Using a weekly Meal Plan takes the drama out of midweek dinners. Stay balanced, save money and save your sanity!
This is the fourth 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.
The meal plan this week is also extra handy as every meal takes less than 30 minutes to cook from start to finish. Whoop!
For reference, I shopped for this Meal Plan in April 2022 at Aldi and it cost £35.09.
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The printable shopping list can be found here.
Monday:
One Pan Cajun Chicken Pasta
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Total time: 30 Minutes
Swap the white onion in the recipe for red onion. I used two onions instead of one as they were super small.
Use 3 green peppers and 4 sticks of celery (which is more than stated in the recipe) to up the veg quota to two portions per serving.
Use the 400g pack of chicken rather than 500g in the recipe as this was the pack size available.
Tuesday:
Lamb Koftas served with Wraps and Greek Salad
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Total time: 25 Minutes
Use 4 tomatoes, half of the olives jar, a red onion, a pepper and a third of the cucumber to make the Greek salad (I left out the feta cheese, but you could add to the shopping list if you wish). The Greek salad dressing is optional too if you have time/ingredients. If you don’t, sprinkle on a little olive oil, mint or oregano and salt you’re good to go!
Use the natural yoghurt instead of Greek yoghurt for the dip.
Wednesday
Halloumi Burgers with Potato Salad and Sweetcorn Salsa
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Total time: 20 Minutes
Potato salad:
Boil the new potatoes until cooked, add mayonnaise and chopped red onion.
Sweetcorn Salsa:
Mix the tin of sweetcorn, with a third of the cucumber, red onion, 1 red pepper and 100g of yoghurt.
Omit the lime juice and cress.
Thursday
Yuk Sung with Fried Rice
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Total time: 30 Minutes
I served with the Fried Rice recipe linked above, but minus the eggs, so NOT egg fried rice! (As there was already plenty of protein in the pork of the Yuk Sung).
Friday
Pil Pil Prawns with Tapas Board
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Total time: 10 Minutes
For the tapas board use: the baguettes sliced and toasted, 3 sliced peppers, half the jar of olives, the Spanish mixed meats/cheese pack, Spanish grains, the pack of cherry tomatoes. (Sangria on the side is optional if you’d like to add it. 🤩)
Quick reminder:
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The printable shopping list can be found here.
Hope this was useful, please let me know your feedback!
Angela Hardy says
Wow! Made these tonight! Big hit with the family & sooo tasty! Will definitely be making them again! I’ve just started your Week 4 Menu Plan & followed the shopping list (plus extras I needed!) Excited to try the rest of the meals! Xx
Kate says
I made the lamb koftas and the flat breads- Wow! The recipes were so easy and the end result was so tasty. I was especially surprised as how easy the flat breads were to make and they will definitely be made for other dishes. Ideal for gluten free cooking. I bought the dip and made a salad with figs and cheese to go with them. A huge success, thank you so much. 😀
Julie says
Do these recipes really feed 4 adults? I have a house full of boys, I’m thinking I may need to double up?
Sarah Barnes says
Hi Julie, obviously it depends on your appetite but these are based on standard portion sizes or thereabouts, so say 125g of mince. Sometimes there is less meat and more veg etc to save money. Of course you can adapt and add more! They aren’y ridiculous like 1 chicken breast between 4 or anything though!!
Donna says
Absolutely love these meal plans, makes food shopping easy and all the meals have been a hit! 🙂