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Hello, happy Friday! I hope your week has gone well. I’m looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend with Tom and Daisy, plus seeing a few members of family too hopefully. I’m hoping to get out for a few walks, start a new puzzle that I treated myself to and just generally relax, as I’ve been working hard lately. It has been another very busy but productive 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.
Each week, usually on a Tuesday, I sit down and think about the meals we’re going to eat for the following week. It only takes 15-20 minutes and then I schedule this post directly after. I plan around Tom’s schedule, any activities we have planned with Daisy and just generally try to make our meal plan fit around our family the best I can.
I’ve been meal planning for over 2 years now pretty much every single week. It is a great way for us to save money and I really enjoy having a nice variety of meals to choose from each 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 #134
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:
The Meal Planning Linky Week #134
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.
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The meals for the Meal Planning Linky Week #134 are:
Gousto: Cottage pie
Gousto: Creamy Cajun Chicken & Romano Linguine
Gousto: Extra Special Bangers ‘N’ Mash
Homemade pizza night using my breadmaker pizza dough
BBQ night
Leftovers night
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.
Why not check out some of my latest recipes?
- Triple chocolate muffins are tasty, simple to make & fast too!
- My take on Mary Berry’s chocolate ripple cheesecake
- Slow cooker beef stroganoff (gluten free)
- Slow cooker chicken curry – Quick and simple!
- Airfryer sweet potato fries – tasty and low calorie!
Have a great weekend!
karen
Tuesday 4th of August 2020
We love homemade pizza night. I have become a bit of a dough expert in lockdown. My kids love making their own and we can adapt for food allergies. Might have to add bangers and mash to the menu next week too!
katykicker
Monday 10th of August 2020
You can't beat it can you, so fun to make pizzas!
Jayne @ Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs
Wednesday 29th of July 2020
Oh, the Creamy Cajun Chicken & Romano Linguine sounds so good! I hope you had a nice time catching up with family. Thanks so much for hosting. xx
katykicker
Sunday 2nd of August 2020
It was absolutely delicious! Thanks so much x
Anne Sweet
Tuesday 28th of July 2020
I love bangers and mash, they are already extra special for me. I also love toad-in-the-hole, but then I'm adding to the calories.
katykicker
Sunday 2nd of August 2020
It was SO good!
Cheryl Pasquier
Monday 27th of July 2020
All sounds good. Now I'm intrigued - what's the "extra special" bit about the bangers & mash ?!
katykicker
Sunday 2nd of August 2020
It was SO nice! It had marmalade in the gravy and was extra tasty!
Sarah - Mud, Cakes and Wine
Sunday 26th of July 2020
Hope you managed to have a realxing weekend. I hope the BBQ goes well, we need to have one soon
katykicker
Sunday 2nd of August 2020
Thank you, we did x