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  • redruby
    redruby Posts: 7,317 Forumite
    probably about 50p, all hm goodies :D
  • sarahmelita
    sarahmelita Posts: 167 Forumite
    Mine costs between 50p-£2, and I make lunch everyday.
  • deborah64
    deborah64 Posts: 323 Forumite
    Mine is usually less than £1 as i finish work at 1.15pm and always have lunch at home, normally leftovers from the night before, cook once eat twice.
  • Looking_after_the_pennies_2
    Looking_after_the_pennies_2 Posts: 34 Forumite
    I'm another one taking packed lunches to work costing about £1 a day

    good luck everyone
  • pippa93
    pippa93 Posts: 104 Forumite
    £1.50 to £2 because I have to eat in our awful canteen!!
  • greenbee
    greenbee Posts: 18,553 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    If I'm not using leftovers, I have a salad made up of the following (all organic if possible, generally from the farm shop, but have estimated using more expensive supermarket prices where I can't remember the cost)

    60g wholewheat pasta - 10p
    home-sprouted beans - less than 1p (one pack @1.40 does a month)
    15g sunflower seeds - 4p
    Tomato - 15p
    Cucumber - 10p
    Lettuce - 20p
    Radishes - 20p

    with either egg - 30p or cottage cheese 50p

    Obviously this is MUCH cheaper in the summer!
  • phizzimum
    phizzimum Posts: 1,712 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    lunches at the mo are very frugal for me- so I would guesstimate about 20p

    usually cream crackers or homemade bread with homemade hummous or soup
    weaving through the chaos...
  • nickyhutch
    nickyhutch Posts: 7,596 Forumite
    Usually leftover last-night's-tea! Must be around 50p per day, or less if I choose beans on toast (yum!).
    ******** Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity *******
    "Always be calm and polite, and have the materials to make a bomb"
  • millie
    millie Posts: 1,575 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I make my own sandwich from home made bread and have a piece of fruit with it the cost is about 60p
  • maggie5
    maggie5 Posts: 177 Forumite
    i spend around £2.50 for me and my little girl:j
    has been around for a while but always learning,
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