It’s never been easier to feed the whānau!
This week two summer meal plan has five easy and tasty dinner recipes that can feed four people. Download the shopping list and recipes to enjoy in season veges, zero food waste and nutritionally balanced dinners!
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Week 2 meal plan
Week 2 recipes
Tips for this meal plan
- The recipes for this week can be cooked in whatever order you prefer. To keep the sliders or buns fresh, store them in the freezer and bring them out that morning to defrost.
- Beef cuts such as rump steak, stir fry, schnitzel, or other steak cuts will all work perfectly – check the weekly specials to get the best deal.
- Coconut milk is a shared ingredient. Keep it fresh by storing the remaining milk in a sealed container in the fridge.
- Red curry paste is shared between two recipes. If your family doesn’t like red curry, use any tomato-based sauce to flavour the noodle stir fry, such as a pad thai sauce. You can make a mild coconut satay sauce for the satay salad by leaving out the red curry paste.
- Nectarines are used as part of the corn slaw with the sliders – you can use another stone fruit or swap to an apple or pear instead.
Some ingredients will be used across more than one meal in a week. These ingredients are all marked with a * so you know not to use all of the ingredient in one meal.
* Each meal plan of 5 meals is designed to use in-season fruit and veges. Fruit and vege growing conditions and pricing vary throughout each season, so choose cheaper in season fresh, or frozen substitutes if a particular item is unseasonably expensive.
About the budget friendly family meal plans
Zero food waste
These meal plans have been developed with the team at Love Food Hate Waste and are designed to be zero food waste. All the shopping list ingredients you buy should be used by the end of the week. For some meals you may have leftovers and the recipe will tell you whether they’re suitable for freezing or are best eaten the next day.
If there is an ingredient you or your family doesn’t like, swap it with one you’ll all enjoy and avoid waste
Ready-to-go shopping list
The shopping list tells you the ingredients to buy for the week. The pantry staples lists other ingredients you will need but are likely to have in your fridge or pantry already. Before going shopping check you have the staple ingredients and check your fridge, freezer and pantry as you may already have some of the ingredients on the list.
If you view these recipes online and click ‘shop for ingredients’ the products added to your cart will reflect what’s available at your local store at the time – this may vary from week to week.
Some ingredients will be used across more than one meal in a week. These ingredients are all marked with a * so you know not to use all of the ingredient in one meal.
Protein balance based on nutrition guidelines recommendations
These recipes are based on current nutritional guidelines. Varying the type of protein in your evening meals can help you get a good balance of nutrients. A good guide is to aim to have fish once or twice a week, chicken with the skin removed once or twice a week, lean red meat twice a week, one egg-based meal, and one vegetarian meal. The ‘adapt it’ tips show you how to change up the recipe to enhance the nutritional content or change ingredients to suit your dietary needs.