Weekly Food Budget Breakdown – Week 10 (3rd to 9th March 2025)
Another week of budget-friendly family meals, and this one included British Pie Week and Shrove Tuesday, so there were plenty of delicious treats!
What We Ate This Week
A mix of quick meals and home-cooked favourites:
- Monday: Takeaway
- Tuesday: Pulled Pork Tacos, Slaw & Cheddar Courgette Waffles
- Wednesday: Fish & Chips
- Thursday: Chicken Kiev, Square Potatoes & Veg (Garlic Butter Chicken for my fiancée)
- Friday: Fry-Up
- Saturday: Burger & Fries
- Sunday: Roast Pork Dinner
Week Highlights – Home DIY & Comfort Food
With work keeping me busy, weekends were all about home decorating—we’re slowly making our first home our own! After an exhausting weekend, we treated ourselves to a Monday takeaway.
The meal of the week? Pulled Pork Tacos with Cheddar Courgette Waffles. The waffles were Keto-friendly, crispy outside, soft inside, and paired perfectly with slow-cooked pork, homemade slaw, and sriracha—absolute winner! Big thanks to Carolyn at alldayidreamaboutfood.com for the inspiration.
We also celebrated British Pie Week with a Minced Beef & Veg Pie (recipe here!)
and made crepes for Shrove Tuesday—mine was filled with lemon, sugar, and summer berries.
Weekly Food Budget Recap
- Food Shop: £122.72 (including toiletries)
- Guilt-Free Food (Takeaways & Treats): £38.90
- Daily Food Cost per Person: £4.62 (a big improvement from last week!)
Aiming to maintain a budget of £150 or less for our food shop is working well and keeping takeaways minimal helps balance the budget, although just over this week.
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