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Do I really spend to much on food?
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HariboJunkie wrote: »I'm not disagreeing with you on any of these points simply wondering why whoopsies etc have been deemed to have no place on this thread.
Anyhoo. I'll watch the thread with interest.
The point was there is loads of info already on whoopsies & stretching mince & it would be nice to have the emphasis on gastronomy at economy prices.0 -
Great thread, Crux. Husband and I have been discussing the health vs budget matter today and decided we need to loosen the purse strings a bit. I was telling him about the grocery challenge where people are feeding a family of 4 on £200 a month. We concluded there is no way of doing that without being either unhealthy or absolutely miserable.
We didn't want sticking to a budget to compromise our health and I think the restrictions it places upon us does. We were cutting back in order to pay our debts off faster but we have both agreed that we would rather be debt free in 14 months rather than 12 in order to not restrict our diets.
It had got to the point where I had stopped buying broccoli and peppers because they are 'too expensive'. Why would I restrict us on such healthy, delicious food? It's bonkers!
I have never bought processed food (bar bread and pasta - life is too short). I shop at Asda and Aldi. We eat plenty of veg. We rarely throw stuff away. I don't buy lobster. We are hardly exravagent, but we do want meat or fish at each meal. We want our 5 a day and we do want a healthy and varied diet.
So I for one would be an avid follower of a thread on 'economy gastronomy' (love this phrase); taking the focus away from cooking and eating as a necessary evil for refuelling to the enjoyment and pleasure we used to get from it.Debt £26k 18/10/140 -
The point was there is loads of info already on whoopsies & stretching mince & it would be nice to have the emphasis on gastronomy at economy prices.
I'm not trying to be argumentative
and I think this thread could be very interesting, as are all the others on healthy eating. I am a bit of a foodie too and quite experimental in my cooking. As I've said before, I don't compromise on (my personal idea) of health while feeding my family frugally but there is also a place for whoopsies and bulking out meals with pulses (which are healthy AND tasty) in my cooking but as ever, everyone is different.
Sorry for continuing the off topicness Crux.
On topic, here is my meal plan for this week.
Sunday: Whoopsied Duck crown (sorry), garlic mash, carrots, red cabbage and green beans.
Monday: Duck noodle soup with cheese and biscuits.
Tuesday: HM meatballs, spaghetti and tomato and basil sauce.
Wednesday: Mushroom omelette and salad
Thursday: FR chicken breasts (jointed from whole chickens) stuffed with wild garlic butter, salad and HM bread.
Friday: Salmon and brocolli quiche, baked potato and salad.
Saturday: Pork Stroganoff.0 -
MrsE oats are very healthy, they help lower cholestreral and contain essential fatty acids and vitamins B1 and B2, they are high in fibre so keep you feeling fuller for longer. You should always get your oats. Here dead we lie because we did not choose
To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is,
And we were young.
A E Housman0 -
rubytuesday wrote: »MrsE oats are very healthy, they help lower cholestreral and contain essential fatty acids and vitamins B1 and B2, they are high in fibre so keep you feeling fuller for longer. You should always get your oats.
I have (real) porridge nearly every morning for breakfast, but I would hate it in meat.
So I do get my oats;)0 -
Can thread names be changed? or would it be start over a new thread?
lol, love the "Foodies go Frugal" title.
You can change the thread title Go to your first post, press "edit" then "go advanced". You then get the option to edit the title
If that doesn't work for you, drop me a PM with the title that you'd like and I can do it for you
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Addiscomber wrote: »Could you please provide some links to medical/scientific papers describing studies that prove this to be the case, please?
http://www.annecollins.com/body-fat-adipose-tissue-guide.htm
No studies in this link, but a good explanation of how food is used by the body.Bulletproof0 -
Can thread names be changed? or would it be start over a new thread?
lol, love the "Foodies go Frugal" title.
I think it would be best to start up a new thread - this one has wandered off onto all sorts of tangents. Personally I think it would be best to leave this thread as the thread where people are discussing weights and measures in shops and start up a new one about the original topic.
You're very welcome to the "Foodies go Frugal" title if you want for this:D (personally I think it sums up in a nutshell exactly what the emphasis would be - ie on food for pleasure not just for "fuelling-up" purposes - and also covers the fact that its to be done in a budget-conscious way). It always seems such a shame when food seems to get relegated to a "necessary evil" - rather than a pleasure.0 -
I was telling him about the grocery challenge where people are feeding a family of 4 on £200 a month. We concluded there is no way of doing that without being either unhealthy or absolutely miserable.
It had got to the point where I had stopped buying broccoli and peppers because they are 'too expensive'. Why would I restrict us on such healthy, delicious food? It's bonkers!
I have never bought processed food (bar bread and pasta - life is too short). I shop at Asda and Aldi. We eat plenty of veg. We rarely throw stuff away. I don't buy lobster. We are hardly exravagent, but we do want meat or fish at each meal. We want our 5 a day and we do want a healthy and varied diet.
With all due respect I find these comments a bit "off".
I aim for slightly less than £200 a month for my family. Why do you make an assumption that anyone doing so is living on ready meals and unhealthy junk or just plain miserable?
Amazing though it might seem I still buy broccoli and peppers, some were from Aldi's Super 6 and others I grew myself. I don't restrict our fruit and veg intake either.
I bake my own treats rather than buy them and I cook from scratch most of the time. So we eat well and are happy with what we eat.
Oh and regarding buying whoopsies (which I get very rarely in my local Mr S) it's actually better doing it after work, very little gets reduced during the day so a housewife is in no better position than someone who works full time.I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it'll be with a knife Louise Brooks
All will be well in the end. If it's not well, it's not the end.Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars0 -
Ok, first challenge.
Halloumi Cheese - Tessco 250gm £2.23
Would not go so far as to say I can't live without this cheese, but I do love it.
Our Tesco almost never has it in stock
Anyone know of a cheaper source? either in one of the common supper markets, or order-able online, because living in a small town I ain't gonna get chance to find a Greek type grocery shop that may sell it.
Second Challenge.
Feta Cheese - Morrison's £1.49 for 200gm
We use on average 2 packs a week at the moment. I would buy this in bulk if I could find a good source.
Halloumi - I love it too - but have been unsuccessful finding it cheap - I leave it for a treat
Salad Cheese is 77p a block (not sure of the weight) in Tesco - it is value range but very acceptable with a good pinch of oregano sprinkled on top - mmmm Aldi is 1.29 for feta 200g.
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