A cheap 7-day meal plan using red lentils, chickpeas and bacon. Frugal, nutritious and easy to cook
Budget meal plan with lentils and chickpeas
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Week Seven Meal Planner – minced beef, bacon, red lentils
Need to feed your family with the minimum of cash? This meal plan is based on minced beef, bacon & red lentils. As at 27th August 2025, £1.46 each, per day! Everything you need, three meals a day plus cakey extras
Meal Plan 4 – butter beans, oats and parsnips
How to eat well on a teeny, tiny budget! A weekly meal planner to serve 2 adults for 7 days at a cost of £1.34 a day each as at August 2025
Meal Plan 3 – chorizo, chick peas and dried mash
A weekly meal plan based around chorizo or salami, chick peas and dried mash. Feed yourself all week for £1.40 a day – priced in August 2025
Meal Plan Two – salted cashews, black olives and soft cheese
First written in September 2013, re-priced annually since then. I’m so pleased this meal plan is still pricing up at just over £1 a day in August 2025 – 12 years old, and still going strong!
Meal Plan 8 – a whole chicken, peanut butter and creamed coconut
A weekly meal plan based around a whole chicken, green lentils and coconut. Budget friendly, delicious meals
Week Nine Meal Planner – tuna, ham and cheese
Meal plan based on tuna, ham and cheese. It shows 3 meals a day, plus some cakey extras to fill any gaps, for 7 days, for 2 adults.
Meal Plan 10 – based on sausages, sardines and soft cheese
Updated and repriced in June 2024 The Tenth Meal Plan - we're in double figures! The usual caveats apply, it shows 3 meals a day, plus some cakey extras to fill any gaps, for 7 days, for 2 adults. Change the meals around to suit yourself, combine the shopping list of...
Week Eleven Meal Planner – chicken, bacon, vegetables
A complete weekly meal plan based around chicken, bacon and lots of vegetables. This plan costs £1.19, per person, per day.
No Power Meal Plan – muesli, kidney beans and hotdogs
The No Power Meal Plan is for anyone who has no access to any power to cook, heat water or refrigerate. Not even a kettle.