My weekly shop

Our family has drastically cut down on the amount we spend on our grocery shopping each week. We aim to stick to a budget of £40 per week for the 3 of us. Included in this budget are nappies and wipes for our 1 year old daughter.

I work in a place where I can get a free evening meal if I am working the 2pm-11pm shift so this helps me on a couple of nights per week.

I have been to Aldi this morning and thought I would give you a glimpse of what we buy on a typical weekly shop.

I always meal plan for the week to make sure nothing goes to waste and that we don't have days wondering what we are going to have for tea. I bake snacks for us so we don't have to buy any brand named cakes or biscuits. They cost a fraction of what shops charge and I get satisfaction out of making them. Especially as our daughter is at the age where she likes to help so it becomes a nice activity to do together.

I batch cook certain meals and freeze them so if I am out at work my partner can microwave a precooked tea when he gets home and not have to cook for himself. This saves his time and ensures he gets a decent tea rather than chips and sausages!

I buy a lot of veg so we can have healthier meals. In this particular shop I bought a massive joint of beef which I will get my dearly beloved to chop into 4 or 5 pieces and freeze so we can get more meals out of it. If I cooked it all in one and told myself we would use the spare for packed lunches it would probably go smelly and out of date.

Later in the week I will share with you what our meal plan looks like for the week ahead.

Thanks for reading 
xx