Wednesday, 10 November 2010

(Not so) Economy Gastronomy - Lamb Tumble Down

Well I decided to try out the Economy Gastronomy lamb shoulder tumbledown set of meals to see how it worked out for us as we had MIL for the weekend.  I didn't keep track of the exact cost so am using Tesco.com to give me a rough idea.

The food was tasty and satisfied everyone but had I paid full price for the joint it would have been and incredibly expensive set of meals.  Having said that it would have been more expensive had I not whisked away the leftovers and made up the shepherds pie.

The breakdown is below but the summary is :

Sunday Night
Roast Lamb with salad dip and pitta  -  £1.54 per head

Monday Lunch
MIL Salad and Dip  - £1.19
Us (Salad, dip & pizza) - £1.56

Monday night dinner

Shepherds Pie & peas - £0.64   (allow 10p for the peas)

Tuesdays night

Shepherds Pie in Rolls with peas- £0.76


 Rough costings per ingredient.

Aubergine dip 
2 aubergines   £1.60
Greek Yog      95p
Lemon            35p

Total              £2.90

Served  8       36p per serving
Made about 350ml

Salad

Red Onion          20p
4*Pepper           £2.00
3* Courgette     £1.08
Field Mushrooms 84p
Cherry Toms     £1
Salad                 £1.50
Butter beans     47p

Total                £7.09

Servings 8        89p

Lamb shoulder reduced to £3.35 made 12 meals - 28p per meal

Cottage Pie
Leftover lamb (7 servings) - £2.09
Swede      50p
Carrot      14p
chopped toms   31p
Potatoes   50p
Marg        10p (guesstimate)
Onion       17p
Total        £3.80

Servings 7 - 54p

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