My £19.56 week meal plan.

I didn't know they had one! All I have is a tiny Tesco Express which probably doesn't count... It's Sainsburys for me unfortunately

edit: yeh, I checked and they don't include Tesco Express

Also I don't mind paying more really, I was just explaining which that amount might seem so low to some people!

Omg I would die if I couldn't get anything delivered! Carrying it from the road to the kitchen is hard enough (I have to live on the fifth floor lol)! I've always found Tesco to be the same price, albeit with different deals, but they don't deliver to me, soooo...

You might find this site helpful. It's cheap but each day plan also contains your 5 a day (or more). And by cheap I mean 80 a day for 4 people.

I hope you mean week...

edit: oh I thought you meant £80. 80p = (Y)

Wow! You sound like you know your food! Did you teach yourself to cook? I'm a pretty big fan of takeaways as well, especially pizza! I think once I get to uni, I'll have to force myself to explore my culinary abilities

Breakfast for me is fairly straight forward (cereals, porridge, nutella/peanut butter sandwiches etc)..however most of the times I don't even have breakfast - but I suspect it's got something to do with waking up at 1pm! This'll change though (hopefully!) once uni starts. One thing I'll definitely miss though is my mums pancakes

I'm thinking I'll probably eat out for lunch - places like greggs, subway, etc...although this might result in spiralling costs!

I think (I'm hoping) their'll be an icelands near the uni I'm going to! so I can get frozen ready meals, pizzas, wedges, fish fingers! etc for dinners.

Lol, i can't cook! I've only recently started trying to teach myself. There are plenty of easy to follow recipes online though.

Porridge? I don't even know how to make that! I always used to skip breakfast before uni but i feel too hungry in lectures if i do that these days, still usually pay a visit to the vending machines in lecture breaks (i eat a lot )

Most people do eat out for lunch because they're already out and about at uni, check local pub deals though - with a Yates student card which costs £2 you get a burger and chips for £2 (I think that's usually around £5) which is a good offer, and the Boots meal deal is reasonably priced too. I've found i far too much on food, especially lunch.

I live near an iceland, but i don't have a microwave (the private accommodation didn't come with one and noone cba to buy one) so haven't been there much, i need to go there actually.

Lol at you can't make porridge! I get the one where you just add milk and put in the microwave (I haven't had it in a while though).

You can get away with £2 for lunch in London, with a soft drink added! However, in Lancaster (where I'll probably be going for uni) I doubt you can.

A student without a microwave? how do you survive?!

Yeah but I'm guessing that you have an income from two people. Some of us can't even afford the extra tenner. On a personal note I am a pretty good cook and aren't really bothered by what cut of meat that I have. No point having an good cut and no flavour. You don't really sacrifice much by shopping on a budget. Its more about making food/buying ingredients that will last and therefore save you money.