£50 would be pushing 2 weeks for both of us. We normally spend £20-30 a week between us. May reduce it further as my garden becomes more productive, already never need to buy rosemary, thyme, sage, chives or mint again.
I’m intrigued what you could be buying where a weeks worth of food for a couple only costs you £30. Like, what do your daily meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) look like?
IIRC the following is roughly what we bought for this week, obviously some ingredients left over from previous weeks and some won’t be completely used and gets used in following weeks.
Other: 500g rice, 1kg pasta, quite a bit of honey/vinegar for making chuntey, frozen peas, 1.5kg flour, cinnamon, cloves
I grow quite a few of my own herbs to help as well: Rosemary, sage, thyme, chives, mint. Adding oregano soon. My garden is fairly small so only growing herbs rather than veg but hopefully getting an allotment soon. I also forage for fruits when they are in season, made 2L of apple chutney this week which is why I needed the honey/vinegar, though could do with a proper stockpot to do it in larger quantities.
If you don’t have a garden, the herbs I am growing would be pretty easy options for some guerilla gardening. Maybe not the mint as it can be a bit invasive. There is even a large rosemary bush near one of the supermarkets in town here that I have taken cuttings from before. A little cheeky but you could probably even take a little cutting from someones front garden if you are desperate.
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£50 would be pushing 2 weeks for both of us. We normally spend £20-30 a week between us. May reduce it further as my garden becomes more productive, already never need to buy rosemary, thyme, sage, chives or mint again.
I’m intrigued what you could be buying where a weeks worth of food for a couple only costs you £30. Like, what do your daily meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) look like?
IIRC the following is roughly what we bought for this week, obviously some ingredients left over from previous weeks and some won’t be completely used and gets used in following weeks.
I grow quite a few of my own herbs to help as well: Rosemary, sage, thyme, chives, mint. Adding oregano soon. My garden is fairly small so only growing herbs rather than veg but hopefully getting an allotment soon. I also forage for fruits when they are in season, made 2L of apple chutney this week which is why I needed the honey/vinegar, though could do with a proper stockpot to do it in larger quantities.
If you don’t have a garden, the herbs I am growing would be pretty easy options for some guerilla gardening. Maybe not the mint as it can be a bit invasive. There is even a large rosemary bush near one of the supermarkets in town here that I have taken cuttings from before. A little cheeky but you could probably even take a little cutting from someones front garden if you are desperate.
Aldi is the shit