4 Week Menu Plan | Shopping List

Here are the shopping lists for the 4 week Menu Plan. Consider how much your family eats and buy more if required (these quantities for 3 - 4 people). The Menu Plan is for non-vegetarians...

Week 1

Meat/Fish

1lb/454g stew beef
6 x chicken breasts
1 x whole chicken
2 x pack pork sausages
500g x cod or pollock

Vegetables/Fruit

Potatoes
Carrots
Onions
Selection of veg for pasta bake, eg peppers, mushrooms
Frozen peas, green beans

Week 2

Meat/Fish

2lb/1kg mince
2kg x pork chops
1 x packet fish fingers

Vegetables/Fruit

A bag of vegetables for making soup
Tinned beans eg kidney or cannellini
Carrots
Swede/turnip
Celery
Onions
Mixed peppers
Mushrooms
Potatoes

Other

Eggs (for Frittata)

Week 3

Meat/Fish

1lb (454g) mince
2 x pack beef burgers (or buy mince and make your own!)
2 x pack pork chops
1 x packet fishcakes
Joint of beef (pick something like topside or silverside)

Vegetables/Fruit

Salad ingredients eg Lettuce, Tomatoes
Frozen Peas
Broccoli
A packet of “Soup Mix” vegetables
Potatoes

Week 4

Meat/Fish

1lb (454g) mince
2 x tins of tuna
2 x pack lamb chops
2 x pack chicken thighs
2 x pack diced pork or buy steak and slice yourself

Vegetables/Fruit

Potatoes
Frozen Peas
Tins of kidney and/or cannellini Beans
Peppers
Onions
Carrots

Other

Eggs for omelette

Store cupboard essentials

Sunflower oil
Mixed herbs/spices
Gravy Granules/Powder
Stock cubes
Tinned Tomatoes/beans/spaghetti
Flour
Rice
Pasta
Sugar
Tea
Coffee
Fruit Juices

Most supermarkets have value ranges of all these essentials. Once you gain a bit more confidence with shopping and budgeting further savings can always be made. For instance, you might want to try making your own beef burgers rather than buying them or the same with fish cakes. Use these guidelines as an idea and build on them yourself; adding your own favourite ingredients. You can also find lots of interesting tools and facts and inspiration from NHS Choices on Healthy Eating.

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