Wednesday:

Breakfast:

1 x L Left over Borscht W/toast

Lunch:

1 x L sausage and wash w/pan fried courgette

Dinner:

1 x S fish and chips (£3)

Notes:

.Fish and Chips, a pat on the back for myself for a good shop.

Thursday:

Breakfast:

1 x packet of tortilla chips

Lunch:

Left over mashed potato
quite a few slices of bread

Dinner:

1 x L Smoked haddock and pea risotto

Notes:

.Found two smoked haddock steaks in the reduced bin at tesco tonight for £1.55, so I thought I'd treat myself to a meal. Recipe to follow.

Teusday:

Breakfast:

1 x sausages with mustard mash

Lunch:

1 x packet of tortilla chips with hummus
The left overs of the broccoli
2 x slice of bread
1 x L bowl of minestrone soup w/toast

Dinner:

1 x slice of bread
1 x home made borscht w/toast

Notes:

.Minestronie was house mates' and was about to go off.

.Borscht is a Russian/Polish beetroot soup. I'll upload the recipe tomorrow.

Monday:

Lunch:

1 x portion of pan fried onions and courgettes with chicken flavour super noodles and broccoli

Dinner:

1 x packet of Tortilla chips w/ 3/4 x medium pot of jalapeño chilli hummus

Second big shopping trip

Went Shopping today, here's a run down:

My overall expenditure was just over a tenner (there's an extra two pounds that aren't listed).

This shop should last me a good way into next term (start of term is in two weeks' time).

Lidl was an experiment in finding a better bargain, and so far I'd say if pasta's what you want then that's what you'll find. However, Tesco's value bread was under 50p, the cheapest Lidl alternative, whilst being far better quality and available in wholemeal which is far healthier, weighed in at 65p.




Tesco value peas were also significantly cheaper than the Lidl alternative at 85p for 900g in comparison to £1.26 for 1kg. Tesco is also cheaper than Iceland's £1 for a kilo. If you do the math, Tesco value peas work out at 94p for a kilo.

Lots of reduced stuff was bought, I think it is definitely a good idea to pick a time to shop that will take advatage of them, just after the main commuter rush for supplies. Or even later for a local garage.

One of my best finds, however, was a small shop near tesco that was akin to a market stall selling bowls of fruit or vegetables at a pound each. I don't know the exact weight of each bowl, but one of them had four courgettes in (which is over a pound for two at tesco). I was also thrown in a bumch of parsley and a rather ripe pear for my £2. Absolute frickin' bargain!

My biggest tip is make sure you take good advantage of your local markets!

Saturday:

Breakfast:

1 x can of coke

Lunch:

4 x cheese dough balls
1/4 x Iceland lasagne
1/3 x muffin

Notes:

.Went to see a friend, due to bad funds all food was his treat, I'll have to pay him back in some way.

Sunday:

Breakfast:

1 x packet of transform-a-snack (crisps) (25p)

lunch:

1 x L portion of pan fried onions and courgettes with chicken flavour super noodles and broccoli.

Dinner:

1 x portion of pan fried onions and courgettes with chicken flavour super noodles and broccoli

Consumed:

Monday:

Breakfast:

A couple of oreos

Dinner:

1 x stir fried beef in oyster sauce
1 x special fried rice
1/2 x portion of pork balls
3 x mini spring roll
a few prawn crackers

Notes:

.I bought a two person meal from the local Chinese. With a second special fried rice and a portion of chicken in black bean sauce it cost £13

Tuesday:

Brunch:

Left over pork balls
Left over Prawn Crackers

Dinner:

1 x L Chili Con Carne w/rice and tortilla chips
1 x hazelnut choc chip cookie

Notes:

.Meat was donated by house mate for Chilli.

Wednesday:

Breakfast:

1 x L cheese and ham baguette

Dinner:

1 x Chiili w/rice
some tortilla chips

Notes:

.Visited my mother today, she bought me the baguette.

Thursday:

Breakfast:

Lots of tortilla chips

Dinner:

1 x portion on spinach and ricotta tortellini
1 x slice of cheese on toast

Notes:

.Tortellini was donated by a good friend

Friday:

1 x XL portion of Smoked salmon and dill ravioli w/green beans

Notes:

.Ravioli donated by same friend who gave tortellini yesterday.

Consumed:

Friday:

...I don't actually remember...

Saturday:

Lunch:

3/4 x tube of pringles
1/2 x XL KitKat chunky
1 x packet of crisps
1/2 x poetion of chips (£1)

Dinner:

1 x chicken fried rice

Notes:

.Midday snacks were very kindly provided by a friend I was helping with a book stall.

Sunday:

Breakfast:

1 x left over special chow mein

Lunch:

3 x Digestive biscuit

Dinner:

1 x packet of Doritos (50p)
1 x Stir fried king prawns w/water chesnuts, ho fun noodles and asparagus
1 x S portion of strawberries
1 x cupcake

Notes:

.Leftovers were house mates.

.Went home for a family meal, stir fry was cooked by my mother.