Happy Monday! Although, how is it Monday again so soon!?I hope you have a good week 
How is it looking so far? As far as I can see, there’s nothing particularly important going on this week for us; a nice normal week of the usual routine. That should mean a low spending week! I am going out with my Mum on Tuesday to see Mama Mia the Musical – I got tickets as a Christmas present from Mr FC – which I’m looking forward to. It means that Tuesday will be a spend day but apart from that it should be quiet.
Monday means another meal plan post which just goes through what we are 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 I spent just under £50 this week for a family of four. I got a couple of extra things, like Quorn mince, for the freezer too as I’m trying to have more things on stand by.
This week’s meal plan looks like this:
Monday – chicken casserole
Tuesday – shepherds pie
Wednesday – pesto pasta with garlic mushrooms
Thursday – chickpea and courgette curry with rice
Friday – pancakes!
Saturday – pizza and salad
I do our food shop on a Sunday so I haven’t thought about what we will eat on Sunday. 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. The pancakes are a requested meal curtesy of our four year old. We’ll have this with lemon juice and sugar, ir golden syrup. A bit of a treat tea on a Friday! What’s your favourite pancake topping?
For my lunches this week there are two options. When I’m at work I’m going to take soup, some crisps and some fruit. At home it’ll be a sandwich or cheese on toast, as the norm. Alfie will have school dinners and Charlie usually has 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! I have finally found my favourite Crunchy Bran back in the supermarket – it’s been unavailable for months! Happy about that 🙂 it’s the little things 😉
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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. I’m using quite a few things from the freezer this week, which also keeps costs down. The pancake tea on Friday is also using things just from our store cupboards. A nice cheap and easy meal 🙂 I’ll add some chopped fruit as a side to that one.
Using a combination of fresh and frozen food really keeps our grocery budget down. I do need to build up our stockpile a bit more though; slowly but surely. I like having things to hand and I don’t like having empty cupboards. Rice and pasta are staples in our stockpile, plus some of the other tinned ingredients are things I had in as well. Looking forward to our meals 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!
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Really enjoy your blog.some very useful tips..May I give you a tip one massive saving that I have found is the eco laundry egg..I have not bought washing powder for approx three months now..and its easier than carrying washing powder packets around and is kind to the planet too..