What is your average daily cost for ...

[Jan]

the protein part of your dinner? There are four adults in our family. Well one is a teenager who eats for England. DH and I are funding the cost of our weekly shop as DS doesn’t have a job. So we pay on average about £4 to £5 per day for the “meat” content of dinner. Nothing very fantastic or expensive there, mainly chicken as it is cheap. What do you pay?

[Floridaagogo]

I pay £5 for a chicken which feeds the 3 of us and then strip the carcass for the dogs so 5 of us in total x

[princess allie]

Hmmm. I’m not sure, but i know it’s a lot less than that. We don’t have meat every meal either. If I make a pasta bake, I use 2 chicken breasts chopped, there are only 3 of us, but it makes enough for 4, DH takes it to work the following day for lunch, or I gift it to my single brother. If I make spag Bol, I use a large mince for about £4, but I freeze half and we have it another time. Sometimes we have homemade soup, such as leek and potato and again that does us for 2 days with a fresh unsliced loaf each time. We aren’t vegetarians, but we have meat free days every week.

[KarenG]

It varies. Sometimes a bag of quorn something is less than £2 between four of us. Chicken would be more like £4 to £5.

[Helen J]

It varies greatly. Tonight me and DH had steak, which cost £10.50 and our son had gammon which was £2.00, (luckily he doesn't like steak), so £12.50 tonight.

Tomorrow the cost will be £1.40, because I am making a beef stew which makes me and DH two meals each. The beef cost £2.80.

We don't always have meat though, the previous 2 nights we didn't have any.

[magickate]

I spend £80 at the butchers every month, fish & meat for 3 people.
I've just ordered 5kg chicken breast £20
3 lean beef mince £10
3 packs frozen fish £8
2 gammon joints & a beef joint £12
A big bag of sausages £7.50
Tray of pork shoulder steaks £3
4 steaks £10
Fish cakes £3
2 small whole chickens £5

I also get bacon from work but don't have to pay for that. Seems alot when I write it down but it lasts us and they deliver it too.

[rummy63]

Quick tip if you want your mince to go further throw a cup of lentils in nobody will notice and its healthier. Do not under any circumstances mention that you have done this.
3/4 pound of mince plus the cup of lentils makes a pound.
Chillies and bolognaise be a bit more sparing on the mince and trigger happy on the lentils.

[inky1]

Originally Posted by rummy63

Quick tip if you want your mince to go further throw a cup of lentils in nobody will notice and its healthier. Do not under any circumstances mention that you have done this.
3/4 pound of mince plus the cup of lentils makes a pound.
Chillies and bolognaise be a bit more sparing on the mince and
trigger happy on the lentils.

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That sounds a great idea - what lentils do you use please - I live with a pair of complete carnivores and apart from the cost it’s not very healthy.

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Originally Posted by KarenG

It varies. Sometimes a bag of quorn something is less than £2 between four of us. Chicken would be more like £4 to £5.

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We like Quorn. Great value and quite often on a BOGOF in some supermarkets.

[LLamb]

We don’t have meat with every meal but I wouldn’t say we pay that much.

In addition to the lentils when I make chilli or spag bol I add grated carrots, courgette, sliced mushrooms and diced onion and pepper. Makes a lot more of the sauce and healthier too.
Then for chilli as well as kidney beans add another. The kids like baked beans but try black eyed beans or a mixed bean tin.
A 500g pack of mince I can easily split into at least 2/3 meals 2a2c. Eat one and freeze the other portions.

I do the same for curry, add grated carrot and then little pieces of cauliflower and broccoli. The frozen bags are very handy for this.

Roast chicken I would use the left over’s and make a pie for the next day. Add more veg if not enough meat.