This weeks meal plan – better late than never

I have been a bit lax in publishing my weekly meal plan lately. There’s always one on my head – I just sometimes get involved in other stuff and don’t get round to writing it up for the blog.

This week I have been doing a lot of sorting and organising. I dug out a big box of old cameras that my daughters no longer use. I have been testing them out and will list them on eBay.

More decluttering! The boxes of files under our bed are being gone through paper by paper, shredding as we go. This is quite time consuming as some of it needs to be kept so we need to read everything.

There is also the garden to tidy up. We have done a bit, but there is a lot more to do.

I am in the spring cleaning zone, so am keeping our meal plan simple and easy. I am also sticking to a £40 per week budget for the supermarket, so meals need to be both healthy and cheap.

Here’s the plan.

Sunday

Chicken pieces baked with herbs and spices, served with a grated carrot and rocket salad and air fried potato wedges.

Monday

Cheese and vegetable frittata with more of the grated carrot and rocket salad.

Tuesday

Lentil and mushroom pie. I have a memory of making this years ago when I was fully vegetarian so might publish this recipe once it’s clear in my head. We will have cabbage with this.

Wednesday

Smoked mackerel with baked sweet potatoes and broccoli.

Thursday

Chicken and vegetable stir fry, using the rest of the broccoli and cabbage, some carrots, celery, mushrooms and frozen veg.

We have some noodles that have been hanging about, so need to use those up.

Friday

Leftovers from the week. Hopefully there will be some stir fry!

Saturday

Tuna pasta with penne, peas and sweet corn from the freezer.

I am still avoiding carbs much of the time, but eating some a few times a week. Sugar is the main thing to watch, so I am avoiding it and have given up wine for now. There’s no doubt I feel better without alcohol!

Lunches tend to be based around soups, eggs, cheese and salad. Breakfast is often frozen berries and Greek yogurt, occasionally porridge.

I am really watching our grocery costs closely at the moment. Our spending generally, in fact, as our lodger is moving out on a couple of weeks and we may be a few months without that extra income.

Anyway, that is my quick meal plan for this week. What are your ideas for low cost, healthy meals?

I am joining in with Katy Kicker’s meal planning linky. Check out her meal plan this week too. You can see more of my favourite food ideas and recipes here.