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Hello, happy Friday! I hope that the week has been a good one for you. It’s been good here. Lots achieved and this weekend we get our new dog. Yay! I’m really excited now there is just one day to go. Eek!
Meal planning helps us to have low food waste which is really important to me. I feel really sad if we have to throw something in the bin, thinking of both the environmental impact and the fact that other people struggle to afford food. I am always trying to take steps to make sure we are avoiding overspending on groceries.
Every Tuesday I sit down and plan our meals for the following week. I look at what we have in already, what meals we might fancy and what meals from my mealtime inspiration post that we haven’t had lately. It’s really simple and takes around 15-20 minutes in total. Then I will load up a Tesco shop, or write a shopping list, depending on what we have on that week.
Each week other lovely bloggers link up their meal plans, to try and share recipes around with one another, inspire each other and hopefully drive a little bit of extra traffic too! I really enjoy running this linky and seeing what meals everyone is cooking that week.
The rules of the Meal Planning Linky
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What I will give you in return for linking up with The Meal Planning Linky
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How to link up with The Meal Planning Linky Week #114
Once your post is live all you need to do is hit the button that says “Click here to enter”. This takes you to the link-up page where you can add your post.
My favourite meal plan from last week: Starting our meal planning journey – it’s always nice to see someone new joining in!
The Meal Planning Linky Week #114
I’ve planned 7 dinners this week. Lots of lovely lunches and breakfasts too. I’m looking forward to another week of eating well, trying to resist the lure of the takeaway on busy nights and loving cooking in my newly decorated kitchen.
The meals for the Meal Planning Linky Week #114 are:
Chicken & mushroom risotto (Simply Cook)
Lamb kofta no yeast flatbreads
Air fryer frozen fish and chips with mushy peas
Chicken, mash & vegetables
Slow cooker vegetarian lasagne
Pizza night (homemade pizza dough in the breadmaker)
Leftovers – not sure what yet but I’m sure we’ll have some!
I’m really enjoying changing things up recently. I think I’ll swap a couple of the meat dishes with Quorn substitute, or similar, it just depends on what we have in.
If you’re looking for meal planning inspiration then be sure to read my meal planning tips. Also, check out my meal planning with mince post. I’ve also got a post about how to stretch a whole chicken.
Cheryl Pasquier
Monday 9th of March 2020
All sounds great, especially the lamb kofta flatbreads. Have a great week :)
katykicker
Tuesday 10th of March 2020
Thank you, you too!
Kim Cooper
Monday 9th of March 2020
Really delicious meal plan this week, I need to try this simple cook meals as they sounds good. Have a good week and hope your dog has settled in well. x
katykicker
Tuesday 10th of March 2020
They're really good! Sadly the dog didn't work out x
Kim Carberry
Monday 9th of March 2020
Great meal plan! I need to try the Slow cooker vegetarian lasagne. It looks and sounds so good. x
katykicker
Tuesday 10th of March 2020
It's so flavoursome and convenient!
Anne
Monday 9th of March 2020
I've not made pizza dough in the breadmaker yet, I really must give it a try. Thanks for hosting x
katykicker
Tuesday 10th of March 2020
It's really convenient! x
Sarah - Mud, cakes and wine
Monday 9th of March 2020
We are using quorn more these days and their chicken style burgers are ahuge favourite here. Your simple food meals again sound so interesting.
katykicker
Tuesday 10th of March 2020
I really like some of the Quorn products - there is some great choice!