How much does your dinner cost?

[Theblackdogagain]

Just thought I would start a thread where people try and cost out their dinner in case other people need ideas.
I'm doing veggie chilli con carne, for one adult and 2 teenage boys
Bag of soya mince about £2.50
Tin of Tom's, get in bulk from costco so about 50p
tin of kidney beans asda essentials about 35p
Mushrooms aldi essentials about £1
Onions asda essentials about 80p
Packet chilli mix 50p
End of rice tub no idea
Packet microwave rice 80p

I guess this shows I shop everywhere :-)

Bought some reduced 5% fat mince in Tesco for £2.60 for a kg
Chucked it in the slow cooker before work with some tinned tomatoes ,tomato purée ,garlic and oregano £1 total
Came home and quickly made sauce.
Pint of milk and some end bits of cheese ,butter from bottom of carton couple of tablespoons of flour £2 max
Dried lasagne sheets 50 p
Bowl of salad from Aldi £1
Packet of garlic bread from Iceland £1
(I was going out ,so this is my homemade ready meal they can just pop in the oven )

Enough to feed 6 people .

I was out so DD cooked for her, DS and DH. Macaroni cheese with veggie sausages and broccoli.

pasta about 70p
cheese £2.50
butter, flour and milk for the sauce c90p
breadcrumbs 50p

broccoli 60p

veggie sausages on offer £1.50

served three and there are two portions for tomorrow (except broccoli) so £6.70 / £1.34 per portion

Salmon with a pesto and breadcrumb crust, roast courgettes and tomatoes. About £4 for 2 of us

Tomorrow is a minestrone soup.....less than £2.

Cheapo tonight. Jacket potatoes with Tesco own brand baked beans. Probably £3 max for the 4 of us.

Tomorrow I'm making a spag bol so about double that I reckon

Chilli for me two kids and a portion left over.
Aldi 5% fat mince: £1.99
Onion (85p for 3)
Aldi Taco Beans 59p
Aldi chopped tomatoes 28p
Dash of Worcester sauce from the cupboard, stock pot, cumin & coriander
Rice 95p for a kilogram
Mini wraps 55p

pulled bbq chicken, potato wedges, burger buns for 3, corn on cobs and a bit of salad

4 chicken breasts (£4)
3 burger buns (45p)
potatoes (£1)
corn on cob (£1.20)
salad (50p?)
bbq sauce was left over from a kit but let’s say £1.

pudding was fresh mango or tinned peaches - another £2.

£10.15

Two course dinner out for DH and I £96 including several drinks.

Lasagne and salad for tomorrow about £30 but will do dinner plus a few lunches,
mince £7.80
lardons £2 ish
Onion Carrot Celery say £1 as taken from bigger bags
Wine £7.00 ish for the whole bottle
Passata £1
Tomato purée 60p for the whole thing
Herbs a few pence or free
Milk 90p
Marscapone £2.40
Cheese £2
Mozzarella 58p (reduced)
Parmesan 30p ish
Lasagne sheets £1.75 for the whole box
Lettuce 84p (reduced)
Cucumber 60p
Tomatoes £2.80
Peppers £1.75
Dressing 20p ish

Kids had filled pasta with pesto, peas and fried pepper. Probably about £5-6 for three of them. They had greek yog (huge tub from aldi) and some honey for a pudding.
DH and I had a sort of kedgeree of rice, stock, hot smoked salmon fillets, fried onion and hard-boiled eggs. There's loads left for tomorrow. I think it probably cost around £5 for four portions. I do a lot of shopping in Aldi and Iceland, and hunt for bargains for the freezer.
Tomorrow, it's JPs, chipolatas and veg.

I made chicken pie.
Half a pack of high welfare chicken thighs: £2.64
Stock cube: 16p
Frozen soffrito mix: 50p
Leftover creme fraiche: 50p
Butter: £1.25
Flour: 20p
Wild mushrooms: £1.30
Rosemary: free
Chips: 50p
Frozen peas: 20p

£7 something for a family of 4 I guess? It was lovely!

Pasta 80p for 500g, had about half. Sauce had an aubergine, courgette, carrot, onion, pepper, tomatoes plus some herbs, garlic etc. Maybe about £2.50? Garlic bread 90p. 1 free range chicken breast £2.20. 1/2 of a block of fake Halloumi 90p. Grated cheddar - maybe 50p. £7.80 altogether, but there was one portion of sauce leftover. Just under £2 a person.

Small pork belly joint sliced into chops_ £4.20 from asda
2 packs of flat breads - £4
Home made tzatziki from left over yoghurt, mayonnaise, garlic, cucumber - maybe £2 all in?

Total £10.20/ £2.55 a head

Spaghetti bolognese, had it last night as well and will probably have again tomorrow.

250g beef mince £2
mushrooms 50p
peppers - 70p
onion - 20p ?
passata - 40p
garlic - 20p ?
dried herbs - 20p
spaghetti - 90p

£5.10 for 4 portions so about £1.30 each then another 40p maybe for the cheddar I had grated on top, so £1.70 in total per meal.

Small piece of smoked gammon £3.50
Colcannon (well it is nearly Halloween)
Potatoes 50p
Carrots 20 p
Onions 10p
Parsnips 30p
Cabbage 30p
Crème fraiche 50p
Butter 50p

Veg boiled and then mashed with the dairy.

£5.90 for the lot. After dh and I had eaten the Gammon is almost gone but enough for a sandwich for lunch. Lots of colcannon left for another meal. I love leftovers - easy dinner tomorrow. If I lived in my own I would be happy with a bowl of the colcannon, the meat is to keep dh happy with my Irish cuisine.

Tonight’s dinner is Peanut Chicken. This serves 8, so will feed our family twice.

• 700g chicken breast - £4.75
• carrots, red pepper, leeks, garlic, mushrooms - £1.50
• 1/2 jar value peanut butter crunchy - 50p
• 1/3 jar value honey - 35p
• stock cube and scoop coarse grain mustard - 20p
• rice - 70p

Total for 8 portions is £8, so £1 per portion. Might put 2nd portion in fridge and eat at weekend or feeeze it for sometime when we are busy.

Another one I do is sausage casserole. I make enough for 12 portions and freeze 2/3 of it.

• 24 best quality supermarket sausages bought on offer - £9
• carrots, peppers, mushrooms, leek, garlic - £2
• 2x passata cartons - 80p
• herbs and black pepper
• 12 x baked potatoes (3 bags with 4 in each) - £1.20

Total for 12 meals = £13. About £1.10 per meal. Obv the baked potatoes aren’t frozen for meals in future. We eat 4 portions the night sits cooked and then I freeze a 4 portion pot and 2x2 portion pots for further use.

I made a chilli yesterday:
£3.50 for lean mince - Waitrose
£1.58 2 x tins of kidney beans - 79p each Londis (I need to get mine from Aldi, clearly!)
£1 - chestnut mushrooms - Co-op
£1 - re & yellow peppers (2 out of 3 for £1.50)
15p - a red onion - Co-op
70p - passata jar - Sainsbury
10p - celery stick
10p - carrot
50p - splash of wine from DH's red wine
10p - square of dark chocolate
70p (guess) - spoonfuls of herbs, spices, garlic puree, bouillon powder
About 50p for some rice

That's just under £10 but it served 3 people yesterday (technically 4 as DH had been doing manual work all day and had an entire portion as seconds) and there's plenty left over for 2 people to have for lunch today - so about £2 per person.

Tomorrow I will make beef tacos.

• lean beef mince - £3.50
• taco kit - 12 tacos and mince seasoning and salsa - £2
• sour cream - 75p
• - cheddar cheese for topping - 40p
• Mushrooms and a red pepper - £1
• rice - 40p

Total is just over £8 and serves 6 - £1.40 per serving. We would probably also have some carrot sticks and cherry tomatoes on the side as v limited veg meal otherwise.

cheat night tonight as i went to iceland today so beef Bourguignon with mashed potato the luxury range ones £6 for two so £3 each most of our meals i work to around £2.50 - £3 each

We’re having enchiladas tonight.
The chicken breast was a super cheap buy in Aldi as I unknowingly went in when they were reducing stuff to 75% off so it was about 65p for the pack. Enchilada kit was £2.50, onions and peppers about £1, probably another £1 worth of cheese and £1.50 for corn on the cobs on the side. So £6.65 to feed 5 of us £1.33 per person.

lamb kebabs today.

2 lamb steaks from Aldi £4.75 sliced very thinly.
pack of wraps £1.25
homemade coleslaw 3 carrots, 1 onion, 1/4 red cabbage, squirt of mayo, 2 tsp mint sauce 80p
1/2 pack of cherry toms 45p
1/2 cucumber 35p
1 lettuce. 50p
dribble of homemade hot chilli sauce.

2 adults and 3 teenagers. £8.10 total, though disguises the fact that you would need to buy whole packs/ jars, not just what I’ve used.

3lb cod (free - kids caught them)
onion - 10p
parmesan - 30p
oregano - 5p

served with potato cakes:
2 grated baking potatoes - 25p
1 onion - 10p
2 green chillis - 20p

salt and pepper to taste

total cost = £1 for 6 meals plus £100 to turn the oven on.

Last night we had a veg curry, dahl and rice. The veg curry was about £2, the dahl about 70p and the rice about 40p so £3.10 for three people.

Roast chicken for 4 today
extra large chicken £5.25 (one breast saved for tomorrow)
potatoes 75p
parsnips 50p
broccoli 75p
carrots 20p
frozen sweetcorn 20p
cabbage 75p
yorkshire puddings - erm, 50p?
gravy - erm again, 20p

Hm syrup sponge for pud - £1?

£10.

plus wine for the adults and fizz for the kids. We were going out for dinner but I changed my mind- so total saving, about £100??!

Asparagus risotto - made with risotto, rice, asparagus, vegetable stock and parmesan. Probably about £3.80 for two.

Cheat eve as was out.
2 jars pasta sauce 65p each
Bag pasta 35p
Mixed veg half frozen bag 50p
Garlic baguette x 2 £1

2 adults 3 dcs ( yes big pasta portions)
£3.30 for 5

We don't normally eat that but a hurry and couldn't be arsed

A lot today as we had a guest and I've cooked enough for two nights:

• organic chicken breasts on sale £5
• two packs veggie sausages for toad in the hole £5
• yorkshire pudding ingredients £3.50
• sprouts £1
• parsnips £1
• potatoes £2.50
• cabbage and peas £1
• stuffing £2
• oil, gravy etc £1

Total: £22 for 9 portions