Feed a family of four for £20 a week challenge

Butterfly_Brain

I have been poorly for the last couple of days, because I got bitten by something that has infected my lymph nodes, so tonight we are having one of the casseroles that are in the freezer with roasties and brussels tonight.
Casserole, already costed ( potatoes 24p and brussels 25p

Fruball

moments_of_sanity wrote: »

We normally have a roast of some sort on Sunday's but today I can't be bothered so we are having a ys chicken cooked in the slow cooker with mash and vegetables.

Dinner will be for 4 people and there will be left over chicken for tomorrow or Tuesday.

Chicken, £1.75
Carrots, £0.15
Potatoes, £0.11 ( bought when 7.5kg for £2)
Broccoli, £0.13
Cauliflower, £0.15
Cabbage 1/4 of, £0.13

Total cost for dinner, £2.42 / 4 people, £0.61p each If I include eating the whole chicken today, in theory there will be enough left over for soup or left over pie which will feed 3 of us tomorrow.

That looks very low on veg to me, esp the cabbage as 1/4 of a cabbage split 4 ways is very little. If the broccoli and cauli are frozen then def better value and would provide more per meal.

I have added the Tesc0 49p veg deals to my christmas food delivery as they are good offers and I can use them all.

I have also donated some bits to our local foodbank because, whilst I am going to find the next few years very tight as I pay my debts, I know there are others much worse off than myself. I cannot bear to think of anyone actually going hungry

moments_of_sanity

Fruball wrote: »

That looks very low on veg to me, esp the cabbage as 1/4 of a cabbage split 4 ways is very little. If the broccoli and cauli are frozen then def better value and would provide more per meal.

I have added the Tesc0 49p veg deals to my christmas food delivery as they are good offers and I can use them all.

I have also donated some bits to our local foodbank because, whilst I am going to find the next few years very tight as I pay my debts, I know there are others much worse off than myself. I cannot bear to think of anyone actually going hungry

Low on veg! :eek: the cabbage was for 2 of us as the other 2 didn't eat. 15p worth of carrots, if bought from Aldi works out at about a 1/3 of a kilo, how on earth that is considered low is beyond me! Don't like frozen veg, tastes too watery for us so we prefer fresh.

Butterfly_Brain

I am another who fills plates with veggies, it makes things stretch a lot further.

Fruball

moments_of_sanity wrote: »

Low on veg! :eek: the cabbage was for 2 of us as the other 2 didn't eat. 15p worth of carrots, if bought from Aldi works out at about a 1/3 of a kilo, how on earth that is considered low is beyond me! Don't like frozen veg, tastes too watery for us so we prefer fresh.

I didn't mean any offence but 13p worth of broccoli is a very amount to split between 4 people in my opinion.

To me, that is like 1/4 of a head of broccoli split between 4 people and the same for a small cauliflower.

My two young children and I can easily eat a whole head of broccoli and half a cauli along with carrots and cabbage in a meal.

Anyway, we aren't here to argue and we all have different views on portion size/costings etc. It doesn't sound like a lot to me but I am sure others will be fine with it.

Butterfly_Brain

Frubal I buy Aldi frozen broccoli 89p per kilo so 500g costs out at 44½p and 250g costs out at 22½p
Much cheaper way to buy broccoli and it is frozen straightaway it hasn't lost valuable nutrients in shipping

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Good idea B/B I too often get frozen veg if the fresh looks a bit clapped out.No wasteage either when your only cooking for one as I doI make sure I have two to three veg with my dinner if I can as living alone its far too easy to end up just chucking something quick in the m'wave I usually prep my veg first thing in the morning and in the steamer it doesn't take very long.I get home from DDs at night depending on what time she gets in from work tonight it was almost 7 before she got home and I am in charge of her 4 boys
I also have either a soup starter or a small pudding afterwards ,nevr both so two courses are quite filling I find.I also cook veggie at least two or three time a week if I can as it does help keep costs down
JackieO xx

Butterfly_Brain

I like to eat veggie a couple of times a week, but DH is a carnivore and I have to be [STRIKE]sneaky[/STRIKE] selective of what I cook.
He is very fond of soup and pudding night and not only is it frugal it is veggie

Egg and chips is a cheap option.

Egg Curry

Cheese and onion pie

Pasta bake with cheese sauce with mixed peppers and mushrooms

Egg foo yung (basically Chinese Omelette)

Savoury pancakes

Quiche

Fritatta

Cheese Omelettes with savoury rice

Poached, boiled, fried, coddled, baked or scrambled eggs

Vegetable bread and butter pudding

supersaver1000

boultdj wrote: »

Nurse Maggie,do you have a car? If so I have a few surgestions

Morrisons
12.5 kilo[about 25 lb] bag of unwashed spuds £2 at the mo
1.2 kg carrots
1.2 net of onions
stalk of sprouts all on 3 for £1.50 or 69p each so mix and match
savoy cabbage what you like and use for soup & stews
500g parsnips
500g swede

Aldi

2 pk gammon steak 99p[ thinking stir fry's here]
250g bacon 99p [again stir fry also to chop & fry with onion to do filling for jacket spuds or to have with pasta as a cabanra type dish]
6 pk tomatoe
savoy cabbage
500g carrots all on supper 6 at 49p
3 pk lemons
swede
1 kg onions


Lidl
750g red onions 39p
400g lean diced steak, thinking stew for a couple of days,then use the rest of the liquid as base for soup
250g ready grated cheddar £1.29to put on jacket spuds,sandwhichs, welesh rabbit
week-end offer 500g beef joint ale gravy, say's it's for 2, but me & OH have it over 2 days.

Not a lot realy, but hope it's a help, seeing as the spuds and onions 'should' last over 2 weeks even if they are making up the bulk of the meals. B

Thanks for the info Boultd. I work full time so usually pop to MrTs or the cooop after work. I really must get organised use Lidels again. I'm starting a new job in the new year near an Alldees
I will definitely be visiting.

jackel

BB - Hope you are feeling better.
Another vote for plenty of veg on the plate. I am a lucky spud though as I have an active retired DH and we have a large veggi. plot. Very moneysaving !
Thanks again to you all for your recipes,advice you give to others which is interesting and useful to myself. Oh yes and your humour. I love this thread. jac.xx