Menu planning 20 - 26 February

Well, we stuck to the menu last week, but now there is only two of us here, it's not hard to do that!

Monday - Poached salmon

Tuesday - Slow cooked chicken - although I have discovered it is too big to fit into our new slow cooker and have to get the old one out!

Wednesday - Pork chops

Thursday - Spiced kheema
Due to a change in plan, we need something that is quick and easy to make

Friday - Fish pie

Saturday - Pork chops
the other half of the packet from Wednesday, just cooked in a different way

Sunday - Beef & prune bake

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Fish pie

Whole 30 - Day 30

Breakfast - Breakfast sausage, poached egg and mushrooms

One tray of this makes 12 portions, so we freeze the second half for the next week

Lunch - Smoked salmon salad, 2 clementines

Snack - 3 dates

Dinner - Nacho pie with carrots

This has a cauliflower topping instead of a cornbread one, but the recipe is quite spicy, so you may to adjust it if giving to little ones!

Nacho pie

Supper - Apple

Whole 30 - Day 29

Breakfast - Vegetable omelette

This one had onion, mushrooms and courgettes, a great way of using up the odd bits left in the fridge.

Lunch - Smoked salmon salad, 2 clementines

Look very carefully to check the ingredients as many brands include sugar - the smaller size of this from Aldi does now contain sugar, but this size doesn't (they only seem to sell this size at Christmas)

Dinner - Chicken stir fry with rice

Microwave rice is quick with stir fry and ideal now there is only two of us.

Menu planning 30 January - 5 February

Monday - Chicken stir fry

Tuesday - Nacho pot pies from Beauty and the Foodie

A new recipe to try - it had to be using what is in the house as I hadn't planned before the Tesco delivery!

Wednesday - Pork chops

Thursday - Slow cooked roast chicken

Friday - a Toby Carvery or Hungry Horse mixed grill on the way to Sheffield

Saturday - Pineapple chili from Civilised Caveman

Sunday - ? not sure if we will eat on the way back from Sheffield

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Spicy Pineapple Chili 

Whole 30 - Day 28

Breakfast - Bacon, poached egg and mushrooms

Lunch - Chicken salad, 2 clementines

Snack - raw blackcurrant bar

Aldi sell a variety of flavours either individually or in a box of 5

Dinner - Spiced kheema from Nom Nom Paleo

This has the advantage that you can add extra vegetables in the mixture - I used up some cabbage and courgette

Spiced kheema

Whole 30 - Day 27

Breakfast - Bacon, poached egg and mushrooms

Lunch - Tomato soup with mini meatballs, Nakd gingerbread bar

A packed lunch while out and about - tomato soup stains the flask!

Dinner - Gammon steak topped with pineapple, carrots and broccoli

Supper - Blueberries

flask of tomato soup

Whole 30 - Day 26

Breakfast - Breakfast meatloaf, poached egg and mushrooms

Lunch - Pulled pork salad, 2 clementines, 3 dates

Dinner - Fish pie with carrots and Brussels sprouts

Supper - blueberries & 6 almonds

Fish pie

Whole 30 - Day 25

Breakfast - Breakfast sausage, poached egg and mushrooms

Lunch - Pulled pork salad, 2 clementines

Dinner - Beef & prune bake (without the cheese topping), carrots and cauliflower

Breakfast sausage, poached egg & mushrooms

Whole 30 - Day 24

Breakfast - Breakfast sausage, poached egg and mushrooms

I make the sausage in a tray with 500g turkey mince and half of a shredded butternut squash

Lunch - Butternut squash soup with a little chopped chicken, 2 clementines

I freeze individual portions of soup ready for when it's needed

Snack - raw blackcurrant bar

Dinner - Coconut curried pork (left from Sunday) boiled potatoes, carrots and broccoli

Supper - Stewed plums

Whole 30 - Day 23

Breakfast - Blueberry omelette based on a recipe from Stupid Easy Paleo

I halved the quantities, so only 2 eggs

Pre-swim snack - Chopped apple with almond butter

Lunch - Pulled pork salad, 2 clementines

Dinner - Coconut chicken curry, microwave rice, carrots and broccoli; roasted butternut seeds

Supper - Blueberries with a little coconut milk

Blueberry omelette

Whole 30 - Day 22

Breakfast - Omelette with vegetables - courgette, red pepper, onion, mushrooms

A great way of using up bits of veggies; I allow 150-180g of chopped veg to 2 eggs

Lunch - Pulled pork salad, 2 clementines

Dinner - Baked tuna, carrots and cauliflower.

Asda sell bags of tuna fillets, but a bag of 360g of fillets is not going to fed 4 people!

Supper - Blueberries

Vegetable omelette

Menu planning 23 - 29 January

Monday - Baked tuna

Tuesday - Coconut chicken curry

Wednesday - Coconut curried pork part 2

Thursday - Beef & prune bake

Friday - Fish pie

Saturday - Gammon steaks

Sunday - ??

Coconut curried pork

Whole 30 - Day 21

Breakfast - Bacon, poached egg and mushrooms

Lunch - Salmon salad, 2 clementines

Dinner - Slow cooked Coconut curried pork, carrots and cauliflower

The piece of pork was big enough to do 4 dinner portions with the curry sauce, and 4 lunch portions without sauce that will go with salad

Supper - stewed plums

Bacon, poached egg & mushrooms

Whole 30 - Day 20

Breakfast - bacon, poached egg and mushrooms

Lunch - Chicken salad, 2 clementines

Dinner - Turkey drumstick reheated in chicken stock, potatoes, carrots and Brussel sprouts

I got a turkey drumstick from the discount shelf and roasted it earlier in the week, it probably would have been better to eat it straight away instead of reheating it, but it was alright.

Supper - stewed plums

Whole 30 - Day 19

Breakfast - bacon, poached egg and mushrooms

Lunch - Chicken salad, 2 clementines

Dinner - Toby carvery as a belated birthday dinner - Pork and turkey, carrots, red cabbage, green beans, cauliflower and mashed swede (no gravy or sauces)

Supper- stewed plums

Whole 30 - Day 18

Breakfast - Breakfast sausage, poached egg and mushrooms

Lunch - Salmon salad, 2 clementines

Dinner - Pineapple chilli, followed by a sliced nakd bar

Supper - sliced apple

Whole 30 - Day 17

Breakfast - Breakfast sausage, poached egg and mushrooms

Lunch - Courgette soup with added chicken, 2 clementines

I have an exercise class straight after lunch, so soup is quick. I tend to chop a little meat into it, for added protein.

Dinner - Pork burgers topped with mushrooms, carrots and broccoli

Supper - 1 chopped apple

Whole 30 - Day 16

Breakfast - Breakfast sausage, poached egg and mushroom

Lunch - Salmon salad, 2 clementines

Dinner - Chicken with mushroom sauce, carrots and broccoli

This has the advantage in that you cook the chicken without the sauce, so I could cook a whole packet, so there is some left for lunches

Supper - 1 apple

Whole 30 - Day 15

Breakfast - Breakfast sausage, poached egg and mushrooms

Pre-swim snack - blackcurrant fruit bar and a few nuts

Lunch - Chicken salad, 2 clementines

Dinner - Spicy salmon on zoodles (spiralised courgettes) with carrots and broccoli

Supper - Cup of butternut soup

Butternut squash soup is good for the family, as it is quite sweet and good to freeze into individual portions

Menu planning 16 - 22 January

A quieter week this time, unless a disaster happens!

Monday - Spicy salmon

Tuesday - Chicken with mushroom sauce from Paleo Leap

Wednesday - Pork burgers

Thursday - Pineapple Chili from Civilized Caveman

Friday - Fish stew

Saturday - Pulled pork (probably with a curried coconut sauce)

Sunday - Spiced kheema from Nom Nom Paleo

Pork burgers topped with mushrooms

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