£10 a week food budget for 1 :)

hermum

A whole chicken
carrots
swede
onions
potatoes
pepper
bisto powder
milk
cheese
spread
tea bags
tin beans
tomatoes
loaf of bread, or makings for hm
curry powder
lentils or broth mix
pasta
rice
eggs
oats
Roast chicken & veg
Cold chicken & bubble & squeak
Chicken & pasta bake
chicken curry
then a huge pan of broth with the carcass & veg & lentils
jacket potato beans & cheese
beans or toms on toast with poached egg
cheese on toast
Until you can get a few basics in your cupboard it will be tricky.
If you can get to the shop when the fresh stuff's reduced it will help the money go further.

squinky

Hello

It's so difficult starting from scratch and having such a limited budget you really notice how expensive meat and fruit & veg are Sadly your diet might be very carb heavy for a while but it will get easier as you start to build up a store again.

Good luck and here's my effort that might give you some ideas;

12 x smartprice sausages 84p
4 x baking potatoes 70p
tin smartprice peas 21p
tub smartprice ground black pepper 18p
packet smartprice gravy granules 20p
packet smartprice batter mix 7p
packet smartprice spaghetti 24p
jar smartprice pasta sauce 39p
smartprice garlic bread 35p
6 x smartprice eggs 85p
box smartprice cornflakes 46p
loaf of regular a$da bread 55p (they do do a smartprice version too I think for about 47p)
butter/spread £1.00 (Flora buttery is on offer £1.00 for 500g atm)
1/2 kilo smartprice apples 50p (about 4)
1/2 kilo bananas 34p (about 3)
1/4 kilo carrots 20p (about 2)
4 pints milk £1.18
smartprice mixed fruit jam 29p
smartprice blackcurrant squash 29p
smartprice natural yogurt 55p
smartprice tea bags 27p
smartprice rich tea 14p
smartprice noodles 11p
smartprice custard 6p

TOTAL £9.97p

Weekday Breakfast: Cornflakes with milk & a cup of tea

Weekday Lunch: Toast & Jam, apple or banana or carrot sticks

Saturday/Sunday Brunch: Egg & soldiers/Sausage & egg sandwich

Weekday Dinners:
Toad in the hole (4 sausages, batter mix, 1 egg, gravy, black pepper, 1/2 tin peas, 1 carrot) to have for two nights

Pasta & Sauce with Garlic Bread (spaghetti, black pepper, pasta sauce, garlic bread) to have for two nights, freezes well, just break the garlic bread in half

Sausage, mash, peas & gravy (2 sausages, 1 potato, 1/2 tin peas, gravy & black pepper)

Sausage, jacket potato & beans (2 sausages, 1 potato, 1/2 tin beans)

Weekend Dinners:

Noodles

Jacket potato with beans (1 potato 1/2 tin beans)

Dessert: Yogurt or custard with jam or banana mixed in!

Treat: Cup of tea & biscuits

I know toast & jam isn't very exciting and you might tire of sausages easily but as a start it gives you a spare two eggs, two sausages and one jacket potato for next week plus a frozen ready made pasta meal as well as a store of tea bags, spread, seasoning & pasta. Also keeping a bottle of diluted squash in the fridge was great for curbing my hunger

Good luck xx

thriftymanc

I've done a week on a fiver before. I wouldn't recommend living on it long term though! It's not the healthiest diet but it's all cheap and easy. All Tesco Value:

skimmed milk - 49p
bran flakes - 88p
crumpets - 37p
natural yoghurt - 55p
chicken instant noodles - 11p x 2
jam - 29p
medium white bread - 47p
baked beans - 27p x 2
tomato soup - 23p x 2
spaghetti - 24p
pasta sauce - 39p

current total: £4.92

Breakfast - 5 x bran flakes and milk, 2 x crumpets
Lunch - 2 x noodles, 2 x toast with jam, 2 x yoghurt with jam, 1 x crumpets
Dinner - 2 x beans on toast, 2 x soup with toast, 3 x spaghetti in sauce

Sunflower1227

Would like to say a BIG THANKYOU for all the replies.

Just to let you know, family problems hopefully sorted out now, so my normal life/shopping MSE style can resume.

meg72

So pleased things resolved for you now.

squinky

Glad things are resolved for you