£7.00 per week - menu ideas

joedenise

Soworried wrote: »

Beetroot risotto is nice and looks amazing in the bowl. I can type up the recipe if it is something you mighty like.

That sounds lovely. I'd love the recipe please.

Denise

quintwins

Soworried wrote: »

Beetroot risotto is nice and looks amazing in the bowl. I can type up the recipe if it is something you mighty like.

see i would like that but i no-one else would, hubby and the youngest hate rice in any form so thats a no go i'm not one of those cook a million meals mummys lol

Soworried

joedenise wrote: »

That sounds lovely. I'd love the recipe please.

Denise

Beetroot risotto
500g of beetroot 39p
tablespoon of oil 5p
Knob of butter or spread 10p
1 onion 8p
1 garlic clove 3p
250g rice 20p
800ml stock 2p
Handful of parmesan cheese 50g 80p £1.60 per 100g from MrT deli
Total meal cost £1.67 or 42p a head

Peel and trim the beetroot and cut into wedges. Coat in a touch of oil and roast for around an hour or until soft.
While it is roasting add the onion, oil and garlic in to a frying pan with the butter. Cook until soft then add the rice. stir it through, slowly add the stock a little at a time.
Once the beetroot is done, puree around a third of it with seasoning. Stir this and the parmesan through the rice. Dice the rest of the beets and stir through.
I like to add more parmesan to the top of it.

I will add costs soon.

Soworried

This menu is in no way healthy but I wanted to try an Asda £7 shop for 2 people for a week.
All prices are current.
Shopping list.
4pk of Chicken and veg pies 82p
Cheese and bacon quiche 84p
Wholemeal bread x2 94p
Stock cubes 10p
7x Mushy peas 28p
Baked beans with sausage 33p
Lemon curd 22p
Smart price potatoes 69p
Cheese spread 43p
Tomato and onion pasta sauce 25p
Cheese and broccolli pasta sauce 38p
50pk cocktail sausage rolls 50p
Tin beans 26p
Dried fruit 64p
Tinned pineapple 32p

Breakfasts, 2x slices of toast each with lemon curd.
Lunches, 4 days of cheese spread sandwich.
2 days of soup. Use 2x tins of mushy peas add stock and blend.
1 day Jacket potato with beans and sausages.
Dinners, 2x days of Pie and peas with jacket potato or boiled potatoes.
2x days of Quiche with jacket poatoes and peas.
2x days of pasta sauce over jacket potatoes.
1 day, Sausage rolls, chips and beans.
Snacks are sausage rolls and dried fruit and 1x tin of mushy peas made in to an soup extra soup portion each.
Drinks, council pop.

burns2987

I just wanted to say thank you to all those that have posted these little tips and tricks!

As a 24 year old student, my budget is rather restricted and this just helps to make sure things go a bit further!

Wonderful stuff! Keep it up!

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soworried - i was smiling at your Asda shopping list - it looked like mine from a few years back - i still get some of that stuff still. The tomato and onion is not a sauce though, its dried pasta with powderd sauce that you add water to, but they do a smartprice sauce for 39p. I used to buy smartprice instant mash, 20p, which serves 2 a big portion and their bags of salad are cheap, about 40p or something for a good sized bag, also the sausages in the beans can be fried and used as toppings for pizzas for a slightly different menu. ts a good menu and nice and filling

sophlowe45

I went to a local shop my friend buys her fruit and veg from, 3 cucumbers for a pound, a big bag of red onions for 99p and loads more great prices, I could barely carry the onions home! And they will last for weeks.

if any of you have local greengrocers near you, have a look at what they sell.

Zoflora disinfectant for 70p too, which is a pound in Poundland or 1.33 in supermarkets I've seen it in.

she_who_can_not_cook

sophlowe45 wrote: »

I went to a local shop my friend buys her fruit and veg from, 3 cucumbers for a pound, a big bag of red onions for 99p and loads more great prices, I could barely carry the onions home! And they will last for weeks.

if any of you have local greengrocers near you, have a look at what they sell.

Zoflora disinfectant for 70p too, which is a pound in Poundland or 1.33 in supermarkets I've seen it in.

i second this my local has been doing cuc n lettuce and spring onions X for a pound they also get onions @1.99 for 10kg

Soworried

Save_Dosh wrote: »

soworried - i was smiling at your Asda shopping list - it looked like mine from a few years back - i still get some of that stuff still. The tomato and onion is not a sauce though, its dried pasta with powderd sauce that you add water to, but they do a smartprice sauce for 39p. I used to buy smartprice instant mash, 20p, which serves 2 a big portion and their bags of salad are cheap, about 40p or something for a good sized bag, also the sausages in the beans can be fried and used as toppings for pizzas for a slightly different menu. ts a good menu and nice and filling

Since doing this the prices have been a real eye opener. I have started to try some of the basic items. Some have been horrible but some have been great quality.
I don't buy any other stock cubes now, there is no difference. The mushy peas and lemon curd as well.
It should save me quite a bit over the year. I am going to keep trying the range. Nothing to lose really at those prices. :j

Soworried

burns2987 wrote: »

I just wanted to say thank you to all those that have posted these little tips and tricks!

As a 24 year old student, my budget is rather restricted and this just helps to make sure things go a bit further!

Wonderful stuff! Keep it up!

It is lovely to hear that it has been a help to you. Good luck with your studies. x