5 Meals for £20 - Budget Meal Plan
Another week, another 5 meals for £20! This weeks meal plan is based on prices from Asda, however, there were a few things I forgot to grab so had to substitute. I used Aldi hash brown bites instead of normal has browns, and Tesco brioche buns for our burgers - but the meal plan requires you to buy a normal 6 pack of bakery buns. Everything you listed is below and the total shop came to £19.85.
You can read Week One's menu here!
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What is 5 meals for 20?
5 meals for £20 began in January 2023 when I was doing No Spend January. I was cutting down in all my areas of spending so began meal planning. and voila... 5 meals for £20 was created! It means I know I am spending less on my food shopping and I don't have to decide what we are having for dinner every night... win win!
This weeks 5 meals for 20 plan
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This weeks meal plan was a good one! Adam's (my boyfriend) favourite dinner is fry up, albeit he likes the whole hog. I'm talking black pudding, hash browns, mushrooms, tomatoes... but we are on a budget so he had to make do with a mini fry up! It was still delicious though!
Two of the days are titled 'left overs' because I don't like to meal plan for the full 7 days. I often make extra and freeze meals or we end up at my parents for dinner in the week!
What do I need for 5 meals for 20?
At the time of writing this post the total came to £19.85. However, with food prices rapidly going up I can't promise it will stay at that price!
Meal one: Mushroom and Halloumi burgers
This is my order at Nandos! I was craving a Nando trip, but as we are not eating out this month, I decided we would make it at home instead. Now stupidly, I forgot to pick up some fries when we went shopping (ADHD brain!)... So I used these hash brown waffles that I already had in the freezer.
Meal two: Creamy mushroom pasta
This four ingredient dish is my go to! It is so easy and delicious... plus I use creme fraiche makes it much healthier than using cream!
Meal three: Chinese Fakeaway
This was INSANE! I out did myself to be honest! The broccoli was pan fried and coated in soy and honey sauce. Then we had it with rice and tempura prawns. I think next time i'll treat us to a packet egg fried rice as its much easier and quicker. But this was a solid 10/10... and much cheaper than a real takeaway!
Meal four: Mini fry up
As I said, this is my boyfriend's fave dinner! I just used eggs, sausages, beans and leftover rolls to make it and it was so filling. I didn't want to use the buns for another burger meal so this was a great alternative.
Meal five: Sausage, broccoli and Gnocchi bake
I will get the recipe up for this later this week as you all need it in your lives! It is now a firm fave in our house and I will definitley be making it again.
