what food would you buy with £200

caravanlover

we are on a very tight budget, and while we have food in and never go without, i dont have huge stockpiles in my cupboards.

when my mum recently come round, she thought my cupboards looked empty, and gave me £200 to refill and stock up both cupboards and freezers.

while i dont want to waste any of the money, i just wondered what you would all buy if you had that money spare.

idea greatly accepted

many thanks folks x

abaxas

Just some ideas..

Dried pulses
Pasta
Rice
Tins eg beans, pulses,
Cook in sauses (buy the offers)
Spices! especially chilli powder
Breakfast cereal.
Popcorn. :P
Jam
Olives
Flour
Yeast
Sugar

The list goes on.....

DON79

second above, sound like all the basic essentials to me, stock up on toiletries too however, plently of laundry tablets, toothpaste etc

tea bags, coffee, mayo, frozen food basics if you have the room like chicken, mince, fish, veg.

Lucky you! £200.

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PasturesNew

Blimey £200 ... I'd not be able to spend that on food... I'd have to move out to make room for it.

Will she be doing an inspection to check?

I'd have:
stuff for making bread (flour, milk powder, sugar, quick yeast)
plain flour, baking powder
oats, butter, sugar, treacle - for flapjacksp
cheese
marg, butter
couple of jars of jam
jar of peanut butter
few jars of crab paste and sardine/tomato paste (quick meal)
tins of cheapo carrots/peas
tins of mushy peas in case I go out and buy chips (begrudge 74p for a pot)
basmati rice
suet - for dumplings
tinned tomatoes
tins of red kidney beans
packs of cheapo (10p) noodles
couple of tins of rice pudding (quick meal)
instant custard (quick meal, banana custard I make sometimes)
tubes of tomato paste - I use in pizza sauce and stews
jalapeno/pepper sauce - I use in pizza sauce
herbs/spices/gravy mix/Oxo

I think that about covers all the stuff I would buy that isn't fresh. If I had a freezer I'd get:
mince
sausages
oven chips

Fresh I'd get:
eggs
assorted root vegetables
assorted greens
spuds
onions

For me t hough, a typical day's food might be (had this today): 2 small spuds, steamed, topped with cheese for lunch. A packet of angel delight for tea.

theoretica

How kind of your mum- as you have your normal food budget I would suggest buying both things that will keep and tide you over any difficult period (dried food, tins, frozen veg) and also some nice things which can spice up a meal in small quantities (olives, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, garlic paste, good tea, raisins, herbs and spices) as these make a kitchen look well stocked.

broclo

Well there is no point buying lots of things if your never going to use them, it may be worth stocking up on basics like cleaning stuff, paper towels, frezer bags, cling film and squashes etc if you will not use the stuff. However, this is in my cupboards at the moment...

spare tcs stuff in one...
Tea
coffee
white sugar
hot choc
iced tea mix
sweetners
biscuits
cereal bars

main...
4 types of rice
cous cous
lentils
6 types of pasta
lasagne sheets
noodles
mixed pules for casseroles and soups
lentils

tins of peas
sweetcorn
chick peas
kidney beans
mushrooms(severe emergency lol)
tomatoes
baked beans mini tins
spagetti hoop mini tins
soups
condensed soups
mackeral
salmon
tuna

packets of...
instant risotto
instant cous cous(why cous cous is instant anyway lol)
packet soups
typical packet mixes for when in a super hurry

veg oil
olive oil good
olive oil cheap
vinegar
balsamic vinigar
white wine vinegar
soy(dark and light)
fish sauce
worcester sauce
white wine vinegar
lemon juice
tahini
mayo
salad cream
mustard
horseradish
tom ketchup
brown ketchup
mint sauce

salt
pepper
veg stock granules
oxo
chicken gravy
beef gravy
pestos
suet
sr flour
plain flour
jelly
delight mixes
tinned rice pudding lol too lazy
long life yogs

cereals
jams
cheese bisuits
part baked rolls
long life milk

about 30 jars of spices and herbs
maggi veg cubes

in cellar about 30 juices, loads of coke, kitchen rolls etc!

freezer...(excluding prepared meals i've made)
mince
chicken portions
stewing steak
sausages
homemade burgers
bread
soups
onions, peppers etc i've chopped and frozen before they go eww and to save me time

I have 2 baskets of things in my bottom cupboard so i can pull them out easily which are full of baking things, but they are only good if you use them and so will not list

Maybe will give you ideas, I hate not having a well stocked cupboard as otherwise dinner costs me a fortune or is bland etc

Fire_Fox

Broccoli wrote: »

why would tinned mushrooms constitute a "severe emergency" :rotfl: you use long life yogurt + milk they aint fresh stuff, so why the guilt over the emergency mushrooms or am i missin something here.

do only lazy people use tinned rice pud we must be real lazy then. you freeze your onions. you jest me matey

you must have loads of free time to scan your cupboards and list it here because the OP only asked what you would buy with a spare £200, not for a list of your larder,cellar,freezer.

What is your problem?

DianneB

Wow what a lovely mum you have!! how about NOT stockpiling food but keeping the money to one side and top up your weekly shop? Or use some of it to buy a bread maker or slow cooker (if you don't already have them) to help produce cheaper meals all the time? Good luck!

Pip-squeak_3

What a lovely present. I agree with DianneB keep the money to use with your weekly shop and then you can but special offers when you see them. If you spend it all at once a lot of the goods will be full price and your £200 will not go as far.

Afitos

How lovely of your Mum.
I think I would use it to buy extra's of the offers. I would check out different supermarkets for their offers and buy things that I wouldn't be able to normally eg extra tea, washing powder etc