what food would you buy with £200

valk_scot

I would spend £50 or so buying doubles of all the things you know you'll use regularly, like tinned tomatoes and such. Only you know what you'll use though! Then another £50 on loo paper, cleaners etc. Or set yourself up for some serious home baking.

This should get you a little bit ahead in your shopping budget so use that weekly spare cash to buy extras of any of your regular items that are on offer. That's how store cupboards build up.

The other £100? That's for the "WOW" bargains. Reduced to clear frozen chickens for £1, any other megadeals.

Just don't go out and spend it in one shop on things you think might be useful, but which don't necessarily fit in with what you actually cook. Tinned mushrooms? I ocassionally buy them because I like eating them cold out the tin for snacks, but they're not a storecupboard thing. Wheras I keep mega amounts of tinned tomatoes and tinned pulses in the cupboard because I use them regularly and it's worth stocking up when I see them cheap.

debtfreein4years

i would get the following - i always like to have a packet on the go and a packet spare

plain flour
self raising flour
yeast
caster sugar
sugar
coffee
t-bags

baked beans
tinned spaghetti
tinned soup (sainsburys basic soups are lovely and around 17p a tin)
tinned meat e.g corn beef, ham etc
basic pasta bags around 45p for 500g. works out cheaper than a 1kg or 3kg bag.
long life milk - always handy for when run out of milk and need it now
cheap butter/spread for baking
tomoato puree
red/brown sauce
salt/pepper/asortment of dried herbs and spices
cheese
tinned fish - tuna/salmon etc
tinned veg - sweetcorn, carrots etc
smash
gravy granuels
rice
egg noodles
cooking oil

freezer
chips
sausages
fish portions - breaded or battered
frozen veg
bugers
turkey mince - much nicer than steak mince, cheaper and lower in fat
chicken portions

washing up liquid/dishwasher tabs
washing powder/liquid
stardrops
bleach

i would buy extra bits when they are on offer so that you can get the most value for your money

gxx

KK89

caravanlover wrote: »

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

I think it depends a lot on what lifestyle you live (food only). If you live an average lifestyle in terms of eating then your weekly shopping will contain some junk food i.e. crisps, soda, chocolate etc. I would personally get:

Cans of Tuna/Mackerel/Salmon (Asad did two John West Mackerel for £1.50 a week ago, not sure if they still do)
Chicken breast
Grass fed beef
Organic, free range eggs
Brown Rice
Wholemeal Pitta bread (Food Doctor is a good choice personally)
Lettuce
Cabbage
Broccoli
Whey protein
Multivitamin
Fruits (Apples, pears, oranges, plums, raspberries, blueberries etc)

Bexm

I woud buy a Jamie Oliver Minstry of food cook book (I got one for christmas.. and it's great)
and at the front it lists what to stock your cupboards with..!
I'd use this as something to go by!

We have saved a fortune by using his book, by making stews and other freezable stuff!

tsstss7

I'd buy all the "expensive" store cupboard items you'd normally space out over weekly shops to free up a bit of weekly cash eg marmite, sun dried tomatoes, olives capers balsamic vinegar.....

OrkneyStar

I would be inclined to buy:
huge bag of pasta
huge bag of rice
huge bag of lentils
huge bag of oats
huge bag sugar (caster or granulated)
flour
baking powder
yeast
cooking oil/olive oil
huge box/carton washing powder/liquid (Tesco has Persil on offer just now)

I would then do as others have suggested and keep the rest to stock up on non-perishable bargains as you see them.

Good luck and happy spending. What a nice mum too, I'd be inclined to give her some of your home baking or a small bunch of flowers as a wee thank you.

OS x

shopndrop

Bexm wrote: »

I woud buy a Jamie Oliver Minstry of food cook book (I got one for christmas.. and it's great)
and at the front it lists what to stock your cupboards with..!
I'd use this as something to go by!

We have saved a fortune by using his book, by making stews and other freezable stuff!

Why not save the money and borrow a copy from your local library. You can then use the money you save on food instead.

broclo

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 on earth is your issue? Fine i'll explain...

I personally dislike the taste of tinned mushrooms, so always use fresh. My two year old could not give a damn if they are fresh or tinned in spag bol as it does not even touch the sides of his mouth. As he is a meat eater and i'm a vegetarian only he eats it. Therefore if i've no fresh, they are there for back up.

I only have a splash of milk in coffee once a day, the rest of the time black as i'm intolerant to larger amounts. My 2yr old goes through milk and yoghurts very fast. When it snowed I could not get out to buy them, so there is a carton of UHT milk and yoghurts for if myself of my sons are ill and I can not get out of the house.

I did not say that only lazy people use tinned rice pudding. I said that I am (generally) too lazy as my toddler only eats a little portion.

Yes...I often chop onions, peppers, leeks, mushrooms, etc for the freezer so I can chuck a handful in whilst cooking as i've not always got fresh or the fresh will not get used before getting old...can't see why that is so odd!

I am not your matey.

No the OP did not ask for a list of my cupboards, but it does answer the question of what I'd buy with £200! Please!!!

Nope...not lots of time, took 2 tics to type as being short of time, I find that being organised and knowing exactaly what I have saves me lots of time when shopping, choosing what to cook etc.

I think that maybe you have alot of time though matey...

Soubrette

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.

I freeze my onions :j

I buy a big bag of value to make the curry night base sauce and freeze the rest - I then add a handful to whatever I fancy

I wish I was as organised as you broclo - I have a single solitary sheet of lasagne to use up :mad: :rotfl:

Sou

broclo

Soubrette wrote: »

I freeze my onions :j

I buy a big bag of value to make the curry night base sauce and freeze the rest - I then add a handful to whatever I fancy

I wish I was as organised as you broclo - I have a single solitary sheet of lasagne to use up :mad: :rotfl:

Sou

I also like to get my 'crying' done at once lol

Yes...kitchen cupboards are just shame about rest of place, hate bloomin moving house!