6000 meals under 50p in 2010; feeding your family on a low budget

misscousinitt

Just a thought with the toasted sandwiches...I used to love banana toasted sandwiches when I was at uni - great snack or pudding with some ice-cream...

Some great ideas on this thread. Going to take a leaf out of my own book (and yours Mark) by making some smoked haddock fishcakes using some smoked haddock I've had in the freezer for yonks...

Kazipoo

Bought some smart price porridge oats last week, think it was about 58p, making it up with water like my nana used to, rather than milk and had it for brekkie with the girls every morning this week so far, still got half the bag left, so definitely worth it, they have syrup on theirs and I have mine with a bit of sugar and milk!! Yummy and warm!!

mark55man

OH's FIL is from north of the border - so when he visits the milk and sugar and syrup get put away and replaced with salt and water - och aye

MILLYMOLLY

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

I was just thinking that!

Her comments, by the way

Orange juice is also only good in moderation - it's loaded with sugars and shouldn't be seen as an every day thing. But okay, that counts as one.

Two portions of carrots - you can only count one, no matter how many you eat.

Jelly? JELLY? You are joking, right?

Strawberries and raisins are fine and well, but what about portion size? If you've only eaten two or three strawberries, it doesn't count.

Raisins are also absolutely full of sugar - again, fine and well as an occasional treat, but not recommended in the long run.

Look at the (now changed) menu as a whole. There's at least two nasties in there, if not more.

I've just noticed that a child is being fed this stuff, too! Oh my... This is a dreadful diet for a child - butter on toast, cheese spread on bread, potatoes, yoghurt, jelly and even raisins - I could be here all day explaining why this is just a bad idea!

I have no objection with adults eating whatever they want - they're adults. But children should be eating balanced, healthy diets - not diets laden with sugar (the jelly, yoghurt, raisins, orange juice all contain high amounts of sugar). Feeding "cheese spread and bread" to a child for lunch is just...no. no. no.

Your joking right? If that's all people can afford isn't it better than nothing?
Only on pg 4 so a lot of catching up to do

MILLYMOLLY

nuttybabe wrote: »

If only!!!!!!!!!!!! We are 2 adults and 3 kids and our food budget is now £40 a week so I will be following this and looking for ideas on how to eat cheaply.

Good luck Nikki.

My budget too, at the moment, to feed 7 , (5 adults , 15 yr ,14 yr old) not looking forward to it

notjustlaura

mark88man wrote: »

OH's FIL is from north of the border - so when he visits the milk and sugar and syrup get put away and replaced with salt and water - och aye

Och, nay - I'm Scottish and have my porridge with milk and sugar, thank you very much

Laura

mark55man

notjustlaura wrote: »

Och, nay - I'm Scottish and have my porridge with milk and sugar, thank you very much

Laura

:rotfl::rotfl:Good for you!!

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My porridge is made with water, and topped with a little milk and sprinkled with salt, but then only my brother Davy and I were the only ones in our family born south of the border.My late Dad came from Brechin, Angus and my Mum from Glasgow.We never put jam on toast either, it was always marmalade.I remember staying at a friends house when I was little and being shocked that she put jam on toast

[Deleted User]

Anyone done porridge with milk in the slow cooker? I've done it with water but its not as nice. I never have time to do porridge on a morning so found the slow cooker recipe great.

mark55man

So reporting back for Saturday 9th January

Today we had a nice walk into town and back and actually got the car out (eventually) in the afternoon for a big shop

Today's Summary - 18/18 :A meals 50p or under (DD1 out with friends all day so that's 2 for free)
Summary Total - 152/162 = 93.8%

Breakfast: 50p or under (6/6)
OP - Fruit & Fibre (Lidl) + Watered down full fat (=half price :rotfl:) - 25p
OH - Lidl Crunchy Oat Cereal - 30p
Kids - HM Bread - toast and butter (no OJ) - 5p each
Lunch: 50p or under (6/6)
OP & OH - Woopsied Broccoli & Gruyere Quiche £1.69 into 4 @ 42p + 1/4 lettuce 12p = 48p
DD1 - Out - 0p
DD2 - Mac Cheese from yesterday + Peas 30p
DS1 - Beans on Toast = 29p + 2p = 31p
DS2 - Noodles + Ham + Peas = 35p
Supper: 50p or under (6/6)
OP+OH+DS2: Macaroni Cheese + Tuna = 3x24p Mac Cheese + 33p Tuna Value + Extra cheese sauce 25p = £1.30
DD1 - Out
DS1, DD2 - Half each Lidl Margarita Pizza 3 for 2.99 = 99.66 each pizza = 49.7p per person (phew!!!)