cheap family recipes
feed a family of 4 for less than £200 a month
Celebration Week Meal Plan
This nutrition article should also answer some of your questions about your family’s diet.
I’ve just re-priced this weeks meal plan on 20th November 2022, during very volatile grocery pricing, and I’m very glad to report that it still costs up at just over £1 a day. In fact it is coming in at £1.12 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 shopping you will need for this gorgeous week, except salt and pepper, and any drinks
Shopping List for Celebration Week | Priced in Nov 2022 Needed at the till | Leftover at the end of the week |
---|---|---|
Fruit & Vegetables | ||
330g carrots | 49p for a kg | 670g, 33p |
3 loose garlic bulbs | 65p | |
5kg onions | £3.25 | 160g, 10p |
2.5kg potatoes | £1.25 | |
400g mushrooms. Cheapest is 600g bag frozen | £1.20 | 200g, 40p |
1 lemon | 30p | |
500g mixed dried fruit | £1.10 | |
Dairy & Eggs | ||
410g tin of evaporated milk | 55p | 100ml, 13p |
142ml fresh single cream, pot contains 300ml | £1.20 | 158ml, 63p |
300ml fresh whipping cream | £1.35 | |
500g Brilliantly Buttery | £1.10 | 300g, 66p |
30 cooks value medium eggs | £3.00 | 2, 20p |
Meat, Fish & Poultry | ||
1.3Kg ASDA Boneless Pork Leg or Shoulder (depending on which joint is closest to the stated weight or price) | £3.90 | |
120g smoked salmon trimmings | £1.90 | |
Frozen | ||
1kg frozen smartprice sausages | £1.50 | |
1kg frozen brussels sprouts | £1.25 | |
Tin, Jars & Cooking | ||
1 litre vegetable oil, 240ml leftover | £2.40 | 240ml, 58p |
tin chick peas | 41p | |
smartprice malt vinegar | 29p | 553ml, 28p |
Asda chicken stock cubes | 60p for 12 cubes | 7, 35p |
142g tomato puree, 90g leftover | 60p for 200g | 58g, 17p |
33g mixed spice | 70p | 35p |
2 sachets Easybake yeast | 40p | |
Packets & Cereals | ||
2 x 1.5kg self raising flour | £1.16p | |
1.5 kg strong white bread flour | £1.05p | |
1kg sugar | £1.00 | 60g, 6p |
1kg value spaghetti, 100g leftover | 56p | 100g, 6p |
Snacks & Sweets | ||
5 x 100g plain chocolate | £1.65 | |
Drinks | ||
1 litre value apple juice | 75p | |
Total | £35.56 | £4.30 |
Total of food eaten | £31.26 |
Your Christmas Day timing guide
This guide is created assuming you have a standard 55-60cm freestanding oven with 2 shelves and the bottom of the oven usable for baking. If you have a smaller/integrated oven, or one with fewer shelves, you may wish to consider using a slow-cooker, microwave or Remoska, or cooking in advance to help you prepare this larger celebratory meal.
Why Not Try....?
Vegetable Soup
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthVegetable SoupThis simple and delicious soup uses up all kinds of vegetable this and that. Add anything else that needs using too, soup is a great way to help love your leftovers Why Not...
Tomatoey Scones
cheap family recipesfeed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthTomatoey Scones Why Not Try....?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...
Tomato Houmous on Toast
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for (just over) £100 a monthTomato Houmous on ToastIf you've got a batch of caramelised onion hummus already made, you just need to stir in some tomato puree, make some toast, and serve Why Not...
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.