£7.00 per week - menu ideas

NikkeiPositivity

quintwins wrote: »

i can get enough food to feed us all for £86 on tesco (theres 5 of us) and that even includes some biccys and crisps, plus a 5kg box of chicken breasts at £20 so £106, the problem is if you have more money than that you will spend it if you go into a shop and you will have to go into a shop at some point for fresh fruit and veg, milk and bread. If you acually only have £121 then your more likely to stick to it, maybe take £125 in cash out and leave your bankcard at home that allows you a little bit extra.

I've been trying to find it on the tesco website and I'm really struggling, would be perfect for us as we mainly eat chicken instead of beef etc. this thread has inspired me to try and get our shopping bill down to under 100 next month, if possible even below £75 but we'll see. Going to have a go at making a few meal plans for different expenditures and see what I can come up with and post however I do believe they will pallour in comparison to those posted already. You're all doing such an amazing job!!! X

ecoelle

You don't soak the daal before hand, it's not whole chick peas though, it's the split chana, like this

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quintwins

NikkeiPositivity wrote: »

I've been trying to find it on the tesco website and I'm really struggling, would be perfect for us as we mainly eat chicken instead of beef etc. this thread has inspired me to try and get our shopping bill down to under 100 next month, if possible even below £75 but we'll see. Going to have a go at making a few meal plans for different expenditures and see what I can come up with and post however I do believe they will pallour in comparison to those posted already. You're all doing such an amazing job!!! X

Oops i get them from makro, or the local meat place that supplies resurants, you can also get them in bookers and costco

there are 5 of us in our house and as of next month thsi si my plan food wise (will be cutting abit off to start with as i have loads in) all from tesco btw

shopping list

2kg chicken breasts
3 bags of frozen mixed veg
frozen brocolli
frozen value sausage rolls (soooo yummy)
frozen value battered fish
frozen chips
2 bags frozen sasuages
frozen sweetcorn
10 loaves of value brown bread
2 malt loafs
4 packets of pancakes
bag of flour
2 passata
bag of rice
sugar
5 tins of beans
1 tin of kidney beans
7 tins of rice pudding
bag of porridge
2 sweet and sour sauce
gravy (not value)
2 boxes of stuffing
2 jars of pasta sauce
value spagetti
2 boxes of wheatbix
2sausage casarole mixes
1kg bag of pasta (discount brand, value is very starchy)
4 packets of instant noodles
2 sponge mixes
2 bars chocolate
3 tins of pineapple
packet of crackers
6 strawberry whips
2 tins of tinned spag bol (to try if this is nice i might buy more as a back up
tinned ravioli
6 bottles of squash
4 bottles of value coke (weekend treat)
hot chocolate
5 mince
3 large packs of frying steak
large tub of soft spread
cabbage
carrots
2 bags of grated cheese (will freeze)
value ham
edam cheese slices (not value 6 slices for 95p cut in half does 12 sandwichs)
sunflower spread
25 bananas (not all bought at once ofcourse)
5 bags of apples (i'll acually get these from the market is 8 for £1 so i added £4's worth)
3 bags of oranges
8 litres of milk (older kids get milk twice a day in school on a early day and 3 times on a late day so i've cut back abit on the milk, not all bought at once)
5 4 packs of yogurts
2 value philly
eggs
onions
4 4 packs of chocolate mousse
lard

That come sto £94.42 and i will also get a 25kg bag of spuds which costs £4-£6 depending on time of year and 2 jars of value curry sauce which isn't online at the mo but still instore, and a box of 31p cornflakes which also isn't online but is instore.There will be bits left over on other weeks when i will buy thinsg like soup or peas for the freezer.

and with this i'll make

breakfast
porridge, cornflakes,toast, pancakes, toasted malt loaf and butter

lunch
beans on toast, pasta, ravioli on toast, tinned spag bol, baked taties with beans or chilli and cheese

dinners
chicken casarole
chicken curry,
sweet and sour chicken
creamy chicken (made using chicken and philly)
breaded chicken using the heels of bread
sausage rolls beans and mash-yum
fish and chips
sausage casaole x2
toad in the hole x2
10 mince dishes,chilli, 3 spag bol, 2 sheperds pie, 2 mince pie, meat loaf, meatballs
4 beef dishes, 3 beef casaroles and one beef pie
pasta x2
quiche

We have dinner at the inlaws on a sunday so i only plan 26ish meals

snacks will be crackers, yogurts,mousses, fruit.

I'm going to do a shop online then take whats left of my budget out for top ups of fruit and milk, i'll buy all my bread at once and freeze and i'll buy a weeks worth of milk and bread whne i'm already in town.

Butterfly_Brain

parsnips 39p (S6 this week)
new potatoes 39p (S6 this week)
sweetheart cabbage 39p (S6 this week)
carrots 39p (S6 this week)
cheese sauce 32p tesco
cornflakes 31p tesco
Tin Evaporated milk 48p Aldi Water down for use on cornflakes etc
(8-10 per bag) frozen chicken portions £1.59 Aldi
2 rice pudding 24p tesco
12 rolls 35p tesco
pastry mix 64p tesco
gravy granules 20p tesco
curry sauce 23p tesco
LG rice 40p aldi or tesco
sausages 56p tesco
mash 20p tesco
Tea bags 27p tesco

breakfast all week cornflakes
lunch make vegetable pasties using the pastry mix, a few potatoes, parsnips, carrots and cheese sauce.
Dinners
Sunday roast a couple of the chicken portions and serve with a few roasted new potatoes, ¼ of the cabbage a sliced carrot and gravy.
Make enough vegetable pasties to last the week and freeze them.
Make a big batch of parsnip soup and serve with a couple of rolls for supper, then freeze the rest for another meal in the week and have a tin of rice for dessert.

Monday sausage casserole, brown four sausages and slice them into a casserole dish, add carrots ½ a tin of baked beans (put the other ½ a tin into a bowl and pop in the freezer ) serve with potatoes, cabbage and gravy. This should stretch to tomorrow as well

Tuesday Leftover casserole from Monday but serve with mash

Wednesday Parsnip Soup with rolls and Rice pudding for dessert

Thursday chicken curry using 2 chicken portions stripped of meat, add few chopped carrots, chopped cabbage and potatoes and ½ a jar of curry sauce. serve with rice

Friday Chicken portions with sliced and fried potatoes

Saturday sausage curry and rice 2 sausages browned and sliced, whatever veg you have left plus the curry sauce serve with rice

Total £7.35

Butterfly_Brain

Another one

Cornflakes 31p tesco
Evaporated milk 48p
Tea bags 27p
12 Rolls 35p tesco
Ham 59p aldi
sausages 56p tesco
10 eggs £1.19 aldi
1 packet of meat free bolognaise 65p asda
1 Packet spaghetti 24p asda
golden rice 26p
cheese sauce 32p asda
batter mix 7p asda
marrow fat peas 14p asda
onions 39p s6
carrots 39p s6
new potatoes 39p s6
cake mix 22p asda
gravy granules 20p
tin rice pudding 12p asda

Breakfast Cornflakes
Lunches Ham rolls and a cake
Dinners
Sunday Sausage Toad with roasted new potatoes, , carrots and gravy. use 3 sliced sausages

Boiled eggs in a roll rice pudding

Monday Bubble and squeak with fried eggs and 2 sliced sausages

Tuesday Sausage casserole
slice sausages with carrots, peas and gravy serve with new potatoes and cabbage

Wednesday Left over casserole

Thursday ½ a packet of Meat free bolognaise with spaghetti

Friday Egg with sliced and fried potatoes

Saturday Macaroni cheese
Spaghetti with a cheese sauce and ½ an onion

Total £7.14

you will still have eggs, spaghetti and meat free sauce to carry over to the next week

quintwins

bb if your using meat free sauce (i've never heard of this) is there are reason you couldn't swap to value pasta sauce? it would bring you under budget with enough left for a banana lol

Thats some cheap cabbage lol, everytime i see a post from you it makes me wish i had an aldi.

Btw for anyone like me who doesn't have an aldi i just notice tesco have cabbages 2 for £1, or there white one is on price drop starting at 31p (don't expect a few big one for 31p lol)

Butterfly_Brain

quinnie
The bolognaise sauce is actually soya mince in a packet with the sauce you just add water for the actual meal, it is not too bad even for carnivores, it saves money on mince and sauce IFYSWIM

quintwins

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

quinnie
The bolognaise sauce is actually soya mince in a packet with the sauce you just add water for the actual meal, it is not too bad even for carnivores, it saves money on mince and sauce IFYSWIM

oh really i might take a look at that is it frozen? and how many people would you say it feds?

Butterfly_Brain

It is dried and you will find it in the vegetable aisle with the broth mixes , lentils etc. There is a savoury mince mix and a mexican chilli as well all varieties are 65p a packet. I always have a couple in as a stand by. It feeds four

They also do a veggie sausage mix, burger mix, and chilli mix for £1

quintwins

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

It is dried and you will find it in the vegetable aisle with the broth mixes , lentils etc. There is a savoury mince mix and a mexican chilli as well all varieties are 65p a packet. I always have a couple in as a stand by. It feeds four

They also do a veggie sausage mix, burger mix, and chilli mix for £1

That looks really good, i'll def grab a packet to try, very cheap meal with a bag of value spagetti . Thank you