£7.00 per week - menu ideas

Uniscots97

Save_Dosh wrote: »

Sounds very good, except the potatoes are now £1, but you could substitute for tinned, which are 15p for 567g

Thanks I used the prices online from Mr T's the night I posted it.

jackel

Hi all- Thankyou for all your helpful posts. Thankyou unixgirl for the splendid shopping list and mealplan a real framework for peeps to work with. One thing that really rattles me at the moment is the rediculous price of potatoes(the tinned ones must be a blessing to many). Last year was a dreadful harvest but(we are lucky to have a large veg plot)this year we have had an absolute bumper harvest,especially from spuds.We have used no fertilizer at all but results are very high and good quality. Methinks some people are doing a bit of ripping off. jac x.

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For breakfast, Asda Smart Price cornflakes are 46p for 750g.

Wheat Bisks is available from several stores, in boxes of 24 or 36, for around £1.

Savvy_sewing

Been away for a while but food bank people were greatfully for the menu plan. Going to see if I can so them some others with time. It reminds me that I have let my budget go and should be able to live on about half of what I have been spending if I get back to my own menu plans! Here is always a good place to give me the inspiration. Some how getting back off holiday I bought my fruit and veg and a chicken chops a nod bacon and I had spent £35! So I better make sure I prepare the veg and freeze it so that I don't waste any of it in that little grey food in we have for the rubbish. Determined to reduce what's been going in there. (Mostly left overs and peelings)!

Butterfly_Brain

The super six at Aldi from Thursday 12th September.
Broccoli
1kg Carrots
Cherry tomatoes
1kg Standard onions
Snack pack grapes
Savoy cabbage.
All priced at 49p.

tinkerbell73

Have been reading this thread with interest I need to seriously reduce my food spend and it starts tomorrow (sept pay) now i have a very stupid question but here goes - brought some 40p mushrooms and courgettes today can i freeze these chopped up raw or do i need to cook and then freeze - I am so wasteful it stops now ..........

HappyMJ

tinkerbell73 wrote: »

Have been reading this thread with interest I need to seriously reduce my food spend and it starts tomorrow (sept pay) now i have a very stupid question but here goes - brought some 40p mushrooms and courgettes today can i freeze these chopped up raw or do i need to cook and then freeze - I am so wasteful it stops now ..........

I'd cook them first then freeze. Searching on google should help you.

freyasmum

tinkerbell73 wrote: »

Have been reading this thread with interest I need to seriously reduce my food spend and it starts tomorrow (sept pay) now i have a very stupid question but here goes - brought some 40p mushrooms and courgettes today can i freeze these chopped up raw or do i need to cook and then freeze - I am so wasteful it stops now ..........

I sometimes take a trip into my coop.

There I can pick up packs of peppers, courgettes, carrots, mushrooms for around 10p each.

I spend half an hour or so chopping them up into nice chunks and then mix them all up. I then freeze them, raw, in bags to add into my minced beef recipes.

Take the bags out of the freezer a little while before you need them and then add them into your mince and tomatoe after you brown the mince, onions and garlic.

Pips_Mum

tinkerbell73 wrote: »

Have been reading this thread with interest I need to seriously reduce my food spend and it starts tomorrow (sept pay) now i have a very stupid question but here goes - brought some 40p mushrooms and courgettes today can i freeze these chopped up raw or do i need to cook and then freeze - I am so wasteful it stops now ..........

I just chop them and freeze them, if I am doing a stew or bolognaise or something like that I just chuck a handful in. The mushrooms do go a little bit watery but fine if mixed with other stuff.

Good luck!

Butterfly_Brain

I just chop and freeze as well, I find that blanching affects the texture and taste so I prefer not to blanch.
I have never had any problems with stuff that I have frozen this way