Predominantly Lidl. I go every ten days and drop about £80 a go.
I have eggs on toast most mornings for breakfast, my partner uses oats and is like a magician with them. It’s never just porridge.
Lunch is usually soup and a sandwich or a tomatoey pasta whether I’m at home or in the office.
Dinner is a good mix. Meat no more than 3 times a week. That’s primarily because it’s awful for the world but it does get the cost down. We don’t really batch cook very often and whilst we like it to be healthy or fresh that’s not our only concern. Last week we had:
Halloumi fajitas in wraps w/ peppers and onion
Basa and leek gratin
Sausage casserole w/ celery, onions, carrots, lentils
Feta & tomato pasta
Mixed bean chilli w/ rice
Jerk chicken drums w/ rice, peppers & onion.
Tomorrow I will roast a chicken with potatoes, carrots, parsnips and gravy and then I’ll use the excess chicken on Monday in a creamy gnocchi with paprika.
We don’t snack much, no crisps or sweets, and we’ve dramatically reduced how much fresh fruit we buy because it was going in the bin but now buy lots of frozen fruit instead. Any snacks are usually natural yoghurt with fruit or cottage cheese with chives.
The babies nappies are sub-£2 and she doesn’t need anything else yet. Massive pack of loo rolls, get most (but not all) of our toiletries too.
Any booze tends to be bought separately but we’re not big on drinking in the house - do go out for a drink at least once a week.