A balanced diet for two on £50pw

mikester said:
That's not bad at all, cheers.
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No problem. I would suggest you just browse through recipe websites and print off the ones that look interesting. Most recipes are written for 4 servings so that would be two meals for two (the only awkward ones being work lunches to ensure it's something convenient).

I find that when you build meals around the principles of a 'balanced' dish (protein, vegetables and carbohydrate) that you can find easy ways to make cheap meals in batches. The cheap proteins I keep an eye on are chicken breast and beef mince because that's what I personally eat; but you can incorporate other cuts of chicken, beef and lamb depending on price. For the most part carbohydrates (rice, pasta, noodles, potatoes) and vegetables are the cheaper part of your shop but buying in bulk always helps.
 
Any meat wholesalers or anythign nearby?
Recently found one close to me and they do pretty good chicken breasts @£25 for a %kg box, fresh not frozen.

Had a few boxes so far and they go pretty far.
As for veg cant beat roasted veg, huge selections too, just pop in whatever you like, bit sea salt, olive oil and some herbs or choice what in teh oven, job done, tasty too :)

Take advantage of the offers at the supermarkets even if you think you might not use it right away, always usefull to have a cupboard full of random bags/cans of stuff.

As mentioned above proper lean mince can be quite expensive, I recently tried some of the frozen stuff from Asda, utter crap kinda disintegrated into slop lol. Maybe make a chilli with mixed beans rather than meat, or even try with Quorn mince, I really like the stuff filling too :)

Proper big omlettes? free Range Eggs @Aldi are I think about 1.99 for 15 cheapest I've found locally, whack in a bit cheese and some ham
 
http://www.premiermeats.co.uk/

Thats the one I found mate, theres one in Team Valley and one in Kingston Park I think. Theres another in Retail PArk but couldn't find much info about the stuff they sell.

Just gone thru 10Kg of chicken in 2 weeks lol :(
Gonna try their mince next I think and maybe some of the steak
 
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