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Using a weekly Family Meal Plan takes the drama out of midweek dinners. Stay balanced, save money and save your sanity!
This is the 3rd weekly meal plan I will be sharing on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, and so many of you asked for all of the info in one place, so here it is.
Watch out for the videos of each recipe coming each night this week, so you can cook along.
For reference, I shopped for this Meal Plan in April 2022 at Tesco and it cost £34.94.
Why use a weekly food planner?
⭐️ Knowing exactly what food to buy for avoids food waste, saving you money.
⭐️ Having a plan for dinner avoids the mental load of “what’s for dinner?” question every night.
The printable shopping list can be found here.
You can find more of my Weekly Meal Plans here:
Meal Plan 2 – £33 from Aldi
Meal Plan 1 – £35 from Aldi
Meal Plan 23 – 5 dinners under £30
Some tips:
➡️ Check for any items on the shopping list that you already have in your cupboard.
➡️ Maybe think about doubling up and freezing a recipe or two where the recipes are suitable, so save cooking another day or for the weekend.
➡️ Remove ingredients for any meals that you don’t want to cook.
➡️ The shopping list includes the cheapest version of each ingredient. Obviously if you want to buy lower fat mince or free range etc, that’s personal choice.
➡️ All of the recipes are to serve 4, so if you’re cooking for 2, simply halve the ingredients.
Weekly Meal Ideas: The Recipes
Dinner 1
⭐️ I’ve included two portions of vegetables in each serving of this so it is a complete meal. From your shopping list, you will have a spare half a bag of potatoes, so you could make homemade oven chips to go with them if you fancy?
⭐️ I served with extra yoghurt on the side.
GIANT Baked Chicken Quesadilla {One Pan}
Dinner 2
⭐️ Serve with a chopped salad made with lettuce, cress and a quarter of the cucumber.
⭐️ I used 200g of soft cheese instead of 250g as stated in the recipe as this was the pack size in Tesco. I used the cheddar cheese from the shopping list instead of buying parmesan, but add this to your shopping list if you prefer.
⭐️ Omit the fresh basil unless you have some handy!
Creamy Sausage Pasta
Dinner 3
⭐️ I replaced the curry paste in the recipe with 4 tsp of curry powder.
⭐️ Paneer from this supermarket comes in 200g pack sizes, so I bought two, this is slightly less than the recipe states but will still make eight good-sized kebabs.
⭐️ Use 4 of the peppers and 2 or 3 red onions instead of the 6 peppers mentioned in the recipe.
⭐️ Serve with naan breads and cucumber salad. Warm the naan breads according to the pack instructions. Make a salad by chopping three quarters of the cucumber, 2 tomatoes, 200g yoghurt and a 2 tsp of mint sauce.
Easy Paneer Tikka {For Grill, Oven or BBQ}
Dinner 4
⭐️ I added the pack of cherry tomatoes to this recipe five minutes before the end of the cooking time to increase the vegetable portions.
⭐️ I also used the cheddar cheese from our shopping instead of parmesan.
Oven Baked Risotto {with Bacon and Cheese}
Dinner 5
⭐️ I left out the breadcrumbs in the recipe.
⭐️ Use the pack of fish pie mix plus both packs of prawns instead of the ratios used in the recipe (the amount is the same, but it was cheaper this way).
⭐️ I served with more of the peas from the shopping budget and also steamed broccoli.
Easy Fish Pie
Quick reminder, the printable shopping list can be found here.
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