£7.00 per week - menu ideas

quintwins

Save_Dosh wrote: »

quintwins i agree with your list totally, with a few exceptions. I don't like any cheap teabags - wish i did, as i go through gallons of the stuff. Value salad cream is not very nice, but the mayonnaise is fine. We use persil liquid for laundry, but did used to buy a box of bio powder to soak grill pans etc. Have also bought value sausage rolls (the 8 pack) and they were fine. The ham is ok, but for a slight bit xtra i find the tulip one better. Not too keen on the crisps, but then i usually buy them from AF or similar. And finally, chips, the value ones are okish, you get a few bad bits on them, but i find for 20p more the 2kg country house steakhouse chips are lovely.

I acually use the salad cream aswell but i only use it in sandwichs, lidl do the nicest mayo ever , i also use value red sauce for the kids as a treat (i hate the stuff) and brown sauce.

I don't mind the value chips i do tend to throw a few away because there abit black but i'm talking maybe 5 from the whole bag, i'm getting chips today so i'll see if they have those ones in my store.

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yes i buy the red sauce, its nice and i bought the fish in batter on your recommendation and will defo buy another time this is the link to the chips im talking about - they are a larger pack than the value ones http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=259442348

quintwins

Save_Dosh wrote: »

yes i buy the red sauce, its nice and i bought the fish in batter on your recommendation and will defo buy another time this is the link to the chips im talking about - they are a larger pack than the value ones http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=259442348

The fish really is ok, my hubby was very impressed with it given the price, i think your thinking of the oven chips, i buy the fry chips which come in a 2.2kg bags i can't remeber the exact price but i think there around £1.35 there more like fries than chunky chips.

threemuttleys

tell you what are really good, value tortilla chips, and as has already been said the value cleaning stuff is brill ( I use either Tesco or WIlko...around the same price)

ultrarunner

just wanted to say this is a really useful thread. i'm currently trying to trim my outgoings and this has given me loads of ideas

thanks y'all

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quintwins wrote: »

The fish really is ok, my hubby was very impressed with it given the price, i think your thinking of the oven chips, i buy the fry chips which come in a 2.2kg bags i can't remeber the exact price but i think there around £1.35 there more like fries than chunky chips.

They are oven chips, but supposedly you can fry oven chips - i have never done it and would not want to put you wrong - if you can - im sure they would come out nice, as they are really chunky and seem to be good quality potatoes.

Butterfly_Brain

Aldi today had frozen bags of corn on the cob for 49p and mexican honey reduced from £1.99 to 99p
Forgot to add they also have sweetcorn, hamburger and onion relishes at 29p a jar

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Butterfly thanks will check that 2moz when i go - does anyone know when their special 6 (or whatever the veg specials are called) ends and are they 49p as some said - cant seem to load their website properly on my computer.

FairyPrincessk

Save Dosh,

Aldi supersix this week are cucumbers, tomatoes, beetroot, avocados, radishes and new potatoes.

I love supersix. We do our shop and menu plan on a sunday and i'm always trying to find out what its going to be on the weeks that it changes so I can plan the menu around it. We buy other fruit and veg as well, but i try to base at least a couple of meals off of the supersix.:j

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Fairyprincesssk Thnks - i like all that, with the exception of the raddishes.