| I'm located in Hamburg, we spend less than 40€ per week for 2 on groceries, so that's below 6€ per day for a couple. Every Saturday we make a plan for the next week. For example last week we had (note that we don't buy prepared meals): (Day: lunch / dinner) Monday: Salad + egg + wrap / Udon soup (spring onions, asian noodles, tofu, miso, egg) Tuesday: Salad + beans + wrap / Chili sin carne + rice Wednesday: Salad + veg. schnitzel + wrap / Sweet potato curry Thursday: Salad + roasted vegetables + wrap / Backed potatoes + mix of vegetables Friday: Porridge + apples / Carrots in oven + smashed potatoes Saturday: Pancakes + leftovers / Vegetables soup + bread Sunday: Brunch (fruits, joghurts, cheese, bread, etc) / Pizza We now have a list of maybe 20-25 recipes we rotate between, cooking takes a bit of time but that's something I really like to do to relax. I personally do not eat the morning and my life partner eats some simple cereals + joghurt + fruits. Food like chili sin carne or a curry is something ridiculously cheap to do and is very easy to do in huge quantities. Also we really like to eat wraps filled with salad for lunch as you can see :). If you alternate the filling and salad sauces that's not too boring and doesn't result in an after-lunch food comas! We buy almost everything at Lidl and do not eat meat. |