50p a day til Christmas - healthily?! Weezl's next challenge...

Lesley_Gaye

has anyone read the book on living on £1 a day yet, or seen it and formed an opinion?

I was wondering if there was anything in it worth getting it for, or if we cover everything in it on these boards. So often when I read articles in the paper about saving money, or listen to something on the radio, the tips given are so basic I almost laugh. Not only do us OS lot do all of them, but we go much much further. It's like the Sainsbury promotion of feed your family for a fiver. I don't think the book can be as bad as that, as the daily amount is only £1, but I suspect I wouldn't learn much from it and don't want to buy it and prove myself right!

But if it's good, I would consider getting it

munchki

weezl74 wrote: »

yes! It's meant to make them really clever isn't it?

Pops off to switch on classic FM....:rotfl:

May sound rather daft, but I remember when I was pregnant many moons ago that I used to read books and tell stories to my little one before he was born! He always loved to read growing up as well.

Jammie_Dodger_2

I really agree with you Lesley Gaye we os's seem to go much further with our recycle reuse and general ms. I dont think having to rely on skip diving half the time to feed the family would really work when it is a lottery what you may come up with. May have been ok for just one person like her.

In_Search_Of_Me

being read to is soooo romantic...now if I can find me a man who'll do that as well as rub my feet and back I'll surely be in heaven...

tattoed_bum

hi ,not very os i know but i have just found a bargain in asda .
they have birds eye pollok fish in batter or breadcrumbs for only 25p for a pack of 2
making it only 12 1/2 p per serving its got to be a bargain

donnajt

Hope you don't mind me gate-crashing but this is the most inspiring thread I have come across - I am totally bowled over and in awe of you all!!!

I'm Donna, live with OH and our 8 year old daughter, have suddenly found myself at home on sick-leave (shingles), it has taken me a whole week to read this entire thread but it was so worth it and completely addictive...

Really feeling the financial belt constricting and thanks to you I now have a whole bunch of recipes to try and best of all i already have most of the ingredients in my *bursting at the seams* kitchen cupboards.

It has taken me the best part of a day but i have finally completed a kitchen stores inventory (too embarasing to post) - it's huge and not particularly frugal but (can't walk past a BOGOF) on a positive at least my hoarding ways will mean we won't go hungry this side of xmas :rotfl:

am planning a curry feast tonight using lentils for the first time, OH and DD are meat-freaks so this shall be interesting (but I am optimistic as I got away with bulking chilli with oats last week), if this works, I have got some "sneaky" ideas up my sleeve of cutting back without them noticing....

thanks again, dtx

Allegra

lightisfading wrote: »

I never said *I* agreed with the rule, did I? I met my OH in a chatroom, and it felt so safe and 'right' that I ignored my normal 'safety rules' on meeting internet people. Good thing too as we're still together 5yrs later

I met my other half online five years ago, too - and we have made many friends since through various messageboards. It's not just about exchanging information, this t'internet lark.

ISOM - I think you can probably lay the blame for being an emotional eater on your Croatian genes. We all do it there - we eat when happy, eat when sad, eat when lonely, eat when in company, eat when in need of a good think, eat when we don't want to think about anything... You get the gist.

And whoever mentioned the "feed your family for a fiver" lark - that was twice what I had available for any evening meal before I started moneysaving - back in the day, when my purse bled shopping money at every corner and when "Weezl" meant to me nothing but a small furry animal.

What scares me is the apparent popularity of the "meal for a fiver" concept - how much do all those people who think it a good idea spend on their evening meal ? Or is the whole concept aimed at people who just don't cook, period - and when compared to a price of a takeaway for 3-5 people, a fiver is small change... ?

munchki

Welcome Donna Fantastic bunch here!! You are quite right, so inspirational and always warm, friendly and welcoming.

foxy-tigger

Hiya Peeps! A lovely Rainy afternoon to you all!!! :rolleyes:

I just wondered if anyone has a recipe for a "no NUTS" Pesto? I am very allergic to Nuts especially penuts but I love the idea of green pesto. I don;t have a food processor as yet (Hopefully having one for our first anniversary;) but I don't know for definite!) I have a hand/stick blender thingy so MIGHT manage with that?
Any Ideas anyone?
Thanks
Tigger

Plum_Pie

Allegra wrote: »

What scares me is the apparent popularity of the "meal for a fiver" concept - how much do all those people who think it a good idea spend on their evening meal ? Or is the whole concept aimed at people who just don't cook, period - and when compared to a price of a takeaway for 3-5 people, a fiver is small change... ?

Allegra, I reckon the whole concept is aimed at people who only eat take aways or only eat ready meals or who watch cooking shows, see celebridiot chefs using very fancy ingredients and are somehow duped into thinking that's what home cooking should be about.

If you were to buy ready-chopped veg, a 'ready-to-cook' dish like chicken with herb butter/steak in sauce etc) and some sort of prepped carbs (oven chips? boil-in-bag-rice?) for 4 people, I bet it would come to more than a fiver.

Although I hate that only one supermarket is doing it, I think (hope?) it will encourage people to see just how much cheaper it is to DIY in the kitchen.
A lot of us know (or see from this board) that baby steps are needed when converting to OS or a debt-reducing way of life, so maybe the 'family meal for a fiver' will be many people's first stumble in that direction.

Also, welcome Donna! :beer: