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Hello! Happy Friday. Another week closer to our new baby joining us! So excited now!
I have been keeping our meal plans very simple lately, but this week I’m getting back into a little more cooking! I’ll be using a few Simply Cook kits and I have a *free box for new customers if you want that! I’m looking forward to cooking some of the recipes that we’ve had, and loved, before, and know that this weeks meal plan is going to be a very tasty one!

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 #169
My favourite meal plan from last week: Madhouse Family Reviews
The Meal Planning Linky Week #169
Simply Cook: Sausage & Fennel Pasta
Simply Cook: Chicken Tinga
Simply Cook: Crispy chilli beef with jasmine rice
Simply Cook: Chicken makhani with slow cooker rice & no yeast flatbreads
Slow cooker vegetarian lasagne
Chicken & bacon pasta bake with homemade garlic bread
Slow cooker gammon roast with air fryer roast potatoes, sage and onion stuffing, yorkshire pudding, 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.
Kim Carberry
Monday 29th of March 2021
What an exciting time for you with the new baby. Your meal do indeed sound very tasty. The Chicken Tinga sounds interesting x
Shoestring Jane
Monday 29th of March 2021
You really must be excited! The weather's turned warm today so I bet you are feeling the heat. Look forward to hearing that baby has arrived!
Cheryl Pasquier
Monday 29th of March 2021
Thanks for the mention ! Your menu plan sounds great with lots of dishes I don't know - I'll have to go and google chicken tinga and chicken makhani to see if they're something we could try. Chicken & bacon pasta bake - now there's a nice simple dish that I haven't made for ages, hmm !