Meal Plan 15/09/13 - 21/09/13

Meal Plan 15/09/13 - 21/09/13

We decided to go out for a meal on the Saturday night, as it's been a while since we've been out. So we will be bringing the Jerk Chicken planned from last week to this meal plan. We've tried to keep the cost of the meals down, but at the same time there are a couple of treats in there such as the steak and the tempura prawns. I'm not sure there will be any leftovers from the Gammon, but if there are  I will make this into a Quiche.

Menu:

Tempura Prawns with Sweet Chilli Sauce

Jerk Chicken with Rice and Peas (Kidney Beans & Coconut milk), Vegetables

Leftover Shepherds Pie

Chickpea and Spinach Curry

Smoked Haddock Fishcakes with Mushy Peas

Steak and Chips

Chicken and Spicy Couscous

Shopping List:

Bananas 9 (approx 1.665 kg) £1.13

Punnet Peaches £1.00

Oranges £1.00

Bread £1.50

Milk £1.00

Sweet Chilli Sauce (B&M) £1.00

King Prawns £6.00

2 x Gammon Joints (Doncaster Market 2 for £5) £2.50

3 Smoked Haddock Portions (7 for £6 Doncaster Market*) £3.43

Mandarin Segments SP £0.23

Peach Slices in Syrup £0.29

2 x 283 g Butchers Selection Rump Steak ( 2 for £7 deal) £7.00

Smart Price Bacon £0.81

Nutella £1.50

Free From Cous Cous £2.00

Total £30.39

All of the above prices were correct at the time of printing.

* I got a good deal on these portions of fish, there was already a deal for 5 for £5.

Breakfast: Cereal, Fruit, Toast, Bacon, Eggs

Lunch: Gammon Sandwiches, Leftovers

Snacks: Bananas, Oranges, Peaches

Leftovers:  Kidney Beans, Frozen Mixed Vegetables, Chickpeas, Frozen Spinach, Potatoes, Frozen Chicken Portions,  Cereal, Free From Bread, Frozen Peas, Eggs

Spaghetti with Pesto

Those of you that are keen eyed and read my weekly meal plan here will notice that this pesto was also supposed to include cherry tomatoes. They would have made a lovely addition to this pasta dish but unfortunately they were forgotten on this occasion, we will have to find another use for these!

This spaghetti was really easy and quick to make, something good to have on stand by for when you don't fancy spending too much time slaving over a hot stove. You can also alter the dish to your taste.

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 250g Gluten Free Spaghetti
• 1 - 2 tablespoons of  Pesto *
• 200 - 250 g cooking bacon, chopped (you can easily substitute this for back or streaky bacon)
• Salt and Pepper
• Approx 50 g of hard cheese, grated
• Oil

Method:

1. Cook the spaghetti according the instructions on the packet.
2. While the spaghetti is cooking cook the bacon on a medium heat until cooked through and crispy. Add the pesto to the pan and stir through. 
3. Drain the spaghetti.
4. Add the bacon mixture to the pan with the spaghetti and toss through. Add the grated hard cheese and stir through. 

* There is pesto available in a jar, but you can make your own which is fairly easy to make. You can find an example recipe from the BBC Good Food Website here.

Butterbean Pate

I've seen quite a few bean dips and pates on the internet before  and a few weeks ago I found some cheap tinned beans in B&M. They were 29 p a tin, so I decided to buy a few tins. As I was having a large dinner that day, I didn't want something overly filling for lunch. I decided to make a bean pate, as I also had some leftover gluten free crispbreads (which I absolutely love!). It was so quick and easy to make, as well as being tasty that it's definitely something I'll be making again.

Ingredients:

1 tin of butter beans, drained

15 g grated Parmesan (you can add this to your taste)

Juice of 1/2 lemon

1 pinch of garlic salt (easily substituted for minced garlic and salt)

Pepper

Method:

1. Add all of the ingredients to a food processor (I actually used a mini chopper), add a little water if the mixture is too stiff.
2. Once it is a nice smooth consistency (do not over mix), serve with crackers or crispbreads!

Menu 08/09/13 - 14/09/13

I saw the Lamb shoulder when shopping last week and couldn't resist buying it, we don't often buy Lamb and thought it would be nice to have a Sunday roast with it. We'll be braising the meat, as it should make it nice, tender and flavoursome with the roast dinner later today.

 Since going gluten free, I've not really had stuffing much (apart from when I made chestnut stuffing at Christmas) and as Asda seem to have extended their free from range, I can now buy Mrs Crimbles free from stuffing so I will tell you what I think of this after I have used it. It may sound silly, but I'm really looking forward to trying this stuffing!

I also want to make the most of the leftovers so we have plans for these too but we will see how much we have left after we've had our dinner.

Menu 08/09/13 - 14/09/13

Lamb Roast with Roast Potatoes and vegetables

Bacon, Cherry Tomato and Pesto Spaghetti

Goats Cheese and Spinach Frittata

Jerk Chicken with Rice and Peas (Kidney Beans & Coconut milk), vegetables

Jacket Potatoes with Cheesy Beans & Bacon

Leftover Lamb and Potato Pie Served with Mixed Vegetables

Pork Stir Fry

Breakfast: Cereal, Fruit and Yoghurt, Banana, Toast, Bacon, Eggs, Pancakes

Lunch: Ham Salad, Egg & Bacon / Ham / Salad Sandwiches , Leftovers

Snacks: Bananas, Clementines

Leftovers:  Rice, Flour, Frozen Spinach, Jacket Potatoes, Tuna, Jerk Paste, Coconut Milk, Tinned Fruit, Yoghurt, Flour

Shopping List

Bananas 7 (approx 1.535 kg) £1.04

Clementines £1.75

Spring Onions £0.50

Cucumber £0.50

3 Mixed Peppers £1.00

Lettuce £1.00

Milk £1.00

2 kg Desiree Potatoes £2.00

Broccoli £0.60

Carrots x 2 £0.30

Free From Bread £1.75

Fine Beans 90 g £0.50

Free From Stuffing Mix £1.98

Green Pesto £1.00

Onions £1.00

Cherry Tomatoes £1.00

Cooking Bacon £0.81

15 Smart Price Eggs £1.35

Goats Cheese £1.28

Extra Mature Cheese £2.00

Baked Beans £0.56

Salad Meat £3.00

Stir Fry Vegetables £1.00

Pork Loin Steaks £2.00

Organic Corn Flakes £1.48

Cereal £2.00

Mayonnaise £1.18

Smart Price Orange Juice £0.65

Smart Price Chicken Portions £1.69

Lamb Stock Cubes £1.00

Kidney Bean £0.27

Total £37.19

Also, if anyone has any easy recipes for home made stuffing, please feel free to share them.

Quick Bean and Chorizo Chilli

This is one of my favourite quick recipes when you want something quick, tasty and filling. I highly recommend this recipe. I personally made my own tomato and chilli sauce and left it to cook out for a little longer than the given recipe, but you can use a pre-made tub of tomato and chilli sauce.

I love the flavour that the Chorizo gives this dish and the beans make this really filling.

I used this recipe from the BBC Good Food website, I love looking at this website for inspiration. I just made my own chilli sauce with this too.

Ingredients:

• 1 can of chopped tomatoes
• 1 tsp of Chilli powder (you can use as much or as little as you like)
• 1 pinch of garlic salt
• 1 teaspoon of mixed herbs
• 1 tablespoon of tomato puree
• Salt and Pepper
• 100 ml water
• 1/2 large onion or 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 can of chickpeas drained
• 1 can of kidney beans drained
• 100 g chorizo, sliced
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• A little dash of oil

Served with rice 

Method

1. Start cooking your rice, I use half a largeish mug to feed 2 people to 1 mug of boiling water. Bring to the boil, lower the heat and put a lid on the pan. Cook for about 15 minutes or until the water has evaporated.
2. Put the oil in a frying pan, gently fry the onions until they start to soften. Add the chorizo to the pan until it starts to crisp a little. Add the rest of the ingredients to the pan, bring to the boil and then lower the heat. 
3. Cook until the the sauce starts to thicken a little. Serve with the cooked rice.

If your rice is cooked before your chill then just turn the heat off and leave the pan lid on.

Three Cheese and Chorizo baked Marrow

We'd had a large lunch on Sunday after going to my Mum's, so we didn't really want anything too big. We also had a few leftovers in the fridge so decided to use some of the leftover cheese as well. This meal turned into a very tasty dish, something I would highly recommend trying.

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 1 marrow, halved and seeds scooped out.
• 100 g Chorizo
• 100 g Feta Cheese, crumbled
• Approx 30 g extra mature cheddar, grated
• Approx 30 g hard cheese, grated
• 1 teaspoon of oregano
• 1 teaspoon mixed herbs
• Oil
• Salt and Pepper

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C fan / 200 C
2. Drizzle the marrow with a little oil and bake for approx 15 minutes.
3. Sprinkle the 3 Cheeses, Chorizo and Salt and Pepper on top of the marrow and add put it back into the oven.
4. Baked for another 15 - 20 minutes.

I had mine with some bread to mop up the juices / oil, you could of course drain this off but it was really tasty!

Menu 01/09/13 - 07/09/13

We went to my mums for Sunday lunch and as they're going away for a few days, they decided  to give us the leftover lamb. We bought some lamb shoulder, but this will be frozen until next week when we will probably braise it. She also gave me a few other bits including 3 large marrows and some carrots.

Menu 01/09/13 - 07/09/13

Bangers and Mash with Onion Gravy

Baked Marrow with Chorizo and Feta Cheese

Chickpea and Spinach Curry

Chicken Stir Fry x 2 (I bought a few different flavours from B&M last week)

Chorizo and Bean Chilli

Leftover Lamb Curry 

Breakfast: Fruit and Yoghurt, Cereal, Banana Bread, Toast

Lunch: Tuna / Ham Salad, Leftovers

Snacks: Apples, Bananas, Clementines

Leftovers: Gluten Free Sausages, Chickpeas, Haricot Beans, Feta, Spinach, Tinned Fruit, Yoghurt, Tuna, Marrow, leftover Lamb, Stir Fry Sauces, Curry Paste, Cereal, Gluten Free Bread, Bread, Apples

Bananas (11 - 2.26 kg) £1.54

Clementines £1.75

Sweetcorn £1.00

Spring Onions £0.50

Cucumber £0.50

3 Mixed Peppers £1.00

Lettuce £0.50

Milk £1.00

Purple Majesty Potatoes  1.25 kg £1.00

Onions £1.00

Lamb shoulder - 1.55 kg £6.98 **

Chicken £4.50

Stir Fry Vegetables 3 for £3 £3.00

Wafer Thin Ham £1.00

Chorizo £2.50

Kidney Bean £0.27

Chopped Tomatoes x 3 £1.02

Tomato Puree £0.48

15 Smart Price Eggs £1.35

GF Flour £1.65

Cumin £0.67

Stir Fry Sauce x 2 (from B&M) * £0.58

Tinned Haricot Beans * £0.29

Total £34.08

All items were bought from Asda, unless stated otherwise. All prices were correct on date of purchase 01/09/13.

* These items were bought from B&M on 24/08/13

** This is bought but not being used this week, so will be frozen and used as part of next weeks meal plan