Week’s Shopping List (for £40!) and Meal Plan to Avoid Food Waste

week's shopping list and meal plan to avoid food waste

it's all and cutting your supermarket spend but if you don't use the food wisely and some of it goes to waste

food waste in the uk is a major issue. each year households up and down the country throw away seven million tonnes of food

ao.com are also concerned this and recently got in contact to set me a challenge and raise awareness at the same time. the challenge was to do a £ shop and waste as little food as possible

apples - 89p

bananas - 98p

x2 packs of carrots - £

garlic - 49p

courgettes - £

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onions - 63p

packs baby potatoes - £

baking potatoes - £

lettuce - 49p

tomatoes - £

eggs - £1.40

milk - £1

cheese - £

x2 mince beef - £

pork loin steaks - £3

chicken breast - £

chicken legs - £

sausages - 66p

ham - £

bread - 40p

x2 packs of wraps - £

of beans - 48p

of tomatoes - 68p

of cornflakes - 62p

lasagne - 40p

spaghetti - 20p

rice - 45p

sultanas - 84p

of squash - 84p

breakfast

toast. at the weekend we'll have a treat of scrambled eggs

dinner

day 1: pork chops

day 2: chicken fajitas

day 3: lasagne

day 4: sausages

day 5: pizza and any ham and m zarella as additional toppings

day 6: spaghetti bolognese

day 7: slow cooker garlic and butter chicken

this menu wouldn't have been possible if we didn't have a store board filled

we also have peppers in the freezer and some veg too which will be used in some of the recipes

we probably didn't need to buy the rice as we still have quite a bit left too but it doesn't hurt having extra of non-perishable items in the board

how we save on food waste

big bag of carrots will never go to waste as we'll have carrots one day as a side veg and the next will chop some up to put in a bolognese

by freezing the food

before you freeze them

it's all very and freezing food but if when you next come to use it

freezer bags so you can pull out serving sized foods

pass food onto others

if there is no way you're going to get through your food then pass it onto others to stop waste. use a food sharing app like olio to make sure you don't have to put anything in the bin

you could earn quid back too

most wasted food

do you have culprit food in your household that you find yourself throwing away instead of using up

cut back on wasting bread

bread is a biggy that gets wasted. maybe it's that people want to have everything really fresh? maybe people aren't sure what to do

how throwing the bread in a blender and making breadcrumbs

to batter fish

cut back on fruit and vegetable waste

is this one you find yourself doing? a load of limp seasonal vegetables may not look great and doesn't taste as if you just want to boil the veg to sit as a side

fruit smoothies

i find the idea of wasting drinks quite a strange one but i suppose milk is a drink that spoils and could get tipped down the sink

there are lots of different ways and ideas that you use to stop food waste and i've only just touched the surface

what else do you do to love food and hate waste

£ healthy meal plan

£ budget meal plan to feed 7 people

uk meal planning apps to save money and time

by ricky willis | last updated 18th september 2019 | this post may contain affiliate

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not only is it costing us earned money

i'm certainly not one to shy away from a challenge so i gladly accepted

what follows is a list of the items i

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m zarella - 47p

yoghurts - 66p

x3 pizzas - £

total spend - £ plus £1 )

here is the printable shopping list if you wanted to use this in the supermarket yourself

lunches

bit more pick and mix

what be used up

the idea behind any shop i do is to try and buy foods that be used in different meals

the freezer is your friend

some foods get wasted more than others

ways to stop wasting drinks

if you're looking

ricky willis

ricky willis is the original skint dad. a money-making enthusiast

skintdad.co.uk