some advice please

Butterfly_Brain

• Asda have mince on special for 50p for 250g you can stretch that with a few frozen veggies and some new potatoes, or make a bolognaise sauce and bulk it out.
• Their frozen smart price sausages are only 99p for 20 and if you slice them up they go a long way.
• They also do frozen chicken portions £1.68 a bag - again if you strip off the meat one bag could do about 4 meals
• A whole chicken is £2.36 in Aldi you could get a roast and a curry then make a soup from what's left.
• Also check out their super 6 they always have some sort of special offer on fruit and veg
• Buy basics ranges, such as pasta sauce, curry sauce, tinned fruits, cereals etc
• Milk is £1 for 2L in farmfoods and you can get 9 toilet rolls in there for £2
• Iceland have a lot of good offers on at the moment
• Poundland have sugar £1 for 1½ kgs which is a real bargain.
• Bake biscuits and cakes rather than buy them.

Make your own pizza so much nicer and more filling than shop bought.
and check out as many threads as you can there are loads ther is a really good one on meals for under £1.
But most important is Meal plan, make a list and stick to it
Thats all I can think of for now HTH and Good Luck

cherytree

asda's own range toilet paper is under £2 for 12 rolls. Its not exactly soft soft soft but it will do the job with limited funds

JennyW_2

arhino30 wrote: »

A bag of 20 frozen value sausages are around £1

I'm sorry, but would someone really buy 20 sausages for a £1 :eek: God knows what's in them........

SmlSave

but would someone really buy 20 sausages for a £1

I would! I like cheap sausages but know they're not to everones taste.

here's what's in them:

Pork (32%) , Water , Rehydrated Rusk [Water, Wheat Flour, Salt, Raising Agent (Ammonium Carbonates)] , Pork Rind , Pork Fat , Soya Protein , Dextrose , Salt , Stabiliser (Diphosphates) , Preservative (Sodium Sulphite) , Sugar , Spices [Pepper, Nutmeg] , Yeast Extract , Colour (Beetroot Red) , Herb Extracts [Sage, Thyme] , Filled into Beef Protein Casings [Collagen, Cellulose, Water, Vegetable Oil] .

Quillion

JennyW wrote: »

I'm sorry, but would someone really buy 20 sausages for a £1 :eek: God knows what's in them........

I got Richmond sausages from Iceland last week 20 in a bag for £2.00

Aeshna

• Asda have mince on special for 50p for 250g

:eek: Looks like I'm off to Asda after work!! Thank you for that Butterfly Brain.

Aeshna x

Pink.

JennyW wrote: »

I'm sorry, but would someone really buy 20 sausages for a £1 :eek: God knows what's in them........

Hi Jenny,

I've never tried frozen sausages so I have no idea what's in them...but needs must. If someone is trying to feed a family on a very tight budget they may not always be able to pick and choose the healthier option. If I was in that position I'd rather my family had full tummies than go hungry because I choose to take the moral high ground.

Pink

Butterfly_Brain

Pink-winged wrote: »

Hi Jenny,

I've never tried frozen sausages so I have no idea what's in them...but needs must. If someone is trying to feed a family on a very tight budget they may not always be able to pick and choose the healthier option. If I was in that position I'd rather my family had full tummies than go hungry because I choose to take the moral high ground.

Pink

I so agree with you Pink -winged .
If you have got nothing and have to feed your kids, you take the cheapest option available I like many others have been in this position and basic brands have been the mainstay of many a meal.
Smart Price sausages are preferred in my house to Walls so to the doubting Thomases

slash69

Pink-winged wrote: »

Hi Jenny,

I've never tried frozen sausages so I have no idea what's in them...but needs must. If someone is trying to feed a family on a very tight budget they may not always be able to pick and choose the healthier option. If I was in that position I'd rather my family had full tummies than go hungry because I choose to take the moral high ground.

Pink

i totally agree i have been in that situation so many times but i would rather my dd was fed a nice hot filling meal than fresh air.ok so they aren't the best but in a bbq sauce or toad in the hole with veg and gravy they make a great meal and dont put an even bigger hole in my purse...

mamabear09

my partner nd kids hated the cheapy sausages. they like fig rolls, choc digestivesand rich teas