£20 till last us to the 28th - need advice on how to make things last

determined_new_ms

goodgodthatonesevenbigger wrote: »

How long Does Soda bread last is it just like normal bread in respect of storgae etc?

same as any hm bread (without preservatives) 2 or 3 days. I froze half nd got the it out on the third day

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Mmmm I love soda scones ,my late Dad would make these on a Sunday afternoon and they were even better a couple of days old, toasted with butter and honey or jam.We had an old cast iron girdle which he floured first, and they were made on the top of the stove

Butterfly_Brain

Big bag of pasta (2.5kg)
Tin Kidney beans
Carton of Passata
Chick peas (tin)
Chilli Pasta sauce
Tomato pasta sauce x 2 (jar)
Tin pink salmon......... HM Fishcakes or salmon pasta bake
Plum tomatoes
Cake mix x 2
Bread mix (sun dried tomato and rosemary)
Fahitas
Burrito spices
Tomato Puree
Noodles x 5 (assorted flavours).......use for lunches or add a few veggies for a main meal
Tomato soup x2 Heinz
Beef flavoured rice
Butterscoth delight
Chocolate delight
Mexican savoury rice
3 tins baked beans
Brown rice (half bag)
White rice 2kg
Sage and Onion stuffing (1 packet)
Shake and Bake (from my MIL in Canada) 2 sachets
Pizza base mix ...........HM Pizza
Szechuan stir fry sauce
Strawberry delight
7 packets of malaysian curry sauce (assorted) sent from friend in Malaysia, just add meat, potatoes or veg, some recommend coconut milk to be added which I don't have.
Bag of onions
Bag of red onions
Large bag of potatoes
Tomatoes
White cabbage
Bag of carrots
Apples
Bananas
half bag flour
half bag self raising flour
bag caster sugar
loose brown sugar in caddy
10 yoghurts for the kids
One big pot of yoghurt


Frozen
Cauliflower cheese
2 x shepherds pie mix
7 bags of home made turkey meatballs (7 meatballs per bag)
Frozen mixed veg
Frozen peas
Chilli con carne (for 2)
Beef mince 2 bags 1kg each
4 pieces of frozen white fish

If you have an Aldi near to you I would recommend going there, here area few prices

10 large eggs 99p
A large chicken is £2.99 You could get at least three meals out of that - (see the rubber chicken thread)
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=38364&highlight=rubber+chicken

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=110020&highlight=feed+your+family+for+20

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2116179&highlight=feed+your+family+for+20


I would buy porridge for breakfasts and you could make twinks hob nobs

Can't DH manage to make lunch?

HTH

kirsteenatom

Wow! I'm so overwhelmed with the incredibly helpful responses!!!

I rushed to Tesco last night and bought two big bags of veg for 70p each, reduced from £2 each. They had swede, carrot, leek, onions and parsnips in. I've made a massive vegetable curry (and added lentils in) and a big vegetable casserole. Then I used the rest of the veg to make a spaghetti bolognese with one lot of the mince.

I was given a big gammon so I just boiled that in coke (someone told me to do this) and apparently I can use the liquor left to make a bean soup.

I also got some really cheap stock cubes 10p and 19p for a pack - I had no idea the value range was so darn cheap!

oh and I got two extra swedes for 29p each and am going to steam and then mash for the freezer.

I haven't had a chance to go through everything yet, but am definitely going to make some soda bread and try a lot of the suggestions.

I'm just off to tescos for 3pm to see if they have reduced chicken or fish as I know they do knock tons off just before they close on Sundays.


I'm feeling so positive about this now and all virtuous and thrifty. I think I may try the month challenge in May and see how much extra money we have left over!

I'll come back and thank everyone once I have been to tescos.



Kirsteen

msb5262

Well done OP - and well done to posters above who have been BRILLIANT in their suggestions.
This is what MSE is for...it's inspiring.
Sorry to hear that the OP has to make such a sad journey.
Hope it all goes ok for you.
You sound determined to make the best of everything; good luck to you and your family.
MsB

kirsteenatom

thank you!

I just got back from Tesco and managed to get two chickens for a fiver, so will freeze one and cook the other today.

The fish guy was AMAZING, I asked what time he put down the prices and he said now, what do you want? I said I wanted to grab some fish for my kids and he said he could bring down the price of some pacific cod loin - he took it down by 50% from £14 to £7 for nearly a kg of it - I said I couldn't afford that much so he reduced it to £4!

Now I need a recipe for white fish that I can freeze! Does anyone have any ideas? I've never frozen fish before and am a bit nervous!

I have now spent the majority of what we had left - buying lentils and veg and have enough left for the tops ups of milk.

I will try and make up my menu for the month later today after I've cooked the spag bol and made the swede mash and figured out what to do with the fish!



Kirsteen

wssla00

Fish pie is great and freezes well but make the mash on the day you want to serve it

kirsteenatom

I feel like I've run a marathon!

So far today I've cooked:

Vegetable Curry 3 portions
Vegetable casserole 1 portion
Bolognese sauce 5/6 portions
Coca cola Gammon - 2 meals
Mashed swede - 2 portions

then hubby just got stewing steak for 2 quid, so

Beef casserole 3 portions
Roast chicken (to do rubber chicken with, having the roast tonight)
Mashed potato

and I've yet to do the fish pie and my tuna pasta for tomorrow at work.

Will have a look on here for a fish pie recipe cos I've never made one before!
Kirsteen

slowandsteady_2

Wow, great ideas on here, im glad you have managed to get some bargains, the fish especially!

SunnyGirl

Hi

You are doing amazingly well :T For soda bread I always use this recipe from the Gorcery Challange thread. It doesn't need any buttermilk or anything else that may be more expensive than your budget allows at the moment. We love a big hunk of it for lunch with some hm soup. It's also worth a look through the list of recipes on the Grocery Challenge thread (starting at post 4) as there's some brilliantly inventive recipes that are tried & tested by many, many money savers :money:

Hope this helps