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Elly Rewcastle

Supermarket meals to feed the family, including Asda’s £20 week of recipes, M&S roast dinner and week of Aldi specials

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Supermarkets are doing their part to help with the rising cost of living by sharing meal deals, recipes and shopping lists. Some will stretch over a week of meals while others will take the pressure off making a midweek decision.

Meal planning can be exhausting at the best of times but some stores have taken the pressure off by creating tailored shopping lists. These send you out with instructions on what to buy, so there’s no mindlessly staring at the shelves and praying for inspiration of what you’re going to eat for the week.

With recipes available too, they take all the trouble out of the kitchen and make mealtimes straightforward. Here’s a selection of supermarkets and the meal deals they offer:

Asda

Asda has created seven simple recipes for budget-conscious families that can feed a family of four for less than £20 with its essentials range. The yellow-packaged products caused quite a stir when they were first introduced but have since proved a hit for their price and quality.

The meal deal promises to provide the ingredients to prepare sausage and mash, fish biryani, fish pie, frittata, tuna pasta, chicken stew and rice, and chicken pasta. The items, which come in at less than £20, will make enough of each meal to feed a family of four.

Ingredients:

Pork sausages
Chicken thighs
Unsmoked bacon
Frozen white fish
4 tins of peas
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 tin of new potatoes
1 tin of tuna
1 jar of curry sauce
1 jar of pasta sauce
1 packet of spaghetti
1 bag of rice
Flour
Vegetable stock cubes
Garlic
1 bag of white onions
Mushrooms
1 bag of carrots
1 bag of potatoes
Long-life milk
6 eggs

M&S

A fuss-free Sunday lunch or a midweek chicken dinner is covered thanks to Marks & Spencer’s newest meal. Customers can pick up one main - the options include spatchcock chicken, whole chicken and rotisserie chicken - and two sides - the options here include chips, mash, roasties, vegetables and gravy - for just £10.

Aldi

While not an official deal, Instagram influencer Cardiff Mum shared five meals she made with ingredients bought from Aldi for less than £20. Using Aldi-exclusive products, the content creator made slow cooker pulled pork and black bean chilli, Italian BMT subs, air fryer Chinese crispy shredded chicken, air fryer lemon, garlic chicken with crispy feta and sloppy joe tacos and dirty rice.

Ingredients:

Ashfields Pork Shoulder Steaks
Everyday Essentials Family Pack Peppers
Nature’s Pick Red Onion
Asia Specialities Dark Soy Sauce
Village Bakery Supersoft Mini Orginal Wraps
Four Season Black Beans In Water
Everyday Essentials Lemons
Asia Specialities Sweet & Sour Stir Fry Sauce
Everyday Essentials Long Grain Rice
Ashfields British Beef Mince 20% Fat
The Deli Italian Salami & Cheese Selection
Ashfields British Chicken Thighs Fresh Class A
Bramwells Original BBQ Sauce
Bramwells Worcestershire Sauce
Stonemill Garlic Puree
Village Bakery Italian Style Metro Rolls
Everyday Essentials Greek Style Salad Cheese
Everyday Essentials Cheesy Singles
Everyday Essentials Chopped Tomatoes

Tesco

Following on from its success in October, Tesco has shared its shopping list for five midweek meals for a family of four for £25. With a range of recipes from easy microwavable options to hearty pies and Asian dishes, this selection is sure to keep your family’s tastebuds tingling.

This particular shopping list includes the ingredients for sweetcorn, squash and spring onion ramen, bean and corn enchiladas, mushroom, squash and barley pie, microwave pearl barley risotto and a crispy new potato, pepper and feta traybake.

Shopping list: