Meal planning

So another similar thread, but what are your standard meals you make?

We have alot of stir-frys, mince dishes eg spag bog, shepards pie, meat and 3 vege type dinners. I have to say tho i'm not good at meal planning and am often going to the supermarket to get that forgotten ingredient.

chicken casserole/curry with rice
mince with heaps of veges chucked in and mashed potato
roast pork with veges and gravy
casserole steak, veges, mushrooms and mashed potato
macaroni cheese, sometimes with bacon in it

Hard to think of them off the top of your head! I don't meal plan either, I like having a bit extra in the cupboard, but I could definitely work on using up stuff that has been sitting in the pantry for a while.

I always make soup in winter - at least twice a week. It works well for light lunch or can make dinner if I add nice bread & pudding to finish.
We also love indian food so I try to make at least one indian meal eg butter chicken from a packet
I also make something with mince once a week eg meatballs in tom sauce/meatloaf/nachos etc
I also always buy sausages - they can make a quick meal when in a hurry with some (packet) mashed potatoes and (frozen) veggies
We always get cold meats too - again makes for a nice sandwich when you need it

We have about 2 pastas a week. (more if hubby had his way)
Then 3 meals with meat and 3 veg. (usually one fish, one chicken, one chop whatever meat I got on special ect.)

Then the other two really depends. Cant say week to week as such. But do usually do one meal a week like take away kind of food things. Like steak and chips

Or burgers and salad
or hotdogs (okay I know you guys call it totally different stuff here not even going to ask what it is)

Then boerewors rolls. Basically a sausuge in a roll with onion and tamatoes and cheese or whatever you want to put over it. \

Or tacos. Or something like that.

Chilli
Nachos
butter chicken
Every Sunday we have breakfast for dinner; hash browns, eggs, bacon, toast, spag/baked beans (fave meal)
Coat n Cook Chicken breasts or drum sticks
Stir Fry
Bangers n Mash
Lamb Chops in various forms
Roast every Saturday night
Home made Pizzas made from tortillas

That's all I can think of.

- Spagetti bolognese, shepards pie, or lasagne

- Thai Green Curry

- Pasta with tomato based sauce and kranskys or pepperoni

- Steak, mashed potato, carrots and broccoli

- Roast chicken (or something... chicken is usually cheapest option)

- Soup atm - pumpkin or leek and potato

I try and go through recipe books to get ideas to make the plan.

we have different stuff most weeks, only cause I love to read my recipe books. this week it's been from my new taste mag - which incidentally has a recipe for an apricot fudge pudding that it DELICIOUS. we have a lot of soups - cheap, kids love them and put sin lots of veges. i have a butter bean soup and a carrot that we eat a lot of.

Yum! I'm the roast eater here and would LOVE to partake of such a feast! As for my DH, he likes roast potatoes, and um, peas. Not even gravy half of the time. Booooooooring.

Yum i love roasts and always try and cook them but DP doesn't like them as much