Join us for a very real look into a week of healthy, whole food, organic(ish!), and more sustainable family meals on a budget! 🏡 We're going through each day of the week looking at everything we cooked and ate for 7 days of quick, healthy meals on a budget!
Our weekly meal plans are simple and also a juggle to keep on budget and this is every bit of what it looks like through the week on £125 for our family of 5. Cos it's not just meals but how they fit together that makes or breaks a budget; the grocery haul, and then what it all looks like as actual healthy family meals on a budget day by day. Plans change, we have a packed schedule, and real life always brings different things so I think it's helpful to see it all together and what it actually looks like day by day and meal by meal.
I'll show how we turn our budget food shop into delicious meals the whole family loves - this is just one way, but it's what works for us and I hope there are some helpful takeaways regardless of where you are or your exact budget.
🍎 HOW WE MAKE A 10 MINUTE WEEKLY BUDGET MEAL PLAN:
https://youtu.be/c5ndELayK9Q
ORGANIC, MORE SUSTAINABLE AND FAIR B CORP VEG BOXES WE LOVE:
🍎 Abel and Cole Veg Box: https://tidd.ly/3AWIMP8
🍎 £15 off Riverford: www.riverford.co.uk/refer/SA4xNMI-7CqoIEAx5YnUqw
ORGANIC BULK FLOUR:
🍎 Organic Bulk Flour: https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/products/organic-strong-stoneground-wholemeal-25kg
🍎 For bulk and well-priced flour in the US, we recommend Azure Standard: https://www.azurestandard.com/?a_aid=vJ91SUaH4e
RECIPE LINKS:
🥄 Chicken soup recipe: https://www.thewholehome.co.uk/chicken-soup-from-a-carcass/ (then I add noodles using 2 cups flour, 2 eggs, a pinch of salt and a splash of water or sourdough discard to bring it together. Knead a few times then rest 10 mins. Roll it thin and cut the noodles like you see in the video.)
🥄 Chocolate Cake: https://www.thewholehome.co.uk/how-to-bake-a-cake/
🥄 Chocolate Chip Cookies: In the Whole Basic ebook with 40 of our go-to, real life recipes. https://3a2d01-62.myshopify.com/
🥄 Pizza : In the Whole Basic ebook https://3a2d01-62.myshopify.com/
🥄 Curried Pumpkin Soup: https://www.loveandlemons.com/coconut-curry-pumpkin-soup/ (I couldn't find the exact recipe but it was similar to this!)
📊 For those interested in the financial side, we've included average spending figures for both the UK and US, giving you a comprehensive look at household food costs:
💵 UK Numbers for Family Spending: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/bulletins/familyspendingintheuk/april2021tomarch2022
💵 UK Numbers for Average UK Household Food Costs: https://www.nimblefins.co.uk/average-uk-household-cost-food#:~:text=What's%20the%20average%20food%20bill,or%20ordering%20takeaways%20each%20week.
💵 US Numbers for Food Prices and Spending: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistics-charting-the-essentials/food-prices-and-spending/
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TIMESTAMPS + CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro + our budget
2:19 Day 1 shopping and celebrating
7:00 The kids cook, snacking + soup!
11:30 Day 3 Leftovers + lentils
13:22 Day 4 Weekend rituals: waffles, bagels, pizza
17:58 Day 5 Food waste
20:50 Day 6 My birthday
22:27 Day 7 More soup + ending the week
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