Help! £40 to feed family for the month

SatansPlaym8

Just wanted to say Well done mbaz i cant believe how well you are managing. This forums amazing

joanneinwonderland

:T Ok this is my new favourite area on the forums!!

You guys are all so lovely and nice and helpful this is amazing!! £20 to feed 4 of you!! Brilliant!! I know you are only 2 days in but you have the full plan so I know you will do it!! Going to try and figure out how to subscribe to this one or something.

Just a wee question...LucyLocket I know you can buy popping corn in lakeland but how do you pop it? do you haev the popcorn machine too? I love popcorn!!

xxx Joanne

pandora205

What brilliant ideas here! I'm going to try some of them too.

The only one I'd add is to use own brand cream cheese with pasta. It's great instead of a sauce and can be added too with fried onions, peas, bits of bacon etc

mhe

make chicken soup with the remains of sundays chicken dinner mmmmmm....

hotcookie101

joanneinwonderland wrote: »

:T Ok this is my new favourite area on the forums!!


Just a wee question...LucyLocket I know you can buy popping corn in lakeland but how do you pop it? do you haev the popcorn machine too? I love popcorn!!

I know this wasn't directed at me-but buy popcorn from tesco or health food shops. (no idea how much it is at lakeland but am sure is more than tesco etc)
You don't need a machine just a heavy based pan and a little oil. Heat oil in pan til pretty hot, add a small amount popcorn (no more than a single layer in the bottom of the pan) put lid on (QUICKLY ) and shake pan about (you can probably turn heat off now if oil was nice and toasty). Keep a hold of the lid, keep shaking until no more popping noises. Pour into bowl and add a little salt (I'm sorry but I have to have salted, not sweet popcorn-unless its toffee Butterkist )
I havent made it for ages as I tend to buy the microwave stuff-I only have it about once a year if that

lilly81

The kids will love having home made popcorn and watching you make it.
I tend to add sugar to mine...... tut,tut!

pink_princess

what a great thread ,it s amazing how resilient we become when its needed .your doing really well i ll have to keep popping in and reading has oh noticed anything different yet?
best of look and just think next month you could do it on 60 pound and feel luxurious and you ll of saved a fortune.

donnajt

What an inspiring thread!!! I am seriously beginning to worry about my weekly shopping bills - I thought I did really well when I bought a weeks shop for only £54 this week...eek! Have stolen lots of ideas and will def try adding lentils to my next bolognese? can i just ask do the lentils stand out visually or do they just blend in? dd is one fussy madam, especially if i mess with her fav spag bog!

mummysaver

Hi donna, the lentils just mix in if you use the orange ones, if you use puy lentils they keep their shape and don't go mushy! If there are any stray ones you can always pass them off as carrots. Try adding a couple of handfuls of oats as well, these vanish in the sauce as well and make it go a lot further and are unnoticeable when it's cooked. Obviously long slow cooking disguises it better than a quick whizz on the hob, the slow cooker is ideal as you can make a huge amount with no real effort - perfect cooking really!

tattoed_bum

my friend and i have been trying to cut back so we costed a few things out so here goes

toad in the hole for 4 people
2 eggs =20p
flour =08p
watered down milk = 08p
8 value sausages chopped =40p
total =66p thats only 16p per person

hovis bread mix pizza
1 packet hovis bread mix =27p
value grated cheese £1.00
value bolognese sauce =27p
total £1.54
this will make 6 8in pizzas at 27p each

sweet and sour turkey
value rice 20p
turkey thigh cooked and stripped £1.00
sliced carrots 8p
value sweet and sour sauce 29p

total 1.57 this will feed 4 at 39p each

i love this site it really makes you think about the amount of money we spend each month