Planning the Week's Meals in Spain
Plan lunches and dinners, write the shopping list and batch-cook like a Spanish household.
In Spain the main meal, la comida, is around 2 pm and la cena is light and late, around 9 pm. Many people batch-cook on Sunday and take a táper to work, and the weekly shop happens at the supermarket or the local market. The cards follow a couple in Zaragoza planning a week of meals for themselves and their two kids.
- 1
Vamos a organizar las comidas de la semana.
Let's plan the week's meals.
- 2
¿Qué comemos el lunes?
What are we having on Monday?
- 3
¿Qué tal unas lentejas?
How about some lentils?
- 4
Eso ya lo comimos ayer.
We already had that yesterday.
- 5
Me apetece algo ligero para cenar.
I feel like something light for dinner.
- 6
¿Hacemos tortilla el miércoles?
Shall we make a Spanish omelette on Wednesday?
- 7
El domingo cocino para toda la semana.
On Sunday I'll cook for the whole week.
- 8
Me llevo un táper al trabajo.
I'll take a packed lunch to work.
- 9
Podemos aprovechar las sobras.
We can use up the leftovers.
- 10
Tenemos que comer más verdura.
We need to eat more veg.
- 11
Vamos a hacer la lista de la compra.
Let's write the shopping list.
- 12
Se nos ha acabado el arroz.
We've run out of rice.
- 13
¿Queda pollo?
Is there any chicken left?
- 14
Mañana hago la compra.
I'll do the food shop tomorrow.
- 15
El pescado está carísimo esta semana.
Fish is really expensive this week.
- 16
Los viernes cenamos pizza.
On Fridays we have pizza for dinner.
- 17
Los niños no se lo van a comer.
The kids won't eat it.
- 18
Lo meto en el congelador.
I'll put it in the freezer.
- 19
¿A quién le toca cocinar hoy?
Whose turn is it to cook today?
- 20
Cenamos a las nueve.
We have dinner at nine.