Spending only $50 for a WEEK's worth of food - CHEAP meal prep ideas!

The prices for food in Sydney are INSANE right now, so I gave myself a challenge to make a WHOLE week’s worth of meals for just $50 🤑 with a bit of clever planning you can still make delicious and filling meals for CHEAP!

TOP TIP is to try and buy ingredients that can be used for multiple meals to minimise the costs – in this case, the onions, carrot, potatoes, tomato paste and puff pastry are used across multiple recipes!

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Here’s what we made:
Pork and vegetable spaghetti bolognese
Moroccan meatball stew with carrot and potato
Japanese curry with chicken and vegetables
Mini Lorraine quiches
Hawaii pizza scrolls

And here’s what we bought:
1kg bag onions $2.69
1kg bag carrots $1.99
1kg potatoes $1.98 (2kg bag $3.99)
1 zucchini $1.03

1kg pork mince $9.38
250g ham $3.99
6 eggs $2.25 ($4.49/dozen)
300ml thickened cream $2.79
250g shredded cheese $3.25 (500g for $6.49)

2 passata jars $3.98
1 jar tomato paste $1.39
1 packet pasta $0.89
1.5 cups cous cous $0.75
1 packet Japanese curry roux $5.00
6 sheets frozen puff pastry $2.79
Can pineapple 1.59

Total cost came in UNDER $50 at….. $45.74 🤑🤑🤑🤑

Pantry staples needed:
Olive oil, Rice, Breadcrumbs, Honey, Sugar, Ketchup manis, Moroccan spices, Salt/pepper, all purpose seasoning (we make our own!)

00:00 – Intro
1:32 – Prepping the ingredients
4:26 – Mini Quiche Lorraine
6:19 – Japanese Curry
7:08 – Hawaiian Pizza Scrolls
8:53 – Spaghetti Bolognese
9:52 – Moroccan Meatball Stew
10:34 – Plating everything up!

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