I do find meal planning a bit of a slog. I usually sit down on a Sunday with my Slow Cooker Books and start trawling for recipes and making my shopping list. Sometimes I wish I was one of those people who had a set menu every week but always keen to try new recipes.
But one thing that helps a bit is that I have a couple ‘themes’ to help me focus. On a Monday it’s always #meatfreemonday and on Fridays we try to have fish. So this just leaves 3 weekdays to sort out.
However, I do find that planning each week saves us time and money. A couple of weeks ago I tried online shopping again and found I could do my shop for around £50. However, on the weekend I went to Morrison’s, it’s usually cheap but found myself spending twice as much. Think I will do it online again next week, it stops me from impulse buying.
This week my Slow Cooker will be busy cooking:
Monday – Aubergine Massamman Curry
Tuesday – Tomato, Lentil and Chorizo Soup
Wednesday – American Diner Style Chili
Thursday – Lamb Tagine
Friday – Smoked Cod with Bean Mash
Roll on Bank Holiday Weekend!
I do my food shopping online every week….Along with the meal planning saves so much money!! It’s the impulse buying which costs me….At least online I tend just to get what we need instead of buying stuff that takes my fancy…
Great meals planned….All sounds lovely x
I keep meaning to write up a how to on menu planning.It was part of my job as a chef and I can get quite geeky about it.
Lovely meal plan, love the idea of meat free monday, but never actually done it. Not sure hubster would agree with me doing that. I am a shopper who buys cut price items, but I tend to find that I don’t see them with my online shop and can do it for less in the store. As long as I don’t get swayed by the BOGOF’s I’m usually good. Oh and as long as I don’t have the littlies as they have an amazing habit of grabbing anything and popping it into the trolley for me to discover at the counter – usually chocolate. They do not get this behaviour from me!!
Aubergine Massamman Curry sounds amazing! Do you have a link?
Have to be honest it was average so not sure if I will blog it but will let you know if I do.