Meal Plan – October 2022 – Family of Four

by Samantha Howarth

With prices going up every day I have created a new list to try and help…

This menu is based on Tesco and is £29.90 for breakfasts, lunch, dinner, and snacks for 2 adults and 2 children for 7 days…..

This can be used as a base for those that can afford to add to it and if you can’t at least everyone will have food in their bellies

Breakfast

3 days toast with butter/jam

3 days

Porridge with jam/banana

(Half milk/half water)

1-day bacon sandwiches

(Half cooking bacon and 8 slices of bread)

Lunch:

1-day chip sandwiches

1 day Scrambled egg on toast

(4 Eggs and 6 slices of bread)

5 days pack lunches for adults and children

5 days sandwiches with cheese/3 eggs/ham/mayo

With:

Yogurts for children

cucumber and carrot sticks

Sunday:

Chicken roast dinner, Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, cabbage, carrots, peas, and gravy

(6 chicken drumsticks, 12 Yorkshire puddings, 3 potatoes, 3 carrots, half cabbage, gravy)

Monday:

Chicken and sweetcorn quesadilla with salad

(Shredded 4 chicken drumsticks, wraps, tin kidney beans, half tin sweetcorn, cheese, half lettuce, quarter cucumber, onion)

Tuesday:

Mince and onion pie with mash, cabbage, peas, and gravy

( shortcrust pastry, 1 third of mince, onion, carrot, 3 potatoes, 2 carrots, half cabbage, peas, gravy)

Wednesday:

Bolognese with pasta and garlic bread

(Mince, 2 carrots, full bag pasta, onion, tinned tomatoes, tomato purée, garlic bread

Thursday:

Jacket potato, cheese, beans, and salad

(4 potatoes, cheese, tin of beans, half lettuce, quarter cucumber, onion, half red pepper)

Friday

Bacon and Cheese Omelette, chips, peas, and sweetcorn

(8 eggs, half cooking bacon, onion, cheese, half bag of fries, peas, half tin sweetcorn)

Saturday

Pitta pizzas with chips and peas

(Pitta bread, tomato purée, cheese, and half bag fries, peas)

Snacks/drinks:

Squash

Plums

2 yogurts (left over from lunch)

Biscuits

Shopping list

900-1.2kg Chicken drumsticks £2.36

Mince £1.79

Cooking bacon 85p

500g grated cheese £2.50

12 slices Ham 86p

15 Eggs: £1.49

4 pints Milk £1.55

Spread/butter 95p

2.5kg Potato: £1.05

Cabbage 61p

1kg Carrots: 45p

Sweetcorn: 45p

Beans: 40p

Tin tomatos 28p

Kidney beans 33p

Tomato purée: 35p

Lettuce 58p

Red pepper 48p

Cucumber 69p

1kg onion 50p

Shortcrust Pastry: £1.25

Pasta: 35p

Gravy 32p

Light Mayo 44p

Garlic bread: 32p

Pitta bread: 55p

Garden peas 55p

Yorkshire puddings 50p

1.5kg Chips £1.09

3 loaves of Bread £1.14

8 Wraps 85p

Jam 40p

1kg Porridge 70p

12 Yogurts: 73p

Double strength Squash: 45p

5 Banana 70p

Plums 49p

Digestives 45p