£7.00 per week - menu ideas

Butterfly_Brain

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Week 1
Sunday
B Porridge and Jam
L Toad in the hole 2 sausages each plus 2 y.puds, some mixed veg, use 1 of the baking potatoes and cut into 4 and gravy
D 2 boiled eggs each plus one sliced roll toasted each. Pancakes using left over batter from Yorkshire puds and lemon juice for dessert
Make up the sponge mix using 1 egg to make 12 fairy cakes for lunch boxes for through the week put them in the freezer and just get 2 out every morning

Monday
B As Sunday
L 2 ham rolls and a cake
D sausage pasta: Cook ½ a pack of spaghetti and fry 2 sausages and slice them up, add ½ a jar of pasta sauce and a handful of frozen mixed veg....

Tuesday
B P & J
L 2 ham rolls and a cake
D Sausage pilaff :Cook some rice for 10 mins, transfer to a dish, fry and slice the last 2 sausages and put into the rice along with a handful of mixed veg and the ¼ of a jar of the pasta sauce, plus 1 mug full of water. (Leave the rest of the sauce left in the jar for tomorrow) Put in the oven for 15 -20 mins, or until the rice has absorbed most of the pasta sauce.

Wednesday
Breakfast as the rest of the week
L 2 ham rolls each and a cake
D Pitta bread pizza....... spread the last of the pasta sauce over one or two pitta breads each
(Depending on appetite), break up some mozzarella and equally divide over the pitta breads along with a few olives from a jar.

Thursday
Breakfast and Lunch as Wednesday
D. 1 egg omelette, with a jacket potato each, plus a tin of baked beans.
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Friday Breakfast and Lunch as Thursday D ½ pack spaghetti, a diced onion and a cheese sauce for a spaghetti cheese.

Saturday B As Friday L The last 2 pitta breads filled with boiled eggs and lettuce D Mixed veg crust less quiche 2 eggs 200ml milk the last of the mixed veg and a sprinkle of mixed herbs, if you have them, serve with lettuce and a couple of tomatoes (get these from the local market or Greengrocer( they don't mind you buying a few at a time) and boiled potatoes using the last baking potato or they can be diced and fried.


Tesco unless specified Aldi or Asda

Porridge 500g 55p...... 1kg £1 (1kg in Asda is 75p)
Mixed fruit Jam 29p
Everyday 12 pk rolls 35p ..............Now 40p + 5p
Everyday ham (10 slices) 61p......
sponge sandwich mix 22p ....Now 27p +5p
6 pitta bread 20p.......... Now 40p + 20p :eek:
Baked beans 26p Aldi.... Now 28p + 2p
4 baking potatoes 59p Aldi......Now 79p = 20p
Spaghetti 500g 24p..... Now 30p + 6p
LG Rice 1 kg 40p
Bag frozen mixed veg 75p
Gravy Granules 20p
Everyday pork sausages 56p .........Now 61p + 5p
Pasta sauce 39p
Cheese sauce mix 3 for £1 = 33p now 44p a packet = £1.32 an increase of 32p
Batter Mix 7p
1 onion 10p
15 eggs = £1.25 Aldi..... Now £1.35 + 10p
Mozzarella1 x 44p = 44p

The total is from the cheapest price on the list £7.80, but you will still have 5 eggs and 2/3 of a bag of rice left for the following week.

I thought that I would re price everything at today's prices as you can see some things have stayed the same and there are some big rises as well. In total a rise of £1.05:eek: which is huge on such a small budget

So this will now come to £8.85 :eek:

MiddyMum

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Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

I thought that I would re price everything at today's prices as you can see some things have stayed the same and there are some big rises as well. In total a rise of 68p :eek: which is huge on such a small budget

So this will now come to £8.48 :eek:

Thanks Butterfly Brain. I was really inspired by this menu plan and shopped for some of the things as part of my menu plan for this week. I did notice that a few of the items had gone up, and some by a fairly large percentage. However I still got 3 carrier bags worth of food for around £11.34 which covered the majority of my weekly shop. It has re-introduced me to the Tesco value range as I have not shopped regularly at Tesco since changing to shopping at my local Lidl. There are some things cheaper in Lidl but definitely some things cheaper here too. I just need to keep and eye on what is cheaper where.

Edit - just a wee price check - In my store the Everyday Value spaghetti was up to 39p:eek:

evie451

Many thanks to butterfly brain for the peach pudding recipe had it tonight it was lovely......

Morrison s savers peaches 39p
Savers sponge mix 27p
And an egg

I noticed several savers branded lines were up in price and I wondered if its a cynical January ploy by the supermarkets to make some extra cash out of these popular lines in this long month! :eek:

gailey_2

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

I thought that I would re price everything at today's prices as you can see some things have stayed the same and there are some big rises as well. In total a rise of 68p :eek: which is huge on such a small budget

So this will now come to £8.48 :eek:

Thanks butterfly brain.

I did think maybe could try trim by shopping around more if possible

co-op do value white small pittas for 19p as looked at them today.

Morrisions value roll used to be 35havent checked in ages and not online will look next time in in.

Guess end of night reduced rolls be worth looking for.

I not sure where to get 12eggs cheaper?:(:(

Value spagetti seem about right at 30p same sainsbury and co-op.

Sausages got 28pack spar own brand reduced to 44p yesterday.
sausages always seem to be reduced as got nocer peters ones for 63pother week 1/2price.

Potatoes again that seems cheap maybe if was super six or local greengrocer/market might so similar price but most 4pack bakers 80p+.

Butterfly_Brain

[Deleted User] wrote:

Thanks Butterfly Brain. I was really inspired by this menu plan and shopped for some of the things as part of my menu plan for this week. I did notice that a few of the items had gone up, and some by a fairly large percentage. However I still got 3 carrier bags worth of food for around £11.34 which covered the majority of my weekly shop. It has re-introduced me to the Tesco value range as I have not shopped regularly at Tesco since changing to shopping at my local Lidl. There are some things cheaper in Lidl but definitely some things cheaper here too. I just need to keep and eye on what is cheaper where.

Edit - just a wee price check - In my store the Everyday Value spaghetti was up to 39p:eek:

Smart price spaghetti is 30p in Asda will check the Aldi price on Thursday.

Butterfly_Brain

gailey wrote: »

Thanks butterfly brain.

I did think maybe could try trim by shopping around more if possible

co-op do value white small pittas for 19p as looked at them today.

Morrisions value roll used to be 35havent checked in ages and not online will look next time in in.

Guess end of night reduced rolls be worth looking for.

I not sure where to get 12eggs cheaper?:(:(

Value spagetti seem about right at 30p same sainsbury and co-op.

Sausages got 28pack spar own brand reduced to 44p yesterday.
sausages always seem to be reduced as got nocer peters ones for 63pother week 1/2price.

Potatoes again that seems cheap maybe if was super six or local greengrocer/market might so similar price but most 4pack bakers 80p+.

Aldi medium eggs come in packs of 15 for £1.35 they were £1.19 at the beginning of last year, it just goes to show how large prices impact a tight budget.

Butterfly_Brain

evie451 wrote: »

Many thanks to butterfly brain for the peach pudding recipe had it tonight it was lovely......

Morrison s savers peaches 39p
Savers sponge mix 27p
And an egg

I noticed several savers branded lines were up in price and I wondered if its a cynical January ploy by the supermarkets to make some extra cash out of these popular lines in this long month! :eek:

Tesco everyday peaches have disappeared, but Asda still have their basic ones at 29p and their basic sponge mix is still 22p. Aldi have tinned peaches at 29p as well

Butterfly_Brain

Super six this week are Avocado 49p each. Red Onions 49p 1kg. Button Mushrooms 49p 150g. Butternut Squash 49p each. Parsnip 49p 500g. New Potatoes 49p 750g

gailey_2

yes asda spagetti is 30p smart price sainsburys 39p

tesco was lowest for sausages.

Eggs asda as £1.50 but could have been for 18.

aldis do value range so not sure hat they would charge as have their basic penne here.