Help! £40 to feed family for the month

jinny

The Sweet nSour sauce has gone up to 26p in our Mr Ts as well. What a disgrace!!!:rolleyes:

babs2008

npsmama wrote: »

This may be a wacky suggestion but if you have even a tiny garden you could consider getting 2 ex battery hens (free from rehoming centres) - they would give you plenty of free eggs. Obviously pls only consider this if you are willing to give them some love in exchange for their eggs. I know people disagree about what to feed hens - as always there's the ideal and the practical - but anything would be better for the hens than living in a battery farm.

what a nice idea. one day I would love to do this once I move to a bigger place.

dinkydido

If you are making shepards pie / mince add a big handful of porridge oats after browning mince & when you add water. Sounds awful but once it is all cooked you cannot tell the oats are there.I have been doing this for 20 years and no one has noticed yet.
It makes mince go much further and it also makes the meal cheaper and healthier.

EagerLearner

Hi all I just wanted to recommend www.fixtureferrets.co.uk as I have used this a while now and it's great. You can see all the deals the main supermarkets are doing, including BOGOF etc and maybe we could all share on here who is doing what? It costs a few pounds to join but saves much more than that if you check it often and take advantage of the deals.
www.mysupermarket.co.uk is also great a) as a way to shop btu b) a great comparison tool for prices, even if you just intend to pop down to your local Tesco / Asda etc x

tirlittan

Hi all.

It's taken me 3 days to read the whole post, but it's definitely been worth it. What brilliant ideas. Must try them. Should save a whole load of pounds with them.

BF is a fussy eater,but only need to cook for him couple of times a week and will slowly introduce all the stretching the meals ideas.

Thanks very much for all the ideas and inspiration!

meames_2

am tryiing to empty freezer and wondered what i could do with the left over frozen ham bits - pea and ham soup!

MissB_2

I am just stunned at what you've achieved here and I think it's absolutely fantastic. You should be so proud. It's really helped me see how I could improve on both my shopping and my budgeting.

Thank you so, so much.
:A <-- This is you!

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mbaz

Wow! Just thought I'd pop in. Cant believe this thread is still so near the top!

October is going much better. Apart from milk and bread (got a bit slack with my breadmaking!) I have stuck to my original plan. I'm definately going to to monthly meal plans from now on. I can't believe how much money I've saved!

phizzimum

p00 wrote: »

I know you cn freeze fresh milk but can you freeze the milk in cartons?

xxp00

do you mean the tetrapack cartons? DD has goats milk that comes in cartons and they freeze fine

well done mbaz - you've been an inspiration to us all. your little thread has a life of it's own now - a third of the way through October and its still going!

jingles1964

I have loved reading all the posts on this thread and as we are a family of 6 and a hungry dog the recipies have come in useful ,vegi burgers spinnout mince and home made bread wow I have always been a home cook as money is short & I do belive we eat better meals when money is short(most of the time) simply because I have to plan everything my eldest daughter 16 is a vegi who dosnt like veg:rotfl:go figure that one and my youngest son 9 has Aspergers and limits his diet incredably so your threads have been a god sent .Anyway I went to ASDA:iloveyou: Only bought smart price brands and my OH came with me Asda are not showing this on the internet shopping site yet but I bought a rolled lamb breast cost me £2.11 have stuffed it with the smart price stuffing mix with a little marmalade glaze wrapped in foil in the oven right now for 2 hrs and serve with SP marris piper pots 58p and SP carrots 50p SP cabbage 50p and yorkshire puds using SP flour and SP gravy using the juices from lamb will feed 4 no problem :T son will have mash and gravy and daughter will have home made vegi burgers with all the trimmings and vegi gravy