£15 how far can i make it go?!

freebiequennie

Although on a diet think you have to be sensible here too and use up what you have as on a limited budget and start a fresh next month.

you have some healthy foods there and also some not so healthy but can be made healthier like sausages into a casserole.

just eat as best you can with what you have then meal plan for next month bearing in mind you are on a diet.

feed all the family the same and have bread and butter with food if the children tend to want more food to fill them up, wont hurt the whole family to eat healhier.

good luck.

vixtress

you are getting loads of good advice on food, i just wanted to add that we are all very friendly on the 'lose weight old style forum )
you will get loads of tips on there too !

trickyvickyt

could you please tell me whether the baby corn you talk about are corn on the cob or actual baby corn. if it is baby corn please can you tell where you can buy the frozen corn from.

thanks vicky

Taye wrote: »

2 small pork joint (marinated in hot and spicy)
1 gammon joint.
2 BIG bags of sausages (1 chilli, 1 pork and leek) not diet friendly.
16 beef burgers (large/lean)
6 chicken breasts
2 packets of lean beef mince
1 bag cheap sausages
1 bag chicken nuggets
2 small pizza
2 small bags of marinaded chicken (1 hot and spicy, 1 barbque)
1 small bag of gammon scraps (for soup or quiche)
1 bag mini sausages
1 packet Hot and spicy pork steaks
2 packets peppered kababs

2 bags of peppers (need eating or freezing)
1 bag onions
5kg potato's
2kg sweet potato
2 leeks
1/4 packet Stirfry
3 carrots
1/2 packet of mangetout
12 pitta bread
10 wholewheat wraps
1/2 loaf of bread
10kg rice
2 small bags pasta twirls
2 packets of spagetti
6 tins of tomato's
4 tins of beans
red lentils
barley
soup mix
chickpea's
frozen green beans
frozen sweet corn
frozen onions
frozen peppers
frozen carrots
frozen spinach
Frozen peas
frozen baby corn
1 small portion of frozen mushroom
frozen cabbage
2 blocks of cheese
8 pints of milk
1 uht milk (for my easyo)
1 made up tub of yogurt
chilli egg noodles
plain egg noodles
6 eggs
1 tub cottage cheese
7 gingerbread men
2 packs of jelly
1 packet of pancakes
2 packets of mirangues
7 frubes
small selection of made up sandwiches/wraps for kids lunches.

Ok so my guesstimates about what where in the cuboards where not totally wrong, but not totally right either haha... ok here it is the full list, there are other "bits" about .. flour, marg, suger etc etc which ive not counted as im trying to focus on the stuff to make meals.

Breakfasts should not be too much of a problem, i'll need milk (but have dried if needed) and i have 1 box weetbix, 1 pack cornflakes, 2 packs of sugery crap for the kids and 2 bags of porridge oats.

As i said i do have more money in the budget, but i keep over spending and it would be nice this month to come in UNDER!!! besides my fridge and cuboards are bursting i have no-where to put more food, so this is just my own personal storecuboard challenge i guess.

Maybe someone could merge the thread for me.

Ok plan's for today ... 1 packet of mince, load of peppers, onions, 2 tins of toms, 1 tin of beans and of course lentils = CHILLI served with rice, i figure as long as i keep the size of the rice portion reasonable that shouldn't be too bad and i should have at least 1 extra portion to tuck away for later in the week, i also have a tub of Squash soup in the fridge that i;ll have more my lunch i'll make the boys a butty or beans on toast or something.

Ok what else i'm seriously lacking in the "sweet treat" department, i do have 5 banana's which have grown legs sitting on the dining room table which im going to turn into Banana cake and banana flapjacks this afternoon that should keep the boy's going for the week in there packed lunches and some snacks in the evening.

I also have a packet of plain pancakes ... don't ask me why i have ready made pancakes i have no idea they must have been on offer but i thought for a nice treat tonight i would do the boys pancakes, icecream and some golden syrup.. yum .. but none for me *sob* stupid diet.

It just annoy's me i can budget fine, im pretty good i think making food stretch and making meals cheaply but i can not seem to do it and diet at the same flipping time.. grr.

My main worry atm it the pita's etc i'd normally freeze them so they don't go bad but i have no room in the freezer whatsoever.

Basically my plan is to live out of the cuboards as much as possible and try and save this £15 for perishables, milk, bread, salad stuff etc.

MrsBartolozzi

trickyvickyt wrote: »

could you please tell me whether the baby corn you talk about are corn on the cob or actual baby corn. if it is baby corn please can you tell where you can buy the frozen corn from.

thanks vicky

I saw frozen baby corn in Morrison's. It wasn't cheap though - over £2 for a pack if I remember. (Too expensive for me at that time so I didn't get any).

Taye

It's baby corn and i get mine at asda, i just throw a few into a stir fry

tbh i often buy the cheap smart price stir fry mix add a couple of mangetout, couple of frozen baby corn and a corgette just makes it abit nicer that the cheap stuff on it's own

Taye

Ok i managed the weekend .. yay.. I used the gammon Joint i had, cooked in the Slow cooker last night (was away most of the weekend), did potatos, frozen veg and gamon (just watched portion size)

used the leftovers + some soup mix, with a carrot,leek and some onion to make a pea and ham soup. Worked out the cals on it and it doens't seem to be too dence so i'll have that for lunch for about 3 days this week, and i still have some ham left for pitta's/butty's etc.

did the kids some pita with tomatos and cheese for packed lunches (they love it just like cold pizza haha), with an apple, some mini sausages and a yogurt.

tonight im cooking the other packet of mince, with tinned toms, yet more lentils etc into spag bol again should have enough for a few portions, it's lean mince and i drain off all the fat soooo shouldn't be to bad for the diet as long as i can resist the cheese as i grate it for the kids.