It's the second week of the school summer holidays and we're just going to potter around home with the occasional trip into town to the library or out to a museum workshop as this week won't be too hot. After temperatures of over 30C most days last week, it's a blessed relief to have slightly cooler weather this week.
I had a chat with our three older children and asked them if they would like to cook more in the holidays as they all love spending time in the kitchen. Our two middle daughters will be making some of the lunches and a few dinners. Much to my delight they'll also be doing the dishes. They've chosen all the dinners that we're having this week, and most of the lunches too.
Our garden is still providing salad greens, fresh herbs, raspberries and strawberries. I'm so glad that we finally had significant rainfall over the weekend, no need to water the garden for a couple of days.
Our garden is still providing salad greens, fresh herbs, raspberries and strawberries. I'm so glad that we finally had significant rainfall over the weekend, no need to water the garden for a couple of days.
Meal Plan
Breakfasts will be cereal with milk and fruit, or toast and spread with fruit for afters. Weekend breakfasts will probably be homemade toasted teacakes and pancakes.
Lunches will be falafel wraps, frittatas, pasta salad, wholemeal savoury swirls, and homemade pizzas and twice baked potatoes. We're off out for lunch on Saturday, a rare treat. We'll be having quick, easy, and filling midday meals accompanied by crudites most of which are portable so we can have lunch out and about if we need to. Snacks will be fruit, popcorn, yoghurt, and homemade vegetable crisps.
Dinners
Tomato, Basil and Lentil Pasta
Potato and Chickpea Curry
Orange Chicken with Fried Rice
Herbed Courgette (Summer Squash) Pasta Bake
Chicken Kwasukwasu
Spinach and Cheese Strata
Super Power Chilli
Shopping List
48 items: £69.97
Packets
and Cereals
2x ASDA Smartprice Wheat Bisks
(24x18g) £1.48
1x ASDA Wholemeal Bread Flour
(1.5Kg) 69p
1x ASDA Smartprice Long Grain
Rice (1Kg) 45p
2x ASDA Wholewheat Penne (500g) 90p
1x ASDA Good and Balanced Green
Lentils (500g) £1.15
1x ASDA Quinoa (300g) £1.19
1x ASDA Corn Flakes (790g) £1.34
1x Tropical Sun Popcorn (500g) 79p
Frozen
3x ASDA Smartprice Mixed
Vegetables (1Kg) £2.46
1x ASDA Scratch Cook Whole Leaf
Spinach (1.3Kg) £1.50
1x ASDA Cook from Frozen Chicken
Breast Fillets (600g) £2.50
1x ASDA Chicken Thighs (1.1Kg) £2.50
Tins,
Jars and Cooking
3x ASDA Smartprice Chopped
Tomatoes in Tomato Juice (400g) 87p
1x ASDA Smartprice New Potatoes
in Water (550g) 35p
1x ASDA Smartprice Red Kidney
Beans in Water (400g) 30p
3x ASDA Smartprice Sweetcorn in
Water (326g) £1.05
1x Amoy Soy Sauce Dark (250ml) £1.50
3x ASDA Chick Peas in Water
(400g) 99p
1x ASDA Double Concentrated
Tomato Puree (200g) 37p
Dairy and
Eggs
3x ASDA British Whole Milk 6
Pints (3.41L) £4.44
1x ASDA Smartprice Low Fat
Natural Yogurt (500g) 45p
1x ASDA Smartprice Mozzarella
(125g) 47p
1x ASDA Free Range Mixed Weight
Eggs (15) £2.00
1x ASDA Smartprice Mature White
Cheddar (830g) £3.69
1x ASDA Smartprice Hard Cheese
Wedge (170g) £1.60
5x ASDA Smartprice Low Fat Fruit
Yogurts (6x125g) £2.50
Drinks
1x ASDA Pure Orange Juice from
Concentrate (1L) 69p
Fruit and
Vegetables
2x ASDA Grower's Selection Salad
Tomatoes (750g) £2.30
25 ASDA Grower's Selection
Bananas £3.00
27 ASDA Grower's Selection Royal
Gala Apples £4.56
2x ASDA Grower's Selection
Carrots (1Kg) £1.00
4x ASDA Grower's Selection Whole
Cucumber £2.00
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Celery 52p
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Garlic
Loose 20p
1x ASDA Grower's Selection
Courgettes (3) 95p
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Spring
Onions 50p
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Large
Mango £1.00
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Sweet
Potatoes (1Kg) £1.00
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Giant
Watermelon £2.50
2x ASDA Grower's Selection
Apricots (320g) £1.58
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Ginger
(125g) 50p
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Pears
(1.2Kg) £2.00
2x ASDA Chosen by Kids Easy Peasy
Peelers (500g) £2.30
1x ASDA Farm Stores Brown Onions
(1Kg) 55p
1x ASDA Farm Stores White
Potatoes (2.5Kg) £1.15
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Ripen
at Home Avacodos (4) £1.50
3x ASDA Farm Stores Peaches (4) £2.07
Meat,
Fish and Poultry
1x ASDA Farm Stores Cooking Bacon
(500g) 57p
Prices and special offers reflect those of the online grocery website My Supermarket,
and are correct as of 28th July 2018.
Prices may vary in different in-store locations.
We purchased our groceries online via Asda using My Supermarket and our items cost £69.97, had we shopped elsewhere our shopping list would've cost:
£80.44 from Sainsbury's
£80.79 from Tesco
£86.11 from Morrisons
£96.82 from Ocado
£105.87 from Waitrose
My lovely blogging buddy Ciara from My Fussy Eater has created a fab Meal Planning Facebook Group so we can inspire each other. She also has a book out which you can order here.
And Katykicker, and Naomi from The Organised Life Project have a Meal Planning Linky full of fabulous Meal Planning posts with lots of tasty ideas.