Eat for £12 a week?

rubytuesday

managed to get two little letuces yesterday plus practically non existentent radishes cats like to sleep in butlers sink in which they're planted but do have some runner beans surviving the snails so far. Apple and pear trees doing well but garden looks like jungle as still ill.

sairy2005

On the news last night There was a report about how 60% of men will be obese by 2020 and 50% of women. (I would have thought that we are approaching that now). I had a brilliant idea. Why dont they bring back rationing then everyone would get a fair share. Even people on a small income would be getting a healthy diet.

It worked before and we were healthier. I suppose though there would be a thriving black market and some people who could afford it would eat better than others.

We would be able to tell who they were though because they would be the fat ones.

I was born just after the war (when my Dad came home!) and rationing was still the norm. In fact it was stricter on some things. We didn't have any overweight children at my school. I don't remember being hungry much either.

Cazzdevil

Here here :T

I'm 27 so I don't have first hand experience of post-war diet & lifestyle, but from stories I hear from my mother there was never a problem with weight because of good healthy homemade meals & less greed, kids got plenty of exercise cos they had to *heaven forbid* WALK to school and they played out in the street afterwards.

It'd be nice to have a country with that kind of lifestyle again I think.

moanymoany

sairy2005 wrote: »

On the news last night There was a report about how 60% of men will be obese by 2020 and 50% of women. (I would have thought that we are approaching that now). I had a brilliant idea. Why dont they bring back rationing then everyone would get a fair share. Even people on a small income would be getting a healthy diet.

It worked before and we were healthier. I suppose though there would be a thriving black market and some people who could afford it would eat better than others.

We would be able to tell who they were though because they would be the fat ones.

I was born just after the war (when my Dad came home!) and rationing was still the norm. In fact it was stricter on some things. We didn't have any overweight children at my school. I don't remember being hungry much either.

I agree 100% sairy - I too was born just post war and there were no fat kids at school. School dinners were what we were given - none of this - ooh I don't like this, I don't eat that - we ate the food because we were hungry and there was nothing else. All this fuss about food and kids makes me laugh. My children were not fussy eaters, I didn't give them stuff they hated but they certainly didn't dictate what we had - nor did I cook different things for everyone!

So few people had cars that we could play skipping with the rope across the road and only stop for the occasional bike. We ran around, played games and were generally fit. It is harder now the roads are very busy.

Another factor is that for us back then sugary foods and sweets were expensive. Now they are very cheap.

faystevenson

Lydia wrote: »

That means you are living on £7.16 a week for three people. That means £2.38 each for a week. Thats amazing! What an example you are. Please please would you give us some kind of breakdown or an example of a typical week because I'd love to give it a go.

Yes me too !!! I try to make as much as possible but still spend 50 each week for 2/3 people and 3 cats. Please can you give us a run down of a weeks meals , if you have time! :rotfl:

Bambywamby

I was in Asda last week and I nearly fell over when 3 apples I bought came to 74 pence especially when I had noticed a rather large Easter Egg was only 99 pence. How can we ever get our kids healthy when the price of good food is continually rising and junk food seems to get cheaper & cheaper?

It's bwoody disgusting.

Rachel021967

The price of food is astronomical. My last shop for 5 people and a cat came to over £100. Any tips gratefully received. Several years ago I worked for a playschool and they found that it was cheaper to buy the children biscuits than fruit. It's ridiculous.

moanymoany

The chap who did the pay off your mortgage in two years series was on the box a couple of weeks ago, he said that another couple had paid their's off - in three years rather than two. They were the couple who went into selling jewellery.

That made three to my reckoning. Congratulations to all three, I think it is little short of a miracle, what they've done.

LittleTinker

black-saturn wrote: »

I feed me, 2 children 11 and 8 a dog on £53 every 6 weeks. £10 of that is dog food. I make absolutely everything I can from scratch unless it works out cheaper to buy them from the supermarket. I find bread is cheaper to buy than make but I suppose it depends on what kind of bread you like. We have breakfast, lunch and dinner and pudding every day. I make my own ice cream, cakes etc. Steamed puddings are a cheap and easy way of giving a pudding.

Spending so little just comes naturally to me as I have never really had a lot of money to play with. In fact, the amount I spend seems like a lot to me!!!!

Wow!! £7 something a week for three?? How on Earth do you manage a healthy well balanced diet for that? I have to know!! :-))

sootypea

I work shifts and have just got in tesco 6 loaves of there finest brown bread 5p each 1 large chicken 60p 3 packs fillet steak £1.50 carrot's 5p 5lb potatoes 30p asparagus 10p double cream 5p cheese milk 10p chicken fillets 99p fresh salmon 75p it can all be frozen and it can be done if you look at this time of night i am off tomorrow so will make meals for the week with these fresh ingredients and what I have in the store cupboard