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Current catalogue week · 2 Sept 2026 – 8 Sept 2026

7 cheapest family dinners this week

Affordable dinner ideas ranked from MealPantry’s fixed recipe set and current catalogue week Australian grocery basket.

Quick answer

MealPantry’s lowest dinner estimate for 2 Sept 2026 – 8 Sept 2026 is Lentil tomato pasta at approximately $9.23 for four people, using the verified basket index.

This week’s ranking

1

$9.23

$2.31 per person

Lentil tomato pasta

Lentils, pasta, tomato and herbs. Estimated for four servings.

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2

$9.70

$2.43 per person

Egg and vegetable frittata

Eggs, vegetables and potatoes. Estimated for four servings.

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3

$10.27

$2.57 per person

Vegetarian curry

Chickpeas, vegetables and rice. Estimated for four servings.

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How the estimate works. Figures use the current catalogue week (2 Sept 2026 – 8 Sept 2026) and scale fixed recipe baselines against its complete Weekly Grocery Index basket. It is a planning estimate, not a guaranteed checkout total. A new week is published only after all four stores have comparable evidence.

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