A whole week of family dinners on a budget of just £25

All the recipes I have published on Dining in for Less have been tried and tested fully by me first. Of course I wanted to make sure that you really could cook family dinners on a budget of £25 a week.

But as I have been trying out my family dinners I have noticed a few pleasing side-effects.

All the food I have been buying and preparing has been tasty and nutritious. I have not had a meal and then felt hungry afterwards – all the meals are really quite filling.

And because I am sticking to an organised shopping list and menus, I have discovered my stress levels have fallen. I have found I am not so listless and tired.

Also, quite oddly, I have discovered that the number of rubbish sacks I put out for the dustman every week has gone down from three or four sacks to just one.

 

Do take a look at my shopping lists and menus on the left here. You do not have to stick to them in any particular order, just choose the ones you fancy and follow those.

There are some good filling meals there and some desserts too. And there's a special shopping list and menu for the vegetarians among us.

Happy eating.

To follow my programme, just choose a Shopping List from the left hand side. Go to your local supermarket and source the ingredients - you should find everything at or about the price guides I have put alongside each item. Underneath the Shopping List you will find a menu of meals. Click on the link to find the relevant meal.