£7.00 for a week !! Help

Bella79

HI all

After a very very very tight month (hubby self employed) i now have £7.00 to last 1 week for me o/h and toddler

Ive got about 2 piints of milk in and 2 loafs of bread
2 cans beans
loads cans soup
pork chops
sausages
potatoes (allotment)
onions (allotment)
lots of stock cubes gravy etc
2 cans hotdogs
1 whole chiken
1 pkt spagetthi
2 jars tom sauce dolmio

I Think i can ruslte up main meals but its things like snacks for daughter and lunches ?

Heres hoping this month is better or we will be the same again next month best about it our tax credits have droped cos last year he had a good year !! but what about now ?

They said not to underestimate his income this year or we will owe them but months like this i could do wtih the extra money

ifonlyitwaseasier

i'd say buy medium sized value cheese block, maybe some frozen veg and have you got flour and eggs?

ok, jacket spuds for lunch
could do toad in the hole for a dinner
roast chook, then keep 2/3rds of the meat, make a stock with the carcas and then you can do chicken noodle (spag) soup, chicken in gravy with mash
chicken sarnies
hot dog hash? mashed spuds, chopped fried onions, cooked hot dogs, mix cook in oven for about 20 mins and serve with gravy,

pork chops with beans and hm chips

soup won't hurt for lunch for a while and if you give her a slice of bread in fingers she can dip it in too

thats all i got for now,

hth

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ClaireLR

It sounds like you definitely have enough for main meals. What about breakfasts, I think I'd get a cheap bag of porridge oats and some extra milk. Then for snacks I'd just buy some cheap and cheerful fruit, apples, pears, plums and bananas. Is there anyone growing fruit on your allotment that you could swap some of your produce with?

Bella79

THankyou so far for your suggestions, Im gonna get a big bag of value oats for breakfasts

Fruit from lidil for me and little one hubby doesnt eat it

Allotment is my aunts but i can maybe get some cabbage as well which would be nice with a dinner

debtmuncher

Ive got about 2 piints of milk in and 2 loafs of bread
2 cans beans
loads cans soup
pork chops
sausages
potatoes (allotment)
onions (allotment)
lots of stock cubes gravy etc
2 cans hotdogs
1 whole chiken
1 pkt spagetthi
2 jars tom sauce dolmio

lunches...eggy bread, hotdogs with potoato wedges, tortilla,tomato soup and mashed potato (a family favourite here!) potato cakes (just mashed potato mixed with a beaten egg , seasoning then pan fried)

do you have any baking ingredients?

debtmuncher

do you go down to the allotment? if not take a wee trip and have a wee wander about. if you spy anyone tell them their veggies look lovely, get into conversation with them and see if they are kind enough to give you some freebies lol

Bella79

Yeah i have flour and other baking stuff, loads of herbs spices condiments etc

debtmuncher

make wee fairy cakes and pancakes for snacks. you could make savoury pancakes and fill them with a savoury sauce using the chicken in a white sauce or hot dogs in the tomato sauce then covered with some white sauce and into the oven.

give your dh soup before his main course to fill him up if hes easily hungry and less liable to finish off the main course if you wanted to keep for next days as well.

Butterfly_Brain

Ive got about 2 piints of milk in and 2 loafs of bread
2 cans beans
loads cans soup
pork chops
sausages
potatoes (allotment)
onions (allotment)
lots of stock cubes gravy etc
2 cans hotdogs
1 whole chiken
1 pkt spagetthi
2 jars tom sauce dolmio

Have you any other veggies on the allotment?

• Slice the sausages and layer in a dish with sliced onions, sliced potatoes, cover with a tin of the beans and put in the oven for half to three quarters of an hour.
• You could have roast chicken one day, the next day a chicken curry or add the dolmio and some veg and serve with pasta or rice
• The carcass can be used for a chicken and sweetcorn chowder or add loads of veg for a tasty soup and serve with toasted bread.
• The other jar of dolmio can be used to make a sausage pasta again slice the sausages (If you slice the sausages they go a lot further) Or use the hot dogs instead of sausages.
• If you take the meat off the pork chops you could make a nice stew.
• If you have flour etc make pasties for lunches or have a tin of soup
• Again if you have baking stuff make cakes and biscuits
• Jacket spuds with baked beans
• Get a large bag of porridge oats for breakfasts or make some American pancakes (If you go on Nigella's home page she has a recipe for a really good pancake mix that you just add milk to. http://www.nigella.com)
• Make some potato pancakes