My family ate nothing but Asda Smart Price for a week and it cost less than £50

With the cost of living soaring, shoppers are understandably trying to cut down where they can.

If you've got a family to feed, it can prove somewhat of a challenge - especially finding meals that both grown ups and children will eat.

That's why I set myself the challenge of feeding my family on nothing but Asda Smart Price products - and its budget Farm Stores fruit, veg and meat range - for a full week.

There was obviously some meal planning involved and that's something most people swear by in order to keep costs down and avoid any food waste.

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But with less than £50, I was able to buy breakfast, dinner and tea - I'm a Salfordian so I'm not calling it lunch and dinner - with snacks and puddings thrown in too. It was even enough to make a big breakfast and a Sunday dinner, with sponge and custard for afters (sorry, pudding).

Impressed? You should be.

Admittedly some of the products were lower quality than we'd usually eat and when it comes to buying things like meat, fish and cheese, it's hard to find healthier alternatives when you've got a tight budget to stick to. Not to mention having to sacrifice free range eggs for the caged hen variety.

When it's £1.18 for 15 mixed sized eggs compared with £1.68 for 12 medium free range, it's a big difference when you're watching every penny.

Despite buying the cheapest of everything available, I have to say that with the exception of the weak teabags and the poor quality sausages, there's nothing we wouldn't eat again - but I guess you get what you pay for with a pack of 20 bangers for £1.

I could have instead opted for the eight-pack of Farm Stores sausages for 80p - the Farm Stores bacon