Families whose children are eligible to free school meals are able to claim a £15 supermarket voucher for each week that their child is off for school holidays. So, how can you make the most of this limited budget? We have put together a sample shopping list with prices taken from a mid-range supermarket and have also included some meal ideas using items brought from the list as inspiration.
Sample Shopping List:
- Wholemeal bread – £0.60
- Baked beans (reduced salt) – £0.30
- Block of store-brand cheddar – £1.55
- Sweetcorn in water – £0.42
- Tuna or salmon chunks in water – £1.00
- Couscous – £0.70
- Low-fat mayonnaise – £0.69
- Shredded lettuce – £0.69
- Easy peelers – £0.69
- Bag of apples – £0.79
- Chopped Tomatoes – £0.45
- 6 large eggs – £1.30
- Jacket Potatoes – £0.39
- 2pt semi-skimmed milk – £0.95
- Crunchy peanut butter – £0.89
- Loose Bananas x 3 – £0.42
- 500g greek yoghurt – £0.49
- 240g Sliced chicken – £1.99
- Honey – £0.69
Total = £15
*Please note, that this is a sample list only. If you need to swap any items out due to dietary requirements, we recommend researching a nutritional alternative to any of the above. For example, chicken can be substituted for Tofu which can be bought for £1.70.
Shopping done… Tick! Now to put these items into nutritional meals… Please see below some ideas we recommend:
- Tuna Mayo + sweet corn sandwich
- Cheese and lettuce sandwich
- Chicken and Mayo sandwich
- Egg Mayo Sandwich
- Scrambled/poached or boiled egg on toast
- Tomatoes on toast
- Peanut butter and banana on toast
- Banana and egg pancakes
- Tuna mayo and sweetcorn with jacket potato
- Cheese and beans jacket potato with lettuce
- Chicken and sweetcorn couscous
- Tomato couscous
For desserts, use the fruit, greek yoghurt and honey.