The Frugal Purse & Food Plan

After much deliberation I have decided to try having a frugal food purse, and instead of paying for my shopping by debit card and sticking to within my £50 budget I am drawing the money out of the bank and having cash to pay for things.  I'm not sure how this will work long term but am willing to give it a go for a month, I might succeed, I might fail, we shall see. At the moment the cash in the purse stands at £1.47 this is to last until Thursday which is our usual shopping day. Over the past 3 months we have been spending on average £150 per month and still managing to keep good stocks so in theory there is no reason to fail, only time will tell.

I have also been very good at keeping to a menu plan, I've done this on and off for years, more often than not in my head but again since the new year I have written it down and stuck it on the boiler in the kitchen. Sometimes we will juggle things round within the week, it often depends on what crops up, the thing is there is always a planned for alternative which stops the temptation to ring for a takeaway.  I think I have forgotten what a takeaway is, its so long since we last had one lol

This week we have

Pasta Bolognese
Jacket Potato Homemade Quiche & Baked Beans
Chicken Curry Rice & Naan Bread
Jacket Potato Tuna Mayo & Salad
Homemade Mince & Onion Pie with vegetables
Homemade Pizza. I will be cooking a gammon so any trimmings will go on the pizza
Easter Sunday we have a family meal of Roast Pork Dinner and Gammon Salad for teatime.

While "shopping" from the depths of the garage freezer I came across a bag of Roast Pork cubes from Christmas, it had gone a bit dry on one end so I have fried an onion with some chestnut mushrooms and put in the pork with some gravy and left it to cook very slowly until tea time. We will have it with some  mash, brocolli and cauli.

 We still have plenty of snow laying on the gardens and the paths but today has been quite bright and windy, lets hope the week ahead is much better and we see an end to the wintery weather.

What foody plans do you have for the week?

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