£10 a week food budget for 1 :)

Skint_yet_Again

Sunflower1227 wrote: »

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

This is my first attempt (prices taken from last few weeks shopping at @ldi and @sda.)
If you are a meat eater (as we are) and have nothing in your store cupboard if you could stretch slightly to £10.07 the first week I would buy the following:

6 eggs 85p
oatloaf 89p
chicken thighs 1.99
1kg bananas 68p
bag onions 69p
bag carrots 59p
bag potatoes 49p
porridge oats 500g 55p
bag apples 59p
4pt semi skim milk £1.00
low fat squeezy mayo 89p will last more than 1 week
@sda instant curry sauce 29p
chicken gravy granuals 57p will last more than 1 week
@sda noodles 11p

breakfast
scrambled eggs on toast
poached eggs on toast
porridge with grated apple or mashed banana


I would put the chicken in a large casserole dish with onion and carrot and potatoes, water, salt and pepper if you have any. Once cooked remove& then shred the chicken off the bone and set aside then use it to make the following

lunch
egg & mayo sandwich
chicken & mayo sandwich,
coronation chicken sandwich -mayo mixed with a little curry instant sauce,
coronation chicken on jacket potato,
HM chicken soup
Chicken stew thickened with gravy granuals

plus Banana or apple

tea -
Chicken, jacket potatoes, carrots & gravy.
Chicken in curry sauce with jacket potato or HM potato wedges.
HM chicken noodle soup -
HM wedges and eggs

craigywv

right this is what i would do if i had (shudder ) nothing at all in cupboard. buy bread flour 60p, butter spread sml 45p, jam29p,spaghetti 40p, onion 20p,mince this week in lidls 1.50 for 500g, tin tomatoes, dried mixed spices tub 20p, tin of beans 35p,6 eggs 90p,bag of potatoes 1.35, packet of ham 65p,litre of milk 65p, couple of loose apples an orange and a pear 1.00, bag of self raising flour 56p, custard mix 23p, and a jelly 40p....comes to approx 10.03p or there abouts, i saying EVERYTHING is bought in tescoooos and its all the BASIC range, u could make bread and jam for breakfast and a piece of fruit, lunch could be a boiled egg or egg sandwich, dinner make a big pot of spag bol divide it up into a few nights have with spaghetti one night and chips another night, make a quiche with some of the ham and onion, egg and chips , beans and baked spud, ham cooked in white sauce (use the flour) add spices have with spaghetti, make jelly and custard up do u a good few nights, make jam tarts with the flour and jam and spread,really just juggle about what you like i would make a point of the following week getting a bag of oats and thats how you will slowly build up your cooking cupboard but lets face it you will really need to be inventive the first few weeks until you start to get the hang of it good luck maybe one week go all veggie and get curry powder make curries another week get some chicken pieces sold in a big bag about 3 quid boil it use stock for soup, make sandwiches pasta bakes etc hope it works out for u xx:)

craigywv

edit lidls mince is only 99p this weekend for 500g not 1.50 as i thought so u would have 50p over for atreat

faerie~spangles

Skint_yet_Again wrote: »

This is my first attempt (prices taken from last few weeks shopping at @ldi and @sda.)
If you are a meat eater (as we are) and have nothing in your store cupboard if you could stretch slightly to £10.07 the first week I would buy the following:

6 eggs 85p
oatloaf 89p
chicken thighs 1.99
1kg bananas 68p
bag onions 69p
bag carrots 59p
bag potatoes 49p
porridge oats 500g 55p
bag apples 59p
4pt semi skim milk £1.00
low fat squeezy mayo 89p will last more than 1 week
@sda instant curry sauce 29p
chicken gravy granuals 57p will last more than 1 week
@sda noodles 11p

breakfast
scrambled eggs on toast
poached eggs on toast
porridge with grated apple or mashed banana


I would put the chicken in a large casserole dish with onion and carrot and potatoes, water, salt and pepper if you have any. Once cooked remove& then shred the chicken off the bone and set aside then use it to make the following

lunch
egg & mayo sandwich
chicken & mayo sandwich,
coronation chicken sandwich -mayo mixed with a little curry instant sauce,
coronation chicken on jacket potato,
HM chicken soup
Chicken stew thickened with gravy granuals

plus Banana or apple

tea -
Chicken, jacket potatoes, carrots & gravy.
Chicken in curry sauce with jacket potato or HM potato wedges.
HM chicken noodle soup -
HM wedges and eggs

WOW!

That's quite impressive.

I couldn't help the op because my last few shops have been from Rosspa and AP.

Sunflower1227

faerie~spangles wrote: »

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.

Yeah, do have access to freezer.

Asda, Morrison, Aldi and M&S

Thanks

Sunflower1227

skint_yet_again wrote: »

this is my first attempt (prices taken from last few weeks shopping at @ldi and @sda.)
if you are a meat eater (as we are) and have nothing in your store cupboard if you could stretch slightly to £10.07 the first week i would buy the following:

6 eggs 85p
oatloaf 89p
chicken thighs 1.99
1kg bananas 68p
bag onions 69p
bag carrots 59p
bag potatoes 49p
porridge oats 500g 55p
bag apples 59p
4pt semi skim milk £1.00
low fat squeezy mayo 89p will last more than 1 week
@sda instant curry sauce 29p
chicken gravy granuals 57p will last more than 1 week
@sda noodles 11p

breakfast
scrambled eggs on toast
poached eggs on toast
porridge with grated apple or mashed banana


i would put the chicken in a large casserole dish with onion and carrot and potatoes, water, salt and pepper if you have any. Once cooked remove& then shred the chicken off the bone and set aside then use it to make the following

lunch
egg & mayo sandwich
chicken & mayo sandwich,
coronation chicken sandwich -mayo mixed with a little curry instant sauce,
coronation chicken on jacket potato,
hm chicken soup
chicken stew thickened with gravy granuals

plus banana or apple

tea -
chicken, jacket potatoes, carrots & gravy.
Chicken in curry sauce with jacket potato or hm potato wedges.
Hm chicken noodle soup -
hm wedges and eggs

wow :t
thanks

Sunflower1227

craigywv wrote: »

right this is what i would do if i had (shudder ) nothing at all in cupboard. Buy bread flour 60p, butter spread sml 45p, jam29p,spaghetti 40p, onion 20p,mince this week in lidls 1.50 for 500g, tin tomatoes, dried mixed spices tub 20p, tin of beans 35p,6 eggs 90p,bag of potatoes 1.35, packet of ham 65p,litre of milk 65p, couple of loose apples an orange and a pear 1.00, bag of self raising flour 56p, custard mix 23p, and a jelly 40p....comes to approx 10.03p or there abouts, i saying everything is bought in tescoooos and its all the basic range, u could make bread and jam for breakfast and a piece of fruit, lunch could be a boiled egg or egg sandwich, dinner make a big pot of spag bol divide it up into a few nights have with spaghetti one night and chips another night, make a quiche with some of the ham and onion, egg and chips , beans and baked spud, ham cooked in white sauce (use the flour) add spices have with spaghetti, make jelly and custard up do u a good few nights, make jam tarts with the flour and jam and spread,really just juggle about what you like i would make a point of the following week getting a bag of oats and thats how you will slowly build up your cooking cupboard but lets face it you will really need to be inventive the first few weeks until you start to get the hang of it good luck maybe one week go all veggie and get curry powder make curries another week get some chicken pieces sold in a big bag about 3 quid boil it use stock for soup, make sandwiches pasta bakes etc hope it works out for u xx:)

great thanks :t

Downsizing__for_sanity

Definitely get a whole chicken if you can. Depends if you can afford to care about welfare/free range but this will do 1 person dinners, sandwiches, risotto and soup. Aldi do a huge pack of carrots - carrot and coriander soup is so cheap and very good for you and filling. We often have also carrot sticks as an after school snack with HM hummous - tin of chick peas/dried and soaked.
Porridge with value honey for breakfast - cheap and filling, use the oats + sunflower oil + value raisins/any dried fruit to make flapjacks/granola for breakfasts and easy snacks.

Lunches - wraps are just less than a pound for about 8 I think in tesco, less in Aldi/Lidl usually. Fill with chicken from the whole one you roasted or hummous and salad.

Dinners - bag of value pasta - used to be 35p but mut be more now - we use with cheesy sauce (cheese, plain flour, butter/Flora) and frozen peas to make the kids' favourite cheesy pasta. By adding chicken/tomato puree/bacon offcuts you can ring the changes.
Rice - again very versatile.

You can easily do it if you REALLY have to and can manage without the sort of choice we are all used to nowadays. I sometimes think it is actually harder for us nowadays as we are exposed to so much choice, what with everyone having cars and supermarkets open 24 hours, so much so that people feel entitled to have whatever, whenever. A couple of years ago, we were snowed in for about 10 days - with a 3 week old baby and a 5 year old. My husband was serving in Afghanistan and I couldn't drive due to a C-section, so we just HAD to make do. We were never ever in danger of starving! thanks to good friends and neighbours who would regularly drop in milk and bread, but because I wasn't physically at the supermarket, I couldn't spend. (The Tesco delivery van couldn't get up the street either!) We had a fair few omelettes (we have our own hens) but we actually had fun making a go of it and using up our (extensive) supplies.

Spend your £10 wisely by meal planning. But remember that starting a store cupboard bit by bit can save lots in the long run. Eg - red lentils= lentil curry/dhal, veg lasagne, soup, flour= pancakes, pastry, muffins, soda bread, white sauce, even HM pasta if you have time! Basically, the more basic the ingredient, the more you can "add value" to it. Good luck with everything else going on, as well as the meal planning.

Ellie (DFS)

Skint_yet_Again

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week 2

any leftover eggs
any leftover oatloaf
Turkey mince 1.18
1kg bananas 68p
leftover onions
leftover carrots
leftover potatoes (this was a large bag 49p but may have been on offer. Potatoes are often on offer in our @ldi)
butternut squash 69p
porridge oats 500g 55p
grapes 99p
4pt semi skim milk £1.00
leftover low fat squeezy mayo
leftover chicken gravy granuals
crumpets 37p
low fat spread 1.00
Ham 99p
4 pack beans 1.00 (1celand)
tin tomatoes .33p
fresh chillis .45p
value pasta .33p
bread rolls .49 = £10.05

breakfast
eggs on toast (if any left from previous week)
porridge with mashed banana
crumpets and low fat spread

I would make a big pot of veg chilli and mix and match for lunches or tea

Lunch

Ham roll
Egg mayo roll (if any eggs left)
Chilli and pasta
Chilli and Jacket potato
Jacket and beans

Tea

Veg chilli - carrot onion butternut squash, tin beans tin toms
Turkey mince burger with hm wedges and roasted butternut squash
veg chilli with pasta
turkey meatballs with beans and pasta
turkey mince dry-fry with onion add cooked carrots & butternut squash, serve with mashed potatoes or jacket potato and gravy
Jacket potato with chilli
Jacket potato with beans

Skint_yet_Again

I think if you have only £10 a week things can get a bit repetative whereas if you could get your shopping in one go for the month you could have more choice, but circumstances dictate I suppose.
Good luck x