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Cooking From Scratch Cost Experiment – Day 7 – Date Night

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Friday’s is No Waste Tastes Great over here at SimplyBeingMum

Friday Night is also Date Night at Chez Wright – IF we do not have any potential food waste to use up.

There wasn’t any waste. This week I have kept a tight ship kitchen hoping that I would be able to do my comparison grand finale.

My favourite food is Indian cuisine, and very often on Date Night that is the takeaway we would choose.

SimplyBeingMum’s Slow Cooked Chicken and Mushroom Balti with Plain Rice and Garlic/Coriander Naan – Serves 2 (but large – takeaway size portions)

  • 2 Free Range Chicken Breasts = £5.33
  • 1/3 jar of Patak’s Balti paste = £0.59
  • 1 Cube of Dorot Ginger = £0.07
  • 2 Garlic cloves = £0.07
  • 1 Vegetable Stock Cube = £0.08
  • 1 Small Onion = £0.15
  • 1 400g can of Chopped Tomatoes = £0.54
  • 1 Punnet of Mushrooms = £1.00
  • 100g of Easy Cook Rice = £0.14
Then this is where I deviated. I normally hand make chapatis. However I’d popped into Home Bargains today and could not believe the price of their large garlic and coriander naan’s. 49p for two. Yes two! Rounding up to 25p each.
I also purchased a bottle of Pinot Grigio for £3.49 which normally I would pay approx. £5 on special at Sainsburys.
Tonight’s Date Night costing therefore is:
SimplyBeingMum
2 x Chicken and Mushroom Balti’s including rice – £7.97
2 x Naan – £0.49
1 x Pinot Grigio – £3.49
Total = £11.95
Average takeaway and bottle of supermarket wine
2 x Chicken and Mushroom Balti’s with rice – £12.50 (probably not free range)
2 x Naan – £3.70
1 x Pinot Grigio £5.00
Total = £21.20
Please bear in mind I am one glass into the Pinot Grigio as I type, so I am hoping the costings add up correctly! Basically my Balti it’s getting on for half the price of a takeaway, but more importantly I know the chicken I have eaten is free-range.
Anyhow off to enjoy the rest of the wine, curled up on the sofa with a DVD…
Have a lovely evening everyone
🙂

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  4. Sharron says

    Home bargains is another shop that has helped me shave off from my usual supermarket bill. I get loo roll, dog food, and most of my householdy stuff. We also like the ‘add to wok’ noodles, great added with a stir fry pack and use-up chicken, bonus being it takes 10 minutes to make. And for the 6 of us comes in at £3.That’s 50p per head.

    I love what you’ve done here, i always look forward to a meal when it has a glass of wine with it, and £1.50 cheaper that supermarket win-win!!

    Sharron x

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    • simplybeingmum says

      Thanks Sharron! I always buy my toiletries from Home Bargains. The prices are approx. 50% cheaper than the supermarkets. There are some amazing deals – greetings cards for example. Disney themed cards 29p – same as 1.99-2.99 in high street shops…

      Reply

  5. Sharron says

    Home bargains is another shop that has helped me shave off from my usual supermarket bill. I get loo roll, dog food, and most of my householdy stuff. We also like the ‘add to wok’ noodles, great added with a stir fry pack and use-up chicken, bonus being it takes 10 minutes to make. And for the 6 of us comes in at £3.That’s 50p per head.

    I love what you’ve done here, i always look forward to a meal when it has a glass of wine with it, and £1.50 cheaper that supermarket win-win!!

    Sharron x

    Reply

    • simplybeingmum says

      Thanks Sharron! I always buy my toiletries from Home Bargains. The prices are approx. 50% cheaper than the supermarkets. There are some amazing deals – greetings cards for example. Disney themed cards 29p – same as 1.99-2.99 in high street shops…

      Reply

  6. Sharron says

    Home bargains is another shop that has helped me shave off from my usual supermarket bill. I get loo roll, dog food, and most of my householdy stuff. We also like the ‘add to wok’ noodles, great added with a stir fry pack and use-up chicken, bonus being it takes 10 minutes to make. And for the 6 of us comes in at £3.That’s 50p per head.

    I love what you’ve done here, i always look forward to a meal when it has a glass of wine with it, and £1.50 cheaper that supermarket win-win!!

    Sharron x

    Reply

    • simplybeingmum says

      Thanks Sharron! I always buy my toiletries from Home Bargains. The prices are approx. 50% cheaper than the supermarkets. There are some amazing deals – greetings cards for example. Disney themed cards 29p – same as 1.99-2.99 in high street shops…

      Reply

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