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Feed a family of four for £20 a week challenge

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  • Jackie it is an easy thing to do :rotfl:

    This week's Super six starting today is:

    1kg white onions
    1 kg carrots
    savoy cabbage
    300g cherry tomatoes
    celery
    snack pack grapes

    All at 39p :j
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  • Pips_Mum
    Pips_Mum Posts: 2,893 Forumite
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    I thought they were a really good super six this fortnight. I've bought a few bags of carrots and I've blanched them and frozen them in portions :-)
    Debt at LBM [strike]£17,544[/strike] :eek: £5700
    :TOver £14,000 PAID OFF :T

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  • I'm in for this week, I went over by £2.59 but it's the first time I've tried getting my shopping down by this much lol, but I gave it my best shot :j but looks like i miss counted when I was walking around the supermarket. will have to try and remember to take a pen and paper with me next week. I think I can get the cost down a little more if I stopped making desserts but I think everyone will go mad at me,

    I've started on a Thursday because that's my main shopping day lol
    Thursday
    breakfast Value cereal with milk and juice

    lunch Beans on toast
    Or sandwiches
    And fruit

    dinner liver and Bacon with mash and greens

    dessert Rice pudding

    Friday
    breakfast Value cereal with milk and juice

    lunch Boiled eggs and solders
    Or
    Sandwiches
    And fruit

    dinner 5 bean chili and rice

    dessert jelly with a few pieces of fruit

    SATURDAY

    breakfast Toast and jam and juice

    lunch Any leftovers we should have

    dinner Egg chips and beans

    dessert Jelly with fruit

    SUNDAY

    breakfast Toast and jam Juice

    lunch Cheese toasties Or sandwiches And fruit

    dinner Roast chicken, roast potatoes, and veggies

    dessert Rice pudding
    (while the oven is on will throw in some fairy cakes for school treats)

    MONDAY
    breakfast Value cereal with milk and juice

    lunch Egg on toast Or sandwiches And fruit

    dinner Chicken and barley stew and h/m bread-rolls

    dessert jelly

    TUESDAY
    breakfast Value cereal with milk and juice

    lunch Tomatoes on toast or sandwiches

    dinner, Meat plate pie and veggie
    (homemade pasty if their is any left over will also make some veggie pasties and freeze them)

    Fairy cakes (while the oven is on will throw some fairy cakes at the same time for school treats)

    WEDNESDAY
    breakfast Toast and jam and juice

    lunch Sardines on toast Or sandwiches And fruit

    dinner Easy veg curry and rice

    upside down pineapple cake and custard

    shopping list :A

    Bread, white and brown £0.45p x2
    Juice, 2 for £1 pineapple, orange, 1 of your 5 a day.
    Cheese block mature £1.50
    Whole chicken £2.50p (super saver)
    Cabbage £0.39p
    Bag carrots £0.39
    Swed £0.32p
    Bag of onions £0.29
    Wheat bisks 24pk £0.75
    Eggs 10pk £1.00
    Dried vegetable broth mix with barley 125g £0.46
    Tomatoes x3 £0.31p
    Frozen mince £0.90
    s/r flour 0.45
    p/flour £0.45
    butter 1k £1.30
    curry powder 0.30p
    sardines 0.24p
    mixed veg frozen 0.53p
    rice 1kg 0.40p
    milk 2lt X2 £1.00
    beans x2 0.24p
    cooking bacan 500g £0.75
    liver 250g £0.46p
    large bag of potatoes 1kg £0.69p
    red kidney beans tinned X2 £0.23
    mixed beans in tomatoes sauce £0.42 x2
    rice pudding 0.12p x2
    sugar £0.50
    jelly 0.10p x5
    grapes 0.39
    bag apples 0.56
    oranges 0.87
    tinned pineapple 0.33
    jam 0.21
    Allinson Easy Bake Yeast 2 £0.28p
    mixed herbs £0.15p

    cost
    £22.59

    will try and get it down next week..
  • yabby
    yabby Posts: 13 Forumite
    Hi everyone I know this thread is about food shopping but I would like to know how much do you spend on things like cleaning products , washing powders etc and also toiletries? Do you also stick to a budget per week on these things too ? These things seem to be quite expensive but like everything else we need them. Have not quite finished reading this thread will do later , I seem to spend to much on food so will be using ideas on here to see if I can cut down on the amount I buy ( and ashamed to say ) throw out.
  • yabby wrote: »
    Hi everyone I know this thread is about food shopping but I would like to know how much do you spend on things like cleaning products , washing powders etc and also toiletries? Do you also stick to a budget per week on these things too ? These things seem to be quite expensive but like everything else we need them. Have not quite finished reading this thread will do later , I seem to spend to much on food so will be using ideas on here to see if I can cut down on the amount I buy ( and ashamed to say ) throw out.

    this month our house hold shopping was mainly from pound-land but i do tend to shop around as much as I can.

    Bold 2in1 Washing Powder 22 washes from the pound-shop £1.00
    ASDA Kitchen Cleaner with Bleach Spray £1.00
    Fructis Repair & Shine Shampoo £1.00
    Fructis Repair & Shine Conditioner£1.00
    2in1 wash and go for the girls£1.00
    Cocoa Butter Lotion £1.00
    Imperial Leather Original Roll On 50ml 3 for £2.00
    Imperial Leather Original Deodorant £1.00
    Intu Body Spray Dance 2 for 1 £1.00
    16 Pack Body-form X3 £3.00
    Listerine Mouthwash x2 £2.00
    toothpaste £1.00

    we don't ues bubble baths or anything like that,
    seasalt, £1.50,
    rose or lavender water, £1,50
    sea soap. £2.00 large block, lasts about 6 months. broken up into small pieces,
    mask oil £1.20
    tea lights for the bathroom pack of 30 £1.00
    Easy Citrus Bleach 2 Pack £1.00

    £21.20p
    this is for the month, it's not as much as this usually but we have run out of alot of stuff this month, so next month it should be a little less
  • yabby
    yabby Posts: 13 Forumite
    Thank you can you tell me what you use seasalt for and where do you buy the sea soap from? You are 100% dedicated to shopping and I admire that�� I on the other hand am 100% lazy when it comes to shopping! but will now check out the pound shop ��
  • RAS
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    If you go to Lidl, you can but most things for a lot less than in the main stores. And even the main stores do things like a litre of basic shampoo for 40-50p.

    For household cleaning get hold of washing soda and stardrops. Add a decent washing up liquid most of your requirements are covered. Basics cola make good toilet cleaner but you need to push most of the water out with the loo brush first.
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
  • yabby
    yabby Posts: 13 Forumite
    Hi RAS , will also check out lids also. I live in a hard water area so have to use limelite a few times a week but will try star drops , I have tried the cheaper shampoo but find we use to much as to much comes out at once , I use tresseme but only buy it when it's on special offer and buy 2 as I do when sanex is on offer( so maybe there is a money saver lurking about somewhere) I meant lidls not lids .
  • Pips_Mum
    Pips_Mum Posts: 2,893 Forumite
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    Be careful of the pound shops as they are not always a better deal, I've seen several people on the forum saying they have been caught by assuming they were the cheapest but actually with offers and stuff other places are cheaper. Eg Tesco's have Radox on BOGOF at £1.50 so cheaper than paying a pound for 1
    Debt at LBM [strike]£17,544[/strike] :eek: £5700
    :TOver £14,000 PAID OFF :T

    2020 the year of less - Less debt, less waste, less spending, less stuff, less stress!
  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 35,549 Forumite
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    Agreed; there are definitely some bargains to be had at some £1 shops but I see a number of cases where they are more expensive (like kilo sugar for £1 instead of 69p (cheapest recently) or 89p regularly.
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
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