£7.00 per week - menu ideas

WantToBeSE

Thanks BB for the meatloaf recipe, i am making it for dinner tonight and will post a photo so everyone can see how it turns out
Admittedly i didnt weigh/measure anything, i just mixed everything together and added a small amount of plain flour because it looked too wet.
It's sitting in the loaf tin, ready for go in the oven later on tonight

WantToBeSE

Yum yum, meatloaf



It's really yummy, thanks for the recipe BB!
It's a little wetter than i had thought, but that's because i didnt weigh anything, i just chucked some stuff together and hoped for the best!
Delish!

Butterfly_Brain

Glad you like the recipe, but you really do need to weigh things out, I can do it by eye now but that has taken many years of weighing. I use the leftovers for sandwiches the next day lovely with a dollop of ketchup

GinaG3

I fancied this challenge tonight as I got bored with the telly. I'm a MSE'r that enjoys a challenge like this.. This is week one at Asda, I think I'm even going to do week 2 now at Tesco to see if I can get some variety. Not much fruit or veg at all, but only gone 12p over budget!! YAY! If you can push it to £8 you can add some bananas, apples, nuts or such.

Porridge 75p
Ham 61p
Bread 47p
6 Eggs 95p
Spaghetti 24p
20 Sausage 1.08p
Onion 9p
Rice Pudding 12p
1kg Potato 69p
2 Tins Beans 50p
Mixed Herb 19p
Passata 29p
Gravy Granules 20p
Sliced Carrots 20p
Tuna 49p
Coleslaw 25p

Total: £7.12 @ Asda

Breakfast x 7
Porridge

Lunch x 7
3 days - Ham Sandwich (1 slice each)
2 days - Egg on Toast (1 egg each - boiled or poached)
2 days - Sausage Sandwich (2 sausage each)

Dinner x 7
2 Sausage, Onion, Mixed Herb Spaghetti
(Take 4 Sausages out of skins, fry until they release their own fat, add onion and mixed herbs, boil spaghetti and to sausage, mix and serve)
2 Sausage, Beans & 2 Baked Potato
Ham Omelette with Beans
Spaghetti with Tomato & Mixed Herb Sauce (Passata and mixed herbs)
2 Sausage, Boiled Potatoes, Sliced Carrots with Gravy
Coleslaw, 2 Baked Potato & Tuna

Tin of rice pudding for pudding on an evening you don't feel very full! Also 4 sausages left over and excess potatoes.

GinaG3

Another week, slightly healthier this time. All from Tesco but missing one dinner meal - couldn't bring myself to break the budget. Currently £6.84..

Vegetable Soup in a mug 4 per pack 20p
Penne 30p
Broccoli 33p
LG Rice 1kg 40p
Soft Cheese 49p
8 Sausage 59p
1kg Porridge 75p
Kidney Beans 18p
Sliced Carrot 20p
Sardines in Tomato Sauce 34p
Beetroot 44p
Sliced Bread 47p
4 Portions Breaded White Fish 85p
2 x New Potatoes in Water 30p
Lemon Curd 22p
Curry Sauce 20p
Stuffing Mix 15p
Mandarin Segments 23p
Peas 17p
Meatballs 40p
Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce x 2 38p

Breakfast
7 x Porridge with Lemon Curd

Lunch
2 days - Soup with 2 Slice Bread
3 days - Soft Cheese Sandwich/Toast, Sliced Beetroot - Few Mandarin Segments
2 days - Spaghetti on Toast

Dinner
Penne with Soft Cheese, Broccoli and Sliced Sausage (4)
Sardine and Beetroot Salad with Smashed Boiled New Potato
Breaded Fish (2) with Sliced Carrot, Curry Sauce & Rice
Sausage (4), Stuffing, Broccoli & New Potato
Rice with Sliced Breaded Fish (2), Kidney Beans & Curry Sauce
Meatballs with Rice & Peas

Butterfly_Brain

Just a heads up Aldi have their plain and SR flour down to 45p a bag at the moment x

FairyPrincessk

OOh--fantastic! Didn't even look yesterday but we're running low so will make sure to get some!

OrkneyStar

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Just a heads up Aldi have their plain and SR flour down to 45p a bag at the moment x

We don't have Aldi, but I popped into Tesco today and noticed that the plain and SR value flour is also 45p per bag just now. Forgot to check the bread flour.

Butterfly_Brain

GinaG3 wrote: »

Another week, slightly healthier this time. All from Tesco but missing one dinner meal - couldn't bring myself to break the budget. Currently £6.84..

Vegetable Soup in a mug 4 per pack 20p
Penne 30p
Broccoli 33p
LG Rice 1kg 40p
Soft Cheese 49p
8 Sausage 59p
1kg Porridge 75p
Kidney Beans 18p
Sliced Carrot 20p
Sardines in Tomato Sauce 34p
Beetroot 44p
Sliced Bread 47p
4 Portions Breaded White Fish 85p
2 x New Potatoes in Water 30p
Lemon Curd 22p
Curry Sauce 20p
Stuffing Mix 15p
Mandarin Segments 23p
Peas 17p
Meatballs 40p
Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce x 2 38p

Breakfast
7 x Porridge with Lemon Curd

Lunch
2 days - Soup with 2 Slice Bread
3 days - Soft Cheese Sandwich/Toast, Sliced Beetroot - Few Mandarin Segments
2 days - Spaghetti on Toast

Dinner
Penne with Soft Cheese, Broccoli and Sliced Sausage (4)
Sardine and Beetroot Salad with Smashed Boiled New Potato
Breaded Fish (2) with Sliced Carrot, Curry Sauce & Rice
Sausage (4), Stuffing, Broccoli & New Potato
Rice with Sliced Breaded Fish (2), Kidney Beans & Curry Sauce
Meatballs with Rice & Peas

You could carry the sausages and potatoes over from the first week's menu to make another meal.

jackel

Thanks to Gina for your work on the Menu Plan and shopping list - sparks off other ideas to use things for - find all the plans really useful.
Got a really big cabbage (my father always used to call this type balled headed cabbage)from super 6 that reminded me of a little tip.If you don't cut slices out but remove the outer leaves one by one until you have as much as you need for that meal the remaing cabbage keeps much better with no waste.Nit picking maybe but it works well. jacxx.