Sainsbury's £50 meal plan for the week

barneydee_2

I work for Mr S and I think that this would be a good starting block for people who have lived on ready meals and take aways. I do think that there is to much bread and not enough meat, as a previous poster said no puddings or snacks, well I don't buy snacks, or puddings the only time we have puddings is if I am doing a dinner party as if we had puddings I know it would be me eating them the same as snacks it would be me eating them :mad: I am doing the grocery challange, not brillantly last mouth:eek:but I am getting better.:)and I do see what I have got in my cupboards/fridge/freezer befor I go shopping and device a menu around what I have in and I find this dose help cut down on what I spend. When I sit on the tills I do analiys peoples shopping trollies and what some people spend realy suprises me, some times I do want to tell them how they can do it cheaper but I don't think Mr S would be very happy with me

Barneydee

patchwork_cat

They have everyone on a diet. I totted up the calories and it is about 1500 - 1600 calories a day. Even a woman would lose upwards of 3 1/2 stone in a year on this. Like the other meals it does feel a bit cobbled together and not particuarly well thought out, but I bet their brief was working mum, not much time, not a great deal of cooking experience, probably as someone said used to serve ready meals 3/4 times a week. So not really us.

ALIBOBSY

Like so many of these things it is a marketing ploy, on the back of the move towards more cooking from scratch and people cutting what they spend.
It is definately not aimed at anyone who already meal plans and budgets tightly. But it could be a start for someone who has yet to take that first step. If it encourages someone to actually meal plan and think about their food as opposed to the old chuck it in the trolley as you walk around brigade, then it can only be a good thing.

I shopped today for 6 of us, and spent more than I needed to as the 3 year old was with me (try to shop on the days she is in nursery, but we were shop on stuff for sandwiches/lunchboxes as the kids ate some extra at weekend). Still managed to only spend £47, although it helps to have a store cupboard so you are only topping up as you go, so one week might be a bag of sugar, another week, a bag of flour etc etc.

Plus we have chickens so constant eggs for a small amount ie hay/sawdust costs(when we can't get it for free) and the food pellets-so about £2 a week max for about 24-28 large yummy FR eggs. If sister or mum wants some eggs they will usually give us a contribution towards the feed so 50p-£1 for 6-12 eggs.

ali x

69chick

Hi all, have come back on here after a gap and in need of all the help I can get with meal planning and saving money.

I saw this deal and did order the £50 stuff last Friday (minus stuff I had in already and plus lots of other stuff like toothpaste, deodorant, laundry stuff etc) and it has sort of brought me back round to meal planning.. There are a couple of recipes I am hoping the kids will like too as I have got really lazy with their options, my ds loved the stir fry (although I did it with chicken I had in) and as he eats very little fruit and veg I hadn't thought he would eat that so its a good option for me now.

I am so in awe of you that can shop for a family for a week on so little, I hope I can get some ideas now on here to cut down my spending as we seriously need to tighten our belts.

rozmister

Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this so mods if I'm wrong please move it!

I work for Mr S & have just been briefed on their Feed Your Family for £50 a week promotion. I was talking about it with my Mum though & I'm confident I could feed a family of 4 (if I had one!!) for £50 on much better quality more exciting food. It's all a bit dull really!

So I thought maybe we could all share our favourite spendthrift recipes for breakfast, lunch or dinner that are good on the pennies the
n we could all use our ideas to have one week where we definitely feed ourselves for £50 (or less!!). For those who've already got this down to a tee maybe it'd be nice to get inspiration.

The only rules are

• It uses ingredients available from a normal supermarket (nothing too specialist)
• Good honest home food cooking - not just a pizza from the freezer
• Reasonable easy to make & enough food in it for a family of 4

I'll be posting Armenian Pork & Rice, my Mum's favourite 'exotic' dish, tomorrow, but I'm too tired from hard work to dig it out right now!

tootoo

I would love to see some comments and ideas on this. There some meal plans on here already, but with the prices so high at the mo they are quite out of date.

onetomany

1 Onion (peeled and chopped)
2 tbsp Olive Oil
2 cloves garlic (peeled and crushed)
1 large carrot (peeled and sliced)
1 x tin baked beans
1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
1 tsp sugar

Fry onion in oil for a couple of minutes until translucent. Then add garlic and carrot and gently cook for further five mins.

Add remaining ingredients, bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 mins or until veg soft.

Blitz with your magic wand lol and serve, you can add cream if you wish at this point.

tomato soup my fav really easy and kids love it , not really sure how much it cost but i reckon about £1

onetomany

this is a fab idea im looking forward to it helping me cut down on my food shop

natlie

sauce for pizza/pasta/stew/chilli etc

Tinned tomatoes - cheapest I could find 31p
onion - approx 8p
oil - olive if poss
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp vinegar/lemon juice/balsamic
half tsp herbs - dried - oregano is best but basil, parsley, bouqui garni, thyme ok

fry onion add tomatoes and other bits and simmer

I use it as is for pizza, I add water or veg stock to thin out if pasta - just a bit of water/stock I use for lasagne, cannelloni, spaghetti - I add chilli flakes, pasta bake etc

I add a glass of wine and a glass of water for stew, cream, paprika and red wine for stroganoff

cannellini beans for homemade baked beans

veg for ratatouille - top with cheese yum

a tsp of tababsco a teaspoon of worcestershire sauce pour over fried potato cubes - patatas bravas

with mince/quorn mince - top with mash

a good basic tomato sauce can make loads of very cheap meals

Nat

toddles*

onetomany wrote: »

1 Onion (peeled and chopped)
2 tbsp Olive Oil
2 cloves garlic (peeled and crushed)
1 large carrot (peeled and sliced)
1 x tin baked beans
1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
1 tsp sugar

Fry onion in oil for a couple of minutes until translucent. Then add garlic and carrot and gently cook for further five mins.

Add remaining ingredients, bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 mins or until veg soft.

Blitz with your magic wand lol and serve, you can add cream if you wish at this point.

tomato soup my fav really easy and kids love it , not really sure how much it cost but i reckon about £1

thanks for this, Im going to try it my toddler loves soup, does it need the sugar though as baked beans have a lot of sugar in them?