I haven't shared a meal plan on my blog for a while. I actually haven't even been meal planning properly. Not like I use to anyway. Meal planning is really helpful and helps me stay organised and not over spend on the weekly grocery shop. I need to save every penny I can, especially this time of year and I also need to stay organised. Meal planning helps with both of those things. This is our meal plan for this week.


Monday - Chicken nuggets, oven chips and spaghetti hoops.

Tuesday - Chicken salad wraps - Selection of salad and sauces etc.

Wednesday - Cheese and potato pie with sausages.
(If anyone would like "my" recipe for cheese and potato pie do let me know! - And by my I mean my mums and I have no idea where she got it from...) 

Thursday - Spaghetti bolognase with garlic bread

Friday - PIZZA DAY!

Saturday - Chicken Tikka Masala with pilau rice and naan bread.

Sunday - Sunday roast dinner (not sure what meat yet, I can't remember what I have in the freezer!)

I really need to invest in a new slow cooker as I truly do miss that! I dropped my last one just before I moved house and was devastated. Any recommendations? It needs to be quite a big one as I have three children plus myself :)

What's on your menu this week? 

Sarah xXx

Gosh, I haven't meal planned for weeks but this week I really, really need to! I have bits in the freezer and cupboard to use up and I really can not afford to over spend on shopping this week. So meal planning will help me with using up the bits and bobs and also stop me from over spending.

Monday - Chicken nuggets with fries and baked beans.

Tuesday - Chicken and bacon pasta bake with sweet corn and french stick.

Wednesday - Spaghetti bolognase with garlic bread. (see, I am really trying to use up those bits!)

Thursday - Jacket potato with tuna or cheese and salad.

Friday - Pizza day!

Saturday - Pork curry (I have diced pork left from new year!!!) with pilau rice (brown rice for me)

Sunday - Sunday roast dinner.

What's on your menu this week?

Sarah xXx

Last weeks meal plan went down a treat with the kids, I'm glad to be back into meal planning again! Shopping and cooking is so much easier when I'm organised. Here's this weeks meal plan.

Monday - Sausage, mash and peas with gravy.

Tuesday - Lasagne with home made chips and garlic bread.

Wednesday - Chicken, pasta and salad with coleslaw (I'm going to try and make my own coleslaw!)

Thursday - Chicken Korma with rice and naan bread.

Friday - Home made burgers in buns with fries and salad

Saturday - Fish, boiled potatoes and baked beans.

Sunday - Sunday roast.

What's on your meal plan this week?

Sarah xXx

Here's our weekly meal plan. Mine will be tweaked a little as I am trying to loose weight so this is mainly for the kids. (I've switched from potatoes to sweet potato, brown rice and brown pasta instead of white rice/pasta and so on.. small changes make all the difference!). I've also got lots of Christmas food that needs using up, I think I over bought on meat, haha but it was on offer/reduced and it certainly will get eaten. Meal planning will help with that, too.

Monday - Gammon with salad, coleslaw and new potatoes.

Tuesday - Spaghetti bolognase with garlic bread.

Wednesday - Tuna and pasta with salad

Thursday - Chicken breast with home made oven baked chips and veggies

Friday - Pizza day!

Saturday - Chicken Tikka with rice and naan bread

Sunday - Turkey Sunday roast with, roast potatoes, carrots, peas, roast parsnips, yorkshire puddings served with gravy.

What's on your meal plan this week?

Sarah xXx

 It's that time of year again, time to plan for Christmas and the meal plan is no exception. Here's our Family Christmas meal plan for this year.

Christmas Eve.

Lunch will be cold beef sandwiches with salad. There will also be some festive snacks out, too.

For dinner we will have all day breakfast including: 

Sausages, bacon, scrambled egg, toast, baked beans and hash browns. 
And again, some snacks in the evening. 

Christmas Day. 

Breakfast we'll have French Vanilla Toast. The kids LOVE this! It's really quick and easy to make (recipe coming this week!) 

Christmas dinner - 

Turkey, roast potatoes, stuffing, creamy mashed potato, yorksire puddings parsnips, carrots, peas and sweede, served with gravy. A selection of cranberry sauce and mint sauce, too. 

For desert will be chocolate gateau and ice cream as that's our favourite.

Cold turkey sandwiches in the evening if anyone fancies them, along with snacks which will be out during the afternoon. 

Boxing day. 

Toast or cereal for breakfast. 

In the afternoon we'll have a buffet (family will probably pop in) - mini sausage rolls, pork pies, scotch eggs, cold pasta salad, salad, chicken, tuna and cucumber sandwiches and cold turkey sandwiches, pickles etc.
Also a selection of cakes and sweet food, too! Yum!  

What's on your Christmas meal plan this year? 

Sarah xXx 

I feel like I lost my motivation last week, well, motivation when it came to weight loss, eating healthy and what not. I am determind to get back on track now though, I HAVE to do this. Even just loosing 4lbs will put me at a weight I haven't been for almost two years.
I've been looking at skinny photos of myself, which has given me inspiration. I've dug out some skinnier jeans and tops that I haven't worn for over two years. That also gives me inspiration and motivation. It's just so hard to stay on track, especially when the scales are saying I haven't lost very much weight!

This week I am going to eat healthy and stay eating healthy. Despite the fact that it's probably not the right time of the month as I usually crave chocolate and all things that are not good for weight loss, I know I can do this. I've done it before, I know I CAN do it again. I just need to stay strong.


I know my body has changed and I totally do have more stamina, I noticed when I was jogging/power walking on Friday, I wasn't getting out of breath as fast, I could jog for a bit longer without having to stop and feel like I was going to pass out! I've also started level 2 of the thirty day shred which is awesome! I am actually enjoying it more than I thought I would.

Also, I am not going to weigh myself until 23rd July. That gives me time to at least see a small weight loss, right? If I keep weighing myself too frequently and I don't see a change, I get really dis heartened and just feel like giving up. I don't want that. I am not giving up!

My meal plan this week looks like this:

Monday - Jacket potato with tuna and salad.

Tuesday - Turkey breast (sprinkled with chilli spice) and sweet potato fries and salad

Wednesday - Stir fry (I'll make my own, I don't like the pre made ones as I don't like cabbage and what not)

Thursday - Wholemeal pasta with chicken, sweetcorn, cucumber, red onions and a tiny dollop or light mayo

Friday - Egg salad

Saturday - Low fat chicken Korma with brown rice

Sunday - Sunday roast (all low fat, low carbs)

I'll be sticking with just drinking water. No bread for me either as it really doesn't agree with me. I seem to have built up an intolerance to bread. Any bread. I'll have 0% fat yogurt, fruit and cracker breads for a snack. I might purchase some snack a jacks, just for when I crave crisps because snack a jacks are way healthier than normal crisps.
As you can see, I have a lot of salads thrown in there. I really could use some healthy recipes if anyone has any they'd like to share with me.

Wish me luck!

Sarah xXx

Here's the kids meal plan for this week!

Monday - Sausage, chips and peas.

Tuesday - Spaghetti bolognase with garlic bread

Wednesday - Tuna and pasta with sweetcorn and salad.

Thursday - Chicken nuggets with chips and beans

Friday - Pork chops with mash potato, carrots and gravy

Saturday - Pizza day!

Sunday - Sunday roast (chicken)

What's on your meal plan this week?

Sarah xXx

This weeks meal plan...

Monday - Sausage, eggs and chips with baked beans

Tuesday - Spaghetti bolognase

Wednesday - Chicken pasta with salad and french stick bread

Thursday - Pork chops, mash and peas with gravy

Friday - Chicken nuggets with fries and salad

Saturday - Chicken Korma with pilau rice and naan bread

Sunday - Sunday roast dinner (turkey)

What's on your menu this week?

Sarah xXx

I've got lots of bit and pieces to use up this week ready for a big shop at some point. I really need to start using things up and stick to the meal plan. So, here's this weeks meal plan (for the kids. I'm back on dieting and doing low carbs so my meal plan is different to theres)

Monday - Chicken dippers with fries and baked beans

Tuesday - Home made lasagne with garlic bread

Wednesday - Chicken tikka with rice and naan bread

Thursday - Tuna and pasta with salad.

Friday - All day breakfast - Sausage, eggs, bacon, hash browns, spaghetti hoops with toast or fried bread.

Saturday - Fish fingers, mash and peas

Sunday  - Sunday roast dinner (chicken)

What's on your meal plan this week?

Sarah xXx

I still haven o internet connection, while I am making the most of the mobile internet I thought I would schedule this weeks meal plan post. Hopefully I'll be back to blogging properly very soon.

Monday - Sausage, mash and peas with gravy.

Tuesday - Chicken nuggets, fries and baked beans.

Wednesday - Spaghetti bolognase with garlic bread

Thursday - Chicken stew

Friday - Tuna and pasta with salad

Saturday - Chicken curry with rice and naan bread

Sunday - Sunday roast dinner.

What's on your meal plan this week?

Sarah xXx

Gosh, it's been a while since I've meal planned! Now we're starting to settle into our new house, I really need to get back into meal planning! I have a new cooker (my old one was donkeys years old and took forever to cook anything) so I am looking forward to making some new foods and learning some new recipes, yum yum.
I do need a new slow cooker, mine got broken in the house move. Which really sucks!!! 

Monday - Sweet chilli chicken pasta with salad and coleslaw.

Tuesday - Home made lasagne with home made potato wedges and garlic bread.

Wednesday - BBQ chicken rice and peas + french stick bread.

Thursday - Peppered beef baguettes with salad and home made fries.

Friday - PIZZA DAY!

Saturday - Chicken Korma with pilau rice and naan bread

Sunday - Sunday roast dinner.

What's on your meal plan this week?

Sarah xXx

Monday - Sausage, chips and baked beans.

Tuesday - Spaghetti bolognase wit garlic bread.

Wednesday - Tuna and pasta with salad.

Thursday - Chicken curry with rice and naan bread

Friday - Pizza day!

Saturday - Fish, boiled potatoes and salad.

Sunday - Sunday roast.

This is the kids meal plan for this week! I'm on a 'diet' so I won't be having the same as what they eat.
I also have bits that need using up in the freezer.. like chicken! 

Monday - Sausage, egg and home made chips with baked beans.

Tuesday - Home made Lasagne with turkey mince, fries and garlic bread.

Wednesday - Chicken curry with rice and naan bread.

Thursday - Beef stew (slow cooker!)

Friday - Pizza day! (A selection of pizzas)

Saturday - Chicken Korma with Pilau rice and naan bread.

Sunday - Sunday roast dinner.

What's on your meal plan this week?

Sarah xXx

This weeks meal plan if going to look a little different as I'm going to include my meal plan, too! As most of you know by now, I am trying to loose weight and while I'm not really calling it a 'diet' (I dislike that word, haha), I am trying to be as healthy as possible.
The kids meal plan is the top one and mine is beneath there's. Yes, it is VERY hard and tempting not to eat what the kids are eating but I seriously need to get a grip of my eating habits again as I feel I have failed a little bit lately. Not badly or anything but if it continues I know I won't loose weight.

Monday - Sausage, home made oven chips with baked beans.
                 Chilli Chicken breast with brown rice.

Tuesday - Homemade meat balls with pasta spaghetti and garlic bread
                 Tuna salad and low fat coleslaw.

Wednesday - Chicken curry (low fat), with pilau rice and naan bread.
                      (I'll have low fat curry, too brown rice with weight watcher naan bread)

Thursday - Chicken pasta bake with a selection of salad- we can all have this, it's one of the kids faves
                   (I'll have wholemeal/brown pasta)

Friday - Pizza day!
              (I'll have a weight watchers frozen meal)

Saturday - Chicken nuggets, fries and spaghetti hoops.
                  Fish, sweet potato fries (never tried these before) with peas.

Sunday - Sunday chicken roast dinner.
               (I'll have the same just a smaller portion)

I usually enjoy a smoothie or toast (weight watcher wholemeal bread)for lunch and speacial K or porridge for breakfast! Snackajacks or rivitta, cracker bread etc make a nice snack. I just need to stick to this!

Sarah xXx

This is the kids weekly meal plan this week! My meal plan however, looks a bit different from this as I am trying really hard to loose weight at the moment. IF anyone has any low calorie/low fat recipes they would like to share, please point me in the right direction as I am always up for trying something new.

So this weeks meal plan...

Monday - Chicken dippers, home made chips with baked beans.

Tuesday - Spag Bol with garlic bread.

Wednesday - Tuna & pasta with a selection of salad and fresh bread.

Thursday - Chicken curry with long grain rice and naan bread.

Friday - Hot dogs in buns with fries and salad.

Saturday - Chicken salad.

Sunday - Sunday roast dinner.

What's on your meal plan this week?

Sarah xXx

Monday - Turkey drummers with fries and spaghetti hoops.

Tuesday - Spaghetti bolognase with garlic bread.

Wednesday - Sausage, mash and peas with gravy.

Thursday - Tuna and pasta with salad.

Friday - Burgers in buns with wedges and salad.

Saturday - Chicken curry with long grain rice and naan bread.

Sunday - Sunday roast dinner.

What's on your meal plan this week?

Sarah xXx

Gosh, the weather has been so cold! Lots of hot food on our menu this week!

Monday - Slow cooked chicken with gravy, peas and mash potato.

Tuesday - Spaghetti bolognase with garlic bread.

Wednesday - Hot dogs in buns, fries and salad.

Thursday - All day breakfast.

Friday - Sausage stew (slow cooker)

Saturday - Chicken curry with pilau rice and naan bread.

Sunday - Sunday roast dinner.

What's on your meal plan this week?

Sarah xXx

Monday - Sweet Chilli chicken, potato wedges and peas.

Tuesday - Lasagne with chips and garlic bread.

Wednesday - Pork chops, mash potato, peas, carrots served with gravy.

Thursday - All day breakfast.

Friday - Pizza day!

Saturday - Chicken tikka with pilau rice and naan bread.

Sunday - Sunday roast dinner.

What's on your meal plan this week?

Sarah xXx

Phew! It's 2015 and I am wanting to try out some new recipes. Although, not this week because I am using up bits left over from Christmas. I've got a quite a bit left over and it will need using up before next week, which is when I'll be trying out new recipes. If you have an easy recipe you'd like to share, please do let me know :). I have also downloaded a shopping list app on my phone, which will really help me budget more. And not over spend or over buy. Most of us are guilty of this and while I don't do it often, it does happen. I think this is a great way to help with meal planning, too.


Monday - Sweet chilli chicken, potatoes and salad.

Tuesday - Chicken stew (slow cooker)

Wednesday - Cheese and potato pie with Sausages and peas.

Thursday - Spaghetti bolognase with garlic bread.

Friday - Pork curry with pilau rice and naan bread. (Slow cooker)

Saturday - Chicken nuggets, fries with spaghetti hoops.

Sunday - Toad in the hole with peas, carrots and mash potato, served with gravy.

What's on your meal plan this week?

Sarah xXx