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I’m a Savvy Shopper: This Is How I Live On £15 a Week at ASDA

  • Eilish Stout-Cairns, 27, reveals her weekly budget grocery shop for under £15
  • The ASDA meal plan includes pesto pasta, porridge and veggie omelettes
  • She uses this plan when money is tight or unexpected bills crop up
  • The savvy shopper says the meals are filling and healthy
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Keeping grocery costs low can be tough as prices continue to rise, but one savvy shopper has revealed her extreme money-saving shopping list which costs under £15 a week at ASDA.

Eilish Stout-Cairns, 27 year-old actor from Newcastle, spends just £14.51 on the groceries and is able to stay full with meals such as pesto pasta, porridge with jam and a jacket potato with baked beans.

The savvy shopper told money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk: ‘When it’s close to the end of the month, or I need to cut back due to unexpected costs cropping up, I use this shopping list to keep my grocery spend in check.

‘It’s great because I can stock up on essential items and still snack between meals if I get peckish - but I’m spending less than £15 per week!’

Eilish’s Money-Saving Shopping List

  • Just Essentials by Asda Porridge Oats 1kg
  • Just Essentials by Asda Strawberry Jam 454g
  • Just Essentials By Asda White Bread
  • Just Essentials By Asda 15 Eggs
  • Just Essentials by Asda Vegetable Soup 400g (3 tins)
  • The Bakery at Asda 6 Wholemeal Pittas
  • Asda British Fluffy Golden Large Baking Potato (1 pack of 4)
  • Just Essentials by Asda Baked Beans (2 tins)
  • Asda Green Pesto
  • Asda Fusilli
  • Just Essentials by Asda Grated Mild Cheddar Cheese
  • Asda Red Pepper (2 peppers)
  • Just Essentials by Asda 6 Pack Ready Salted Crisps
  • Asda Ginger Nuts

Total: £14.51

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‘My nearest shop is ASDA and I’ve learned which of their Just Essentials range work best for me.

‘For example, their porridge oats are just 90p for 1kg and one pack can easily last me just over two weeks! That’s 0.06p per serving!

‘Getting protein in isn’t difficult, as it only costs £1.99 for a pack of 15 eggs, and I can use them in different meals, such as egg on toast or a vegetable omelette.

‘I tend to choose between soup with pitta bread or a jacket potato for lunch, and both of these options fill me up until dinner time.

‘If I get peckish though, the budget still allows me to pick up some ready salted crisps and ginger nut biscuits which only cost 55p.

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‘By weaving in super cheap items into your shopping list you can afford to budget for more expensive items so you’re eating decent, filling meals.

‘For example, baked beans are just 28p a tin with the Just Essentials range, and a pack of four baking potatoes is just 65p.

‘As I only use half a tin of baked beans on my jacket potato, that balances out to just over 30p per serving!

‘Cheaper meals like these mean I can afford to pick up pesto to make an indulgent dinner with pasta, and for a healthier option I can combine red pepper and cheddar with eggs to make a filling vegetable omelette.

‘This shopping list works really well for me - sometimes I am using it every other week and my monthly grocery bill goes right down!’

Tom Church, Co-Founder of LatestDeals.co.uk, said: ‘When I was a student, I would always have a cupboard full of baked beans and pasta as these ingredients are so cheap and versatile.

‘These staple foods have allowed Eilish to create a super low-cost shopping list which anyone can replicate to save money themselves.’

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Eilish’s Money-Saving Meal Plan Under £15

Breakfast - Porridge and jam OR Egg on toast

Lunch - Soup and pitta OR Jacket potato and baked beans

Dinner - Vegetable omelette OR pesto pasta

Snacks - Ready salted crisps, ginger nut biscuits

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Fatabelly

All well and good when things are available!? Many times their Essential range items are not in stock :-/

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VicNorman

Good for her, but having rescued ex-battery hens in the past I’d happily give up any treats to make sure I wasn’t buying eggs from caged hens - I hope they’re free range 🤞🏻

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coreydee1975

VicNorman Unfortunately they are from battery hens ,should be completely banned as other supermarkets have done.If anyone with an ounce of compassion opened their eyes and visited or looked online at the beyond inhumane conditions ,I'd like to think they wouldn't look at these eggs,never mind purchase them.Unfortunately not everyone has morals.

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BonzoBanana

coreydee1975 I don't buy eggs myself its just not a staple food for me but when I occasionally have them it has to be free range and I don't think I've had factory eggs for maybe 20 years or more. However so much food involves cruelty and the cruelty in cosmetics is on a different level and so many people are comfortable buying such goods.

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coreydee1975

BonzoBanana Funny how she's so " Money Savvy " but still pays for false nails ,eyebrows ,hair etc 🤣Love how she chose to carefully show a photo of free range eggs ,then underneath stupidly the actual ones she was buying from battery hens 👋.Unfortunately people choose to ignore the absolutely horrendous conditions and torture innocent animals go through purely for human gain.The cosmetics ,pharmaceutical , cleaning industry is appalling .....let's stitch open a rabbits,cats,dogs eyes ,see what happens when we pour bleach into them / force feed lipsticks to see how much they can take before they die an agonizing death ,perform brain / heart surgery with no anaesthetic ,overdose them on Digoxin ,the list is endless ....people need to open their eyes and stop being so fkn disgusting .Test things on rapists,paedophiles ,murderers etc ....or the people that buy this s**t

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MargaretJe98202

What about tea, coffee and milk?

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jamie140

What about, toilet rolls, soap, shower gel, ladies sanitry goods.. the list is endless! £14 my a#@e

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