£7.00 per week - menu ideas

Soworried

Ham and pea soup
3x tins of mushy peas 12p
1/6th kilo of gammon 67p
1 onion 8p
Pinch of salt and dried herbs and pepper 1p
2 x vegetable stock cubes 2p (Tesco value, 10pk 10p)
1 pint of water.
Total meal cost=90p or 15p a head. Makes 6 servings.

Home made rolls to go with soup.
500g bread flour 19p (1.5k bought for 55p at Lidl)
teaspoon of salt and tbl spoon of sugar approx 3p
300 ml of warm water
7g of yeast 8p (8pk of 7g bought for 64p at Asda)
tbl of oil 3p
Total cost= 33p makes 12 buns. Cost per bun just under 3p

I like to add a handful of seeds or cheese as well but this of course would effect the cost.

You may want to reduce the salt content of the meals as I am a salt addict.

Pippin12

Thankyou all so much. I usually just lurk but was moved to write by the efforts of the posters with their fantastic tips. Well done and THANKYOU!

Soworried

Tuna fish pie
2x cans of tuna £1.18 (59p a tin at MrT)
1 can of sweetcorn 34p (MrT)
1 packet of cheese sauce 33p
1/2 kilo of potato mashed 18p
60g of cheese 30p

Serve with cauliflower 52p
Total meal cost= £2.85 or just under 72p a head.

Soworried

Chicken portion with pea and spring onion champ
4x chicken portion £1.29
2 sping onions 10p (39p a bundle at Aldi)
Splash of milk to mash and add to cheese sauce 25p
1kg of potatoes 33p
400g of garden peas 50p (£2.25 for 1.8kg at MrT)
Pinch of salt and pepper and herbs 1p
Total meal cost=£2.48 or just under 62p a head

This is lovely, I could eat it everyday

Again could be made cheaper with basics if needed.

Thankyou quintwins xx

quintwins

soworried i think u must be getting tired, not like you to make mistakes but theres no mash in that champ and no milk in that cheese sauce lol

these are brilliant ideas and now i really fancy champ

Soworried

quintwins wrote: »

soworried i think u must be getting tired, not like you to make mistakes but theres no mash in that champ and no milk in that cheese sauce lol

these are brilliant ideas and now i really fancy champ

:rotfl: Thankyou quintwins. Skipped a line off my scrap of paper

quintwins

lol no problem, oh and i like battering things aswell as nice one offs homemade onion rings are sooooocheap and bulk a meal out

Chicken noodle soup

2 chicken portions 65p
2 parkets of value noodles 22p
2 chicken stock cubes 2p
one onion 10p
3 carrots (big value bag) 10p
total coat per meal £1.09 cost per person 28p


debone chicken (or if you cook it first in the slowcooker it just falls off with a work and this still works for this soup, you could throw the bones in for stock them fish them out, i hate real chicken stock so thats not for me)

cut everything up and add to pan with stock and salt and pepper add noodles at the end

*this is brilliant for lo chicken, i also use frozen brocolli and peppers but i have a wee chopper that cuts them really small so i cut them from frozen and add near tehe nd to stop it going mushy)

quintwins

sausage casarole

8 value frozen sausages 45p
one onion 10p
3 carrots (big value bag) 10p
value frozen peas and sweetcorn 20p
tesco passata 29p
mixed herbs 1p
boiled spuds 33p - stole this off soworried i buy sacks of spuds so i have no idea what they cost
total cost £1.48 per person 37p


throw everything in the slowcooker (except the spuds- i'm sure you can all figure out how to cook spuds )

freezspirit

Quintwins, could I have your recipe for onion rings, I've never had success.

Soworried

Beef stew and dumplings
Tin of stewed steak £1.40 (MrA or MrT)
1kg of potatoes 33p
4x carrots 24p
Gravy 13p
1/2 a swede 32p (64p at MrT)
Dumpling mix 43p (MrA)
Total meal cost=£2.85 or just under 72p a head

I have to try your sausage casserole quintwins x