Thanks guys for all the replies its good to know I'm not alone on a shoe string lol.
Well this is what I bought today:
Farmfoods total spend £5.44
2 x 2ltr of "the one" milk £2.00
500g of mild cheese £2.00
1.5kg bag of carrots £0.69
1 jar of tikka cooking sauce £.75 (I only use half a jar and dilute with stock and freeze the rest)
Aldi totoal spend £16.02
necterines 49p
white seedless grapes 49p
bananas 49p
fun size apples 99p
baking pototoes £1.79
onions 79p
wheat bisks 36 pack £1.59
soft wholemeal loaf 65p
square sandwich loaf 59p
2 x naan bread packs £1.18
premium lean corned beef 12 slices 99p
premium lean steak mince 500g £2.49
washing powder £3.49
Totoal spend £21.46
Meals planned for the food are
weetabix and milk for brekkie every day
Tonight - veg curry made with a bits of left over veg. with rice from store cupboard and naans (no naans for me though)
Saturday
weetabix and milk
wholemeal sandwich with half a slice of corned beef and home grown salad.
bolognaise using half the mince, onions, carrots, tinned tomatoes from store cupboard together with spaghetti from store cupboard
Sunday
weetabix and milk
Jackett potato with baked beans from store cupboard and home grown salad
Chilli con carne using other half of mince, onions, chillies flakes from store cupboard, carrots and diced potato and red kidney beans and rice from store cupboard.
Monday
weetabix and milk
home made potato and carrot soup with bread
ratatouile pasta bake with onions, home grown courgettes, carrots and tinned tomatoes and herbs from store cupboard.
So, there is how I am managing to get through till Tuesday morning when I can go shopping again and replenish all the food we have eaten on a small budget. I was lucky really this week as I have a few store cupboard basics still in hand to use to fill out the meals, but that won't be the case come Tuesday as we will have eaten them all! So next time it will be a budget of £72.00 for the whole week for everything including cleaning stuff etc and putting back a few basics into the cupboard. I will let you know how I do Tuesday on that score. Going to plan menu for next week now and do shopping list and hope I win the lottery lol.
Thanks for all the lovely comments you have sent me over this post, and everyone who is slim in the purse lets show them how we can be kitchen goddessess on a shoe string. Want not, Waste not as they say. Happy shopping, and don't forget to post if you find any bargains or stuff on offer in the top section under bargains. xx