cheap family recipes
feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a month
Celebration Week Meal Plan
This nutrition article should also answer some of your questions about your family’s diet.
Very glad that this plan still costs up at just a smidgeon over £1 a day. In fact it is coming in at £1.04 per person, per day! Lots of yummy things to eat, with more treats than usual, and still within a teeny tiny budget
There are a couple of bits and pieces not used up completely in this weeks meal plan. Either save them for next week, or use them wherever you want during the week. There is 300g of Buttery for example, so would be nice on toast as a filler if you need it
All the main recipes are now done and repriced. There are several more to do yet for the alternative options
| Celebration Week Meal Plan | |
|---|---|
December 23rd Breakfast  | waffles and cinnamon syrup |
Lunch | french onion soup |
Dinner  | toad in the hole chocolate brownies |
December 24th - Christmas Eve Breakfast | fruity pancakes |
Lunch | tomato houmous |
Dinner  | smoked salmon pasta chocolate yule log |
December 25th - Christmas Day Breakfast | eggy bread and sausage |
Lunch   | mushroom soup roast pork lunch steamed fruit pudding |
| Tea | french onion soup |
| December 26th - Boxing Day Breakfast | waffles and cinnamon syrup |
| Lunch | tomato houmous on toast |
Dinner  | vegetable spanish omelette onion rings chocolate brownies |
| December 27th Breakfast | fruity pancakes |
Lunch  | egg mayonnaise sandwich mayonnaise recipe |
Dinner | spaghetti aglio e pepperoncino Yule log |
| December 28th Breakfast | waffles and cinnamon syrup |
Lunch  | caramelised onion houmous on toast |
Dinner | tortillas stuffed with pork in a mushroom sauce chocolate brownies |
| December 29th Breakfast | fruity pancakes |
| Lunch | french onion soup |
Dinner | sausage and potato salad |
| Shopping List for Celebration Week | 2019 Needed at the till |
|---|---|
| Fruit & Vegetables | |
| 330g carrots | 50p for a kg |
| 3 loose garlic bulbs | 50p |
| 5kg onions | £3 |
| 2.5kg potatoes | £1 |
| 400g mushrooms. Cheapest is 600g bag frozen | 99p |
| 500g mixed dried fruit | £1.06 |
| Dairy & Eggs | |
| 410g tin of evaporated milk. 100ml leftover | 64p |
| 142ml fresh single cream | 65p |
| 300ml fresh whipping cream | £1.07 |
| 500g Brilliantly Buttery, 300g leftover | 84p |
| 30 cooks value medium eggs | £3.25 |
| Meat, Fish & Poultry | |
| 1.3Kg ASDA Boneless Pork Leg or Shoulder (depending on which joint is closest to the stated weight or price) | £4.16 |
| 120g smoked salmon trimmings | £1.65 |
| Frozen | |
| 1kg frozen smartprice sausages | 91p |
| 1kg frozen brussels sprouts | 99p |
| Tin, Jars & Cooking | |
| 1 litre vegetable oil, 240ml leftover | £1.09 |
| tin chick peas | 33p |
| smartprice malt vinegar | 21p |
| stock cubes | 39p for 12 cubes |
| 142g tomato puree, 90g leftover | 34p for 200g |
| 33g mixed spice | 84p |
| 2 sachets Easybake yeast | 28p |
| Packets & Cereals | |
| 2 x 1.5kg self raising flour | 90p |
| 1.5 kg strong white bread flour | 64p |
| 1kg sugar | 65p |
| 1kg value spaghetti, 100g leftover | 40p |
| Snacks & Sweets | |
| 5 x 100g plain chocolate | £1.25 |
| Drinks | |
| 1 litre value apple juice | 55p |
| Total | £29.08 |
| Alternative ideas for your Christmas week | |
|---|---|
 | cranberry and cashew nut roast |
 | roast chicken and all the trimmings |
 | tomato & basil soup |
 | creamy parsnip soup |
 | chocolate nut cheesecake |
 | lemon cheesecake |
 | truffles |
Why Not Try....?
Tomato Relish
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthTomato RelishIf you are following the vegan monthly meal plan, this tangy homemade tomato relish is used as a condiment whenever you would like to use it. There is no particular use specified in the...
Chocolate Truffles
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthRich and fudgy TrufflesSticky, fudgy, chocolate truffles - who can resist. They make fabulous gifts at any time of year, shoosh them up by wrapping the in cellophane and tying up with a ribbon. I buy...
Porridge (meal plan 2)
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthPorridge - Meal Plan 2Raisins are used as they are a purple portion, the hardest one to get. If you don't have them, use any other dried fruit - sultanas, home dried foraged apples or plums for...
Take care of your family and your budget
Before putting together our meal planners we surveyed over 600 people to ask when faced with a tighter budget, which things they would struggle to give up.