£7.00 per week - menu ideas

[Deleted User]

Thanks for the advice, Upsidedown Bear (interesting username:)). Will buy some and give it a try. We love mushrooms, I add them to pretty much every savoury dish that I cook:j

muffin_man_7

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Muffin man I just peel, slice and freeze the onions, no blanching or faffing about needed .
Hope that your daughter is recovered now.

BB thank you for asking about my daughter she is all fine not allowed to lift any thing heavy she should be having physio as well but says no time while doing her course that's teenagers for you eh she also moved out in march she sharing a 2 bed flat with her friend then about 2 weeks later her friends boyfriend moved in my daughter does not like or trust this boy so my daughters boyfriend offered to even things up and look after her and I'm pleased she agreed not many mums would be keen to see their daughter living with boyfriend so soon but in this case Deffo a good thing


Thanks for info on freezing very rare I ever had to freeze anything except bread milk an of course muffins

Butterfly_Brain

She certainly has spirit bless her, glad that her boyfriend is looking after her so well x

Butterfly_Brain

Super six from today

Butternut squash.
Green beans.
Button mushrooms 200g
Sweet potatoes 750g.
Pineapple
Funsized pears

All at 49p

They also have medium chickens for £2.99 each.

Butterfly_Brain

Super six

1 kg salad potatoes
fun sized apples
380g Mushrooms
275g Baby plum tomatoes
135g Baby corn
170g snack pack grapes

All at 59p

2 gammon steaks 99p

Meal ideas:

Mushroom tart with a creamy mushroom sauce.........
(We are having it tonight but I have a chicken breast knocking around in the freezer so I will cook it and chunk it and mix that in for my omnivores) Alternatively cook a slice of the "on offer" gammon and dice it.
I am serving it with salad potatoes and Broccoli

Mushroom risotto with a handful of grated cheese

As above but using barley or quinoa instead

Mushroom soup

Mushrooms on toast

Mushroom, mini corn and and potato curry

Stir fried mushrooms with mini corn, julienned carrots, sliced fried onion or spring onions, a chicken breast if you have it and chinese sauce of choice serve with noodles and home made egg fried rice

Mushroom and spinach lasagne

Mushroom and mozzarella lasagne

Mushroom and broccoli lasagne with a cheese sauce

Mushroom omelettes

Mushroom and mozzarella risotto cakes

HM gnocchi with baby corn, mixed veg and mushrooms in a mushroom sauce or tomato sauce

Gammon and mushroom in mushroom sauce with pasta

Mushroom and mozzarella pasties

HM pizza topped with mushrooms and chopped gammon
Or use baguettes for a pizza baguette

Mushroom and tomato bolognaise

Gammon, egg and mushrooms

Gammon and egg pie

Potato and mushroom gratin

Baked bean, gammon and mushroom hot pot
Basically you put a couple of tins of baked beans in an oven proof dish, cook the gammon and cube, add sliced or quartered mushroomsand mix together gently. Cook and slice the new potatoes and layer on the top. cook until the potatoes are golden.
If you can't afford the gammon serve with fried eggs or use a couple of cooked and sliced sausages.

Mushrooms on eggy bread

Mushroom stroganoff

Mushroom and cheddar twists

Mushroom Biryani

[Deleted User]

Some wonderful mushroom meal-ideas there, Butterfly Brain. Thank you:T

We love mushrooms and usually get loads for next to nothing from my local street-market when they are packing up every Saturday afternoon. I'm sometimes stumped for ideas what to use them for but now I've got a bit of inspiration:j

Butterfly_Brain

Just thought of another one creamy chicken and mushroom crumble

Mushroom sauce with diced chicken use leftover chicken for thrift in a mushroom and garlic sauce topped with crumble and baked until golden, very tasty.

It is just as good as a mushroom and broccoli crumble

Sliced sausage and mushroom crumble

Bacon and mushroom crumble, but I would use a plain white sauce

prosaver

we all had a go 5 pound each
check this thread out
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5388205

prosaver

family of 4 cost 45 pound approx for a week

breakfast
.egg and beans/
weetabix/
sausage and egg
/weetabix/
beans on toast
sausage sandwich
/weetabix
lunch
sausage sandwich
curried beans
pork chop oven chips and peas
pizza
egg and beans
mackrel on tioas lettuces
chicken dinner.

tea or dinner time
spag bol
chilli
pizza
smoked mackrel stir fry
pork chop oven chips peas
chicken noodle stir fry
cheese on toast
prices..
farmfoods prices and one tesco price

2 loaves whomeal bread 1.50
.18 egg 85p
tescos beans 6 tins 3.00
weetabix 2 x36 4.00
sausage richmond 16 1,50



curried powder . 50p
pork chop 8 3.00
oven chips 2kg ..................1.35
peas 650gram x 3.................2.00
pizza....big goodfellows x4 5.00.....
mixed veg 750grams 2.00

mackrel 2 packets tescos 5.00
lettuces........................... .50
chicken ...................................4.00
spag bol sauce...large 1.00
chilli sauce...large 1.00
noodles. rice spag.....................2.50
cheese seirously stong 350g 1.89
tomato puree tubes 2....................80p
41 pound .

10 pound per head
maybe if everyone eats half the portions
it would be 20 pound, (thats what they've done)
you get 2 sausages with mine ...lol:D
:beer:
ps some foods left over for next week like cheese weetabix veg eggs ..
.hey ..that mean s i ive beat it :beer::beer:

family of 4............ .40 pound ish pus milk 8 pint from pound land 1.50
10 pound each

Kim_kim

While all of these are great for a tight spot, what about a long term plan that takes into account your 5 a day, your lean protein, low fat/sugar, complex carbs, all that for long term nutrition.