Happy Monday! The last week has been lovely; we’ve been at my parents house for a break so that why there wasn’t a post last Monday, as I haven’t had to do the cooking for the previous week 🙂 so back today with one instead.  This just goes through what we’re eating this week so keep our food spends under budget. I have definitely honed my skills in this area for a long time now – and have even written a course about it here – so we have very little food waste and our meal plans are cheap and tasty!
Not much planned this week apart from the fact that I am now on holiday – yay! I do think this might have an impact on our food budget, as we are at home for all meals. It shouldn’t in theory; we can eat the same as we would do at work but having access to the kitchen means I can be slightly more varied. It’s Alfie’s birthday this week so we’ll be out for the day then but planning for a picnic I think.
This week’s meal plan looks like this:
Monday – sausages, mash and gravy
Tuesday – minute steaks with feta salad
Wednesday – pesto pasta
Thursday – smoked salmon tagliatelle
Friday – salmon special fried rice
Saturday – pizza
I do our food shop on a Sunday so I haven’t thought about what we’ll have next weekend! But I’m looking forward to the meals this week. Both boys will eat the same as us all week as well which helps. I love it when we can all eat the same meals together 
 plus it makes it a lot easier as I only have to think about one meal rather than different things. Keeps the cost down too 
 the only thing they won’t eat is the steak and salad meal; they’ll be having chicken nuggets and curly fries for their tea for that one.
For my lunches this week I haven’t really got any plans; probably just a sandwich or cheese on toast. The boys usually have a sandwich of some description with fruit and yogurt for afters.  Breakfast in our house is just cereal; either wheetabix or shreddies with banana. Goes down well with everyone and fairly healthy + cheap!
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- Healthy Eating On A Budget
- 3 Healthy Breakfast Recipes On A Budget
- 3 Healthy Lunch Recipes On A Budget
Part of our planning and budget for food means that some items are used from our stockpile every week. This is so the food we already have in the cupboards is used regularly and rotated so nothing goes to waste, but it’s also a good habit to get in to so that if we cannot get to the shops for whatever reason, I can make meals from what we already have in the cupboards. Using a combination of fresh and frozen food really keeps our grocery budget down. The salmon, smoked salmon and steaks are all from the freezer this week 🙂
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What are you eating this week? Trying anything new? I’d love to hear from you in the comments!Â
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