MrMiaou, or mrs miaou have a looksie

[Radley]

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1 Ecover Liquid Handwash 250ml
£1.20/100ml £2.99
1 Ecover Concentrated Fabric Conditioner, 500ml
£2.78/ltr £1.39
1 Ecover Washing Tablets 32s (16 washes)
£0.15/ea £4.89
1 Ecover Dishwasher Tablets x25
£0.16/tblt £3.99
1 Sainsbury's Toilet Tissues, Basics 12 Rolls
£0.05/100sht £1.20
1 Sainsbury's Pizza Bases, Classic Italian 300g
£0.40/100g £1.19
2 Soreen Fruity Malt Loaf 255g
£0.25/100g £1.30
1 Sainsbury's Basics Honey 340g
£0.29/100g £0.99
1 Sainsbury's Scottish Porridge Oats 1kg
£0.06/100g £0.61
2 Sainsbury's Peanut Butter, Smooth 227g
£0.26/100g £1.18
1 Sainsbury's Christmas Pudding 454g
£0.44/100g £1.99
1 Sainsbury's Wafer Thin Honey Roast Ham 400g
£0.50/100g £1.98
1 Sainsbury's Seasonal Mixed Vegetables, Basics 500g
£1.94/kg £0.97
1 Sainsbury's Leeks (loose)
£1.99/kg £0.43
1 Merchant Gourmet Puy Lentils 500g
£3.98/kg £1.99
1 Sainsbury's Courgettes (loose)
£1.64/kg £0.24
1 Sainsbury's Tomato Puree, Double Concentrate 312g
£0.17/100g £0.53
2 Sainsbury's Cheddar, Mild, Basics approx. 568g
£3.34/kg £3.79
1 Sainsbury's Chicken Portions, Basics 2.5kg
£1.06/kg £2.65
1 Sainsbury's Beef Mince, Standard 1.5kg
£1.79/kg £2.69
1 Hovis Bread Flour, Strong Wholemeal 1.5kg
£0.45/kg £0.68
1 Sainsbury's Sage and Onion Stuffing Mix 500g
£2.18/kg £1.09
1 Allinson Easybake Yeast 6 x 7g
£20.24/kg £0.85
2 Sainsbury's Strong White Bread Flour, Unbleached 1.5kg
£0.37/kg £1.12
1 Sainsbury's Corned Beef, Basics 340g
£0.23/100g £0.78
1 Sainsbury's Baked Beans In Tomato Sauce 4x 420g
£0.64/kg £1.08
1 Sainsbury's Bananas, Basics 1.5kg
£0.78/kg £1.17
3 Sainsbury's Apples, Basics x6
£0.15/ea £2.70
4 Sainsbury's Lemonade, Basics 2L
£0.01/100ml £0.84
1 Sainsbury's Broccoli (loose)
£1.39/kg £0.71
1 Sainsbury's Cauliflower
£0.99/ea £0.99
1 Sainsbury's Bramley Apple Sauce 475g
£0.21/100g £0.99
1 Sainsbury's Cucumber, Whole
£0.64/ea £0.64
1 Sainsbury's Mixed Peppers x3
£0.43/ea £1.29
1 Sainsbury's Yellow Melon, Medium
£0.97/ea
Save 50p was £1.47 now 97p £0.97
1 Sainsbury's Free Range Eggs, Medium x12
£0.14/ea £1.62
4 Cravendale Pure Filter Fresh Milk, Whole 2L
£0.62/ltr
Buy 2 for £2.00 £4.00
1 Sainsbury's Pre-Pack Radish 150g
£2.60/kg £0.39
1 Sainsbury's Singles Cheese Slices, Be Good To Yourself x10 200g
£2.95/kg £0.59
2 Stork SB Margarine 1kg
£0.98/kg £1.96
1 Sainsbury's Kale 200g
£4.95/kg £0.99
1 Sainsbury's Chinese Leaf Lettuce
£0.85/ea £0.85
1 Sainsbury's Maris Piper Potatoes 2.5kg
£0.60/kg £1.49
1.0kg Sainsbury's Carrots (loose)
£0.69/kg £0.69
2 Sainsbury's Celery
£0.64/ea £1.28
2 Sainsbury's Pitta Bread, Wholemeal x6
£0.06/pitt
Buy 2 for 60p £0.60
1 Nestlé Cheerios 600g
£0.41/100g £2.48
1 Tiptree Raspberry Jam, Seedless - Extra Fruit 340g
£0.50/100g £1.69
1 Airwick Crystal Air Aqua Marine
£1.99/ea £1.99
2 Sainsbury's Cat Litter, Basics 8L
£0.21/kg £2.38
2 Campbell's Meatballs, in Gravy 410g
£1.34/kg £1.10
1 Sainsbury's Fish Nuggets 400g
£4.98/kg £1.99
1 Sainsbury's Orange, Lemon & Pineapple Squash, No Added Sugar 1L
£0.06/100ml £0.59
1 Sainsbury's Revive Refuse Sacks x40
£0.10/bag £3.85
1 Sainsbury's Cranberry Sauce 205g
£0.26/100g £0.54
1 Sainsbury's Cream Scroll Dinner Napkins x20
£1.99/ea £1.99
2 Sainsbury's Syrup Sponge Pudding, Basics 300g
£1.70/kg £1.02
1 Sainsbury's Seafood Sauce 250ml
£0.25/100g £0.62

What do you think of this for a month, bearing in mind this is only for myself and 2 x dd's as dh won't eat anything that i have planned, a basic monthly menu is

Mon - Shepherds Pie
Tue - Meatballs, Mashed Potatoes & Veg
Wed - Homemade Pizza
Thurs - Toad in hole + Veg
Fri - Spaghetti bolognese
Sat - Lunch - Cheese on Toast with carrot & cucumber batons
Dinner - Lasagne
Sun - Roast dinner - Tea - Cheese & sweetcorn omelette

We have also got a cupboard full of tinned tomatoes and soups etc that can be used.

I am going to start making my own bread, I've just bought a breadmaker with some christmas money.

Also, I've got a free sample of soapnuts to try today and if I like them that will knock a substantial amount off my bill. £9.00 for a massive bag.

Shopping list looks good

Only thing I would say, is you've got a lot of mince-based meals in there. You could ring the changes by making a veggie lasagne?

MrMiaou is still cross-eyed with fatigue - got back from Glasgow at 1am then I kept him talking until 2.30am - but he says he will post later with some more ideas if you like!

Lookin' good though!

ooooooh let me know how you get on with the soapnuts - I keep meaning to get some to try them out but keep forgetting

Pulses. We eat a lot of pulses. I do keep a few cans to hand to use in a pinch, but the dried ones are even cheaper and you can buy them in bulk in many ethnic food shops.

Also, IME, chicken gives you more run for your money than mince if you buy it whole. I can get two full meals out of one and a soup as well.

Thank you for your replies.

Yes I noticed that they were mainly mince based meals.

I love veggie lasagne, do you happen to have a recipe.

I am quite adventerous with food, but the only thing I cannot eat is celery. I think it's time to stop pandering to dh and get the kids eating different things.

Also do you have a recipe for pizza dough?

Have just started using soapnuts. Generally happy with them but a bit iffy sometimes with the whites.

Radley, your bread machine may have a setting for pizza dough.

We do buy a couple of boxes of cheater pizza base, though, b/c it's so cheap.

If you can, buy a cheap slow cooker. Good for really cheap cuts of meat and uses a lot less electricty. We got ours for about £15 from poundies.

How much was that in total radley? I agree with there being too much mince on the meal plan.

What are you trying to achieve - a lower bill, a better/healthier diet?

Radley, there is a pizza recipe on the other thread - hold on and I'll c&p the tips here!

MrMiaou is going to put a recipe on here for veggie lasagne later on.

From the other thread - bread recipe:

1.5 lbs strong flour
1 tsps yeast (the one you add to flour, not pre mix with water)
about 3/4pt warm water (half boiling half cold)
2 tsps salt
1 tsps sugar
1 tblspn olive or sunflower oil.

If you have a food processor or kenwood chef you can cheat, bung the whole lot in and mix adding the water gradually until all the flour in mixed in. Either put in a loaf tin, or shape as required on a baking tray. Leave in a warm place for about 40 minutes to 2 hours until about twice the original size, then bake for 25 to 30 mins at 170 degrees.

By MrMiaou on Friday, 17 November, 2006 2:02:02 PM

"Should just add that the recipe above makes three 16inch pizza bases - something between thin and crispy and deep pan. If you've got some malted flour of some sort (doves farm malthouse is wonderful!) use 2 parts white and 1 part malted, superb taste.

Simply roll out the bases as you require and top with whatever you fancy. My basic tomato sauce is 1 tin of tomatoes (13p) 1 tube tomato puree (26p) garlic, black pepper, herbs to taste. Blitz in processor, voila! Makes enough for 9 pizzas."

Fabulous, thanks for that recipe