Weekly Meal Plan 4

Weekly Meal Plan – Easy, Low Cost Dinner Recipes

Here is the next meal plan for dinners costing around £30 for the week. Of course the final cost partly depends on where you shop. I have based the price on the shopping list from Sainsbury’s using the website My Supermarket

Costing of the recipes is only rough because of fluctuating prices and depending where you shop. You may find some items such as eggs and vegetables are often cheaper in locally owned food stores, or market stalls, than in the supermarket.

Clearly I cannot guarantee any of the prices – but this is a low cost meal plan to give you generous portions for your meals throughout the week.

I have also excluded store cupboard items from the cost as you will not be buying these every week and only using small amounts. If you need to buy a herb, spice or sauce then this will be an additional cost. You can check what are counted as store cupboard items by clicking here

*Monday*
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Macaroni Cheese
A good, tasty comfort food that is low cost and easy to make. Use white pasta or wholemeal. You can often get cheddar on offer at the Supermarket – so do have a look for these. Serve with frozen peas and any veg leftover from Sunday lunch.
Total Cost £3.50 for with vegetables

*Tuesday*
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Spicy Mixed Bean Stew
Delicious and easy you can lower the cost further by batch cooking dried beans by soaking overnight and the boiling and place in 250g portions in the freezer. The spices and condiments are from the store cupboard, so not included in this price – so add on any that you need to buy.
Total Cost £2.50 including rice

*Wednesday*
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Easy Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
This tasty meat based recipe makes an excellent midweek meal. Plenty of flavour and goodness
Total Cost £5.50

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Pasta With Mozarella And Tomato (V)
Delicious pasta recipe using the great combination of Tomato, Mozarella and basil
Total cost £4.50

*Thursday*
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Cauliflower and Potato Bake
Making the most of low cost, seasonal vegetables this supper dish is easy and delicious. Cauliflowers and leeks will be lower cost in local green grocers than in the supermarket
Total Cost £2.50

*Friday*
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Lentil And Egg Curry
Friday curry with plenty of flavour. use a curry paste or a curry powder, whichever you have in your cupboard.
Total Cost £3.50 including rice

*Saturday*
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Pizza
Saturday night is pizza night. Have fun making these pizzas and choosing your own toppings. Make pizzas that have two different halves. Cost is variable according to what you put on your pizza – Serve with a green salad
Total cost £5

*Sunday*
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Meatloaf
Have a full roast dinner with roast potatoes and your favourite vegetables
Total cost £6-£7 with vegetables

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Lentil Roast
A lovely, vegetarian alternative to a meat roast – serve with roast potatoes and all the trimmimgs!
Total Cost £5.00 with vegetables

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