How much is your evening meal costing tonight, per person?

[JuneOsborne]

We're having filled pasta.

Pasta £2.50
Spinach £1
Pesto£1
Peas 50p
Tomatoes 50p
Garlic bread £1
Handful of grated cheese, 50p

£7 ÷ 4 = £1.75 pp. There may be a portion leftover for a lunch for one of the kids....

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Homemade steak and mushroom pie.

Meat, about 1kg, was 18 pounds
Puff pastry - shop bought, 5 pounds
Onions, mushrooms, seasoning about 4 pounds

Potato’s. 2 pounds
Carrots. One pound
Green beans 2 pounds

Total 32 pounds

Probably about 6 helpings at 5 pounds each give or take.

About 80p per bowl. Making a huge vat of chicken soup. Illness in the house. My soup is called Chicken Potion and it's always requested when people are ill

Lamb mince £2.30 it was reduced
Onion 20p
A few sticks of celery 25p
A couple of carrots 10p
Stock cube 10p
Oil, seasoning etc. 5p
Tbsp gravy granules 10p = £3.10 77pence per person when divided by 4

DC will have that with frozen peas cooked and mixed through 20p, a slice of garlic bread each 30p = £ 2.82
94pence per person for three

I will add half a tin of chopped tomatoes 20p
Garlic purée 5p
A chopped red pepper 40p
Frozen peas 20p
A couple of Mushrooms 10p
Served with grated mature cheddar 25p
= £1.97

I will divide this into two portions have one tonight and one for lunch tomorrow.
98p for myself tonight

For the family all together £2.94

I don't know where my maths went wrong at the end then 😂 it's about £3.80 for the four of us

Tonight is pancetta and tomato linguine.

Half pack or linguine 50p
Pancetta 1/3 of a huge slab £2
Cherry tin tomatoes 70p
Garlic, herbs homegrown

£1.20 pp, 2 servings

Mince, mash, peas and carrots. Roughly 2 quid per person. Mince was expensive. Puddingabout another 50p each. I do think normal dinners cost much more than they used to.

Beef sausages, mash and broccoli for me and DH. Plus half a French stick for peckish DH.
Beef sausages £2.50 (2 packs for £5)
500g potatoes, 2.5kg was £1.50 so that's 30p
Broccoli, 70p
Bit of butter, 2 tbsps full fat milk, salt & pepper - no idea
Bread 60p (full thing was £1.20)
So that's £4.10 total, £2.05pp but there is a decent amount left

I'm finding this thread strangely satisfying and quite soothing. Thanks @JuneOsborne!

Last of the batch-cooked savoury mince from the freezer topped with sliced potatoes.
Minced beef (free range from butcher, approx 300g) £3.75
Carrots - 25p
Mushrooms - 50p
Peas - 15p
Beef Stock - 45p
Herbs from garden
Potatoes - 75p

Total - £5.85, 3 of us, so £1.95 p/p

Oh gawd, forgot the leek. Add 50p to the total - £6.35, £2.12 p/p.

Mince £2.79
Tin tomatoes 50p
Tin kidney beans 65p
Onion 8
Coleman's chilli con carne powder 70p
Rice £1.40
Serves 5 of us (maybe some leftovers) so that's £1.22 each.

Chickpea curry with bread. £1.- each.

We had home made leek and potato soup with French bread and cheeses.

Leeks £3.00 ( organic)
Potatoes £1.20 ( organic)
3x veg stock pots 80p
Pearl barley 10p
French bread 60p
Comte £1.50
Brie £2.45
Manchego £3.45
Butter 80p

Lots of cheese left however and soup for tomorrow so 8 portions I reckon so
£1.85 a portion so pretty pleased with that !

Made a pilaf with chicken leftover from a roast so probs 50p for rice, 20p stock, 30p spices, £1 veges. 50p each, good bargain meal.

Had a cheap one tonight.
Pizza - 69p, large potato made into oven chips - 10p, tomato - 15p, coleslaw - 20p. 57p per serving

Meatballs £2.50
Onion 20p?
Red pepper 50p
Chili 10p?
Jar of tomato sauce £1
Pasta 50p
Olive oil, oregano, seasoning from cupboard.

£4.80 / 3 portions = £1.60.

last night we had fajitas
chicken £5
wraps £1
peppers £1.50
onions 0.50p
sour cream £1.20
cheese approx £1
jalapeños 0.50p
packet veg rice £1.50
avocado 0.75p
lime 0.30p
corn on cob £2

so 16.25 for 4 =approx £4 ish pp

Tonight is veggie chilli in the slow cooker.

The vegetarian butcher mince: £5
Tin of chickpeas- 60p
Tin of butter beans- 55p
Tin of chopped toms- 30p
Tin of kidney beans- 30p
2 x chilli slow cooker sachets (homepride)- £2.50
Rice- £1.25
Grated mozzarella- £1

Very Roughly £6 pp.

4 x baking potatoes - 0.39
Tub of posh coleslaw - 1.30
Cheddar - 1.00
Butter - 0.25
Salad leaves from garden - freeeee!
2 x yoghurts - 1.00

= £3.94 so about 99p each

Last night we had quick chicken curry, worked late and just needed to feed the kids:

Chicken breast £5
Onion - 10p?
Jar sauce - £1.50
Microwave rice - £2
Naan - 1.50

£2.52 ppn (4)

@sonicshoegazes

Tonight is veggie chilli in the slow cooker.

The vegetarian butcher mince: £5
Tin of chickpeas- 60p
Tin of butter beans- 55p
Tin of chopped toms- 30p
Tin of kidney beans- 30p
2 x chilli slow cooker sachets (homepride)- £2.50
Rice- £1.25
Grated mozzarella- £1

Very Roughly £6 pp.

What's in your veggie mince?!

Tonight it's feta tomato GF pasta with hm rice pudding :

Main (serves 4)
Feta apx 90p
GF pasta 1/2 pack 30p
Tomatoes (special offer) 1.5 packets 52p
Thyme free from garden
Olive oil ?20p
Onion ?10p
Garlic ?10p

Pudding (serves 4-6)
Risotto rice 1/4 pack ?25p
Milk 500ml 50p
Condensed milk 60p
Nutmeg ?20p
Sugar ?20p
Butter ?30p

Total
Main £3.02 / about 75p each
Pudding £2.15 / 43p each
Total £1.18 each for my favourite meal, not bad

Tonight again we had a box meal - on a half price deal this week so £6 per meal for 3 people = £2 each. Salmon teriyaki, rice and sugar snap peas.

I also got a reduced blackberry and apple crumble and reduced pot of cream earlier at Waitrose for a Friday night treat - £2.59 + 55p / 3 = £1.05.

So the final tally is £3.05 per person.

I like to eat cheaply where possible-
Carrots 10p
Courgette 40p
Onion 30p
Mushrooms 30p
Lemon 30p
Garlic 5p
Pepper 50p
Bulgar wheat 60p
Veg stock 20p
£2.75 served 3 people so 92p pp

Such rubbish tonight, we are all over tired.

DC1 curry ready meal £1, chocolate cake 33p.
DC2 1/2 tin of meatballs in gravy 38p, 2 slices of bread and butter, 15p.
DC3 Fell asleep early.
Me 2 cakes 50p

£2.36 for 3 people so about 79p per person