This week was the easiest by far. I shopped in our pantry and freezer as well as looked at recipes with maximum flavour but few shop bought ingredients.
I'll share this weeks plan as well as what it cost for each ingredient that made it to our shopping list.
Thursday
Turkey Roast and Smash Potato
The roast was bought last week on special. The bag of potatoes were $2.48
Shopping list: $2.48
Friday
Chilli & Lemongrass Chicken with Rice
The lemongrass and chilli grows in our garden as does the coriander. Chicken thigh x 500g was $5.78
Shopping List: $5.78
Saturday
Fish Curry
The fish was caught by hubby, the coriander is from our garden.
Shopping List: Free
Sunday
Osso Bucco
Our favourite recipe is found here
The anchovies, tomatoes and the gremolata ingredients are already in our cupboard or garden. So are the sage, thyme, rosemary and bay leaves. Osso Bucco $11.05
Shopping List: $11.05
Monday
Lentil Soup
We have celery from last weeks shop (buying the celery heart from Woolies stays super crunchy), the carrots are from our garden. Red lentils $2.13
Shopping List: $2.13
Tuesday
Sweet Curry Mince
I bought mince last week from Coles for $3.00 for 500g. Fruit Chutney is already in the fridge for sandwiches. Curry powder is in the cupboard.
Shopping List: Free
Wednesday
Pea Floater Jaffles
This is something very new I'm trying and only putting it on the menu for hubby although I will try it.
Mince $4.16 but I will freeze half. Peas in the freezer. Frozen puff pastry in the freezer.
Shopping List: $4.16
That's our menu for the week. When coming up with our plan I always look at recipes where we might already have ingredients. We don't have a pantry so we don't have a lot of stock on hand. We do always have the staples such as diced tomatoes, rice & pasta. We have a reasonable vegie and herb garden so that also helps.
This week I also bought a pumpkin on special which will probably become part of next weeks menu.
Add fruit, bread and sandwich meat for lunches to the shopping list. Milk for breakfast and coffees and snacks and that's how I shopped this week for under $100.
How I shopped in under 15 minutes was easy too. I write my list out into categories:
Non-perishables
Dairy
Meat
Fruit & Vege
By doing this I shop in sections of the store rather than getting to the freezer section and realising I've missed something at the other end of the shop. Doing this and knowing the layout of the store means I only shop in the specific aisles and not visit every aisle. Not wandering the aisles means little to no temptation to buy outside of our list.
If you would like any of the recipes featured please just ask.
Nice work, always love saving money
ReplyDeleteI can never do grocery shopping in under 15 minutes. My weekly rounds usually take me about an hour because I always get distracted by some bright shiny food cans in the next aisle!
ReplyDeleteThat's usually the case for me too Cassie.
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