Eat for £12 a week?

moggins · 8 March 2006 at 10:44PM

calleyw wrote:

:rotfl:

Once products are out the packet how can you tell. I mean I prefer value jaffa cakes now to McVities as I think they are way to orangey :rotfl:

Yours

Calley

Don't remind me!! I ate a whole box of them the other night tucked up in bed

MushyPeas · 8 March 2006 at 11:26PM

That would be great. Looking forward to the thread

MushyPeas · 8 March 2006 at 11:43PM

Hi PP

Currently reading this thread which is great

Can I ask, how did you get a chicken curry for three out of only 2 chicken thighs for 50p? Are they v.v. large thighs? Also, where do you get the mince from for only 50p? Is that from a supermarket?

Looking forward to your reply

Penny-Pincher!! · 15 March 2006 at 3:15PM

Evening

Have just my last 7days meal plan for you.

Sausage, Egg, HM Chips and Beans
Chicken-leftovers,roasties,yorkies, carrots,cabbage,parsnips,stuffing,gravy-4 good portions
HM Chilli & Rice/Spud-6 portions
HM Chicken/Sweetcorn Pie, Mash & Cabbage/carrots/peas-5 portions
Chicken, roasties,stuffing,yorkies,parsnips,carrots,peas,gravy-4 portions
Shepards Pie, Cabbage/peas-5 portions
Lamb Stew & dumplings-6 huge portions

Sausages-40p (reduced quality ones)
Bacon x 2-£1.50
Eggs x 15-1.19 (tons left for on toast/sarnies & quiches)
Beans x 3-39p
Spuds for week-£1.50 (half price lidls)
Oil-39p
Flour 1/2 bag for yorkies and dumplings-14p
Carrots 2kg-38p (half price lidls)
Cabbage x 2-34p (half price)
Parsnips x 4-27p (half price)
stuffing x 2-26p
Rice-20p
Onions-10p
Tinned toms-16p
Kidney beans-14p
Chilli powder-5p
Tinned mushroom soup-22p
Sweetcorn-22p
Frozen pastry-20p (reduced)
Peas-30p
Swede-25p (half price)
suet-25p
gravy-35p
Extra Large Chicken-£1.50 (reduced-did 3 meals)
1lb Minced Mutton-£1 (Butchers-pie and chili)
1lb diced mutton-£1.50 (Butchers)

Total £13.20

Other stuff for breakfasts (toast, eggs, bacon, OJ, cereal etc) lunches for us and weekends (sarnies, egg/toast,jacket spuds etc) and dd's packed lunch (sarnie, yogurt, apple, banana, raisins, crisps, HM biccie, squash):

Bread x 3-60p
Butter-53p
Ham-£1
OJ x 2-66p
yogurts-90p
apples x 15-80 (half price)
lettuce-35p (half price)
cucumber-30p (half price)
tomatoes x 4-20p (half price)
bananas x 12-60p (half price)
milk-70p reduced
crisps-50p
squash-16p
cheddar-£1 huge for sarnies, toast and quiches
eggs above already priced
salad cream-33p
cooking marg-33p for HM biccies etc
tuna-35p
raisins-35p
mushrooms-40p (lidls) for quiche and on toast/pizza
rice crispies-50p
sugar-56p

Total £11.47

Total for everything £24.67 for 3 people with plenty left for frozen meals and store cupboard leftovers etc. Think ive remembered everything. So thats £8.22 per person.

Again, there are items for the store cupboard and some bits i have used that ive already got. We do have our quota daily of fruit and veg though. DD is entitled to free school meals but we've had alot of problems with her only being offered a roll and a desert as they go in last so have started giving her a pack up again. Her sarnies are normally marmite, cheese or ham.

HTH

PP
xx

Penny-Pincher!! · 15 March 2006 at 3:19PM

The chicken thighs were large and reduced and the mince lamb was frozen from Asda and is the full bag is £1.30 and i estimated it.

HTH

PP
xx

halloweenqueen_2 · 15 March 2006 at 4:55PM

Thanks for this penny picher, I'm thinking of doing a weekly plan and then buying just what I need for the week. I've been keeping a diary for the last couple of weeks on our meals, which gives me a rough idea what to plan.
I'm thinking of using yours as a template and swapping in/out a meal or two, do you do all your shopping at lidls?
I tend to buy my meat at the butchers and would love your recipe for lamb stew - is it on the recipe thread? Stew is one of those things I grew up on and can never make the same.

angelatgraceland · 19 March 2006 at 10:22PM

I just wish I could buy my groceries at these prices! Regional pricing is just ridiculous in the south of England and in Bristol some areas charge more than others but even the cheapest of the own brands and value lines are quite a bit more than this. Our butchers have dissapeared unfortunately-we have lost 2 in the last 5 years and we have only the market or the supermarkets. Even the market is way above what you are paying. You are indeed very lucky. The best buy I had this week is a pack of 2 chickens in Iceland for £3. Dont be put off by the size of small chickens as they also have a small carcass and I got loads of meat off of them. Only cooked one today(half for the dog as shes unwell) and I made a curry with the other half. Enough chicken in that half to feed four generously.

Penny-Pincher!! wrote:

Evening

Have just my last 7days meal plan for you.

Sausage, Egg, HM Chips and Beans
Chicken-leftovers,roasties,yorkies, carrots,cabbage,parsnips,stuffing,gravy-4 good portions
HM Chilli & Rice/Spud-6 portions
HM Chicken/Sweetcorn Pie, Mash & Cabbage/carrots/peas-5 portions
Chicken, roasties,stuffing,yorkies,parsnips,carrots,peas,gravy-4 portions
Shepards Pie, Cabbage/peas-5 portions
Lamb Stew & dumplings-6 huge portions

Sausages-40p (reduced quality ones)
Bacon x 2-£1.50
Eggs x 15-1.19 (tons left for on toast/sarnies & quiches)
Beans x 3-39p
Spuds for week-£1.50 (half price lidls)
Oil-39p
Flour 1/2 bag for yorkies and dumplings-14p
Carrots 2kg-38p (half price lidls)
Cabbage x 2-34p (half price)
Parsnips x 4-27p (half price)
stuffing x 2-26p
Rice-20p
Onions-10p
Tinned toms-16p
Kidney beans-14p
Chilli powder-5p
Tinned mushroom soup-22p
Sweetcorn-22p
Frozen pastry-20p (reduced)
Peas-30p
Swede-25p (half price)
suet-25p
gravy-35p
Extra Large Chicken-£1.50 (reduced-did 3 meals)
1lb Minced Mutton-£1 (Butchers-pie and chili)
1lb diced mutton-£1.50 (Butchers)

Total £13.20

Other stuff for breakfasts (toast, eggs, bacon, OJ, cereal etc) lunches for us and weekends (sarnies, egg/toast,jacket spuds etc) and dd's packed lunch (sarnie, yogurt, apple, banana, raisins, crisps, HM biccie, squash):

Bread x 3-60p
Butter-53p
Ham-£1
OJ x 2-66p
yogurts-90p
apples x 15-80 (half price)
lettuce-35p (half price)
cucumber-30p (half price)
tomatoes x 4-20p (half price)
bananas x 12-60p (half price)
milk-70p reduced
crisps-50p
squash-16p
cheddar-£1 huge for sarnies, toast and quiches
eggs above already priced
salad cream-33p
cooking marg-33p for HM biccies etc
tuna-35p
raisins-35p
mushrooms-40p (lidls) for quiche and on toast/pizza
rice crispies-50p
sugar-56p

Total £11.47

Total for everything £24.67 for 3 people with plenty left for frozen meals and store cupboard leftovers etc. Think ive remembered everything. So thats £8.22 per person.

Again, there are items for the store cupboard and some bits i have used that ive already got. We do have our quota daily of fruit and veg though. DD is entitled to free school meals but we've had alot of problems with her only being offered a roll and a desert as they go in last so have started giving her a pack up again. Her sarnies are normally marmite, cheese or ham.

HTH

PP
xx

Penny-Pincher!! · 19 March 2006 at 10:32PM

Sorry to hear that Hun. We are lucky that we do get quite a few bargains around here depsite being in London.

PPxx

MrsTinks · 20 March 2006 at 1:35PM

Out here (near Buckingham) it's hard to find bargains too but they are there once you know where to look

It takes a bit of effort to start with but once you find a few places then it's easier

There is a nice fruit and veg stall on the sunday market (Spent £7 and was struggling carrying it all away! Will use some during the week but chopped loads up and have frozen it for use next week

)
Really shoudl start going to my local butcher more... However I still have loads of stuff in the freezer from my last trip to costco (flank steaks and chicken breasts).
Next month I will try to do a proper food budget as this month it's been a little hit and miss (suprise dinner guests and everythign up in the air a little)

Newgirl_2 · 22 February 2007 at 5:47PM

calleyw wrote:

But then are lots of things that I do that I don't tell other people because they will think I am strange. Like changing the bedsheets/duvet covers once a fortnight.

Just wondering why anyone would think that strange... surely fortnightly isn't too often.... ?

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Newgirl

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