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  • Barcode
    Barcode Posts: 4,551 Forumite
    5 a day, I know I should, but I don't always do so. I probably spend around £5a week, but then I get a 25% student discount at the local grocers. For this, I can buy enough apples, bananas and peaches for the week (not keen on many other fruits), one cucumber, four large potatoes, couple of tomatoes. Obviously, if I want something like grapes or strawberries, it costs a bit more, so I only have something like that maybe once a month.
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  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    ET03 wrote:
    what plays havoc ?

    buying it or eating it
    Without being too crude I mean it plays havoc with my stomach. I wouldnt be able to eat 9 a day like some of you are reporting.
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  • mhoc
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    thriftlady wrote:
    I love bean sprouts in cheese toasties too ;) Bean sprouts are brilliant in the winter. much better than buying all that out of season salad.


    I've just come from Tesco and noticed that had a toastie maker in their value range. Looks like I am going to Tesco again!

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  • Remember that the younger a child is, the smaller the portion has to be, so don't worry if you have a 2 year old who only eats half an apple. That still counts!

    Gillian McKeith? I've seen her show twice and my impression is that she's being too extreme in the change of diets. As mentioned earlier, it's an expensive way to do it and she seems to use out of season food. Fine if it works for you, but I think slow and steady wins the race. A new healthy meal once a week and build up to the change.
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  • CoD_2
    CoD_2 Posts: 275 Forumite
    we find fruit and veg much cheaper from the market, for about ten pounds we get bananas, apples, cherries, mushrooms, peppers, potatoes, plums, carrots, brocolli, onions etc. much cheaper than supermarkets IMO
  • moggins
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    I managed to get down to the market again this week and was amazed by how much fruit and veg I managed to get, 12 apples, 3 hands of bananas, 1 large punnet of mushroom, 1 large bag carrots, 1 bag parsnips and 2 large cucumbers cost me £3.50. A further 6lb of cooking apples cost me £2.
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  • moggins wrote:
    I managed to get down to the market again this week and was amazed by how much fruit and veg I managed to get, 12 apples, 3 hands of bananas, 1 large punnet of mushroom, 1 large bag carrots, 1 bag parsnips and 2 large cucumbers cost me £3.50. A further 6lb of cooking apples cost me £2.

    Hi Moggins - do you have a very large family? What do you do with 3 hands of bananas? They don't keep well do they? Are you making pies with those apples - yum! I'm just starting this week getting a veggie box with my neighbour but I'm a bit scared :eek: I'll be overwhelmed and have more than I can eat.
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  • shell2001
    shell2001 Posts: 1,817 Forumite
    Hi mhoc

    Just to say we bought the value sandwich toaster for £5 and it was rubbish. You could fit no filling in the sandwich, or it would exploded during cooking, was really disappointed, guess we should have taken it back thinking about it now!
  • liney
    liney Posts: 5,121 Forumite
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    This week i bought:

    Apples
    Pears
    1 Lemon
    Tomatoes
    Cherry Tomatoes x2 punnetts
    1 Punnet of plums
    1 bag of Grapes
    1 cucumber
    3 peppers
    1 Grapefruit
    Carrotts
    1 Cabbage
    1 bunch of Bananas
    Mushrooms


    Tinned fruit - Oranges, Fruit cocktail and Papaya
    Tinned Tomatoes, baked beans

    My shopping comes to £50 each week for 2 adults and a todder. This includes nappys and a £5 bottle of wine each week. I was spending £80 without the nappys when i was buying processed rubbish. I buy potatoes and Onions by the sack as i need them.
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  • Glad
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    DD and DS have a smoothie every morning now as they are trying to eat extra to stave off teenage spots :D

    I buy punnets of raspberries and strawberries and bananas mainly as they can manage these themselves
    they usually add a glass of fruit juice too
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