£7.00 per week - menu ideas

Butterfly_Brain

Oh and there is a leaflet in store with lots of money off vouchers for Christmas stuff

StarMummy_2

been slowly reading through this post and wow! its not something I think I could stick to, and i'm very thankful that I don't have to. checking my MrT website my area prices seem to be higher then a lot of yours and we don't have a lot of the everyday products mentioned. we are currently getting an Aldi built and judging by the work completed it should open soon so that's exciting. as a mum with a 4 year old the best I can manage while making sure the little person gets the right nutrition is about £10. so well done to all of you that can get it closer. I think the key is to go mostly veggie. infact baking vegan is really cheap using veg oil instead of butter and substituting eggs for baking powder and apple cider vinegar. the extra bonus is the fresh parts of the baking aren't fresh so you can keep them in your store cupboard hope this helps someone

StarMummy_2

also my other suggestion would be to eat your big meal at lunch instead of in the evening that way you would have more energy and be able to concentrate at work/looking after the children when you need it. and save the snacky lunch meal for before bed where if you are hungry you can just go to sleep.

Butterfly_Brain

This thread was started last year, so it is an indication of just how high prices have risen.

StarMummy_2

Okay here is my contribution. I've not exactly stuck to the rules i'm over budget and this is a meal plan for someone in my situation (single mum with young child) I've tried to do a fairly nutritionally balanced meal plan with variety for as cheap as I could. All from Mr T as according to my local.

FRUIT AND VEG
4x loose banana = 49p
4x loose carrots = 36p

DAIRY
1x creamfields 4pt semi-skimmed milk = £1.00
1x everyday eggs box of 15 = £1.35
1x everday mozerella = 55p
1x everday fromage frais 6pk = 42p

STORE CUPBOARD
1x everyday cornflakes = 31p
1x everyday baked beans = 29p
1x everyday jam = 29p
2x everyday garden peas = 40p
1x everyday passata = 34p
1x everyday penne = 39p
1x kingsfood hotdogs = 49p
1x everyday batter mix = 20p
1x everyday veg stock cubes 10pk = 20p
1x cheese sauce mix = 30p
1x everyday rice = 40p
1x everyday new potatoes = 20p
1x everyday sweetcorn = 35p

1x everyday wholemeal bread = 45p

Basket total =£8.78

BREAKFAST
4 days of cornflakes with milk and half a sliced banana each.
3 days of jam on toast

LUNCHES (having main meal at lunch to sustain energy when you need it most)
2 days of Yorkshire puds (made from batter mix and an egg) with 2 hot dogs each 1/4 tin of potatoes 1/4 tin of peas and half a sliced boiled carrot each.
1 day of penne with passata reduced down with a stock cube and topped with half the mozerella.
2 days of egg fried rice (rice boiled in veg stock) with peas and sweet corn.
2 days of penne with cheese sauce and remaining peas

DINNERS
2 days of beans on toast (beans are 1 05 your 5 a day)
3 days of scrambled egg on toast/egg sandwiches
2 days of omelette with remaining chopped tinned potatoes and left over mozerella.

SNACKS
fromage frais most days for child
carrot sticks

still a little bleak and lacking in meat although, eggs, milk, cheese, beans and yoghurt do provide protein.

this plan does balance on having some kind of cooking fat and possibly salt and pepper in the cupboard.
sorry it's over budget but as I said its the best healthy varied plan I could come up with as cheap as I could


you'd have some jam, rice, cornflakes and stock cubes to carry over

Butterfly_Brain

Star Mummy that is brilliant :T We have all said that if you can only get it to £10 a week that is perfectly ok, so you have excelled.

Possession

I've only just come back to this thread and noticed your bean, bacon and cheese slice BB. It sounds yummy, I'll definitely make it. have you ever tried putting a bit of mashed potato in it too?

jackieblack

Possession wrote: »

I've only just come back to this thread and noticed your bean, bacon and cheese slice BB. It sounds yummy, I'll definitely make it. have you ever tried putting a bit of mashed potato in it too?

ooh, that sounds yummy!

StarMummy_2

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Star Mummy that is brilliant :T We have all said that if you can only get it to £10 a week that is perfectly ok, so you have excelled.

Thanks
it wasn't as hard as i thought it would be.


also thought i'd share what we had for lunch today. all from MrS

basics chicken soup = 24p
basics sweetcorn = 25p
basics instant noodles = 20p
bakery cheese baton = 45p

total = £1.14

made a hearty soup with the chicken soup, cooked noodles, sweetcorn and 1/2 tin of water. served with bread. has made 4 tummy filling portions. so would feed two people for two meals. was really yummy, although possibly high in salt need to look at that. less than 29p per serving too

gailey_2

surprising such steep rises in basic lines.

cant say im impressed with adli super six was hoping for some 49p veg,

Might start dong more soups again now its winter.

we been getting by reduced bargains

m&s sunday afternoon pack free range eggs 45p and that was display date had another week on use by so got 2packs.

morries had fresh bean mix 9p
pork steaks reduced 89p each which chopped up added to cassrole mix with loads frozen value veg, 1 onions served with rice or reduced potatoes we keep getting latly mostly salad one reduced.last night bag baby potatoes saisnburys 39p.

Co-op do value sweet and sour jar for 39 so made sweet and sour pork and froze it in tubs.

did do value shop large tesco other month was really hard to get much affordable fresh in there was bit depressing.

So we find wel stocked store cupboard and reduced hubting most evenings and weekends can pay off.

although frui tbowl looking very sorry for itself but kids love tinned fruits.

Is it even possible do for £7 these days?

well done start mummy some great ideas there.

thanks so much butterfly brian starting this thread ad keeping it going.

wonder if tesco finest prices are arratic as their everyday lines?

Sainsburys basics are terrors for price rises too.