Help! £40 to feed family for the month

Janae

It was this thread that got me hooked on the Forums and OS living - the beginning of my LBM (eco-friendly lightbulb: slow to light up but got there in the end:D). Definitely worth a read!

Skint_Lynne

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

This is it! All 44 pages of it. Happy reading!

Hi Bogoff Babe,
Thanks a lot but the link didn't show up. Could you try it again for me please.

Cheers, you are a pal. xx

INeedATissue

Skint_Lynne wrote: »

Hi Bogoff Babe,
Thanks a lot but the link didn't show up. Could you try it again for me please.

Cheers, you are a pal. xx

She means that it has been merged with this current thread... no link to go to as you're already on it!

Skint_Lynne

Oh right, now wonder I can't find the thread, I'm already on it. Just that they mentioned the other threads name. Never mind, silly me.:o

FiftyPents

This is my first month where im attempting to be thrifty with my money, after a few months of going overdrawn. Ive told myself that foodwise, i have a budget of 30 pounds a week. This should get me all the basics i need and is easy to live on, right?

Only problem is today, on payday, i treated my girlfriend as she wasnt feeling great, to a chinese. This came to £19 in total. Therefore as thats food, id like to try and get to next Wednesday spending just 11 pounds on eating.

Now here are the things i do have:

Muesli
Milk
Eggs (Constant supply fresh)
Few tins of Beans
Lettuce
Cherry Tomatoes
Chips
Potatoes
Pasta Spaghetti
Chopped Tomatoes
Onions
1 red chilli

I have this already, so im hoping with that and using another 11 pounds i can easily get 7 dinners and 7 lunches. Would anyone perhaps care to help me with meal ideas for the rest of the week? So far im doing:

Thursday : Beans on Toast lunch; Tomato and chilli sauce spaghetti

Friday : Beans on Toast lunch; Potato Wedges, with boiled egg and salad

So just another 5 days to plan for!

Sorry if you get 100 threads like this every day, im just quite excited about doing a budget meal plan and i was hoping some people might be able to help me out with ideas!

Thanks

Alcmene

Omelettes seem a good choice as you have unlimited eggs! You are so lucky I love eggs! Also fried eggs and ham make a nice meal.

Get some tuna (half price in Morrisons ATM) and you could have tuna on jacket potato. I would also buy some cheese.

FiftyPents

Alcmene wrote: »

Omelettes seem a good choice as you have unlimited eggs! You are so lucky I love eggs! Also fried eggs and ham make a nice meal.

Get some tuna (half price in Morrisons ATM) and you could have tuna on jacket potato. I would also buy some cheese.

The parents keep chickens, so i have an unlimited supply of eggs when needed!

I've got just plain potatoes at the moment, was thinking out of my 11 quid i could buy in a few baking potatoes for lunches. I will definitely get the tuna in as i love that, and it can be used in pasta.

robpw2

spaghetti and meatballs

pasta 39p from sainsburys
meatballs 39p a can

you can easily make 2 meals ..

PasturesNew

FiftyPents wrote: »

Muesli
Milk
Eggs (Constant supply fresh)
Few tins of Beans
Lettuce
Cherry Tomatoes
Chips
Potatoes
Pasta Spaghetti
Chopped Tomatoes
Onions
1 red chilli

Thursday : Beans on Toast lunch; Tomato and chilli sauce spaghetti
Friday : Beans on Toast lunch; Potato Wedges, with boiled egg and salad

Egg, chips, beans
Egg, wedges, beans
Spanish omelette: using boiled sliced potatoes, onions, eggs. Serve with tomatoes on the side or nothing. Can also take a slice to work for lunch and have it cold.

Get a loaf of bread, some cheap cheese and a tin of tuna and you've got:
Cheese sandwiches
Cheese on toast
Toasted cheese, cheese/onion, cheese tomato sandwiches
Cheese/potato pie served with beans
Cheese omelette
Spanish omelette as above, but with cheese added in
Hard boiled eggs and soldiers
Tuna/pasta bake (with or without cheese in/on it)
Tuna and tomato sandwiches
Tuna and potato pie (layer tuna and mash in a casserole and bake in the oven for about 25-35 minutes). Serve with tomatoes/lettuce, or serve with beans. Can put cheese on top if you want. Can also layer sliced hard boiled eggs into this.
Tuna/hard boiled egg sandwiches

Get some sultanas and you could make a nice big bread and butter pudding.

If you have flour you can make giant yorkshires filled with mash/gravy or mash/beans.

If I were you I'd look at picking up a handful of the 10p noodles too. A pack of 10p noodles mixed with half a 40p can of red kidney beans in chilli sauce makes a 30p meal in a microwave in about 3 minutes.

FiftyPents

PasturesNew wrote: »

Egg, chips, beans
Egg, wedges, beans
Spanish omelette: using boiled sliced potatoes, onions, eggs. Serve with tomatoes on the side or nothing. Can also take a slice to work for lunch and have it cold.

Get a loaf of bread, some cheap cheese and a tin of tuna and you've got:
Cheese sandwiches
Cheese on toast
Toasted cheese, cheese/onion, cheese tomato sandwiches
Cheese/potato pie served with beans
Cheese omelette
Spanish omelette as above, but with cheese added in
Hard boiled eggs and soldiers
Tuna/pasta bake (with or without cheese in/on it)
Tuna and tomato sandwiches
Tuna and potato pie (layer tuna and mash in a casserole and bake in the oven for about 25-35 minutes). Serve with tomatoes/lettuce, or serve with beans. Can put cheese on top if you want. Can also layer sliced hard boiled eggs into this.
Tuna/hard boiled egg sandwiches

Get some sultanas and you could make a nice big bread and butter pudding.

If you have flour you can make giant yorkshires filled with mash/gravy or mash/beans.

If I were you I'd look at picking up a handful of the 10p noodles too. A pack of 10p noodles mixed with half a 40p can of red kidney beans in chilli sauce makes a 30p meal in a microwave in about 3 minutes.

Thanks for the advice, where do i get the 10p noodles? Are they just bags of noodles in supermarkets?