I am trying to stick to £80 a week for two of us, two cats and the hedgehogs; I am also trying to run down the freezer - as goodness knows how old some stuff is:
Meat - sirloin steak, low fat mince, a chicken
Fish - frozen jumbo king prawns, salmon, smoked salmon
Veg - carrots, tenderstem broccoli, mushrooms, onions, broccoli, runner beans, courgettes
Salad - lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, celery, spring onions, 3 x peppers
Fruit - strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, grapes, melon (we top these up)
Chilled - low fat Cheddar cheese, butter
Bread - rye and wholemeal sliced bread x 2; rye bread if we can get it, bagels
Eggs
Milk - 8 pints semi skimmed, Benecol yoghurts
Carbs - wholemeal pasta, brown basmati rice, wholemeal noodles
Pulses - green lentils, brown lentils, pearl barley, cannellini beans, red kidney bean (not all of them every week)
Tins - tomatoes, baked beans, sardines, red salmon, tuna, sweetcorn, fruit, coconut milk
Drinks - tea, coffee, cranberry juice
Washing up liquid, bin liners, soap
Cat food, kitten food (hedgehog)
There are other things, we don’t need every week like:
Flour, soy sauce, Mirin, oyster sauce, cashew nuts, Brazil nuts, herbs and spices, Fajita kits, Marmite, marmalade, honey, ginger, garlic, sauerkraut, kefir, Parmesan, paella rice, sugar, low fat cheese triangles, detergent, oat based cereals, porridge oats, cat litter and olive oil.
DH has cardio vascular disease, so we try to stick to lean meat, whole grains and plenty of meat and veg, with some fish. I use 1/4 lentils with 3/4 mince/stewing meat. I like cooking Asian food especially. We grow some herbs, we use a lot.
DH has bought stacks of cleaning products, so we won’t need any more for years! We rarely drink alcohol, so we only have it for Christmas or cheap stuff for cooking like red wine, port, brandy…