Ahh, Monday. Everyone’s favourite day of the week! Actually, I don’t mind it so much this week because it’s one of Graham’s days off, which I always look forward to.

Last week we did well, apart from Tuesday night. I thought I had some casserole beef in the outside freezer for the chilli but I had forgotten to cross it off the list when I used it up. As it was, I had a free Hello Fresh box delivered on Tuesday from a code that someone gave us, so we ended up having one of the meals from that – this gorgeous steak with lemon and vegetable couscous. It was really nice, but I think it’s incredibly expensive, costing approximately £6.50 for two of us. I reckon we could make that at home a lot cheaper – I may have a go at recreating some of the dishes on a budget and blogging our results.

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We have still got two of the three meals left from the box because Graham was at work, so they will be featuring on this weeks plan. I also stupidly forgot to cancel the next box, which at £39 for three meals for two of us is not cheap! Luckily, they gave me a £10 partial refund, and we still have the box coming, so that’s a few meals for us sorted.

Here is this week’s plan:

Monday: Mexican Superfood Cottage Pie for adults, chicken nuggets, chips and beans for the kids

Tuesday: Chicken shawarma with dukkah courgettes and chickpeas for adults.  Homemade soup and veg for kids.

Wednesday: Prawn and Chorizo Chickpea Stew, Sausage, mash and veg for kids

Thursday: Pizza, wedges and garlic bread

Friday: Chicken stew, mashed potato and vegetables

Saturday: Spaghetti bolognese and garlic bread (if my parents visit this weekend we will probably swap this for a takeaway!)

Sunday: Honey and mustard pork, mashed potato and veg

What’s on your plan this week?