£7.00 per week - menu ideas

Soworried

L*dl is going to have mince on offer next weekend for just 99p :j I got it last time and it is fine.
I'm going to get 6 this time.
I'm not sure if the full country have the same offer but you can check on their website if you click to view the offers leaflet.

kovert

I have read through this thread and thought I would add my meal recipes for the week.

I did have a bit of food in but I will write what all the prices are Hopefully it will come in under £7.00


Sunday
Breakfast / Bannana ---- 20p
Lunch / Marmalade on Toast ---- 10p
Tea / Leftover Curry Rice and Salad ---- 70p Curry 10p Rice 20p Salad

Monday
Breakfast / Banana ---- 20p
Lunch / Tuna Salad ---- 30p Tuna 1/2 Tin 20p Salad
Tea / OUT

Tuesday
Breakfast / Apple ---- 20p
Lunch / Tuna Salad Sandwich 30p
Tea / 1/3rd Quiche 30p Potato 10p Frozen Peas 5p

Wednesday
Breakfast / Egg on Toast 20p
Lunch / Quiche Salad 50p
Tea / Pork Steak 60p Jacket Potato 10p Beans 12p

Thursday
Breakfast / Beans on Toast 20p
Lunch / Quiche salad 50p
Tea / Pork Steak 60p Stirfry Vegetables 20p

Friday
Breakfast / Banana 20p
Lunch / Egg Sandwich 20p
Tea / Homemade Fishcakes 70p Tinned Mackerel Vegetables 20p

Saturday
Breakfast / Apple 20p
Lunch / Egg Salad 30p
Tea / Homemade Chille Mince £2.00 / Tomatoes 33p / kidneybeans 22p / chickpeas 25p 1/2 tin sweetcorn 20p

This will make 6 portions I will freeze 4 so £3.00 50p a portion.

I did have some of these things in my cupboard but put down the prices so you can see how much it cost. I do try and get food from the bargain rail in the supermarkets if I can Not today though.

Total £8.19. I would have liked a bit more fresh veg than this normally . Perhaps I will swop a bit around . I like to make big pots of food and freeze it This helps massively.

Hope this can be of help to anyone

Fredula

Do you get hungry just having fruit for breakfast (on the days that you do)?

How do you manage if you're really hungry? I get shakey, and I think it's due to poor diet because I'm not actually hungry... It's odd. I'd worry that I'd get shakey if I just had fruit for breakfast, but would like to try it.

kovert

To be fair I dont normally have breakfast. I normally have a evening meal and a snack later on . For Snacks I always have lots bread in I get the good loaves for 20p On discount so have always got in the freezer. Yoghurts 4 for 35p and a box of cereal. I had a think last night I have never planned my meals in advance ( I will now in future )

I think honestly you could have a good meal plan with £8 - £10 a week thats buying essentials that will roll over.

Cheers

kovert

Sorry Missed your question. Id say a banana is great at filling you up keeps me full up for at least 4 hours.

kovert

Sorry Missed your question I'd say a banana keeps me full for a few hours. Not sure about an apple.

Soworried

L*dl is going to have pork chops on offer this weekend for just 30p per chop. Pks of 4.
2 of these makes a curry for 4 people or a stir fry for 4.:j

PasturesNew

One meal I have quite often is 2 Bixies (Lidl Weetabix), 1/7th of a pint of whole milk (enough to make it wet, but not make it soggy/slush) and a teaspoon of sugar.

The Lidl variety are full sized, much better than the Tesco own brand ones I first tried.

Cost:
2 Bixies 10p
Milk: Lidl 4 pints for £1, so 1/7th of a pint is under 4p
Spoon of sugar under 1p
Total cost 15p

Butterfly_Brain

i would opt for eggs on a tight budget, they can be turned into a filling meal and 15 eggs are only £1 in farmfoods.
i went shopping this morning and aldi has reduced their 2l milk to 95p and butter has gone down to 95p

Butterfly_Brain

kovert wrote: »

I have read through this thread and thought I would add my meal recipes for the week.

I did have a bit of food in but I will write what all the prices are Hopefully it will come in under £7.00


Sunday
Breakfast / Bannana ---- 20p
Lunch / Marmalade on Toast ---- 10p
Tea / Leftover Curry Rice and Salad ---- 70p Curry 10p Rice 20p Salad

Monday
Breakfast / Banana ---- 20p
Lunch / Tuna Salad ---- 30p Tuna 1/2 Tin 20p Salad
Tea / OUT

Tuesday
Breakfast / Apple ---- 20p
Lunch / Tuna Salad Sandwich 30p
Tea / 1/3rd Quiche 30p Potato 10p Frozen Peas 5p

Wednesday
Breakfast / Egg on Toast 20p
Lunch / Quiche Salad 50p
Tea / Pork Steak 60p Jacket Potato 10p Beans 12p

Thursday
Breakfast / Beans on Toast 20p
Lunch / Quiche salad 50p
Tea / Pork Steak 60p Stirfry Vegetables 20p

Friday
Breakfast / Banana 20p
Lunch / Egg Sandwich 20p
Tea / Homemade Fishcakes 70p Tinned Mackerel Vegetables 20p

Saturday
Breakfast / Apple 20p
Lunch / Egg Salad 30p
Tea / Homemade Chille Mince £2.00 / Tomatoes 33p / kidneybeans 22p / chickpeas 25p 1/2 tin sweetcorn 20p

This will make 6 portions I will freeze 4 so £3.00 50p a portion.

I did have some of these things in my cupboard but put down the prices so you can see how much it cost. I do try and get food from the bargain rail in the supermarkets if I can Not today though.

Total £8.19. I would have liked a bit more fresh veg than this normally . Perhaps I will swop a bit around . I like to make big pots of food and freeze it This helps massively.

Hope this can be of help to anyone

you seem to have missed the point of the the original post, she only had £7 to last for a whole week for her family with no back up stocks, so all the meals had to be bought for £7 for the whole week, there was no dipping into a packet and having 2p's worth or whatever they had to buy everything from scratch, that is why it was and is a very difficult exercise