Dinner time tally

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Morning all! I was just standing here working out what the meal I cooked for my family last night cost

Me, dh and 2 yr old dd

Scampi £2
Sweet corn cobs £1
Potato croquettes 50p

Less than £1.20 each

Not bad really, and it made me wonder what I spend on other meals so am going to add up...

Other meals with meat, etc obviously more pricey

What did last nights dinner cost you? Any good food deals / recipe ideas you can share?

Massive chilli last night..

1kg pork/beef mince £2.06
2 cans of kidney beans £0.64
1 can sweetcorn £0.32
2 cans of tomatoes £0.62
4 stock cubes (24 for a £1) so that's £0.17 roughly
tsp hot chilli powder 2 tsp chilli powder £0.05
chilli £0.10
tbsp balsamic vinegar £0.10 (guessing)

Rice bought 10kg basmati for £9.99 so I'm guessing £1.00

soooo £5.06 altogether..would have been £6.06 but the mince was on offer when I bought it.

That's doing tea tonight too so that's another £1 of rice.

So that's £6.06 divided by 6, so £1.01, divided by 2 for two days is 50.5p

Last night I cooked only for myself so easy to work out, I made pea and Parmesan risotto

Risotto rice 10p (on offer)
Handful peas 10p
Stock cube 8p
Frozen basil 10p
Bit of Parmesan (tiny bit) 20p

So 58p.

Wow!! I am pleasantly surprised!

Left over lamb shoulder. Not sure how much it was. I paid £7 for half a shoulder and it was about a quarter of that. So say £1.75. Jar of korma sauce 79p. Frozen sweet corn and peas, not sure say 30p. Rice about 50p and veg stock cube are they about 10p?

Is that around £3.36? Less than a £1 each. Now if we could manage that every night....

Last night's dinner:

1/2 cup basmati rice
1 small head spring greens
too much butter
grating nutmeg
tablespoon of pesto
squirt of sriracha

I would guess probably around the same price as storm.

Last nights dinner for me, DP and DD1 and my lunch today.

Lentil and chorizo stew.

Chorizo £2
1/2 bag lentils 0.55
1 onion 0.30
2 tins tomatoes 0.62
2 stock cubes 0.40 (approx)
Spices from cupboard 0.20 (approx)

£4.07 so roughly £1 each.

2.00 each for 4 tonight ... Bit more pricey tonight