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

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:

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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:

• 1 lime

• 1 lemon

• 30g pack fresh coriander

• 30g pack fresh flat-leaf parsley

• 1 garlic bulb

• 20g fresh ginger

• 60g pack red chillies

• 100g bunch spring onions

• 1 iceberg lettuce

• 1kg pack Nightingale Farms red onions

• 600g pack Nightingale Farms mixed peppers

• 2 x 250g packs Nightingale Farms cherry tomatoes

• 375g pack broccoli

• 1 Savoy cabbage

• 300g pack closed-cup mushrooms

• 200g pack Creamfields soft cheese

• 200g pack Creamfields salad cheese

• 250g pack filo pastry

• 6-pack medium free-range eggs

• 2-pack H.W. Nevill’s part-baked baguettes

• 8-pack H.W. Nevill’s wholemeal tortilla wraps

• 30g sachet fajita seasoning

• 150ml bottle reduced-salt soy sauce

• 500g carton Grower’s Harvest tomato passata

• 400g tin Grower’s Harvest tinned tomatoes

• 400g tin Grower’s Harvest kidney beans

• 400g tin butter beans

• 567g tin Grower’s Harvest new potatoes

• 500g pack pearl barley

• 250g pack medium egg noodles

• 907g pack Grower’s Harvest frozen sweetcorn

• 500g pack frozen butternut squash chunks

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