what one food thing couldn't/wouldn't you compromise on- when it came to the worst?

weezl74 · 6 February 2010 at 8:30AM

Hi Old-stylers

I'm really hoping as many of you as possible would help by clicking the answer which most fits your situation.

We often have discussions on this part of the forum about trying to feed one's family healthily whilst living on as small a food budget as we can.

Often then people will share why they couldn't follow a strict budget, which is fair enough and useful to know.

What I'm really trying to get a feel for is what the number one non-negotiable is for people.

I'm aiming to put together a healthy meal planner for a 31 day month for the average family (of 4, 2 adults 2 teens) with shopping lists, recipes and costings for £100 a month or 80p per person per day, all food/drink included.

So here's the big question: If you really had to, and I know lots of folk don't have to, but try to imagine

reduce your food budget drastically due to an unplanned emergency, but you could have one non-negotiable, what would it be?

Thanks so much in advance for any ideas/thoughts

Please post which other ones you'd have clicked as well or more about your thoughts if you have time.

Thanks loads,

Weezl x

Penelope_Penguin · 6 February 2010 at 8:51AM

Hi, weezl :beer:

I haven't voted as there are 5 things on which we won;t compromise, and as we won;t compromise on them, they can;t be ranked

These are:

good quality meat
branded food (Marmite, Flora spring to mind)
free range eggs (mainly from our hens)
very little processed (we each cheese, pasteurised milk, butter, which are all bought in)
lots of F&V (I aim for 7 portions per day)

ETA - if anyone can do this, it's weezl

I'm aiming to put together a healthy meal planner for a 31 day month for the average family (of 4, 2 adults 2 teens) with shopping lists, recipes and costings for £100 a month or 80p per person per day, all food/drink included.

Penny. x

weezl74 · 6 February 2010 at 8:55AM

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Hi, weezl :beer:

I haven't voted as there are 4 things on which we won;t compromise, and as we won;t compromise on them, they can;t be ranked

Penny. x

but this is in an emergency Penny! Like the tax man suddenly needs £12000 from you unexpectedly

Can you post your 4 and at a real push list one? Pretty please?!x

Penelope_Penguin · 6 February 2010 at 8:57AM

weezl74 wrote: »

but this is in an emergency Penny! Like the tax man suddenly needs £12000 from you unexpectedly Can you post your 4 and at a real push list one? Pretty please?!x

While you were replying I was editing my post (and realising that the rest of the family won;t live without Marmite and Flora *roll eyes smilie*

)

And if it were only one, I'm voting for F&V as that's good for my family, and we'd go vegan so as not to have the animal welfare issue.

Penny. x

NoahsPennilessMummy · 6 February 2010 at 8:58AM

Hi

I have voted for good quality meat although no processed food is important to me too:D

aliadds · 6 February 2010 at 9:00AM

I'd like to say chocolate and good coffee...but if it's just one it has to be fruit and veg. I hate not having fruit for even one day!:)

angeltreats · 6 February 2010 at 9:02AM

Tough question! There are a few things I won't compromise on, but if I really really had to choose only one, I'd go for the free range eggs. If I couldn't afford free range or at least barn chickens I'd go without and just not eat chicken, but I couldn't do without eggs and I absolutely refuse to use anything other than free range.

Do you really have a £12,000 tax bill? :eek:

weezl74 · 6 February 2010 at 9:04AM

:oI think I haven't worded the first poll option very helpfully, can anyone help? The plan would include at least 7 (I've got it at 7.5 at the moment for the £100) of NHS recognised fruit and veg portions a day. Assuming that's already there, is your non-negotiable that there has to be at least one FRESH piece of FRUIT a day?

But I couldn't work out how to fit that into 100 characters :rotfl:

Can anyone help me reword item one in the poll?

weezl74 · 6 February 2010 at 9:05AM

angeltreats wrote: »

Do you really have a £12,000 tax bill? :eek:

No, I'm fine-sorry to worry you, I was just trying to give people a hypothetical situation so they'd just choose just one non-negotiable

Zazen999 · 6 February 2010 at 9:15AM

I'm veggie, so once I have
fresh veg
loads of rice and pasta

I need 5 branded items to complement it; good pesto, good cheese, stock, heinz ketchup and passata which I have been buying by hook or by crook for years; including those when I was ridiculously skint.

Tigsteroonie · 6 February 2010 at 9:40AM

There are certain things that I won't compromise on and have to have branded (ketchup, baked beans) and certain things that Marley will insist on (eg one type of bread, meat at evening meals). Our shopping is a wonderful medley of value stuff and expensive stuff!

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