Weekly Plan – Week 1

SmartKitchen30 Weekly Plan

Week 1

Seven calm, practical dinners for the week — plus one grocery list, already sorted.

Day 1

Spiced Cabbage, Carrot & Beet Sambharo with Crispy Lentils

Discover this vibrant Indian-inspired sambharo, a warm salad of spiced cabbage, carrot, and beetroot, topped with crunchy pan-fried lentils. It's a flavourful, textural dish, ready in about 30 minutes.

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Day 2

Quick Chicken Marsala with Mushrooms | Weeknight Dinner

Discover a comforting classic that brings the rich flavours of tender chicken and earthy mushrooms together in a luscious Marsala sauce, all ready in under 30 minutes for those busy weeknights.

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Day 3

Quick One-Pan Pork Chop Dinner with Fennel & Apple

Simplify your evening with this delightful one-pan pork chop recipe, perfectly balanced with the aromatic notes of fennel and the sweet tang of apple for a complete meal.

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Day 4

Quick Mediterranean Bowl: Speedy & Healthy Dinner

Discover the ultimate weeknight solution with our Quick Mediterranean Bowl. This vibrant, satisfying dish combines wholesome grains, protein, and fresh vegetables for a stress-free meal in under half an hour.

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Day 5

Roasted Cabbage with Lemon Chickpeas & Tahini

Discover a vibrant, plant-based meal ready in about 30 minutes. Tender roasted cabbage, crisp lemon chickpeas, creamy tahini, and a zesty jalapeño gremolata create a flavourful weeknight dinner.

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Day 6

Speedy Korean Short Ribs: Galbi in 30 Minutes

Discover how to make incredibly tender and flavourful Korean short ribs in under half an hour. Our express Galbi recipe brings the rich taste of Korea straight to your dinner table, perfect for a busy weeknight.

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Day 7

Easy Bang Bang Sauce Recipe – Quick & Versatile UK

Discover how to create a delicious Bang Bang sauce at home with minimal effort. This versatile condiment brings a delightful kick and sweetness to a variety of dishes.

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Shop This Week

This weekly plan from SmartKitchen30 brings together seven 30-minute recipes and one consolidated shopping list for the whole week.

Weekly Grocery List

Each ingredient has a search link for Tesco and Ocado: it opens the search results, so you can choose your preferred brands and prices.

Quantities: these are the totals for the seven recipes as written. Check your cupboard first: you may already have oils, sauces and spices.
🛒 Search on Tesco ▼

Fruit & veg

☐ Apples — 1Search ↗
☐ Beetroot — 100 gSearch ↗
☐ Cabbage — 700 gSearch ↗
☐ Carrots — 150 gSearch ↗
☐ Cherry tomatoes — 150 gSearch ↗
☐ Cucumber — ½Search ↗
☐ Fennel bulb — 1Search ↗
☐ Fresh coriander — a little (optional / to serve)Search ↗
☐ Fresh ginger — 1 cm pieceSearch ↗
☐ Fresh parsley — ¼ cupSearch ↗
☐ Fresh rosemary — 1 sprig (optional / to serve)Search ↗
☐ Garlic — 6 clovesSearch ↗
☐ Jalapeños — 1Search ↗
☐ Lemons — 1½Search ↗
☐ Limes — 1½Search ↗
☐ Mushrooms — 200 gSearch ↗
☐ Onion — ¼Search ↗
☐ Pears — ½Search ↗
☐ Red onion — ½Search ↗
☐ Rocket — 50 gSearch ↗
☐ Spring onions — 2 (optional / to serve)Search ↗

Meat & fish

☐ Beef short ribs — 500 gSearch ↗
☐ Chicken breasts — 600 gSearch ↗
☐ Pork chops — 2Search ↗

Dairy & eggs

☐ Butter — 35 gSearch ↗
☐ Double cream — 50 mlSearch ↗

Cupboard

☐ Chilli powder — ¼ tspSearch ↗
☐ Chilli sauce — 95 mlSearch ↗
☐ Cumin seeds — ½ tspSearch ↗
☐ Extra virgin olive oil — 150 mlSearch ↗
☐ Ground cumin — ½ tsp (optional / to serve)Search ↗
☐ Ground turmeric — ¼ tspSearch ↗
☐ Honey — 20 mlSearch ↗
☐ Lentils — 400 gSearch ↗
☐ Light brown sugar — 2 tbspSearch ↗
☐ Marsala wine — 150 mlSearch ↗
☐ Mayonnaise — 115 gSearch ↗
☐ Mustard seeds — 1 tspSearch ↗
☐ Pearl barley — 160 gSearch ↗
☐ Pitted olives — 50 gSearch ↗
☐ Plain flour — 50 gSearch ↗
☐ Rice vinegar — 1 tbspSearch ↗
☐ Sesame seeds — a little (optional / to serve)Search ↗
☐ Soy sauce — 60 mlSearch ↗
☐ Sriracha — 20 mlSearch ↗
☐ Stock (cubes or fresh) — 210 mlSearch ↗
☐ Tahini — 3 tbspSearch ↗
☐ Tinned chickpeas — 400 gSearch ↗
☐ Tinned tuna — 180 gSearch ↗
☐ Toasted sesame oil — 1 tbspSearch ↗
☐ Vegetable or sunflower oil — 1 tbspSearch ↗

To taste

☐ Black pepper — to tasteSearch ↗
☐ Sea salt — to tasteSearch ↗
🛒 Search on Ocado ▼

Fruit & veg

☐ Apples — 1Search ↗
☐ Beetroot — 100 gSearch ↗
☐ Cabbage — 700 gSearch ↗
☐ Carrots — 150 gSearch ↗
☐ Cherry tomatoes — 150 gSearch ↗
☐ Cucumber — ½Search ↗
☐ Fennel bulb — 1Search ↗
☐ Fresh coriander — a little (optional / to serve)Search ↗
☐ Fresh ginger — 1 cm pieceSearch ↗
☐ Fresh parsley — ¼ cupSearch ↗
☐ Fresh rosemary — 1 sprig (optional / to serve)Search ↗
☐ Garlic — 6 clovesSearch ↗
☐ Jalapeños — 1Search ↗
☐ Lemons — 1½Search ↗
☐ Limes — 1½Search ↗
☐ Mushrooms — 200 gSearch ↗
☐ Onion — ¼Search ↗
☐ Pears — ½Search ↗
☐ Red onion — ½Search ↗
☐ Rocket — 50 gSearch ↗
☐ Spring onions — 2 (optional / to serve)Search ↗

Meat & fish

☐ Beef short ribs — 500 gSearch ↗
☐ Chicken breasts — 600 gSearch ↗
☐ Pork chops — 2Search ↗

Dairy & eggs

☐ Butter — 35 gSearch ↗
☐ Double cream — 50 mlSearch ↗

Cupboard

☐ Chilli powder — ¼ tspSearch ↗
☐ Chilli sauce — 95 mlSearch ↗
☐ Cumin seeds — ½ tspSearch ↗
☐ Extra virgin olive oil — 150 mlSearch ↗
☐ Ground cumin — ½ tsp (optional / to serve)Search ↗
☐ Ground turmeric — ¼ tspSearch ↗
☐ Honey — 20 mlSearch ↗
☐ Lentils — 400 gSearch ↗
☐ Light brown sugar — 2 tbspSearch ↗
☐ Marsala wine — 150 mlSearch ↗
☐ Mayonnaise — 115 gSearch ↗
☐ Mustard seeds — 1 tspSearch ↗
☐ Pearl barley — 160 gSearch ↗
☐ Pitted olives — 50 gSearch ↗
☐ Plain flour — 50 gSearch ↗
☐ Rice vinegar — 1 tbspSearch ↗
☐ Sesame seeds — a little (optional / to serve)Search ↗
☐ Soy sauce — 60 mlSearch ↗
☐ Sriracha — 20 mlSearch ↗
☐ Stock (cubes or fresh) — 210 mlSearch ↗
☐ Tahini — 3 tbspSearch ↗
☐ Tinned chickpeas — 400 gSearch ↗
☐ Tinned tuna — 180 gSearch ↗
☐ Toasted sesame oil — 1 tbspSearch ↗
☐ Vegetable or sunflower oil — 1 tbspSearch ↗

To taste

☐ Black pepper — to tasteSearch ↗
☐ Sea salt — to tasteSearch ↗

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