How much to feed two adults a month?

BitterAndTwisted

MissAspie: one of the things I forget to mention is the short-dated food sellers online like Approved Food, Food Bargains and Big Brands For Less. I check out the Approved Food site at least once a week (sad, I know) and once I find a decent combination of things which I need or want, mostly cooking ingredients, I put in an order large enough to justify the £5-odd delivery charge. That £5 minimum can buy you a massive weight in stuff and every time you add something to your order the site will tell you how much in weight you have. I generally put an order in once every three or four months for between £20 and £25. At the moment they have incredibly good deals on flavoured couscous, spelt and polenta. These come out to about 20 to 25 pence each and do me for a light lunch every day. Plus, they have 500 gramme bags of "de-identified" (Sainsbugs) soup and broth mixes at four for either 99 pence or a pound.

kezlou

It all depends on what you like to eat. I budget £200 a month now due to price rises for 2 adults, 2 children and three cats.
Its hard and sometimes i do over, most of the time under.

I know you mentioned quorn and fake meat. One thing to try could be making your own veggie burgers and sausages.
We aren't vegetarian but a lot of our meals are veg based.
Its a faff but if you make up a mixture of say cooked red lentils and kidney beans, add some spices etc, blend together, add a bit of flour to glue it together. Make patties and out of mixture and freeze them for when you want them.

We do this quite a lot and they really filling and cheapish to make.

mi_jardin

We have a budget of £100 per four week period (I get paid like that) for 2 adults. This doesn't include december though as thats different!:p
However, I do work for a supermarket, and specifically on the meat counter which does save me a lot of money, so its not easy to compare fairly.

little_sweetie

Gothicfairy wrote: »

I am very lucky with where I live as well.

I cook and make everything from scratch but again because I am so far away from everything I have little else to do.

I make nettle pesto / soup / bread / and try to use as much free food as possible so that really helps the bill too and it is fun.

Sweetie : Try Aldi 's own wine, someone bought me their red for walking their dog and that was about £3 a bottle and didn't taste half bad.
Hubby seems to like their beer as well so that might be a winner

Thank you for that tip, Gothicfairy, I'll give it a try and I still think you are amazing!

minniemaus1970

hi,

first a quick thank you to ALL the old stylers that post on here and help, it's been a great help to me and my kids. I stumbled across this site a few years ago, lurked about and read bits and bobs then took the advice and can manage on next to nothing now.
i joined the freecycle site and got rid of clutter but also received things I needed, without having to spend a penny.
Last year I helped my daughter when she moved out to furnish her first flat and gave her tips with the house keeping. She also joined freecycle and MSE
Years ago when i first found myself on my own with 2 kids life seemed a struggle, but thanks to this site I halfed my outgoings by shopping around , comparing prices on insurance, gas, electric and other utilities. My shopping bill billused to a £100 a week plus cigarette money. I stopped smoking 3 yrs ago and set up a S/O where the ciggy money goes into every month.

I am now down to spending £25 a week on food, thats for 3 adults, and sometimes 4, oldest daughter regulary pops in for dinner. I always cook from scratch ( I was lucky my aunt is OS and tought me a lot) I have also worked as a cook and am actually a trained seamstress. I love anything 'Handy' and renovated most of the house myself.
Food is bought in Aldi's, and I purchase ' whoopsies' late at night at the supermarket and freeze it straight away. bread for 20p, veg packs for 10 pence and salad for 10p. we do eat a lot of fruit and veg.
Night out with the girls once a month which is my treat (budget for that is £40) I don't drink alcohol unless I am out or at friends.
clothes get fixed, bought in sale and added to.
I do like nice food so Aldi is great for that too. They are like brands but cheaper i always do write a list though, these supermarkets do know how to make us spend! However - also check the contents of cupboards so I can change the weekly shop according to the offers ( I sometimes check online whats on this week, then write list after the stockcheck. This didn't happen overnight though
Best advice is to change a littlebit at the time otherwise it might feel like a punishment.
I also pay by cash, I find I am more in control then.
Sometimes - if I only need milk then i go to the corner shop with a couple of pounds and NO card so I can't overspend, and i get sum fresh air too. or ask the teenager to over but that is a rare occasion
MM

camNolliesMUMMY

Our budget is £150 a month I shop every fortnight so I dont get tempted.
I've already done my shop yesterday as had a £5 off voucher for Tesco, a two week shop came too £55.90 for 2 adults and a four year old, this included a few treats not on my shopping list, like baby nappies, and baby grows to go in the hospital bag some treats for ds and oh.
I think we did really well especially because I got things not on tge list and didnt go nutts lol