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Budget food plan. What are we eating this week?

6th April 2019 by shoestringjane@outlook.com 11 Comments

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Meal planning is really important if you want to save money on your groceries. We focus on healthy and filling budget food here at Shoestring Cottage. I mainly shop at Aldi and Lidl, but will also pop into Asda and Tesco to check out their offers. They also have a better selection of vegetarian food for when I don’t have time or am too tired to cook.

My budget food meal plan often gets changed about a bit, but we basically stick to it. I find it saves time as well as money. Anyway, without further ado here is this week’s budget food plan.

This week’s budget food plan

Saturday

We are off out for a birthday treat! Because we live in a military town, there are two restaurants run by Gurkhas. We have been to one of them a number of times and the food is delicious. Tonight we are trying the second one. It is amazing value at around £15 a head.

Sunday

For the meat eaters, a giant pig in blanket left over from Christmas. I had to wait until there were enough people about to make it worth defrosting! I will have a nut cutlet and will serve both with roast potatoes, vegetables and  Yorkshire puddings.

Monday

Cheesy mushroom and lentil cottage pie with vegetables. Only I am in for dinner, but I will make the whole amount and eat it later in the week as well.

Tuesday

The tuna plait went down well the other week, so I am making it again. We will have this with salad and home made fries from the air fryer. I haven’t used this for a while and it makes really good, low fat chips.

Wednesday

Cottage pie made with minced beef for the meat eaters. I will have some more of the vegetarian version. Lots of veg and gravy with this.

Thursday

Brown rice and Mediterranean vegetables. This will make sure the rest of the mushrooms get used up and there is a pepper in the fridge as well. Mr S can have a bit of chicken with his if he fancies it but I shall have it as it is.

Friday

Lazy Friday cheese omelettes and jacket potatoes with coleslaw. We always have something quick and easy to end the week

Desserts and snacks

You need to plan in a few treats to a budget food meal plan. We have a lot of bananas, so I want to find time tomorrow to make some banana muffins for snacks throughout the week. Greek yogurt with honey is another favourite dessert. If we still have leftover bananas we can eat these with custard. Yum!

So this is out budget food plan for the week. What are you eating?

As usual, I am linking up with Katy Kicker. If you want more ideas on meal planning and saving money, take a look at her blog.

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  1. Chrissie says

    6th April 2019 at 17:09

    Tonight we are trying Jack Monroe’s chickpea and peach curry, rest of the week,veggie meatballs and spaghetti ( meatballs made by defrosting LM’s veggie sausages and making them into balls ) with garlic bread, home made veggie pasties, veggie and bean casserole with cobbler ,crispy, tofu stir fry and rice and veggie all day breakfast. We have invested in an Instant Pot so I am looking forward to playing with my new toy, Treats are sultana and banana buns, vegan mini magnum type ice creams, yoghurts and for me dark choc and mint rice cakes, addicted. Enjoy your meal out, it’s always more enjoyable when yo don’t do it very often!

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    • shoestringjane@outlook.com says

      6th April 2019 at 17:30

      Sounds nice apart from the first one. Not a fan of sweet and savoury together!

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      • Julia says

        7th April 2019 at 10:46

        Me neither, so I just leave the fruity ingredients out! 😀

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        • Chrissie says

          7th April 2019 at 14:47

          This was the first time I made this and we both thought it was yummy but him indoors found it a little too spicy, might be good with mushrooms instead of peaches !

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  2. Sarah - Mud, Cakes and Wine says

    6th April 2019 at 18:14

    Wow love your weeks food. the cheesy lentil cottage pie is a dish we would love. Have a great night out too

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  3. Sam says

    6th April 2019 at 21:10

    Today we had courgette and carrot laksa – a recipe from the new book by Rupy Aujla – Eat to Beat Illness. After making the curry paste it’s basically add this to a tin of coconut milk and then add noodles and vegetables. Usually we eat a lot of curry as you can curry almost anything. At this time of year we use a lot of cabbage, carrots and cauliflower. We also eat dal, mainly chana dal. Cheap, easy to make and good for you. I try to menu plan and am getting better at it, but there’s still room for improvement.

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  4. Julia says

    7th April 2019 at 11:00

    Started my summer menu on the 1st April (ha! I live in hope!) so this week is:

    Sunday: Roast Summer Veg & Chickpea stew (will probably through in some cooked chicken for the carnivores) & Tiger Bread

    Monday: Chow Mein (again with some chicken for them, halloumi for me) & egg fried rice

    Tuesday: Gnocchi with Lemon & Chive Pesto with side salad

    Wednesday: Breaded fish, oven chips & peas

    Thursday: It’s my youngest’s 18th birthday so we’re off to the local Harvester, en masse! 😮

    Friday: Hopefully everyone will have saved half their Harvester meal for dinner today! If not they can sort themselves out!

    Saturday: Jack Munroe’s Sausage casserole! Their idea to rinse the sauce off baked beans for recipes is inspired, and this is a firm favourite and has survived from the winter menu!!

    Of course none of the days are set in stone and are likely to be switched around, but that;s the rough plan!

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    • shoestringjane@outlook.com says

      7th April 2019 at 12:10

      I have been doing that for years! Buying value beans and rinsing off the sauce

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  5. Katy Stevens says

    8th April 2019 at 08:21

    Sounds like a frugal but delicious week! We always love planning in a few treats too!

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  6. Paula @ Mummy Vs Work says

    8th April 2019 at 10:56

    Sounds lovely, I need to get a little more organised especially with the snack selection!

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  7. Kim says

    8th April 2019 at 19:29

    I love the sound of the giant pig in blanket. What a treat!
    All of your meals sound fantastic. I might have to try the tuna plait. It sounds like something my girls would love.

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