Okay, as promised last week, I have put together a menu for a week. Please bear in mind that this is what my family ate, you are free to change it however you wish, if your family doesn’t eat the meals or ingredients listed.
I have a very fast and loose approach to cooking and recipes in particular. I have this crazy idea that a recipe is nothing more than a suggestion, and I take that as licence to change things up as I pleaseJ
Seriously though, it is really only a guideline, and one can always change ingredients to suit what you have on hand.
Monday: French toast -recipe here
Tuesday: Pea soup
Wednesday: roast chicken, rice, gravy, potatoes, veg.
Thursday: Boerewors rolls
Friday: Chicken Alfredo – recipe here
Saturday: Chips, wors and eggs
Sunday: Thai chicken curry soup – recipe here
This week boerewors was on special at Pick n Pay, so I bought a packet that had 12 pieces in. I used 6 with the rolls on Thursday, and three on Saturday with the chips. Total cost on two meals, with wors left over for another meal and rolls left over for lunch for school and work the next day: R 100.
The French toast was made with 8 eggs and an entire loaf of bread, with left over for lunch for school and work the next day: total cost: R 18.27 (eggs were purchased on special for R34.99 for 30, and I bought the Pick n Pay brand bread, R 8.99)
Chicken was on special at Pick n Pay for R 32.99 per kg, I bought a two-pack of chicken and only used one last week. Three meals were made out of the chicken. I roasted it, we each had a piece of chicken, then I stripped the meat off the breast for the Alfredo. I then made chicken stock with the remainder, and used the leftover meat in the chicken curry soup. Total cost for three meals therefore under R 50 for three people.
The pea soup had been previously made, and the balance that had been left over had been frozen. I used two pieces of pork that I had bought from a bulk pack that wasn’t really suitable for frying as is, and made soup out of it. I would estimate that it cost around R 30 to make the soup, and it made two meals.
Total cost of meals for week: R 198.27. Let’s be generous, and add another fifty bucks to cover the veg and rice etc., although those were previously bought. R 250 for a week for three people isn’t too bad. We didn’t starve, and no beans or toast came into the mix at all:)