How much do you spend on the food shop?

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And can you show me your meal plans?

I feel like we’re stuck in a rut of the same meals every week.

Would love some ideas of family friendly meals.

We spend roughly £70 a week and we have set meals
Nando's chicken and spicy rice
Shepherds pie and veg
Chilli con carne with nachos and rice
Hunters chicken and chips
Sausage, chips and beans (DH favourite)
Peppered Steak chips, onion rings and coleslaw

Friday night is take away night.

DH really fussy and DC will always eat chips, rice or mash so this is how glamorous it gets.

I work 3 days a week but do 13 hour days and on those days we have shepherds pie, chilli con carne...both done in slow cooker so it's ready for when I get home at 9pm or Nando's chicken purely because you put it in a bag and stick it in the oven and that's about as much cooking as my DH can do. The rice we buy tilda pouches, tasty and takes 2 mins in microwave.

Not a healthy menu but it works for us.

£70 is including the usual toiletries and cleaning products. If we did a purely good shop usually costs £50 and that's at Aldi

Probably €100 ish per week

These past few days we have had
Stir fried chinese style rice and vegetables with prawns
Lentil casserole
Black bean burgers, in buns, sweet potato fries.
Roast dinner - chicken, potatoes and vegetables x3
Homemade pizza and salad

£600 a month FFS. But that includes cleaning stuff, alcohol, toiletries.

This week:

Chicken supreme (chicken and bacon in cream sauce) with ... not sure actually
Pork mince satay and noodles with rice
Meatballs and tomato sauce with spaghetti
Baked chicken tray bake thighs, plane for fussy one and with olives, chickpeas, peppers, tomato etc for non fussy, with wedges
Sausage something
Home made turkey burgers and chips

About £90 a week. This week’s meals are;

Chicken and spicy beans in slow cooker with couscous.

Pasta carbonara.

Pork steaks in a spicy tomato sauce with rice.

Prawn and noodle stir fry.

Coriander chilli chicken breasts with chips and salad.

My shopping is all over the place so posting for ideas. I think we migt need a rota like the one above.

I spend about 150 euro a week
My kids eat most things.

This week is Duck stirfry
Prawn linguine
Steak with baked spuds and salad
the other 2 days i will be a takeaway and havent decide what the other one will be.

I do it like this cause it saves me the hassle of thinking of dinners.
I write my list on a friday for my dinners the next week

Plus it means the kids cant come in and moan about it.Its written down,so they know what we are having.Usually works well.

2 adults and a toddler. Shop at lidl. £50/60
Ideas of what meals we have are:
Cottage pie
Meat, veg and gravy with either mash or roast potato
Egg fried rice with sweet n sour chicken or smoked bbq pork
Bangers and mash with onion gravy
Burgers and salad
Garlic/hot and spicy chicken Drumsticks/thighs with chips and salad
Pasta dishes
Salt and pepper chicken wings
Noodle stir fry, sweet Chilli sauce with either chicken/pork/prawns
Fish with veg and parsley sauce
Fish pie
Curry either korma or thia

Also do a shop in Iceland every 4/5 weeks for frozen veg and fruits. Sometimes meat too that's around £40.

£90 p/w which includes everything, loo rolls, cleaning products and toiletries. I used to budget £75 p/w so i'm always going over budget.

Meals are more or less the same each week but on varying nights. So ..

Chili con carne from a batch made in advance and defrosted out of the freezer

Salmon and jacket potatoes, new potatoes or oven chips

Chicken stir fry with noodles or bas rice

Prawn spaghetti (Jamie Italian recipe.. can't remember the posh name for it!)

And maybe a bolognese or a fish pie (Mary Berry recipe)

Sausages and mash

Usually fish and chips from the freezer on Fridays

We rarely have take-out as we can't afford it

Between £60-70 a week, including cleaning products, toiletries and DH packed lunch stuff.

This week our meals are:
Pizza and salad.
Fish pieces, veg and homemade potato wedges.
Baked potatoes with beans and cheese.
Thai green prawn curry.
Baked salmon with lemon and garlic.
Kedgeree.
Roast chicken.

£76 this week including a £10 bottle of rum.
2 adults, 1 15yo and a 10yo. I'm the only veggie so I usually cook two meals

Monday - chicken fajitas/spicy bean fajitas
Tuesday - pasta in tomato and basil sauce with turkey meatballs/green meat free balls
Wednesday - minced beef pie, mash and peas/ Linda McCartney country pie
Thursday - all day breakfast (kids favourite!)/ mushroom omelette
Friday - fish and chips

2 adults, generally shop in Lidl, £20-30 a week.
Mostly buy frozen veg as keeps costs down and less waste

Chicken with salad and rice
Spag Bol
Veggie stir fry
Diet Coke chicken (Amazing!)
Big Mac in a bowl (also amazing and huge favourite in our house so having once weekly at the mo)
Honey chilli chicken with pasta

@GrapefruitGin recipe for Big Mac in a bowl please.

My shopping is between £150-£230 a week, this includes toiletries and cleaning things, we usually eat out on a weekend. It depends on how many there are in your family.

£200ish a week give or take £50 depending on if we have people round or if any of us are out for dinner. This includes breakfasts and lunches which aren’t listed below. This doesn’t include alcohol!!!
This weeks meal plan looks roughly like this:
Sunday: beef brisket with mash, kale and broccoli
Monday: chicken curry, rice and breads
Tuesday: prawn stir fry
Wednesday: lamb kebabs with some kind of yoghurt dip, sautéed potatoes, slaw, pittas
Thursday: falafel in wraps with salad, halloumi and wedges
Friday: steak or sausages for those who want them.
Saturday: seafood of some sort.

£60-70 per week from Aldi or Lidl. Includes breakfasts, lunch and dinners, cleaning products and nappies/wipes for 2 adults, toddler and baby.

Often an extra £10-15 on a Friday on takeaway or m&s meal deal.

Toiletries etc separate budget from amazon.

Frequent meals:
Chicken traybake
Slow cooker casserole (beef, pork or chicken)
Stir fry with noodles
Chicken shawarma
Fish pie
Spam Bol
Veg chilli
Creamy mustard pork
Veg lasagne
Sausage pasta
Frozen fish and chips
Chicken curry
Roast dinner
Chicken/beef pie from leftover roast

@Potnoodledoo fry mince beef with paprika, garlic, onion granules and lots of s&p until brown, add grated cheese to pan so it melts onto the mince. Serve with lettuce, sliced toms, onions, gherkins and thousand island sauce!

£360 a month for 2 adults and a very greedy cat. This includes packed lunch things and cleaning products. Alcohol is bought separately. We have things like:
Chilli made with turkey mince
Mixed bean chilli
Chicken fajitas
Pan fried salmon with paprika potatoes, green beans and parsley sauce
Beef mince dhansak
Enchilladas
Chicken burgers

This week is

Cottage pie
Vegetable curry
Chicken Nando’s style with rice and salad
Chicken Caesar salad
Turkey mince Mexican boats with guacamole and nachos

Main shopping done at Aldi.

About £70-£80 pw. Aldi. Family of 4 including 2 teen girls. I cook mostly from scratch and we all take packed lunches.
Meals include: vegetarian curry, lentil bolognaise, chilli
Mediterranean style fish stew(frozen fish)
Risotto with bacon and or chicken
Sausages, jacket spud, cauliflower cheese(Aldi’s frozen is delicious) , pizza with salad...

Oven baked salmon with Asian noodles and veg tonight.

2 adults, a toddler and a 10 month old who eats what we eat.
We're roughly £70-£80
We don't meal plan but dinners we tend to have
Quesadillas
Meatballs or Bolognese
Home made pizza
Burgers
Creamy garlic chicken with noodles
Steaks
Sausage & bean casserole
Chicken kebabs

Cant think of anymore of the top of my head.
I'd highly recommend Pinch of Nom website & cook book!

Shopping is about £130 a week includes cleaning stuff, pet food and toiletries. Household is currently 6 adults (from dh down to dd2 who is 15). Dog, cat, guinea pigs. We buy wine when we need it as otherwise it disappears too quickly!!

Typical dishes we eat include :

Chicken pie
Cottage pie
Chicken & broccoli bake
Fajitas
Tacos
Salmon/chicken with baby potatoes and veg
Bolognaise
Lasagne/veggie lasagne
Pasta with bacon & veg (aka "red pasta)
Pasta with ham & mushrooms (aka "white pasta")
Nando's chicken skewers
Chicken & creamy leeks (SlimmingWorld recipe that everyone likes!)
Sausages
Stir fry
Build-your-own burgers
Steak (treat!) with wedges and asparagus/salad

Usually have a roast (gammon or chicken or sometimes posh sausages in red wine) on a Sunday.

Includes lunch stuff for dd1 & 2 and dd1's boyfriend is usually in at lunchtime depending on his shifts. And me! Usually cook enough for dh to take leftovers for lunch/dinner depending on his shifts.

Off to make chicken pie for tea now!

2 adults and 2 young children. We used to spend around £70 but that’s more like £100 now I’ve switched from Aldi to Sainsbury. Sadly there isn’t an Aldi near us anymore.

Home made pizza
Wraps with chicken/peppers etc
Paella
Shepherds pie
Pesto pasta (with home made pesto - worth the effort)
Spanish chicken tray bake
Lentil daal
Butternut squash curry
Bean chilli
Pork chops and roasted veg
Salmon/chorizo/bacon pasta

Meals this week will be so far:
Jacket pots with beans and cheese
Mushroom chilli from freezer
Veg sausage and lentil stew from freezer
Veg risotto - lemon, peas, beans and broad bean
Hm pizza
Chickpea curry with rice
Total shop = nothing as yet. Using up bits in fridge from last week, everything else from freezer or cupboards. Will prob pop to aldi for some salad/fruit so maybe £5 if I only buy what I need. Dont need toiletries or cleaning stuff this week.

€100 a week, but that includes household items like loo roll, cleaning stuff etc.

Regular meals include:

Paella
Fish pie, peas
Shepherd's pie, baked beans or peas
Irish stew with dumplings
Goulash, sour cream
Chilli
Lamb or chicken curry, rice
Moussaka
Roasts on Sundays
Whole tandoori chicken, rice, salad
Pasta bolognese or carbonara
Home made pizzas (pepperoni, peppers, tomato sauce, grated cheese)
Burgers in buns (lettuce, cheese, raw onion, relish)
Pork belly slices in Chinese glaze, broccoli, mushrooms, rice or noodles
Keema curry with peas and rice
Toad in the hole, onion gravy
Minestrone soup and garlic bread
Chicken and mushroom risotto