Meal Planning Thread

[beyondbeeton]

I meal plan weekly but not strictly - if something looks good at the market or green grocer or plans change then I swap things around.

The 2 year old dictator eats what we eat, although sometimes we add extra chilli to ours (he does eat fairly spicy foods but DH and I like super spicy). Occasionally we have something we don't want to share but that is getting rare now that his lordship wants to eat everything. I'm heavily pregnant and my husband works long hours and travels for work a lot so the emphasis in our house is on healthy, quick and easy.

[cookie1]

I love the sound of the 2 year old dictator, he sounds cute.

[beyondbeeton]

Thanks cookie, we think he is pretty cute 

[Halex]

I have done the next 2 weeks menu plan

I am making some favs & some recipes I havent tried before

[Amy :-)]

I've done a menu plan for this coming week, Friday-Friday, and I'm cooking lots of double recipes because I'll be away the week after and I want there to be plenty of meals in the freezer for mum and SD

[mcmich]

Since DH has been home, I'm a bit out of my routine. Have planned tomorrow nights dinner at least. 

[obbie]

I am cleaning out my 3 freezers tomorrow. Then doing a menu plan, to use up stuff.


Ordering more beef, lamb, pork.

Kids have told me what they will eat, that we eat.
So that is a good start.

DD is  now going to help me cook.

Then I will take a thermie and a slow cooker to work too.

[Halex]

Obbe when dd you do your last big meat order?

[obbie]

Hally a whole beast lasts us 10 months, so we got a 1/2 beast 5 months ago.


Looking forward to cooking one meal every nite for 6, instead of 3 meals.

[Halex]

Obbie, this is what I have left from
1 pig
1/4 cow
1 lamb
10kgs chicken breast plusabout 4 or 5 chickens, have bought more since
Most pts are 500g to 1 kg

I also have a eg of pork & 1kg f beef defrosting & a chicken

PORK
1 Leg of Pork
2 Boned Rolled Porks
3 Pork Belly
3. Pork chop pkts
1  Diced pork pts
3 Pork steak pkts
3 pork mince pkts

LAMB
1  Leg of lambs
1. Forequarter Roast
3 little lamb chops

BEEF
2. Amelia Park Roast Beefs
1  Diced beef pkt
2 Bbq sausage pkts
1. T bone steaks
2. Oyster blade pkts
2 beef strips. Pkts
3.  Bbq steak pkts
1. Rump steak
1 beef Steak
1 Prie Rib Eye
1 x 500g mince

[obbie]

when I go through the freezers, I will know what I have left.

Looks like lots of roasts. about 15 liters of lemon juice.. Still.
Chicken, corned meat.

will check out prices for bulk meat now.

[Halex]

Its such a great way to buy meat.

You put me on to it.

Thank you

[Wonder]

Hally when did you get your order? That's still a lot left with the exception of the chicken.

Obbie, do you always buy off the same butcher? i'm thinking not if you need to check prices.

[obbie]

Yes usually Wonder  Just want to keep in budget though,

Last beef we got for free, so I have not paid for beef for 10 months.

[Halex]

Hally when did you get your order? That's still a lot left with the exception of the chicken.

Obbie, do you always buy off the same butcher? i'm thinking not if you need to check prices.

Beg of December.

I am going to get some chicen breasts & another lamb & that will do us until December.