Feed a family of four for £20 a week challenge

quintwins

week 2
carried over
will carry over atleast some rice, spagetti,marmalade,porridge, gravy, peas, sweetcorn, herbs

shopping list
mixed veg 75p
pork shoulder joint £2.69
chilli powder 75p
beef shin 64p
mozzerella 44p
garlic sausage 55p
yeast 64p
flour 52p
coleslaw 20p
value carrots 92p
kidney beans 18p
apples £1
bread 47p
yogurt 55p
8 bananas 98p
passata 29p
2x 2kg spud £1.42
15 eggs £1.25
chicken thights £1.50
mince £2.40
value baps 35p
value curry sauce 23p
value stuffing 15p
batter mix 9p
total £19.96

ok so breakfasts and lunches are pretty much the same, you have more spare eggs this week so i'd go with scambled egg or maybe even a small quiche for lunches, theres no spare cheese so maybe just a sweetcorn one

dinners

chilli and rice

homemade burgers and chips (using stuffings, should eaily get 8 from a packet of stuffing and egg and half a packet of mince, remeber value baps are small so 2 each, maybe 1 for kids depending on age)

chicken curry (do the same as last week with the chicken and make soup)

homemade pizza and chilli wedges (using the garlic sausage on your pizza)

beef stew (now i know 64p won't get you much meat but acually i make it with the smallest amount all the time it's more for favor, you just throw onions, carrots, spuds and beef in a pot and cook on slow all day (you can do it in your slowcooker i like mine mussy and you don't get that with a slowcooker) theres bap each left for this.

pork roast, slow roast your pork shoulder in the slowcooker, cut off a few slice each, serve with mixed veg mash and roasties and yorkshires.(you can use half the roast that should 2 thin slices each)

pulled pork, basicially while it's still hot pull your pork apart and soak in abit of the juices (then use the rest to make gravy) serve with rice, peas and sweetcorn

You carry over, flour, yeast, marmalade,chilli,mixed veg,rice, spagetti, herbs and possibly a small amount of peas/sweetcorn/gravy depending on your familys size

quintwins

missmucksmum wrote: »

Does anyone do much baking? I dont but would like to do some cakes for the kids what are good cheap ingredients to get me started? x

value sr flour is a good place to start

chepest option would be

box of value cornflakes 31p
value chocolate 30p

and fool proof we make cornflake buns all the time, i add a handful of value rasins, white chocolate ones are the same price and just as nice.


flour, baking soda, sugar is pretty much all you need other than eggs for a basic cake, if your on a budget this tight you con buy a sponge packet mix.

missmucksmum

Thankyou no not quite on as tight a budget as this but want to cut down and scratch cook, when I do cornflake cakes the chocolate always splits and goes weird! Ive got some baking powder ive never used so have always had good intentions but never knew where to start, I am going to try the cornflake cakes again (fingers crossed) and found a recipe for peanut butter cookies that looks easy and doesnt use flour, im going to use value pb for this. also found a recipe for chocolate brownies made with some crushed weetabix and everyone who tried it on the thread loved it. Im thinking of getting some oats to do flapjacks, would value ones be ok? what else do you need? Having a family good luck party for my husband on saturday the 8th so want to make my own trats for the kids instead of buying stuff, doing jerk pulled pork(done in the slow cooker) baps with corn on the cobs and some salads. Would normally spend loads and do a bbq and buffet aswell but bbqs never seem to go as we want them too (last bbq I went they couldnt get the bbq kicked in till gone 9pm and everyone had gone past it by then) I am hoping to do the food for less than £25 and im going to ask family to bring different salads x

quintwins

missmucksmum wrote: »

Thankyou no not quite on as tight a budget as this but want to cut down and scratch cook, when I do cornflake cakes the chocolate always splits and goes weird! Ive got some baking powder ive never used so have always had good intentions but never knew where to start, I am going to try the cornflake cakes again (fingers crossed) and found a recipe for peanut butter cookies that looks easy and doesnt use flour, im going to use value pb for this. also found a recipe for chocolate brownies made with some crushed weetabix and everyone who tried it on the thread loved it. Im thinking of getting some oats to do flapjacks, would value ones be ok? what else do you need? Having a family good luck party for my husband on saturday the 8th so want to make my own trats for the kids instead of buying stuff, doing jerk pulled pork(done in the slow cooker) baps with corn on the cobs and some salads. Would normally spend loads and do a bbq and buffet aswell but bbqs never seem to go as we want them too (last bbq I went they couldnt get the bbq kicked in till gone 9pm and everyone had gone past it by then) I am hoping to do the food for less than £25 and im going to ask family to bring different salads x

How do you melt your chocolate? i pop a bowl on the top of a pan of hot water, as soon as it starts to boil i turn the hob off, and let me 5 nearly 6 year olds strire it til it's melted, so def no spitting here lol.

Baking wise i tend to stick to cookies, buns and things like cornflake buns, you could try merinages, or mini cheesecakes (just make them inside glasses and remeber you can use value soft cheese)

missmucksmum

over the hob but probably leave it to long if you just waith for te water to boil then stir it till it melts I normally leave it over the hob till nearly all the lumps are gone! x

quintwins

i only turn it off cause the kids want to help, apart from anything else you'll save some elc switching it off early

quintwins

ok week 3

You carry over, flour, yeast, marmalade,chilli,mixed veg,rice, spagetti, herbs and possibly a small amount of peas/sweetcorn/gravy depending on your familys size

shopping list
frozen brocolli 80p
frozen mixed berries £1.39
frozen sausage rolls 88p
pears 82p
apples £1
value frying steak £1.32
value coleslaw 20p
value pork shoulder £2.69
value mince £2.40
chicken thigh £1.50
milk £1
half cucumber 40p
10 bananas £1.22
value soft cheese 50p
value chicken stock 10p
value stuffling 15p
passata 29p
value pasta 30p
valsue sweet and sour 27p
value dried fruit 64p
cornflakes 31p
3 malt loafs 84p
value custard 17p
value spuds 71p
total £19.90

ok trying to ring the changes because if i was eating my last ones i'd be fed up of ham by now.

breakfast, cornflakes and rasins with fruit

lunch, soft cheese and cucumber sandwichs, sausage rolls (these are really nice if you havent tried them before do) with fruit.chicken rice (hold back a few bits of chicken and some stock) with peas and sweetcorn.

dinner

meatloaf with mince and stuffing, serves with mash, brocolli and onion gravy

tom pasta with peas and sweetcorn

sweet and sour chicken

pork casarole using half the joint, with mixed veg, yorkshires, mash and roasties

pork wraps,make tortillas (loads of demo's on youtube) or pittas, fill with pulled pork from the other half of the roast, coleslaw and any lo cucumber(prob won't be any)

mince and taties with veg


fruit is for a pudding/crumble but we've yet to get enough for sugar, you can nibble on it now, and make crumble next week.


Hmmm cosidering i can't afford sugar i hope the person following my plan isn't a tea lover.

quintwins

oh i included custard for with the crumble ect but i was just making the kids up soem custard for pudding and made me relise i was being silly and you should swap thats 17p tin for 3 6p ones that way you could have some now and keep some for next week, it's really thick so if you added enough water one packet would do 4. You could even just have custard on the mixed berries.

Butterfly_Brain

HOISIN EGG NOODLES

Egg Noodles (as much as you want) 58p Aldi Now 49p
hoi-sin and garlic sauce 55p Tesco Aldi 49p
1 green pepper cut into chunks (super six 3 for 69p = 23p
1/2 onion saut!ed 10p
2 chicken leg quarters that have been cooked and diced or shredded 99p

Update on prices
Total for 4 people £2.45 = 61p per portion
Aldi Noodles 49p and hoisin sauce 49p
So it is now £2.20 = 55p per portion :j

threemuttleys

I dont know if anyone has posted this,

Veggie Burgers

1 packet Value Stuffing Mix
1 Tin Value Kidney Beans
1 small handful Value sweetcorn
pinch salt/pepper

Mash kidney beans, Make up stuffing as directed on pack. Mix the beans, stuffing and sweetcorn thoroughly. Pop in fridge to firm up

When ready, shape mix into Burgers (or whatever shape you want) and then dry fry (or griddle) with a little oil.

When nearly cooked, pop into the oven to finish

Serve with Value Pittas, Lettuce, Soured cream and a little sprinkle of cheese