A budget family meal plan
A week built from the cupboard staples that stretch furthest: lentils, eggs, potatoes, pasta and rice. There's no fancy shopping, just filling family dinners and a short list that uses up what you buy.
The week
- MondayMacaroni Cheese
- TuesdayLentil Dahl
- WednesdayVegetable Chilli
- ThursdayJacket Potato with Tuna
- FridayEgg Fried Rice
- SaturdaySausage and Mash
- SundayPea and Ham Soup
The week is built around onion (4 dinners) and white rice (3 dinners), so you buy them once and use them up instead of opening something new every night.
The shopping list
Everything for all seven dinners, for 4 people. Tins, bulbs and packs are counted; the rest is by weight.
- Onion750 g
- White rice900 g
- Garden peas950 g
- Potato2 kg
- Salted butter100 g
- Whole milk700 ml
- Black beans× 1
- Cheddar200 g
- Chilli powder10 g
- Coconut milk× 1
- Cooked ham× 1
- Eggs× 4
- Garlic× 4
- Green pepper× 1
- Ground cumin10 g
- Ground turmeric10 g
- Kidney beans× 1
- Mayonnaise× 1
- Penne400 g
- Plain flour50 g
- Pork sausages× 1
- Red lentils250 g
- Root ginger20 g
- Sesame oil20 ml
- Soy sauce30 ml
- Spring onions× 1
- Tinned sweetcorn× 1
- Tinned tomatoes× 1
- Tinned tuna× 2
- Vegetable stock cubes× 2
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