Good Friday and The Results

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That is the way it began……….. 

Out of curiosity I assumed it will be attention-grabbing to see what Worth/ Simply Important ranges have been out there in Supermarkets once more after many disappeared throughout covid. I went to AL = Aldi. M = Morrisons. AS = Asda. My plan was to see what recipes I might give you and what it will value consuming meals based mostly on this stuff for just a few weeks. Some gadgets I’ve purchased should not Worth Vary however one of the best worth I might discover.

However first I’ve to confess to creating a mistake! 

I used Worth Vary Penne Pasta  (one thing I at all times have within the cabinet) which is 41p for 500g in 6 meals as an alternative of spaghetti for 28p which is what I might priced and  included in a photograph and NOBODY NOTICED! So I’ve added 13p to the entire. However I am disenchanted you were not conserving a more in-depth test on my experiment!!
What I ate………. 
Breakfasts have been toast and marmalade, or rice crispies or canned grapefruit 
Second small meal was sandwich utilizing  1 spherical of the sliced bread and both egg/ cheese/ rooster/ sardines/corned beef/tomato. Or some fruit or crumpets.(or each relying how hungry I used to be feeling)
Then I made 2 a number of plain scones, a small sultana sponge and peanut biscuits  for snacks and in addition ate the remainder of the peanuts as a snack.
My Essential Meals

  1. Fish Curry and rice
  2. Pasta Salad with Feta
  3. Quiche
  4. Quiche
  5. Quiche
  6. Quiche
  7. Pasta salad with Feta
  8. Corned Beef Hash
  9. Tuna, Pasta and Broccoli Bake
  10. Roast Rooster Thigh Joint and many others
  11. Prepared made Beef Pasty
  12. Rooster Stir Fry
  13. Omelette
  14. Fish Curry and Rice
  15. Minced Pork Patties 
  16. Rooster stir fry with Fajita seasoning over Pasta
  17. Tuna, Pasta and Broccoli Bake
  18. Pizza
  19. Potato, onion, bacon and tomato layer bake
  20. Roast Rooster thigh joint and many others
  21. Fish Pie with mash topping
  22. Toad within the Gap
  23. Fish Curry and Rice
  24. Sausage Rolls
  25. Leek and Bacon Pilaff
  26. Baked Potatoes
  27. Leek Fritters
  28. Tuna, Pasta and Broccoli Bake
  29. Roast Rooster Thigh and Roast Greens
  30. Pizza
  31. Vegetable and Cheese Pasty
What I purchased

I additionally used 4 packs of 8 Nescafe decaf Cappuccino sachets for my night coffees.

What I used from issues already open within the cabinets – I guesstimated and added £4 for the odd bits of this stuff used.

Wanting on-line I discovered the next figures quoted

The common grocery invoice for 1 particular person within the UK sits at round £140-£150 monthly. Which means that on a weekly foundation, the common grocery invoice for one particular person within the UK needs to be round £35.

Figures in surveys relationship to January 2023 say an ‘common’ particular person spends roughly £47 every week on meals together with £13 consuming out

My whole spend for the meals eaten over 31 days was £74.23 + 13p = £74.36p. So round half the common. I did not actually go with out something and primarily issues have been comprised of scratch utilizing contemporary components. 
I can assume of some ways in which it will have been even cheaper and naturally if the worth of the remaining components that I nonetheless have are deducted it does are available at lower than that £74.

The one actually unhealthy factor was the Asda Worth Vary minced pork – by no means purchased earlier than and can by no means be purchased once more! (In regular life I normally purchase native sausages and bacon which might be produced about 15 miles from home and barely purchase another pork merchandise or lamb or beef) . Some merchandise have been quite bland or tasteless however not inedible.

I did have espresso and cheese scone out on the church a few occasions and a espresso on the Suffolk Wildlife Belief Booksale however I’ve put all these within the Charity a part of the accounts!!

And I can cheerfully say that regardless of the feedback that mentioned…………and I quote…………..

“I might be so depressed if I needed to eat like this”. and “I too could be depressed if I needed to eat a lot processed garbage. Life’s too quick.“

I did not get depressed in any respect! 

Now I shall return to regular and can most likely deal with myself to a Chinese language Takeaway in celebration!

Again Tomorrow
Sue 

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