Feed a family of four for £20 a week challenge

boultdj

Butterfly Brain, if you'v got a FarmF**ds near you 2 tins of tuna for £1 at the moment, date's are late 2016, might be worth stocking up with the sound of that yummy recipe of yours.hth

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B/Brain they sound lovely I have c&p into my online cookbook and will try them when I want to use some tuna for a change from my store cupboard.I don't eat buns but with a salad they would make a nice change Cheers

Butterfly_Brain

boultdj, thanks for that

I usually buy Aldi ones for 59p because they are dated to 2020 at the moment, and I always have some in the cupboard, it is surprising what you can do with a tin or two of tuna

Went shopping this morning and only spent £30, I am trying to cut back and using what I already have in at the moment.
It did include two packs of 6 pork chops on special offer at £3.79 each though and they are in the freezer.

Tonight I am making honey and mustard chicken and broccoli bake with new potatoes and peas.

Make a white sauce and add a tbsp of honey or to taste and ½ tbsp of mustard (I prefer grainy mustard, if I have it in, if not I use ordinary) and mix it all together.
poach some chicken thighs or breasts and dice the meat and mix into the sauce with some brocolli florets, fresh or frozen, it doesn't really matter. Top with breadcrumbs and dot with butter and cook until golden about 15 minutes at 170c

Feral_Moon

I made something similar for lunch today but used pasta instead of potatoes.

Fry onion, garlic and sliced mushroom in butter and in the meantime boil pan of water to cook pasta, broccoli and asparagus.
Add diced chicken breast to onion/mushroom mix and brown off.
Add a tablespoon of flour and seasonings (salt, pepper, English mustard) to soak up butter/juices and thicken. Stir in milk to make creamy sauce, adding in the pasta, broccoli and asparagus once cooked.
Adjust seasoning to taste and grate over Parmesan cheese if required.

This was all made by using up fridge leftovers and store cupboard ingredients and provided four good sized portions costing around 75p each.

tessie_bear

hello has anyone got any ideas for recipes using eggs ? i got some from the spa of all places for 5p for half a dozen i got 3 boxes so 18...want to make a cake for ds leaving school so will use some for that and might do egg and chips for tea but wondered if anyone had some ideas...ta tessa

joedenise

tessie_bear wrote: »

hello has anyone got any ideas for recipes using eggs ? i got some from the spa of all places for 5p for half a dozen i got 3 boxes so 18...want to make a cake for ds leaving school so will use some for that and might do egg and chips for tea but wondered if anyone had some ideas...ta tessa

Wow, what a bargain!

There's loads you can do with eggs:

omlettes - various types - plain, cheese, mushroom, ham etc
quiche - either with or without a pastry crust. You can also do the same thing and make them in muffin cases so easy to handle;
egg & chips;
scrambled eggs on toast;
fritatta;
boiled eggs & soldiers;
hard boiled eggs - in salad or sandwiches;
baked eggs - cook some peppers in the oven and after about 40 minutes make "hollows" in the peppers and break an egg in each and cook for about 5 minutes more. You can also do this using chips;
poached eggs on toast;
egg custard;
baked egg custard;
custard tart;
meringues - use the egg yolks in egg custard or scrambled eggs.

Can't think of any others at the moment but probably worth googling as I'm sure there are more ways!

Denise

Wi88le

tessie_bear wrote: »

hello has anyone got any ideas for recipes using eggs ? i got some from the spa of all places for 5p for half a dozen i got 3 boxes so 18...want to make a cake for ds leaving school so will use some for that and might do egg and chips for tea but wondered if anyone had some ideas...ta tessa

Not a recipe as such but eggs can be frozen, need to be seperated/ prepared first but will take being frozen.

tessie_bear

thankyou for that list...very comprehensive and thanks for idea to freeze...will try freezing a couple in some format so i can try it out and see if it is sucessful....dh made a start with a mushroom omelette for his tea and egg and chips for us for tomorrow...will google later and if any ideas appeal will post on here
thanks again

tessie_bear

hello just wanted to share...egg chips and baked beans for tea...
eggs 5p for 6 so 1p per egg
potatoes 25kg for £6 so i weighed a kg of pots and worked out cost per pot...6p
beans 24p a can in aldi (i think)

so per portion 2p eggs...6p potato...12p half tin beans

20p per person for tea....bargain i thought might even get the ketchup out

Upsidedown_Bear

tessie_bear wrote: »

hello just wanted to share...egg chips and baked beans for tea...
eggs 5p for 6 so 1p per egg
potatoes 25kg for £6 so i weighed a kg of pots and worked out cost per pot...6p
beans 24p a can in aldi (i think)

so per portion 2p eggs...6p potato...12p half tin beans

20p per person for tea....bargain i thought might even get the ketchup out

Seriously sounds fab :money: