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How does this sound for a week?

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MegCleary · 13/05/2014 13:42

Dinners for week family of four;
Sunday, roast with veg and potatoes,
Monday pork stroganoff with rice,
Tuesday baked pots with cheese, tuna, beans,
Wednesday wholemeal pasta and tomato and basil sauce,
Thursday chicken stir fry with sweet corn, peppers, sugar snap peas & noodles,
Friday fishfingers and spaghetti hoops,
Saturday toad in the hole with carrots and broccoli.

Does it sound reasonable?

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MegCleary · 13/05/2014 14:02

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LadySybilLikesCake · 13/05/2014 14:05

You need more oily fish.

If you're cooking a roast on Sunday you can use the leftover chicken for your stir fry, I'd change the dates though, so have the stir fry on Wednesday? Otherwise, it sounds good. Where's the cake fruit?

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coffeetofunction · 13/05/2014 14:08

I'd change fish fingers for home made fish cakes, there one of my health cheap meals. You can use tinned fish, tuna/mackerel/sardines/salmon, then just mash, an egg & some herbs if you have some Wink

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MegCleary · 13/05/2014 14:10

So two lots of oily fish a week?

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LadySybilLikesCake · 13/05/2014 14:11

Rainbow trout is cheap! Use tweezers to pull out the bones, wrap it in greaseproof paper, pop a little butter and peppercorns on the top and roast for 20 minutes. or there's fishcakes Wink

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LadySybilLikesCake · 13/05/2014 14:12

Fish fingers are not oily fish, cod is white fish. Oily fish is salmon/tuna/mackerel/sardines. Great for omega 3 or something and packed with vitamin D.

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LadySybilLikesCake · 13/05/2014 14:28
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MegCleary · 13/05/2014 14:30

I mean if I swap the fishfingers for tuna fish cakes for example is there a amount of oily fish recommended a week for children?

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LadySybilLikesCake · 13/05/2014 14:33

Yes. You can also swap one of the other meals for fish fingers if your budget is tight too Smile Meat's expensive, I think.

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MegCleary · 13/05/2014 14:37

Meat is expensive but I find lidl very reasonable and great quality.

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MegCleary · 13/05/2014 14:39

Oh fruit is grapes, bananas, blueberries or apples and puddings are very dull yogurts after lunch and dinner.

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LadySybilLikesCake · 13/05/2014 14:42

It looks like a great week's menu. I'd stick the fish fingers with the pasta though as pasta and tomato sauce feels as though there's something missing. Oily fish with some left over veg should be good Smile

I keep buying blueberries but they don't make it off the bus Blush

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coffeetofunction · 13/05/2014 14:50

I save chicken for our pasta...

My friends are always amazed at how well we eat yet we spend about £25 a week for a family of 4...

For puddings I do fruit & yogurts, fruit & custard, crumbles....

You'd be amazed at what you can freeze Wink

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LadySybilLikesCake · 13/05/2014 14:52

We're having left over chicken tonight (not the jar Grin) I'm having chicken curry, ds is having chicken and left over roast potatoes and veg as he doesn't like curry.

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MegCleary · 13/05/2014 14:56

Wednesday night has to be a quickly as after school clubs, I may stick with the fishfingers on Friday at times as they see that as treat night Blush

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LadySybilLikesCake · 13/05/2014 14:59

Jacket potatoes are quick. Cook them on the Sunday with the roast, then nuke them on the Wednesday. It will take 6 minutes and you can cook the beans/grate the cheese while they are in the microwave. On Tuesday evening you can do something with the left over meat from Sunday.

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MegCleary · 13/05/2014 16:16

Interesting ideas on the baked pots but would the skins be crunchy after two days on the fridge?

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LadySybilLikesCake · 13/05/2014 16:55

Not unless you heat them in the oven. They don't taste too bad when reheated though.

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JamNan · 14/05/2014 11:51

There isn't a lot of whole grain, pulses or green leafy vegetables in that menu. White rice, noodles and pasta have little nutritional value. Have a look on Yotam Ottolenghi's website for interesting things to do with veg, grains etc.

What about fish pie instead of fish fingers (serve with steamed spinach)? Most fishmongers and supermarkets do a mixed fish tray.

Also smoked mackerel (which is not expensive) makes nice fish cakes and can be made in advance and reheated in the oven or under the grill. Or fish burgers and homemade chips if it's treat night.

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