Meal Planning Tuesday – The Family Meal Plan whilst I Live on £1 a Day!

~ Meal Planning Tuesday ~

The Family Meal Plan whilst I Live on £1 a Day!

Oven Baked Chicken and Aubergine (Egg Plant) Parmigiana

Well, here is the promised meal plan number two! There are two meal plans this week, one that I posted yesterday for my Live Below the Line where I am trying to live on £1 a day for five days…..and the plan that  I have devised for the rest of the family, as my daughter is here for a week’s holiday and I don’t expect her or anyone else to live off £1 a day this week. The meal plan is going to be a little flexible, as we have a few days out planned, and I am trying to juggle lots of balls  on the food front this week…..so, this will be the bare bones of a busy week’s eating! There will be lots of soups featured, as they fit in with my £1 a day plan and are perfect for the unseasonal weather we have been having lately…….I woke up to FROST and a frozen bird bath this morning! There will also lots of bread, as part of BOTH menu plans will be home-made bread for dunking in soups and making sandwiches.  I am only posting a plan for the week days as the weekend plan is VERY fluid at present…..but, I will be sharing anything new and exciting with you I am sure, should they occur. I will also be back very soon with more photos of the amazing birthday tea we all had last Saturday…….so there’s lots on the agenda! I hope some of the recipe ideas will be inspirational enough for you to try them, bye for now, Karen.

Menu Plan for week beginning 7th May

Monday:

Breakfast:  Boiled eggs and toast

Lunch: Sweet Corn Chowder with Oatmeal Bread

Sweet Corn Chowder

 Oatmeal Bread

Oatmeal Bread

Dinner: Hot Beetroot and Potato Salad with Smoked Trout and Dill Cream

Hot Beetroot and Potato Salad with Smoked Trout and Dill Cream

Tuesday:

Breakfast: Porridge

Lunch:  Curried Carrot and Lentil Soup or leftovers of Sweet Corn Chowder with Oatmeal Bread

Scottish Curried Carrot and Lentil Soup

Dinner: Oven Baked Chicken and Aubergine (Egg Plant) Parmigiana (Recipe to follow)

Oven Baked Chicken and Aubergine (Egg Plant) Parmigiana.

Wednesday:

Breakfast: Marmite and Toast (Home-made Bread)

Marmite on Toast - a Veritable British Classic!

Lunch: Omelette with wild garlic and herbs

Dinner:  Northumberland Pan Haggerty – Vegetarian Cheese and Potato Bake

(Recipe to follow)

Thursday:

Breakfast: Dropped Scones/Scotch Pancakes with Honey

Dropped Scones (Scotch Pancakes or Griddle Cakes)

Lunch: Salad with cheese and home-made bread

Dinner: Seafood Spaghetti  Gratin (recipe to follow)

Shrimp and Spaghetti Gratin

Friday:

Breakfast: Fresh fruit and home-made bread with yoghurt

Lunch: Soup – probably carrot and tomato

Dinner:  Fish on Friday – Fish Curry (recipe to follow)

Kitchen Hong Kong Style Curried Fish

Don’t forget I am currently hosting TWO lovely blogging challenges:

May – Tea Time Treats – Flowers & Floral Flavours

May – Herbs on Saturday

Please DO join in the fun!

Karen