This weeks meal plan is pretty basic, you'll probably recognise most of the meals as I've made them a lot recently. I might be in a little bit of cooking rut but we like what we are eating so... Who cares!
This weeks shopping came to £36 in total, including cat food, cleaning products, and things for lunch and snacks. I didn't buy a lot of fruit or veg so may pop to Grainger Market this week to grab a few bits, much fresher than the supermarket fayre.
This week I have experimented with down-shifting, swapping my usual brand names with supermarket own brand. Tesco has a new "everyday value" range which I wanted to try out and see if we could save some pennies.
Here is my meal plan;
Monday:
Beef stew.
I'll pop this in the slow cooker ready on Sunday night, lets hope I remember to turn it on this week!
Tuesday:
Pasta Bake
I have a few cooked meatballs, some smoked sausage and chorizo in the fridge, so will throw them in.
Wednesday:
Garlic chicken with homemade wedges
Roasted chicken legs and thighs with homemade oven baked potato wedges, might make the wedges sweet potato.
Thursday:
Chilli and Brown Rice.
A simple beef chilli with nice nutty brown rice, will make enough for leftovers too.
Friday:
Chicken Kievs with mash potato and leek and cabbage.
Just tesco value chicken kievs (trying to see how they are) with a simple mash potatoe and some cabbage and leeks.
I have to say I am massively impressed by this range, My favourite things that I bought were the mozzarella (44p), diet lemonade (17p), orange juice (62p) and the margarine spread (1.69). I honestly couldn't tell they were "supermarket own brand".
Tesco are not the only supermarket relaunching their own brand, I have seem that Morrissons is also getting in on the act. I might try to get a few products from there to compare.
Would you be interested in a full review of these basic ranges? Maybe with tips on how to make the most of them in recipes?
I bought these items myself, the opinions are my own, I was not paid in any way for this post
A VERY innovative plan Nelly! Well Done! OH yes, I am now coming to blog camp in London, was on the waiting list and now have a ticket!
ReplyDeleteLovely plan - I really like the rebranding of the value pack. We get a lot of Sainsbury's own and don't notice a difference.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your meals!