In tomorrow's Foodie Friday vlog, I'm sharing the costs of what I ate in a day. I explain how I work out the cost of the veggies in a Lidl veg box simply by dividing the £1.50 cost by the number of items (6) so each item/pack is 25p. Then within that 25p I work out what each single piece of veg costs. For example a single pepper would be 25p divided by 3, a single banana would be 50p divided by 13. And so on.
I had 6 Wagyu beef sausages that were reduced to £1.99 making each sausage 33p. These were cooked in home made onion gravy and portioned into 3 servings. I ate one and froze the other two. Honestly, they weren't the best sausages I've ever had despite the fancy Wagyu content!
I have a load of butter in the freezer made from reduced cream so when I add butter to a meal/recipe it doesn't cost as much as shop bought.
And so you get the gist of how I calculated the cost of what I ate in a day. Here's the breakdown of each meal.
Breakfast: 42p
- 50g oats 6p (from a 2kg bag costing £2.45)
- 50g frozen raspberries 33p (from a 300g bag costing £2)
- Banana 3p
- Peanut butter, no cost bought with a voucher
- Jam, free as was a gift
Morning snack: Free
Scone with jam and clotted cream, free gift
Main meal: £1.37
- 2 sausages 66p
- Instant mash 45p
- 1/3 of the sweetheart cabbage 8p
- 1/3 of onion gravy 18p (made from 2 onions at 32p, butter 10p, seasonings 10p)
Supper: 34p
- 1 slice home made sourdough bread 6p
- Butter 10p
- 30g cheese 18p (from a 900g block costing £4.99)
Grand total: £2.13
If I'd had fresh potatoes at the time or mash in the freezer, it would have been cheaper as the instant mash was just a storecupboard standby.
It's not something I'll do regularly as it's faffy to work out the costs but it was an interesting exercise nonetheless 😊
Very interesting Ali.
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