Best value ready meals?

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Former_MSE_Nick
Former_MSE_Nick Posts: 463 Forumite
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We want to know what the cheapest and healthiest ready meals are out there. Tell us your favourites - which offer good value, taste the best and feed the most people? (PS we know it's cheapest to make you're own but that's not what we're asking about this time)

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  • jayII
    jayII Posts: 40,693 Forumite
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    Iceland Stores Chinese, Indian and pizza ready meals for us, for our 'lazy night'. They're the only ready meals we like and most are nicer, and cheaper, than takeaway food. :)
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  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
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    I don't think cheapest and healthiest are two words that go together when talking about ready meals.
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  • Mr_Singleton
    Mr_Singleton Posts: 1,891 Forumite
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    SailorSam wrote: »
    I don't think cheapest and healthiest are two words that go together when talking about ready meals.

    A round of applause for that!
  • aloiseb
    aloiseb Posts: 701 Forumite
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    We like Charlie Bingham (?) Lasagne, Moussaka etc - but only when it's reduced to half price. It's then a mere(!) £3.99 or so......but it's actually as good as, or better, than my home made one, which I frequently don't have the time or energy to make. A space is left in the freezer just in case!

    I have a sort of cheat ready-meal fish pie, which consists of Fish in Butter Sauce (often on special offer, 4 for about £3) with squashed jacket potato on top, and frozen peas. Nicer than Admirals Pie but I can' really claim it's home made, sorry healthy people out there!
  • aloiseb
    aloiseb Posts: 701 Forumite
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    Also Sainsburys Basics shepherds pie. Made with lamb mince, potato and not much else additive wise as far as I could see...and only 80p. Couldn't make it for that.
  • pakokelso93
    pakokelso93 Posts: 255 Forumite
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    For a snack or quick tea Value range Mac n Cheese is decent enough for 80pish in most stores. You can throw in some extra cheese on top if need be.
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  • sylviesinc
    sylviesinc Posts: 119 Forumite
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    As a retired couple who value our leisure time, we chose to have Oakhouse Foods deliver our meals. They are quick frozen "ready" meals so I think they fit the criteria but they are the most delicious I have ever tasted and the variety is astonishing. They are supposedly made with the finest ingredients and they certainly taste better than any supermarket ready meal I have ever tasted, plus the ingredients listed are always impressive.
  • sdc2015
    sdc2015 Posts: 2 Newbie
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    Lidl's fresh Thai green curry with jasmine rice is delicious, contains discernible vegetables (bamboo shoots and fine green beans) as well as plenty of chicken, and costs only £1.49. Per pack it has 492 calories, 12g fat (3%) 4.1g fibre and 33g protein (8.2%).
  • JSUK_2
    JSUK_2 Posts: 29 Forumite
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    Co-Op's healthier range Chicken Tikka Masala and rice comes highly recommended - £2.59 or two for £4. Quality meat, great flavour, lovely texture, and all greens on the traffic light. Personally I prefer it to their regular one, despite it being cheaper and healthier.
  • antrobus
    antrobus Posts: 17,386 Forumite
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    SailorSam wrote: »
    I don't think cheapest and healthiest are two words that go together when talking about ready meals.

    Then you would have a good chance of being wrong.:)

    Certainly it's the case that expensive ready meals are often less healthy than cheaper ones. Because they're the ones with the more fat laden upmarket ingredients.
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