£10 a week food budget for 1 :)

Sunflower1227

Hi Guys :wave:

I need all your expect help, I need ideas of healthy menus and shopping plans for a budget of £10 per week for 1 adult, 3 meals a day.

Absolutly nothing in the cupboards/fridge or freeze.

Thanks

slowlyfading

Well, first of all, what do you like to eat? Are there any restrictions? £10 a week will be hard, but it is do-able

Sunflower1227

Hi, eat anything and no restrictions.

Thanks

quintwins

do you have a freezer?

a slowcooker might also be a good idea to save on elec and to be able to cook cheaper cuts of meat.

yesterday i made a pot of stew it cost £1 (i got half price meat so usually £1.50) and it did 4 bowls last night and 3 portions for the freezer so 20p a portion and a good size portion aswell more than enough for my hubby who works in a physicially demanding job.

ragz_2

That should be do-able, it's more than £1 a day... I'm sure there were some 50p a day threads.... Weezl did it for two on £40 a month and has done other challenges on the same theme (prices will be higher now due to rises)
Some relevant threads...
50p a day 'til Christmas
6000 meals under 50p each

Probably involving a lot of porridge and soup and beans! How keen are you on meat? If you must have it you could do mince, sausages, bacon 'bits'.
Cheap sausages for £1 for 8 could do 4 meals, with pulses, tinned tomatoes.
Cheap noodles with extra bits in.
Rice with random veggies...

SailorSam

I live on my own and don't think i spend more than that.
Always have a big bowl of cereal for breakfast, couple of Weetabix and handful of Bran flakes. Lunch would be a bowl of HM soup and a sandwich, the bread is homemade as well. I'll always have a proper meal for tea (or dinner if you're down south). I make curries and casseroles in the slowcooker with lots of veg and pulses and lentils so try to cut down on expensive meat. Most of the veges i use are frozen so i get a few out as i need them, so if i'm making dinners say a chicken would have been done in the SC and portioned in the freezer, I do stir fries and get bacon off cuts, or what ever is on offer.

SailorSam

ragz wrote: »

Cheap sausages for £1 for 8 could do 4 meals,

I try to keep things as healthy as i can so get the best sausage i can but even these have a lot of fat, so if i was cutting them into mouth size chunks in a SC curry i'd dry fry them to get most of the fat out before throwing them in with lots of lentils.

faerie~spangles

What, if anything do you have in your cupboards in the way of herbs or spices?

SailorSam

Is there any chance you can start to grow-your-own, lots of things are very easy to grow, at this time of year you could have salad for nothing everyday.

Sunflower1227

faerie~spangles wrote: »

What, if anything do you have in your cupboards in the way of herbs or spices?

Not a thing, due to personal reasons, will not bore you, cupboard bare

faerie~spangles

Do you have access to a freezer?

ETA: What shops do you have within walking distance?

This will make it easier for those more knowledgeable than me to help you.