Feed the family cheaper, share your menu planners and tips [merged]

wonie

See what ideas we can come up with...
Feed your family for 5pounds a day, what meals would you cook, by family I mean two adults and a child,

wonie

Anything I've missed?

Little_Vics

This might be an interesting topic!! Over the past few weeks we have almost completely run down our larder/store cupboard/freezer to the point that we desperately need to restock it. If you only had £50 to spend at Mr T's - what would you buy?

Pink.

Hi little vics,

You should get more help with this on the Food Shopping & Groceries board where there are a number of similar threads with good ideas. It's also worth taking a look through the current threads on that board to see what bargains are about at the moment.

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falady

Hi there,

I would buy:

pasta
rice
cous cous if you like it
cereal
oats
tinned tomatoes
tinned pulses
tuna
coconut milk
herbs and spices that you use
curry powder
mince (beef / lamb)
fish fillets
stewing beef / lamb
chicken thighs
stock cubes (chicken and veg)

If you do baking:
plain flour and SR flour
sugar
sultanas
buter / marg
oats

HTH!

Ali x

415SanFran

Hi,
Pretty much the same here, but I would get dried pulses, cheaper, last longer, not so heavy to carry home, cook half a pack at a time and freeze.

vandanfc

Do you have to go to Mr T ? Do you have option of Asda, Lidl or Aldi, Netto or Farmfoods. Your £50 would go a lot further spent in these stores. Have a look at the what to buy threads.

hels123_2

Im trying to plan the next few weeks and looking to do a big shop, but Im really stuck for menu ideas!

I just want to have a nosey at some of yours and to nick some ideas lol

vandanfc

Have a look on the old style boards, usually lots of planners around

NJW69

I don't do a planner so to speak but we generally have chilli once a week (enough left over for one freezer meal and one lunch), pork chops, potaoes and veg once a week, homemade soup and sandwiches once per week, roast chicken or beef once per week and then another meal made from the leftovers, something in the slow cooker another night, might be sweet and sour chicken, barbeque ribs, ham in cola, lamb leg. Generally have one night where we eat out or get a take away or just don't eat coz we're in the pub drinking (Saturday afternoon/evening).

elfen

Me and Pint (OH) do a weekly shop, but ours usually varies. Sometimes it'll go by what's reduced or on offer. Usually get chicken, pork, mince or even lamb mince if it's on offer. Can be anything from sweet and sour chicken/pork, lamb or beefburgers (homemade), meatballs (homemade - put a bit of bacon in, they're yummy!) chilli, spag bol/lasagne