Help! £40 to feed family for the month

Kandipandi

Been following this with great interest. Well done you xx

Caterina

Hi all

I just wanted to pass a lovely recipe that my DD's boyfriend cooked for us last night, it is called Veggie Irish Stew (and it does not contain lentils!).

It is basically a pack of soya mince, cooked with a large amount of carrots and potatoes in water and flavoured with vegetarian gravy granules. We ate it with buttered bread and had steamed kale dressed with fried onions on the side. Dirt cheap but delicious.

We saved a whole tub of it in the freezer and it is going to go into a pie or an all-in-ome soup when we have enough soup leftovers in the freezer (just emptied and defrosted it so not many leftovers there yet!).

When we defrosted the freezer (by accident, I must say - someone switched off the plug!) I salvaged all I could, threw away some of the stuff that had sat there since the beginning of the ice age, and then used up the leftovers in a sort of soup, it was an open bag of peas, open bag of artichokes, leftover rice and leftover spinach and potato curry. Banged them all in a pan and boiled it up. It was gorgeous!

Keep up the good (OS) work!

Caterina

mbaz

I am going to be so happy when this month is over! Nearly fell at the last hurdle last night when realised I had hardly any pasta left so had to serve my gruel pie instead. Going to make a loaf now and I have 3/4 can of beans and some cheese so it's good old cheese and beans on toast for tea! Tomorrow I am going out first thing to buy myself some chocolate for breakfast! It's going to be the best bar of choc i have eaten!!!

1st - carbonara (just found a jar in back of cupboard)
2nd Lasagne (with added lentils )
3rd chicken and rice
4th jacket spuds with smartprice beans
5th defrost a curry
6th lasagne
7th omlette
8th chicken dinner
9th casserole in giant yorkshire
10th canelloni
11th Beans on toast
12th Jacket spud
13th ate for free!!!
14th Egg and chips
15th curry (bulked out with lentils!)
16th veggie sausages and chips
17th left-over-bulked-out-curry
18th 4p curry sauce and chips
19th chicken risotto abd syrup sponge and custard
20th cheap asda jacket spuds and value beans
21th Egg n chips
22th 4p curry
23th Gruel pie
24th - homemade bread - beans on toast

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My grand total was...


£26.63!

so didnt quite manage it within budget but a lot better than it would have been without all your help.

Thank you everyone for all your recipes and suggestions. I have actually rather enjoyed it!

shaz_mum_of__2

Well done ,again

I think when you see it as a challenge rather than a punishment you do enjoy it better

Shaz

frugalswan

Congrats!! I'm really glad, and I've been following this with interest Well done!

nooney

This has been my favourite read of the week, a very well done

Soubrette

mbaz wrote: »

I am going to be so happy when this month is over! Nearly fell at the last hurdle last night when realised I had hardly any pasta left so had to serve my gruel pie instead. Going to make a loaf now and I have 3/4 can of beans and some cheese so it's good old cheese and beans on toast for tea! Tomorrow I am going out first thing to buy myself some chocolate for breakfast! It's going to be the best bar of choc i have eaten!!!

My grand total was...


£26.63!

so didnt quite manage it within budget but a lot better than it would have been without all your help.

Thank you everyone for all your recipes and suggestions. I have actually rather enjoyed it!

:beer:

Well done mbaz - I hope you enjoy your well deserved chocolate :j

Sou

Guapa1

Awww well done mbaz!!!

Toonie

Congrats mbaz and enjoy your chocolate. You've done fantastically well!

nickynoo08

Congrats mbaz, i've loved this thread. You've been such an inspiration and you and everyone that have posted have taught me such a lot. I went out today and n stocked up with the last bit of spare cash i had till next pay day so all of your hints, tips and stretching ideas will be coming into play in the next couple of weeks. Just knowing that you've done makes me feel so much better and makes me feel more confident that i'll be ok too.