do you think it is possible?

twentypenceoff

for a single person to live on a food budget of £10 per week if they were able to make everything from scratch?

with setting up in a new place, the £10 from the beginning would have to take into account all food and accessories needed, eg oil, salt, etc.

robpw2

yes you could , but you woldnt get much meat etc as even cheap meat is about 1.99 a pack

Taye

yes it's possible cheak out weezil's thread !!

Bitsy_Beans

Or the infamous feed family of 4 for £20 for a month (ok mbaz the starter of the thread did have some stuff already in her cupboards BUT it can give you some ideas!
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1129333&highlight=family

savingforoz

Yes, I think so, with careful meal planning and bulk cooking for the freezer. I'm single and am aiming to spend £50 this month, making everything from scratch, but that £50 includes toiletries and cleaning products, so £10 per week for food should be doable. However, I don't think it's doable if you have to use part of the money to get you going, for buying oil, salt etc - think you may need a small fund to buy the basics and get going, and from then on £10 should be achievable for food.

It helps if you always think how you can stretch food to the max - for example, I used to use a packet of tofu for 2 breakfasts as scrambled tofu. Now I use the same packet, make a savoury loaf, and end up with 6 main courses from it - so it stretches much further. It may take time for you to get into the swing of it and find how it will work for you.

I'd also add that eating as heathily as possible is vital for me and there's no sacrifice of nutrients or quality here - as I think Weezl demonstrated as well on her thread. I eat really well on a small food budget. As my signature will testify!

brightonman123

wish i could find fine cheaper (bulk buy?) tinned tomatoes, so i can make my fave dish at moment- sausage (from frozen, supermarket cheapo brand), onion, pepper and pasta bake!

for a change, i sometimes bake saus separately with a potato, or do a salad / rice..

Taye

brightonman123 wrote: »

wish i could find fine cheaper (bulk buy?) tinned tomatoes, so i can make my fave dish at moment- sausage (from frozen, supermarket cheapo brand), onion, pepper and pasta bake!

for a change, i sometimes bake saus separately with a potato, or do a salad / rice..

Hmmm,, one of my fav's too i buy chilli sausages from the butcher (£3.50 for 2lb) add a couple of tins of baked beans add to pasta Yum... makes a huge pan really cheaply... i use tons of tinned tom's wish i could find them cheaper too.

recovering_spendaholic

I don't think it is possible unless you have a good basic stock of staple ingredients like salt, herbs, tinned and packet basic stuff (flour, tomatoes etc). I always find threads like these fascinating but I know that I can't achieve anything like that kind of economy, no matter how hard I try.

clutterydrawer

i don't know....people seem to manage it but i cant get close....i spent £12 this week and all i bought was fruit, vegetables and three tins of tomatoes

twentypenceoff

clutterydrawer wrote: »

i don't know....people seem to manage it but i cant get close....i spent £12 this week and all i bought was fruit, vegetables and three tins of tomatoes

the price of tinned tomatoes seems to have risen very sharply i know that a year or maybe 18 months ago i was buying them for 9p a tin then when they increased to 16p a tin i thought that was a steep increase, and now they are about 33-45p :eek:

Barneysmom

brightonman123 wrote: »

wish i could find fine cheaper (bulk buy?) tinned tomatoes, so i can make my fave dish at moment- sausage (from frozen, supermarket cheapo brand), onion, pepper and pasta bake!

for a change, i sometimes bake saus separately with a potato, or do a salad / rice..

Sorry sweetheart, you can't mention something that sounds as tasty as that without giving the recipe out :cool: