3 LBLUK plans, £5, 5 days, what would you make with these groceries?

Apr 1, 2015 | 1 comment

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Katherine asked me yesterday how the latest LBLUK plan compared calorie wise with the others. The answer, not very well. It worked out to only 1500 calories a day, so not enough. I’ve had a bit of a tweak and managed to up the calories. Govt. recommendations 2000-2500 calories, 10-35% protein, 20-35% fat, 45-65% carb, 25g fibre pppd so the adjusted plan is

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Aldi
2.5kg potatoes £0.49
1kg carrots £0.49
1kg onions £0.59
2 tins tomatoes £0.62
250g baking spread £0.39
510g chicken leg qtrs £1.09
tin kidney beans £0.23
185g tuna £0.69
800g wholemeal loaf £0.40
Total £4.99
calories 9458 1892
fat 283 27%
protein 389 16%
carb 1535 65%
fibre 205 41

calories close enough for me, as a woman,  to  2000 as I had mis-calculated this one, I checked the other two

Aldi
500g leeks £0.29
1kg carrots £0.49
250g beetroot £0.45
2 tins tomatoes £0.62
250g baking spread £0.39
value marmalade or jam £0.27
2 tins sardines in oil £0.74
800g wholemeal loaf £0.40
tin kidney beans £0.23
500g penne £0.29
1kg oats £0.75
Total £4.92
calories 11623 2325
fat 340 26%
protein 410 14%
carb 1819 63%
fibre 268 54

 

Aldi
kg onions £0.59
kg carrots £0.49
savoy cabbage £0.59
best for baking £0.39
jam/marmalade £0.27
2 x toms £0.62
500g chick peas £1.09
1.5kg flour £0.45
Total £4.49
calories 10396 2079
fat 251 22%
protein 321 12%
carb 1825 70%
fibre 168 34

quite happy with that.  I’ll need to decide which one to do, or I might change it all again, depending what is on Aldi’s Super 6 that week. I’m going to have a look at my diary to see which week I can fit it into.

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  1. Katherine

    Well done for all three.

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