Focus: Late-winter comfort week using up freezer reserves and seasonal Danish produce. Mix of Japanese, Italian, Indian, Asian, and Danish dinners.

This plan clears out a good chunk of the freezer (hokkaido puree, bacon, medisterpølse, edamame, ginger) and uses up the white cabbage and spring onions from the fridge. Seasonal March picks: kale, carrots, potatoes, and brussels sprouts. Almost everything for the ramen is already in the pantry.

Meal Plan Summary

• Uses from freezer: bacon strips (×2 meals), hokkaido puree, medisterpølse, edamame, frozen ginger (×3 meals), corn or peas
• Uses from fridge: spring onions (×2 meals), eggs, miso, butter, milk
• Uses from pantry: rigatoni, dried white beans, passata (×2 meals), red lentils, ramen noodles, dried mushrooms, jasmine rice, tomato paste, soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, chili flakes, smoked paprika

Ingredients used across multiple meals: potatoes (2 meals), bacon (2 meals), ginger (3 meals), spring onions (2 meals), kale (2 meals), garlic & onions (all meals), passata (2 meals), olive oil (all meals)

Meals

Day 1 — Sunday 1 March

• Dinner: Creamy Hokkaido Bacon Stew
  • Prep: 15 min | Cook: 35 min | ~520 kcal/serving
  • Add the frozen hokkaido puree to the stew for extra body and sweetness
  • 🔜 Thaw medisterpølse for Thursday. Soak dried white beans tonight for Tuesday’s rigatoni.

Day 2 — Monday 2 March

• Dinner: Tikka Masala with Lentils with jasmine rice and raita
  • Prep: 15 min | Cook: 35 min | ~520 kcal/serving
  • Use coconut milk from pantry instead of crème fraîche if preferred.
  • 🔜 Cook the soaked white beans tonight or tomorrow morning for Tuesday’s pasta.

Day 3 — Tuesday 3 March

• Dinner: Tuscan White Bean & Bacon Rigatoni
  • Prep: 10 min | Cook: 25 min | ~550 kcal/serving
  • Nearly all pantry/freezer ingredients.

Day 4 — Wednesday 4 March

• Dinner: Simple Everyday Ramen with edamame
  • Prep: 10 min | Cook: 20 min | ~380 kcal/serving
  • Almost entirely from stock! Add frozen edamame for protein. Use remaining spring onions.

Day 5 — Thursday 5 March

• Dinner: Medisterpølse Sheet Pan Dinner
  • Prep: 10 min | Cook: 35 min | ~520 kcal/serving
  • Brussels sprouts are in season. Serve with dijon and cornichons.

Ingredients

Proteins

• bacon strips — 250g (from freezer)
• medisterpølse — 4 sausages (from freezer)
• eggs — 2 (from fridge)
• dried white beans — 150g (from pantry, soak Sunday night)
• red lentils — 1 dl (from pantry)
• edamame — 100g (from freezer)

Produce

• potatoes — ~800g (stew + sheet pan)
• kale — 200g (stew + rigatoni)
• carrots — 4 medium (stew + tikka raita)
• brussels sprouts — 300g (sheet pan)
• onions — 4 medium (from pantry)
• garlic — 1 head (from pantry)
• spring onions — 2 bunches (from fridge — stew + ramen)
• frozen ginger — ~3 tbsp grated (from freezer — stew, tikka, ramen)
• frozen hokkaido puree — 1 portion (from freezer)
• frozen corn or peas — 100g (from freezer, for stew)
• lemon — 1 (tikka raita)
• apple — ½ (tikka raita)
• fresh cilantro — 1 bunch (tikka)
• fresh parsley — 1 bunch (rigatoni, sheet pan)
• fresh thyme — a few sprigs (sheet pan, optional)

Dairy

• milk — (from fridge, for stew)
• butter — (from fridge, for stew + tikka)
• parmesan or pecorino — ~50g (rigatoni)
• coconut milk or crème fraîche — 200ml (tikka)

Pantry

• rigatoni — 200g
• jasmine rice — 150g
• ramen noodles — 2 portions
• passata — 400ml (rigatoni + tikka)
• tomato paste — 3 tbsp
• crushed tomatoes or tinned tomatoes — (if needed)
• dried shiitake mushrooms — 4
• vegetable stock cubes/powder — (ramen + tikka)
• chicken stock cubes — (stew)
• soy sauce
• miso paste — (stew + ramen)
• roasted sesame oil
• rice vinegar
• olive oil
• chili flakes
• smoked paprika
• garam masala
• turmeric
• sugar
• salt and pepper
• sesame seeds
• dijon mustard — (sheet pan serving)
• ketchup — (sheet pan serving)
• cornichons — (sheet pan serving)
• caraway seeds or whole grain mustard — (sheet pan)

Optional Garnishes

• cashews — for tikka (notes say you usually skip these)
• togarashi or extra chili flakes — (ramen)
• furikake — (ramen)