Three supper recipes, four portions for 8.10 zł. With a shopping list

Supper can cost about two złoty. We put together three recipes that make four portions for 8.10 zł, that's 2.03 zł an evening, no meat and no fish, but with real protein from legumes, egg and dairy. The pancakes make a double portion, so one recipe covers two evenings.

The prices and macros per portion come from Snugmeal's recipe base, calculated on Biedronka prices as of August 2026. We showed a week of breakfasts put together this way before, now the same for the evening.

Three recipes, four evenings

Potato pancakes with sour cream. 1.86 zł a portion, 11 g protein, 457 kcal, about 35 min for two portions

Grate 500 g of potatoes and half an onion, and squeeze out the liquid firmly. Mix with an egg and 40 g of flour, season with salt and pepper. Fry in hot oil in two batches, about 4 minutes each side, until golden. Serve with a spoon of sour cream. These amounts make two portions, so two evenings or seconds.

Red lentil soup with carrot. 2.05 zł, 16.3 g protein, 347 kcal, about 30 min

Fry half a chopped onion and a garlic clove in a spoon of oil about 3 minutes, until soft. Add a grated carrot and 60 g of red lentils, cover with water and cook about 20 minutes, until the lentils break down. Season with a teaspoon of curry and blend to a smooth soup.

White bean spread with garlic on bread. 2.33 zł, 15.8 g protein, 390 kcal, about 5 min

Drain 180 g of canned white beans and mash with a fork with a spoon of olive oil, a pressed garlic clove and a teaspoon of lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper. Spread on two slices of rye bread.

Shopping list

• potatoes 500 g
• egg, 1
• onion 100 g (1 small)
• carrot 80 g (1)
• garlic, 2 cloves
• lemon (a teaspoon of juice)
• wheat flour 40 g
• rapeseed oil 20 g
• sour cream 18% 60 g
• canned white beans 180 g
• olive oil 16 g
• rye bread, 2 slices
• red lentils 60 g
• curry, a teaspoon

The amounts are what the recipes use, not package sizes. At the till, buying full packages, the first shop is about 60 zł, counting typical sizes: 500 ml of olive oil, a litre of oil, 10 eggs, a 400 g can of beans, 200 g of sour cream, 500 g of lentils, a kilo of flour and a loaf of bread. Nearly 48 zł of that is dry pantry, eggs, flour, oil, olive oil, lentils, curry and the can of beans, which lasts for many more meals. Across these four portions you eat 8.10 zł worth, and the fresh items, potatoes, onion and carrot, you buy by weight, exactly what you need.

What stays in the pantry, and what you buy by weight

The fresh items close on their own, because you buy them by weight: half a kilo of potatoes, an onion and a carrot go entirely. You eat most of a can of beans, while most of the sour cream and the loaf are left, which you'll use the same week, on sandwiches or in a soup. Eggs, flour, oil, olive oil and spices are pantry that works for a long time.

Four portions, each with 11 to 16 grams of protein, 8.10 zł in total. About two złoty an evening, less than a frozen supermarket pizza.

The evening you don't have to think up

We put these three suppers together from ready recipes, calculated on prices from Polish stores. Snugmeal does the same for a whole week and all meals: it picks dishes around your budget and closes the shopping into one list, with a total that matches at the till.

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Data: per-portion costs and macros from Snugmeal's recipe base, calculated on Biedronka prices; lentil and flour prices checked live in August 2026, the rest in typical package sizes and prices. Our own calculations.