Costings of our Low-to-No-Spend Weekday Meals

A record of our experiment to meal plan and keep costs down.  These are meals that we do normally eat so it is food that we enjoy - just now trying to do it at an even lower cost   :-)

Monday 
Roast Chicken Pieces and a Medley of  Roast Veggies

• Chicken (Woolies Pack reduced by 30%, divided into three portions) 39.08
• Rosa Tomatoes (Checkers, reduced price, 1/2 packet) R2.5
• Potatoes (Checkers 2kg reduced to R15/3 meals) R5
• Sweet Potatoes(3kg pocket @R22 /4 ) R5.5
• Mange Tout (Checkers reduced) R13
• Red Onion  -  +/- R4
• Baby Corn (Checkers Reduced, 1/2 pack) R4
• Peppers - (Checkers Reduced, bag of 8 @ R17.5) R4.38
• Mushrooms - R12.5

TOTAL - R89.96 (excluding spices, herbs, other)

Eaten for Supper by 2.5 people, Taken for Lunch by 2 =  R19.99 a meal 

Tuesday 
Rice, Dhal, Cauliflower, Peas & Potato curry, Garden salad

•  2 cups of Rice, rough estimate of 1.33 a cup(10kg@ R90/150g) - R2.66 
• 1 cup of Dhal, rough estimate of 1.5 a cup (1kg @ R12/125g) - R1.50
• Cauliflower, from the garden @ 50 cents a plant - R0.5
• Peas, 1/2 cup (1kg @ R25/150g/2(1/5 cup)) - R1.87
• Potato - R5
• Garden Salad - FREE, assortment of leaves from the garden

TOTAL - R11.53 (excluding spices, herbs, other)

Eaten for Supper by 2.5 people, Taken for Lunch by 2 =  R2.56 a meal

Wednesday 
Rice, Dhal, Fried Fish and Chips

• 2 cups of rice - R2.66
• Dhal - leftovers - R0
• Fried Fish - Bass catch - R0
• Chips - R5

TOTAL - R7.66 (excluding spices, herbs, other)

Eaten for Supper by 2.5 people, Taken for Lunch by 2 =  R1.70 a meal

Thursday 
Egg Chutney with Rice/Bread

• Eggs (7 Eggs @ R40/30) - R9.33
• Tomatoes (Checkers reduced R10 box) - R8
• Rice (left over) R0, Bread @ R11 - R5.5

TOTAL - R22.83 (excluding spices, herbs, other)

Eaten for Supper by 2.5 people, Taken for Lunch by 2 =  R5.07 a meal

Friday
Bush pig wors, baby potatoes, Peppers stuffed with Brown Rice, Cheese and Spinach

• Wors - given to us R0
• baby potatoes (checkers reduced) R8
• Peppers R13.14
• Spinach - from the garden, R0
• Brown Rice (1 cup) - in the cupboard, estimating R3.74
• Cheese (+/- 100g @ R70/900g) R7.77

TOTAL - R32.65 (excluding spices, herbs, other)

Eaten for Supper by 2.5 people, leftovers eaten by 1 =  R9.32 a meal