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Hello! Happy Friday. Another week is almost over. Tomorrow is my 32nd Birthday and so I’m looking forward to a nice weekend with my family. Thomas is on a night shift tonight, so I’ll start my Birthday with Daisy, but we’ve got some nice food planned and hopefully we’ll be able to enjoy the garden a little too. I hope you and your family are well and I can encourage you to do a little meal planning/prepping for your own family this week.
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.

Planning our meals is a great way for us to save money, stay organised and eat delicious, tasty meals. At the moment our meal times are one of the highlights of another day staying home together, and so I want to make sure we are enjoying nice food together.
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The Meal Planning Linky Week #121
For the week ahead I’ve loosely planned breakfasts and lunches, to ensure that we have enough items in, and then we are fortunate enough to have a Hello Fresh box coming for most of our dinners which I am very grateful for.
Hello Fresh! (*Grab £46 off your first 3 boxes)
The meals for the Meal Planning Linky Week #121 are:
Simply Cook: Lamb Kofte with no yeast flatbreads with Couscous
Hello Fresh: Herby Beef Burgers with Potato Wedges and Tomato Salad
Hello Fresh: Honey Mustard Sausages with Sweet Potato Mash & Sticky Red Onion Gravy
Hello Fresh: Chicken & Chorizo Rice with Cherry Tomatoes and Peppers
Hello Fresh: Beef & Mushroom Pie with Mash and Savoy Cabbage
Hello Fresh: Beef Koftas with Couscous and Harissa Yoghurt
Sweet & sour chicken with rice
That’s it! A nice straight forward week for us. I’m looking forward to not having to plan our meals too much and everything being measured out for me. I do love the convenience of Hello Fresh, even though we’ve had some delivery issues recently.
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 making aa roast chicken go further.
Charlotte Zealey
Friday 1st of May 2020
How are you finding the hello fresh boxes I find sometimes there amazing and other times not as good. Hope you and the family are staying safe
katykicker
Saturday 2nd of May 2020
I'm finding them mostly good. Have had a couple of delivery issues, where they refunded me making the box free, and once the spinach was rotten but they gave me £6 back which I thought was very generous!
karen
Friday 1st of May 2020
Hope you had a good birthday. Not easy in lockdown to fully celebrate. Your meals sound amazing. I haven't tried Hello Fresh due to food allergies, I wonder if they cater for that? Thanks for hosting. It's nice to find some ideas and read other blogs!
katykicker
Saturday 2nd of May 2020
We have a couple of allergies here too and you can see all of the allergen information online when choosing your meals I believe.
Kim Carberry
Monday 27th of April 2020
I hope you had a wonderful birthday! I love the sound of the Hello Fresh box and all of the meals. I think the Herby beef burger meal would be my favourite but they all sound so good x
katykicker
Tuesday 28th of April 2020
I did thanks lovely. The burger was amazing. So flavoursome!
Cheryl Pasquier
Monday 27th of April 2020
Happy birthday ! Hope you had a lovely day :) That all sounds great this week. Chicken & Chorizo Rice with Cherry Tomatoes and Peppers sounds good - I might have to pinch that idea !
katykicker
Tuesday 28th of April 2020
Thank you, I really did. That was SUCH a nice meal! x
Jaymee
Monday 27th of April 2020
I hope you had a lovely birthday! Your meals always sound so lovely!
katykicker
Tuesday 28th of April 2020
I did, thank you! x