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OUR FAMILY MEAL PLAN FOR WEEK OF 24/09/18 - £45

Sunday, 23 September 2018
We're still in super frugal mode this week leading up to payday. Hopefully things with our tax credits will be sorted out soon so our meal plans can be slightly more adventurous and varied again.  I'm trying to get our groceries as cheaply as I can this week whilst still having tasty, filling and nutritionally sound meals.

Breakfasts will be porridge with foraged blackberries from the freezer, there's leftover plum and apple compote from last week that we can use too.

Lunches will either be egg and mayo/homemade hummus, with grated carrot and sliced cucumber.  There will be a piece of fruit and baked treat for afters.  Weekend lunches will be Twice Baked Potatoes and End of the Week Frittata.


Snacks will be popcorn, scones, and a cup of soup with a homemade bread roll.  I've made two batches of Tomato Soup and Basic Vegetable Soup and frozen them in portions for after school snacks.

Dinners

Slow Cooker Red Lentil Bolognese, with pasta one night and on baked potatoes later in week


Slow Cooker Hoppin' John with rice and steamed greens


Pearl Barley Risotto (two nights)


Slow Cooker Black Eye Bean Chilli with rice and mixed vegetables

2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp chilli powder (use more or less to taste)
200g black eyed beans
1 bay leaf
2 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp dried oregano
1 Tblsp marmite/vegemite
1 Tblsp tomatoe paste
400g tin chopped tomatoes
500ml water

Put all the ingredients in your slow cooker, stir well to combine.  Cook on low for 8 hours.  We serve ours with a dollop of natural yoghurt or soured cream, cooked rice, and mixed vegetables.

Vegetable Stew with Dumplings

Shopping List

33 items: £45.27

Packets and Cereals
2x     ASDA Smartprice Porridge Oats (1Kg)         £1.50
1x     ASDA Wholewheat Spaghetti (500g)         45p
2x     ASDA Wholemeal Bread Flour (1.5Kg)         £1.38
1x     ASDA Smartprice Plain White Flour (1.5Kg)         45p
1x     ASDA Smartprice Long Grain Rice (1Kg)         45p
1x     TRS Black Eye Beans (500g)         £1.19
1x     ASDA Baking Powder (170g)         69p
1x     ASDA Good and Balanced Chickpeas (500g)         £1.15
1x     ASDA Good and Balanced Pearl Barley (500g)         55p
1x     ASDA Dried Red Lentils (500g)         £1.15

Frozen
2x     ASDA Frozen for Freshness Mixed Vegetables (1Kg)         £1.90

Tins, Jars and Cooking
4x     ASDA Smartprice Chopped Tomatoes in Tomato Juice (400g)         £1.16
1x     ASDA Smartprice Mayonnaise (500g)         41p
1x     ASDA Double Concentrated Tomato Puree (200g)         37p

Dairy and Eggs
3x     ASDA British Whole Milk 6 Pints (3.41L)         £4.44
1x     ASDA Free Range Mixed Weight Eggs (15)         £2.00
1x     ASDA Smartprice Mature White Cheddar (830g)         £3.69

Meat, Fish and Poultry
2x     ASDA Farm Stores Cooking Bacon (500g)         £1.14

Fruit and Vegetables
20     ASDA Grower's Selection Bananas by Weight (200g)         £3.00
2x     ASDA Grower's Selection Carrots (1Kg)         £1.30
3x     ASDA Grower's Selection Whole Cucumber         £1.65
1x     ASDA Grower's Selection Celery         52p
1x     ASDA Grower's Selection Trimmed Leeks (500g)         £1.00
1x     ASDA Grower's Selection Garlic (3)         50p
1x     ASDA Grower's Selection Sweet Potatoes (1Kg)         £1.00
2x     ASDA Grower's Selection Apples (1.2Kg)         £3.30
2x     ASDA Grower's Selection Pears (1.2Kg)         £3.30
1x     ASDA Grower's Selection British Parsnips (500g)         65p
2x     ASDA Grower's Selection Swede         £1.00
1x     ASDA Farm Stores Brown Onions (1Kg)         65p
1x     ASDA Farm Stores White Potatoes (2.5Kg)         £1.30
1x     ASDA Farm Stores White Mushrooms (300g)         68p
1x     ASDA Grower's Selection Cooking Peppers (700g)         £1.35

We purchased our shopping online from Asda, via My Supermarket and the cost of our groceries was £45.27. Had we shopped elsewhere our shopping list would've cost:

£46.51 from Tesco
£52.55 from Sainsburys
£60.45 from Waitrose
£65.85 from Ocado

My lovely blogging buddy Ciara from My Fussy Eater has created a fab Meal Planning Facebook Group so we can inspire each other. She also has a book out which you can order here

And Katykicker has a Meal Planning Linky full of fabulous Meal Planning posts with lots of tasty ideas.

3 comments:

  1. Your meals sound amazing, i find meal planning so important when on a tight budget x

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  2. When i tighten the purse strings I plan to the 'nth degree.Forage the garden, go to the furthest corners of the freezer and dig deep into the pantry. Most of the time those weeks bring out some of the tastiest meals. No recipes, just old fashioned meals and some new style cooking methods mixed together into a week of glorious flavours. Fresh herbs are a winner.

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  3. Another bargain week for you - well done! You're so good at meal planning!

    Thanks for linking up x

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