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Happy Friday – I hope this week has gone as fast as it has for me! Home schooling is underway here, as I’m sure it is for many of you too!
I feel that meal planning is even more important now, as we need to save some money for all the snacks that Daisy likes to consume during the day!
This month I’ve set a budget of £250 for groceries. Recently we have used Hello Fresh a lot, which has been great, but they can be a little expensive, so I’m just going to have ONE box this month. If you’ve never used them you can (*Grab £46 off your first 3 boxes) as a new customer.
This week I’m looking forward to being a little more hands on with my cooking, and continuing with some of my favourite recipes again!
Meal planning helps us to have low food waste which is really important to me. It also helps us to save money and avoiding overspending on groceries.
I’ve been meal planning for several years now pretty much weekly. 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.
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How to link up with The Meal Planning Linky Week #158
My favourite meal plan from last week: The Mum Diaries – I loved the shopping list in particular – very helpful!
The Meal Planning Linky Week #158
Slow cooker vegetarian lasagne
Slow cooker beef chilli with slow cooker rice + air fryer tortilla chips
Slow cooker jacket potatoes with Ninja Foodi beef chilli and Vegan coleslaw
Slow cooker hunters chicken & air fryer chips
Slow cooker chicken casserole with dumplings
Pizza night with homemade pizza dough
Slow cooker gammon or Ninja Foodi gammon joint with air fryer roast potatoes, sage and onion stuffing, yorkshire puddings, air fryer parsnips and onion gravy
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 a roast chicken go further.
Charlotte Zealey
Wednesday 13th of January 2021
The slow cooker meals are so handy at the moment with having to juggle everything. I have never thought about doing the lasagne or jacket potatoes in the slow cooker. These are something I might have to try while we are still in lockdown again
katykicker
Sunday 24th of January 2021
I love trying something new in the slow cooker!
Sarah - Mud Cakes and Wine
Sunday 10th of January 2021
Oh your meals are lovely this week. I keep saying this I must do hunters chicken. Good luck with more homeschool xx
katykicker
Monday 11th of January 2021
Yes, DO IT! It is SO simple, and delicious, the chicken is lovely too! x
Cheryl Pasquier
Sunday 10th of January 2021
Hope the home-schooling is going ok. We're still carrying on as normal here in France - schools are open so it's just the usual mad rush ! I quite fancy the idea of a lockdown to be honest - it would be nice to have a bit more downtime ! Loving this week's menu plan - I always keep going "oh, didn't know you could make that in a slow cooker" - I need to play around with mine a bit more !
katykicker
Monday 11th of January 2021
Yeah I fancied the idea, until it happened (3 times now haha), it's SO boring not being able to leave home! I hope that things stay well for you there x
Shoestring Jane
Saturday 9th of January 2021
Just seen your crispy chicken tikka recipe for the air fryer. We are definitely trying that one - looks yummy! Have a good week
katykicker
Monday 11th of January 2021
It's SUCH a good recipe - extra juicy too, great for sandwiches if you have leftovers too x