, I’m going to look up a recipe!! Thank you for sharing 🙂
I have recently started planning again and stretched it out to two weeks which is based on Hubby’s pay cycle. Here is last weeks and this weeks –
Monday Oven cooked fish with vegetables
Tuesday Slow Cooker: Creamy Chicken (see recipe below)
Wednesday Toasted sandwiches (ham or chicken)
Thursday Split chook and vegetables
Friday Oven cooked fish and vegetables
Saturday Homemade pizzas
Sunday Mother’s day ??
Monday Tuna Bake
Tuesday Sausages, handcut chips and vegetables
Wednesday Mufti-food night
Thursday Homemade rissoles, handcut chips and salad
Friday Mufti-food night
Saturday Lasagna, homemade garlic bread and salad
Sunday Mufti-food night (sports presentation for my daughter)
Vicky, love the planning, 2 weeks at a time would make it easier too! I’d love to see your creamy chicken recipe, can you please share it 🙂
Perfect meals for this cold weather!