Menu Created By Kirsty Wallace

Hiya, here’s a meal plan for a week for 4 people, from Tesco coming in at £32.29.

One upside to the change of the season (and I can really feel it this morning!) is that I feel like porridge and soup are back on the menu

Also, I’ve realised I am repeating a few recipes within the plans, so will try to come up with some other things, but honestly bacon and tomato pasta, and split pea and veg curry are both so tasty that my mind keeps coming up with the same ideas

3 x tins tomatoes £1.05

Red cabbage 80p

1kg sweet potatoes £1.09

Cauliflower 95p

375g Broccoli 72p

900g peas 78p

1.5kg carrots 65p

4 x garlic 95p

1kg onions 95p

Whole Pineapple 95p

10 x apple £1.78

600g clementines £1.00

2kg chicken thighs £4.50

500g yellow split peas £1.00

500g bacon 90p

20 sausages £1.50

500g spaghetti 28p

1kg rice 52p

2.5kg potatoes £1.25

3 x loaves bread £1.35

1kg porridge oats 90p

Curry powder £1.30

Sage and onion stuffing 49p

Gravy granules 50p

1l oil £1.85

500g margerine 99p

Jam 39p

Honey 75p

6 pints milk £2.15

Breakfasts

(all served with fresh cut fruit salad using 9 apples, all clementines and pineapple)

4 x Porridge made with milk and dollop of jam or honey

640g oats

3.2l milk

Jam/honey

3 x 2 rounds of toast with margerine and jam/honey

24 slices bread

Margerine

Jam/honey

Lunches

3 x lentil and bacon soup with 2 toast

200g onions

300g carrots

Oil

Garlic

320g split peas

250g bacon

300g peas

Gravy granules

24 slices bread

Margerine

2 x Bubble and squeak with bacon bits

Oil

Garlic

150g onions

1/2 red cabbage

800g potatoes

100g bacon

2 x Spicy Sausage and vegetable soup with toast

Oil

Garlic

Curry powder

100g onions

200g sweet potatoes

300g peas

250g carrots

100g potatoes

4 sausages

16 slices bread

Margerine

Dinners

Roast chicken with stuffing, roast potatoes, peas, carrots, braised red cabbage with apples, and gravy

660g chicken thighs

Oil

800g potatoes

1/2 pack stuffing

200g peas

200g carrots

1/4 red cabbage

1/2 apple

Gravy granules

Bacon and tomato spaghetti

Oil

Garlic

150g bacon

150g onion

150g carrots

1 tin tomatoes

500g spaghetti

Cauliflower, split pea and sweet potato curry with rice

Oil

Garlic

150g onions

1/2 Cauliflower

400g sweet potatoes

180g split peas

Tin tomatoes

Curry powder

250g rice

Sausage and mash with stuffing, braised red cabbage with apples, broccoli and gravy

8 sausages

800g potatoes

1/2 pack stuffing

1/4 red cabbage

1/2 apple

1/2 broccoli

Gravy granules

Honey and garlic sausage and sweet potato tray bake, with fried rice and peas

Oil

Garlic

Honey

100g onions

8 sausages

400g sweet potatoes

200g peas

250g rice

Chicken curry with rice

Oil

Garlic

150g onions

660g chicken thighs

200g carrots

Curry powder

Tin tomatoes

250g rice

Garlic chicken with honey roasted carrots, cauliflower, broccoli and rice

Oil

Garlic

660g chicken

Honey

400g carrots

1/2 cauliflower

1/2 brocoli

250g rice

*** Suggestion*** To save money, look for “cooking bacon”. Also known as bacon trimmings or offcuts. These can be found in many stores. I get mine in Sainsburys 500g for £1. Have a look through the packs. Some will be scrapppy, others nice slices, some like gammon chunks. Pat