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Why not try Live Below the Line and update this thread with your menus over the course of the week?
https://www.actionagainsthunger.org.uk/get-involved/fundraise/live-below-line
If you do it would be really, really valuable to keep a time-log breaking down your research time and shopping time.
I did it once with someone from UNICEF. Initially I thought, that's easy on a pure calorie basis, so I added some hurdles; meat at least twice, fish at least once, 5-a-day.
The 5-a-day was impossible. I got close, but a decent level of veg was only just manageable.
My biggest take away was the panic when the budget version of an ingredient wasn't available and I couldn't afford another replacement.
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If your budget doesn't stretch to cover good meat, that sucks, but I'm not sure how anyone who's struggling to feed their family but eating meat 5 nights a week wouldn't eat better and healthier on a completely vegetarian diet. I'll admit I haven't exactly costed this out, and am willing to be proven wrong