£7.00 per week - menu ideas

Butterfly_Brain

Here come the price hikes
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2194436/Family-food-bills-soar-British-shoppers-face-paying-bread-pasta-meat-devastating-drought-ravages-crops-U-S.html#ixzz24owtJLZW

Soworried

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Here come the price hikes
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2194436/Family-food-bills-soar-British-shoppers-face-paying-bread-pasta-meat-devastating-drought-ravages-crops-U-S.html#ixzz24owtJLZW

That was a scary read.

quintwins

Soworried wrote: »

That was a scary read.

not unexpected tho, i think in general most of us old stylers will be ok, but i would expect to see a rise in the number of "i've no money til payday what can i make from what i have in threads"

It didn't meant cereal which is bound to go up aswell, i might grab a few bags of porridge just incase.

sillyinthepast

Hi guys I have been reading your thread this morning and WOW it is so inspirational:D I have only got to page 16 though lol

I saw people were doing a shopping list so I thought I would share mine. I had already done my meal plan and the shopping. But out of fun I looked at what I could get if I had nothing in. I am lucky that I keep a very good stock cupboard and have 2 freezers which I fill with bargains so most of this I didn't buy this week. I also don't buy much value ( after seeing prices I am going to start!!)

My menu is to feed 5 people and I think it is fairly healthy please let me know what you think.

Shopping List - all from Tesco

Value Coleslaw - 0.20p
Counter streaky Bacon 2 rashers - 0.40p
Value cornflakes - 0.31p
Value cheddar - 1.77p
risotto rice - 0.99
sandwich chicken - 0.50
value rolls - 0.35
Value beef stock cubes - 0.10
large chicken 5.00
passata 0.29
2 pints milk 0.89
value spread 0.75
lasagna sheets 0.39
1 onion 0.21
4 x pitta bread 0.80
value mince 1.56
value eggs (15) 1.25
3 x baked beans 0.78
potatoes 0.69
sausages 0.56
2 x mixed frozen veg 1.50
value veg oil 1ltr 1.29
plain flour 0.52
caster sugar 0.97
frozen bluberries 1.75
Stuffing 0.15
Total £23.47 if budget is £28 plenty left over for fruit

my menu is

Wednesday
B - Blueberry muffins
L - Veg soup
D - Toad in the hole, mash and beans

Thursday
B - Blueberry muffins
L - Egg and soldiers
D Shepherds pie

Friday
B Blueberry muffins
L Pittas stuffed with shepherds pie
D baked bean lasagna

Saturday
B Pancakes
L leftovers of shepherds pie and lasagna
D Meatball rolls

Sunday
B pancakes
L Roast chicken, veg, potatoes, stuffing and gravy
D Pittas

Monday
B pancakes
L Pittas
D Risotto (chicken and veg)

Tuesday
B Cereal
L Leftover risotto
D Chicken and bacon quiche, baked potato and coleslaw #

With MY shopping yesterday I went at just the right time and picked up 5 packs of kingsmill pancakes at 1p each (I can't make them for that price) and 4 packs of pittas at 2p each. Also I got a huge lot of fruit all for under £2 Like I said I had most of this in and I tend to use fresh rather than frozen vegetables but for when things get really tight (we have a very tight month next month) It was very interesting to see how I could get my shopping bill down without changing our menu.

What I didn't include in the menu plan is that I make all of my own bread, granola and for snacks we have fruit and the cake tin is always full.

Butterfly_Brain

That is great sillyinthepast :T
I must say that I enjoyed working out a menu plan as well But as you say with the prices going through the roof it is a skill we should all brush up on. Not £7 probably, that is very very tight. But £20 a week is doable.Hmmmm maybe that should be the next challenge

quintwins

BB why don't you start a thread and we'll see what we can all do i think if we did it here it would be lost in the other £7 posts.

FrugalFranny

quintwins wrote: »

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It didn't meant cereal which is bound to go up aswell, i might grab a few bags of porridge just incase.<snip>

Never thought of that! Having a case of the brain fuzzies today but just upped my usual order for porridge. Might look into getting some more flour/yeast in too. Dust of the ol' loaf tins lol.

Butterfly_Brain

quintwins wrote: »

BB why don't you start a thread and we'll see what we can all do i think if we did it here it would be lost in the other £7 posts.

New thread................Done

Soworried

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

New thread................Done

I have joined your new thread. I can't wait to read the plans. :j

hunters

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

That is great sillyinthepast :T
I must say that I enjoyed working out a menu plan as well But as you say with the prices going through the roof it is a skill we should all brush up on. Not £7 probably, that is very very tight. But £20 a week is doable.Hmmmm maybe that should be the next challenge

Can you confirm this is a challenge rather than a specific menu plan for someone so should we just post out weekly shop with prices?