Black-Saturn's Menu Planner

Dora_the_Explorer_5

Quite a few days ago when this thread was young - and much shorter - there was some discussion about people feeling a bit downhearted about not being able to get their shopping bill down as low as Black Saturn manages to. Apparently the government spends 1.87 on three meals a day for a prisoner, 2.00 to 2.20 a day on feeding a soldier and 2.50 a day on feeding a hospital patient.
I for one feel a lot better about my food spend now I've seen these figures, I'm spending a bit more than the NHS, but less than Alan Sugar - probably

Curry_Queen

Ahhhh but places such as these can buy food in mass bulk so will get them much cheaper than the general public can anyway

GIRLPOWER_2

Curry_Queen wrote:

Ahhhh but places such as these can buy food in mass bulk so will get them much cheaper than the general public can anyway

Very true CQ.. and I after eating hospital food wonder how they manage to spend that much!;)

Curry_Queen

GIRLPOWER wrote:

Very true CQ.. and I after eating hospital food wonder how they manage to spend that much!;)

Well yes, that's certainly true! The cafes and food outlets in our hospital foyer do a roaring trade from the patients :rotfl:

Rikki

I can't find the meatloaf recipe can someone do a link for me.

loopylass

Malt Loaf Recipe

Preheat oven to gas mark 4. Put 3 weetabix, 4oz sugar and 40z of raisins or sultanas in a mixing bowl and add 1 mug of hot black tea. Leave to soak until the mixture has gone cold. Stir and add in 2 eggs. Stir again and add in 4oz self raising flour and 2oz porridge oats (optional but if not using oats substitute for 2 more ounces of flour). Mix thoroughly and add to a loaf tin and bake in the oven.

there you are:D

squeaky

Rikki wrote:

I can't find the meatloaf recipe can someone do a link for me.

I'm not sure which meatloaf recipe you are asking about, but there's one in our slow cooker collection - linked below:-

Spanish Meatloaf

black-saturn

My boyfriend made my malt loaf today and it came out OK. Believe me, if he can make it anyone can :rotfl:

jcr16

forgot to say , i couldn't remember how long to cook it for. so i cooked it on gas mark 5 ( fan assisted oven ) for about an hour. ( i forgot it was in there ) and it came out perfectly cooked.

Sah_3

Just want to say thanks Black Saturn for taking the time to do this - it seems to have gone down really well. I only saw this thread a couple of days ago and still haven't managed to read it all yet but I have made the fruit cobbler already! and will try the malt loaf at the weekend. It's great to get some new ideas for meals as I seem to get stuck in a rut with food sometimes. I've also started meal planning which helps cut down my shopping time as well as my bills - I'm no longer wandering aimlessly up & down the aisles!