By Kirsty Wallace
Here is a plan for a family of 4 for Christmas week, a bit more than £1 a day as I’ve included a full roast dinner with beautiful stuffing, and a few treats for the kids, everything from Tesco at current prices, a total cost £34.22.
Shopping list
1.2kg Satsumas £1.58 Clubcard price
2kg potatoes 95p
4 x garlic 79p
White cabbage 61p
1kg onions 55p
1.5kg carrots 58p
500g bacon 85p
Large chicken £3.75 Clubcard price
125g ham 86p
300g Ginger nuts 49p
300g Choc Digestives 55p
12 iced fairy cakes 99p
1kg long grain Rice 48p
Sweet and sour sauce 66p
Tin tomatoes 28p
450ml mayo 85p
Chicken gravy granules 80p
1kg frozen sprouts £1.30
20 sausages £1.36
900g peas 55p
Pickle £1.00
Hot chocolate £1.12
70g Chocolate coins 59p
3 x Wholemeal loaves £1.17
500g Spaghetti 28p
Stuffing mix 55p
500g Pearl barley 65p
12 pints milk £2.35
400g cheddar £2.69
Margarine 99p
1kg porridge 70p
Breakfast
Porridge with milk
Cheese/ham and pickle sandwiches
Coleslaw
Half white cabbage
300g carrot
50g onion
Enough mayo to bind
Dinners
Roast chicken dinnerChicken,500g roast potatoes using fat spooned away from chicken, 1/4 cabbage, 300g carrots, 200g peas, 300g sprouts and 30g bacon, stuffing made with sausage meat from 2 sausages, 50g bacon and 100g onion, gravy
Hearty chicken stew x 2
300g Onions
400g Carrots
Leftover chicken
100g bacon
200g Pearl barley
1kg potatoes
200g Peas
Gravy granules
Stock made from the chicken carcass
Bacon pasta
150g bacon
200g Onions
Garlic
Tinned tomatoes
500g Spaghetti
Sausages with bubble and squeak
8 sausages
500g potatoes
100g onions
1/4 cabbage
200g sprouts
300g carrots
200g peas
Gravy
Sweet and sour sausages
8 Sausages
100g Onion
200g peas
Sweet and sour sauce
280g Rice
Christmas Hash
2 sausages
170g bacon
280g Rice
150g onion
200g sprouts
200g carrot
100g peas
Garlic
Gravy granules
Supper
Hot chocolate
Biscuits
Fairy cakes
Chocolate coins
Satsumas
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