Week 1 planner
Five simple, low-cost recipes and the weekly shopping list you need to make lunchtimes easy
This week's shopping list
Here's what you need to whip up this week's fab 5 meals – including items for some fruit-topped yoghurt for pud, and a glass of lower-fat milk to have at any time during the day.
Week 1 shopping list:
- wholemeal pittas (6 pack) or loaf of wholemeal bread – £0.45
- 1 baking potato (loose) – £0.20
- pasta, dried shapes (500g) – £0.53
- cooked ham slices (300g) – £1.65
- 1 tin tuna in water (145g) – £0.79
- 6 medium free-range eggs – £0.89
- reduced-fat mayonnaise (500ml) – £0.65
- 1 cucumber – £0.55
- 1 lettuce – £0.45
- cherry tomatoes (250g) – £0.50
- 1 red or yellow pepper – £0.45
- 1 bunch spring onions – £0.55
- 1 tin sweetcorn in water (198g) – £0.45
- reduced-fat coleslaw (300g) – £0.79
- cheddar cheese (400g) – £1.88
- 1 lemon – £0.30
- mini apples (6 pack) – £1.00
- 2 bananas – £0.24
- 1 tin peaches in fruit juice (213g) – £0.48
- 2 pints semi-skimmed milk – £0.80
- plain low-fat yoghurt (500g) – £0.90
Total: £14.50
Week out, week in!
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