Mum shares Tesco shopping list to feed your kids for less than £15 a week

A savvy mum has shared the Tesco shopping list that lets her feed her children for less than £15 a week.

The clever lady even found room in her budget for chocolate and crisps to feed her little ones as snacks.

But despite her impressive work, people managed to find ways to save even more.

Posting her list to the Facebook group  Feeding Yourself for £1 a Day, the wrote: "I have created a shopping list as well as meal ideas to help people out there ensure their child/children are getting 3 meals a day for £14.94."

The 23-item list covers breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as snacks.

The money-saving mum added: "It may be quite repetitive (especially breakfast). But any meal is better than no meal."

How she managed it (Facebook / Char M Swabey)

More than 1,000 people "liked" the post, with many even finding ways to save even more.

One user wrote: "Only thing I would change is the sausages. Tesco do a frozen bag of 20 for £1 butchers choice ones. They're lovely and you'd get 8 more for 20p less."

A second added: "One item that I would add to this for a treat is the Ms Mollies soft scoop ice cream, it’s 99p a litre tub and it’s quite nice!"

A third wrote: "I would change the 4 baking potatoes to a 2kg bag for £1.25 as this will create more meals such as jacket potatoes, potato gratin, mash potato, chips etc."

And while the original poster's list didn't include any items she couldn't find on the Tesco website, others pointed out that with a little help from yellow stickers you could find more again.

"You might even get carrots and cucumber on sale and have them with the lunches most kids love raw veg also dried lentils, black or mixed beans and pulses are so cheap and delicious and very nutritious too," one wrote.

The list in full: costing just £15.94

• Whole chicken - £2.52
• 6 eggs - 70p
• 12 pork sausages - £1.20
• Porridge oats - 75p
• Cream crackers - 40p
• 4 baking potatoes - 41p
• Long grain rice - 45p
• Curry sauce - 28p
• Penne pasta - 29p
• Tomato and herb pasta sauce - 28p
• Root vegetable medley - £1
• Can of baked beans - 23p
• 6 bananas - 64p
• 12 strawberry yoghurts - 73p
• Apple and blackcurrant squash - 43p
• 6 bags of crisps - 65p
• Tin of tomato soup - 45p
• Tin of chicken soup - 24p
• Strawberry jam - 28p
• Two tins of tuna - £1.20
• Cheddar cheese - £1.60
• Wholemeal bread - 36p
• Milk chocolate bar - 30p

And this is the plan for what to do with all that food:

• Breakfast : Porridge or toast

• Lunch : Cheese sandwiches, tuna sandwiches, chicken or tomato soup, cheese on toast, egg and soldiers

• Dinner : Pasta bake, beans on toast, jacket potatoes with tuna or cheese, sausages and mash, chicken curry, pasta bake

• Snacks : An apple a day, a banana a day, bag of crisps, strawberry yoghurts and a square of chocolate for a treat