How best to spend £13.93 to live for a week?

merlin68

oh and Tesco curry sauce is now 19p shocking!

butterfriends

lentil soup - so nutritious and filling and cheap
lentils, a couple of onions, a couple of carrots, a potato and 2 stock cubes - 2 or 3 meals for probably around £1.50

littleyellowspider

Okay, I think, just maybe, that I got off on the wrong foot!!

Blackpool_Saver

littleyellowspider wrote: »

Okay, I think, just maybe, that I got off on the wrong foot!!

I think you did but I am sure it will soon be forgotten.
What exactly is your situation then?
Perhaps you could start a thread about that..........

Kimitatsu

Can I just remind everyone of the forum rules: Please be nice to ALL moneysavers.

LYS - welcome, but as you will soon find out on these forums everyone gets into a pickle at some point, and when they so they need our help not our criticism that means that they dont get further into debt trying to get out of it!

c-m well done on the new job :T nice to see you budgeting with what you have. One of the staples I always keep in my cupboard is tinned sardines, you can pick them up for about 25p a tin, those a squirt of ketchup and a slice of bread makes a really filling meal. I too would suggest going over to the old style board too though, they have a recipe thread on there for just about everything under the sun and can definitely help you make a weeks meals out of the food you already have.

MellyB_2

merlin68 wrote: »

oh and Tesco curry sauce is now 19p shocking!

The price of this seems to go up and down on a weekly basis?! I think in the past year it has changed from 6p to 45p!

I'm not sure about everybody else but our Tesco is terrible for any reductions - I think Asda is your best bet for getting reduced food that you can freeze and use over the week..

Good luck with your challenge!

jenc_74

Hi, All good supermarkets do packs of ready prepared stir fry veg for about a pound and you could have this with the soy sauce and rice - and you get a good portion of veggies in you too! It would probably last for 2 meals too. Best time to go is at the end of the day when you can get reduced price. Also, look at seasonal produce (mainly fruit & veg) as you can get good deals on these.

In terms of meat, You can normally get good but cheap ham/bacon/mince which could spruce up a bland meal. Also, I know this is cheeky but have you thought about perhaps asking a friend or famly member if you could pop round (and have tea?) You can always re-pay the favour afte payday? Best of luck with your budget!

OrkneyStar

andreavinne wrote: »

it used to be 4p for ages. when has it changed?

apparently it is 26p now!
don't buy it myself!

eleanor73

MellyB wrote: »

I'm not sure about everybody else but our Tesco is terrible for any reductions - I think Asda is your best bet for getting reduced food that you can freeze and use over the week..

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Tesco's near me - rubbish. Tescos in town and in the petrol station - absolutely brilliant. Same as Co-op near me - awful. One in town really good. Sometimes they have their off days but often pick up a great bargain and freeze it. I reckon my food bills would triple without my freezer!

I want to know what you got for your £13!!

c-m

Ok so this is what i have bought:

£1.99 Nougat Pillow cereal
£2 lean mince 500g
£0.66 Two tins of chopped tomatoes
£0.50 oxo beef cubes
£0.89 milk (both tesco and lidl were out of smaller sizes)
£1 onions (the lidl ones were black and mouldy)
£1 peppers
£2.89 Slami stonebaked pizza x3
£0.5 fusilli pasta
£0.75 Madras sauce

Total £12.18

I still need to get some tofu, that'll cost £1.35ish, and some very cheap pasta sauce or chopped tomatoes


From this i will be able to make:

3/4 x Chilli
3 x Pizza
3 x curry tofu
2 x pasta

Thats at least 11 main meals. Plus i still have 2 packs of super noodles.

Today I had/will have:

Breakfast - nougat pillows
Lunch - pizza
Dinner - chilli


Everything on there is stuff i would happily eat if i had more money to spend, so i don't feel i've done too badly at the moment.