tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post3389004177088606979..comments2023-10-17T09:38:33.865+01:00Comments on Our New Life in the Country: Menu PlanningSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-35360818208714340312012-09-19T07:49:13.388+01:002012-09-19T07:49:13.388+01:00Best thing that I ever bought was a kitchen blackb...Best thing that I ever bought was a kitchen blackboard so that I can write down whatever is used up and needs replacing, or anything I find I have run out of. It has made such a difference to the stocking up of my kitchen and larder.DHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14199859409385042568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-64840230291008893972012-09-19T03:50:36.170+01:002012-09-19T03:50:36.170+01:00moving to the country does certainly mean learning...moving to the country does certainly mean learning to organize your trips to the market! Someday I hope to be as organized as you. Your menu plan looks wonderful and has inspired me to write my own. If I actually follow it, only time will tell...Stephen Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657698116552267561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-1995272993900139952012-09-18T23:46:52.639+01:002012-09-18T23:46:52.639+01:00I need to sort out my freezer again, and my goal w...I need to sort out my freezer again, and my goal will be to do a meal plan for next week. Just wish me luck in actually doing it and following through!!<br /><br />Gill in CanadaGill - That British Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456247587052149765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-47854033637456147062012-09-18T20:38:52.639+01:002012-09-18T20:38:52.639+01:00I work my meal list and shopping list on the same ...I work my meal list and shopping list on the same principle as you do.<br />We have a long list of meals we like and chose from that to make each weekly meal plan. Then I sit and work out what I need to buy for these meals. This is saving me money as well as time in the shops. As I go around I cross off from my shopping list until I have all I need to get that week. It certainly pays to be organized!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09114653674812242486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-63203017302922913532012-09-18T19:33:17.157+01:002012-09-18T19:33:17.157+01:00I used to do a monthly menu list, not set in stone...I used to do a monthly menu list, not set in stone, I could move things round to suit. I would do an audit of the freezers to see what was there and then make up my list to ensure I had everything for the meals. In between I used to just buy fruit and veg.<br /><br />Recently due to a flare up I have gone shopping each week, just could not carry all the stuff involved in shopping monthly although I did save money shopping that way. Now I go through the freezer and make up my menu's on Thursday, nip to Aldi or Tesco to get the bits I need, I have to use the car just now I cannot walk even though both shops are quite close.<br /><br />This weeks menu.....<br /><br />Sunday roast gammom, roast spuds, cauli, calebrese and carrots with onion sauce.<br /><br />Monday. Beef olives, spuds for OH, carrots cauli, claebrese.HM Tomato sauce.<br /><br />Tuesday Liver and sausage, mash for OH just cauli, and calebrese for me.<br /><br />Wednesday Tomato pasta and salad.<br /><br />Thursday Mince and tatties for OH, veg for both of us, possibly cabbage and carrots.<br /><br />Friday Fish chips and peas, just a few chips for me.<br /><br />Saturday Pizza and salad.<br /><br />Sunday we are on holiday so the holiday menu is also written down.<br /><br />As I use something from the cupboards I put it on the bottom of my menu list to add to the shopping list.<br /><br /><br /><br />sweet blondie blue eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10415902997410295811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-37265994123178297032012-09-18T19:23:11.444+01:002012-09-18T19:23:11.444+01:00I am loving the sound of that menu plan. I try to ...I am loving the sound of that menu plan. I try to menu plan as often as I can. I find it saves me time and money. Unfortunately I am not always so organised these days. Hmm, forgotten treasures...... I did find a lovely tub of blackcurrant juice from last year. Which is good as this years crop here is really poor. <br />cherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266842386436970708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-36054834654365173282012-09-18T18:11:50.309+01:002012-09-18T18:11:50.309+01:00I dread to think what is lurking at the bottom of ...I dread to think what is lurking at the bottom of some of the freezer drawers, dinner the other day was smoked fish from January (this year) and I don't thinkl that's the oldest thing in there.<br />Cupboards are the same, I'm always discovering something I'd forgotten about. <br /><br />I just need a bit more discipline to stop buying those bargains until we've used up a bit more. And a bit more organised about what's in the house.cumbrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047500383078884463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468906973954014850.post-21246589502383494002012-09-18T09:52:52.167+01:002012-09-18T09:52:52.167+01:00Well we are certainly not quite as organised as yo...Well we are certainly not quite as organised as you in the fact that we have a written list. But we do plan we know what we are going to have each day using the stuff that we have. <br /><br />I sometimes do like a bit of spontaneaity (spelling?) in my cooking. So I might have scheduled to make a stir fry but might throw in a jar of curry sauce to make it a curry and so on, but still using the same planned ingredients maybe with one or two extras.<br /><br />It is a great way to save money and certainly is effective when you are on a budget or are trying to save some £££s!<br /><br />MartinMartin and Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16156539747964207702noreply@blogger.com