🍲 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 |
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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Boeuf Bourguignon
Boeuf Bourguignon is the gastronomic jewel of the Burgundy region of France, a dish that transforms beef into liquid velvet through long hours of simmering in red wine.
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| Tuesday |
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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Cinnamon Bun
Kanelbulle is the Swedish cinnamon bun — a soft, lightly enriched dough flavoured with cinnamon and cardamom, twisted into distinctive knots and scattered with pearl sugar.
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| Wednesday |
Quiche Lorraine
Quiche Lorraine originates from the historic region of Lorraine in northeastern France, where the tradition of baking open pastry tarts with cream…
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Smørrebrød
Smørrebrød — literally 'butter bread' — is the foundation of the Danish lunch.
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| Thursday |
Karelian stew
Karjalanpaisti (Karelian stew) is Finland's symbolic dish — an archaic Finnish stew of three meats (beef, pork, lamb), slow-cooked for hours with…
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Salmon Soup
Lohikeitto — salmon soup — is one of Finland's most familiar preparations, eaten year-round from family kitchens to roadside cafés.
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| Friday |
Solyanka
Solyanka is Russia's festive soup — a thick and tangy broth with beef, smoked sausages, ham, pickled cucumbers, olives, capers, and tomatoes, all…
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Chakhokhbili
Chakhokhbili is a Georgian braised chicken stew whose name traces back to the word for pheasant — khokhobi — reflecting an era when the dish was made with wild game.
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| Saturday |
Currywurst
Currywurst is Berlin's street food icon — a fried pork sausage cut into slices, served with ketchup or a thick tomato sauce heavily seasoned with…
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Fårikål
Fårikål — the name translates simply as sheep in cabbage — was voted Norway's national dish in 1972.
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| Sunday |
Stoofvlees
Stoofvlees — known as Carbonnade flamande in French — is Belgium's most emblematic slow-cooked dish: beef and onions braised in Belgian dark ale…
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Pierogi
Pierogi are one of the oldest preparations in Polish cooking, documented in culinary records from the thirteenth century.
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🛒 Complete shopping list
All ingredients for the week, sorted alphabetically. Estimated ~€38–50 for 2 people.
Vegetables & herbs
- Bell peppers
- Cabbage1.2 kg
- Capers50 ml
- Carrots850 g
- Celeriac1
- Fresh coriander25 g
- Fresh parsley20 g
- Garlic
- Leek1 large
- Lemons
- Mushrooms250 g
- Onion1.9 kg
- Parsley root
- Pearl onions250 g
- Pickled cucumbers250 g
- Pitted black olives75 g
- Potatoes1 kg
- Red onion75 g
- Tomatoes900 g
Meat & fish
- Bacon400 g
- Beef chuck1.9 kg
- Beef cut500 g
- Beef stew meat1 kg
- Berliner-style bratwurst pork sausages100 g
- Chicken thighs1.2 kg
- Guanciale200 g
- Ham150 g
- Lamb shoulder1.6 kg
- Pork shoulder400 g
- Pre-cleaned beef tripe800 g
- Salami100 g
- Salmon600 g
- Smoked bacon lardons100 g
Dairy & eggs
- Cream500 ml
- Egg plus 150ml warm water1 large
- Egg yolks4 large
- Eggs7 large
- Farmer's cheese200 g
- Full-fat sour cream300 ml
- Gruyère50 g
- Milk250 ml
- Parmesan50 g
- Pecorino75 g
- Soured cream50 ml
Dry goods
- Spaghetti400 g
Sauces & oils
- Beef stock200 ml
- Cognac25 ml
- Dijon mustard25 ml
- Good-quality fish stock1
- Good-quality tomato ketchup200 g
- Red wine775 ml
- Tomato paste75 ml
- White wine50 ml
Bakery
- Dark rye bread8
- Georgian flatbread
- Shortcrust pastry200 g
- Thick slices stale brown bread75 g
Miscellaneous
- A small bunch
- Curry powder400 g
- Dark belgian ale325 ml
- Fast-action7 g
- Juniper berries6
- Khmeli-suneli
- Lovage leaves
- Medium-hot curry powder25 ml
- Passata100 ml
- Pearl sugar25 ml
- Pickled herring fillets400 g
- Radishes
- Savory
- Smetana200 g
- Smoked kielbasa200 g
- Thick slices of
Pantry staples
- Allspice
- Allspice berries
- Apple cider vinegar
- Bay leaves
- Black pepper
- Blue fenugreek
- Boiled new potatoes with butter and dill
- Bouquet garni
- Brown sugar
- Butter
- Cardamom
- Cinnamon
- Flour
- Neutral oil
- Nutmeg
- Salt
- Smoked paprika
- Sugar
- Sweet hungarian paprika
- Thyme sprigs
- Worcestershire sauce
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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