cheap family recipes
feed a family of 4 for less than £200 a month
Show me the money!
We’re providing a healthy and very low budget meal planner for an average UK family. It costs less than 90p per person per day. We’ve assumed you’d shop at one UK supermarket, (ASDA) for ease. They were the cheapest shop for the ingredients we picked. Lidl and Aldi are great at what they do, but if I’m looking for something just used as an ingredient, uncooked lentils for instance, they’re often not in those shops
The prices were all calculated in September 2010, and recalculated for this relaunch in November 2019. I am delighted that Option 1 is still pricing up at £107, not at all bad after nearly a decade. Option 2 is on its way back, but there’s a lot of work to be done before that is available. The recipes are all broadly there, but I need to cost check the months groceries, and each recipe too. As a particular recipe is completed, it will be loaded, so you’ll gradually see more recipes on the Search pages.
The Celebration plan is not too far off, lots of recipes are already available from that plan
86p a day may not sound like a huge reduction to your spending, so to motivate you, let’s look at it in a different way.
For the average family of 4 in the UK, these meal plans would save you over £4000 a year!
Just think what you could do with all that cash…
Each person in a whole year is only spending £314 on all their food and drink. And it’s darn tasty.
What are you waiting for?
Why Not Try....?
Mayonnaise
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for less than £200 a monthMayonnaiseWhat do I need to make the cheapest mayonnaise ▢ 5 g mustard▢ 325 ml vegetable oil▢ 150 ml milk▢ 1 tbsp vinegar▢ salt & pepper to taste How to make cheap mayonnaise ▢ Put the milk and the...
No Cook Chocolate Truffles
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for less than £200 a monthNo Cook ChocolateTrufflesSticky, fudgy, chocolate truffles - who can resist! They make fabulous gifts at any time of year, shoosh them up by wrapping them in cellophane and tying up with a ribbon. I buy...
Cranberry and Cashew Nut Roast
cheap family recipes feed a family of 4 for less than £200 a monthCranberry and Cashew Nut RoastThis delicious alternative to a Christmas turkey, can be enjoyed all year round and is part of a Christmas week meal plan. What do I need to make cranberry nut roast ▢ 2...
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.