@Ilbacio if you like pizza why don't you make it? Homemade, it's quite cheap to make pizza with whatever ingredients you wish to have on it 🙂 I cook sometimes pizza just for lunch ( express version, with self-raising flour, so no need to wait for the dough to rise, as I have only 1hr for lunch 😄 ). I think the problem here is in "ready meals". This never comes cheap ( not mentioning that pretty never comes healthy ). I reduced my expenses by cooking my meals ( with occasional exceptions ) and making sure I buy the right amount of ingredients, so I don't waste almost any food. What helps with the budget is learning to cook using only what you can find in your fridge. It's like a puzzle but sometimes the result is stunning. This is how I made a romanesco broccoli and green lentils with chopped swede creamy soup 😉 I just had those ingredients in the fridge. However, if anyone of you is picky about food it's going to be hard to go cheap 😉 I know something about it as my wife is hard at convincing to try certain foods ( and she doesn't eat eggs which makes things even harder ). We end up often cooking two different meals. Also, if you cook, then don't cook more than you need. This leads to food waste and food waste is money waste. The key is that you have to switch to cooking own food rather than eating out or buying ready meals. Raw ingredients can be put together in multiple configurations. Single ingredients may be used in a few meals. As for recipes, I simply google for those, which contain at least partially ingredients I currently have at home. If I like the recipe I'm missing any ingredients then this is where things require getting little more creative 😉 My grocery weekly is between 25-50 pounds ( usually nearer the lower band ). I eat healthy ( at least I try ) and not too expensive either.
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