🍲 Weekly meal plan
Winter Comfort – Slow & Hearty
Slow-cooked stews, hot soups and nourishing meals for cold days. Borscht, goulash, beef bourguignon, pho — winter warmth at the table.
📅 Full weekly plan
| Day | Lunch | Dinner |
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| Monday |
Töltött Káposzta
Töltött káposzta, or Hungarian stuffed cabbage, is a close relative of Romanian sarmale, but with a strong identity of its own, marked by the…
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Korvapuusti
Korvapuusti is the Finnish cinnamon and cardamom bun, whose name literally translates as "slap on the ear" or "beaten ear" — a playful name…
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| Tuesday |
Ruisleipä
Ruisleipä is the dense rye bread that has underpinned the Finnish diet for centuries, a bread so fundamental to the country's culinary identity that…
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Beans with Sausages
Fasole cu cârnați is the winter dish of the Romanian household — white beans slow-cooked together with smoked pork sausages, onion, carrots, tomato…
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| Wednesday |
Mustikkapiirakka
Mustikkapiirakka celebrates one of Finland's most beloved summer ingredients — wild blueberries that grow abundantly in the northern forests and…
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Pasta alla Norma
Pasta alla Norma is the pride of Catania — a Sicilian pasta dish in which fried aubergine meets fresh tomato sauce, olive oil, basil, and grated ricotta salata.
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| Thursday |
Spaghetti Carbonara
Spaghetti Carbonara is a Roman classic built on just five ingredients: pasta, guanciale, eggs, Pecorino Romano, and black pepper.
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Chicken Paprikash
Csirkepaprikás — chicken paprikash — is the emblem of Hungarian cuisine: chicken pieces braised slowly in a sauce of onion and sweet Hungarian…
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| Friday |
Lihapullat
Lihapullat are Finnish meatballs, an essential home-cooked dish, often served alongside mashed potatoes, lingonberry jam and pickled cucumbers, a…
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Krupnik
Krupnik is a hearty Polish barley and meat soup, with a history dating back to the noble cuisine of past centuries, when it was considered a…
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| Saturday |
Mämmi
Mämmi is the traditional Finnish rye pudding, eaten almost exclusively at Easter, a recipe with medieval roots that reflects the ingenuity of Nordic…
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Makowiec
Makowiec is the traditional Polish poppy seed roll, an essential dessert at Christmas and Easter tables, symbolising abundance thanks to the…
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| Sunday |
Tripe Soup
Ciorbă de burtă is a defining fixture of Romanian Sunday tables, rooted in the kitchens of Muntenia and Oltenia.
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Chicken Kiev
Chicken Kiev is a dish of exceptional technical refinement: a deboned chicken breast pounded thin around a cylinder of cold butter mixed with garlic…
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🛒 Complete shopping list
All ingredients for the week, sorted alphabetically. Estimated ~€38–50 for 2 people.
~€38–50 / week
142 ingredients
- Vegetables & herbs
- Meat & fish
- Dairy & eggs
- Dry goods
- Sauces & oils
- Bakery
- Miscellaneous
- Pantry staples
Why plan meals in advance?
- Reduce food waste by up to 30%
- Save time and money — one shopping trip
- Eat healthier
- Eliminate the daily "what should I cook?" stress