£50 to feed two adults till Sept 27th

D&DD

Bramble theres no nice way to say this *please dont be offended* do you use your chickens just as layers? A couple would help stretch your budget a bit further.


Pasta salads and rice salads may be a good lunch option,bulked out with loads of veg,cous cous too.

I find homemade bread more filling too.Sainsburys have relaunched their bread mixes at half price atm 4 of those for £2 would be a good deal until you can get flour and yeast in.

jackieglasgow

Get yourself over to weezl's website, they have a menu for feeding a family of four on £100 for a month, so 2 people on £50 for four week is achievable considering you won't need to buy eggs, and you have a few bits and pieces in just now. The website is http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/index.html

hannahO_2

Who needs a breadmaker!?
If you can quickly make some pizza dough overnight, make a calzone which is shaped of cornish pastie type...you know?
Very portable and much nutritious and tastier than sausage rolls. Filling that I like is fried mushroom with spinach,mozerella cheese and just tomato sauce with garlic....lush!

See how Jamie makes it here @8:16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8qxt5PuxO0&feature=channel

bramble1

D&DD wrote: »

Bramble theres no nice way to say this *please dont be offended* do you use your chickens just as layers? A couple would help stretch your budget a bit further.


Pasta salads and rice salads may be a good lunch option,bulked out with loads of veg,cous cous too.

I find homemade bread more filling too.Sainsburys have relaunched their bread mixes at half price atm 4 of those for £2 would be a good deal until you can get flour and yeast in.

I don't know if they'd be any good for eating..but i will make the suggestion to OH, i'm all for raising animals to eat so have no problem with that! (plus with that many chickens it's hard to get attached..)

I'm going to invest in some pasta and start making OH pasta salad, Homemade cake/fruit loaves.

Where will i get the cheapest meat?

Thanks for all your help everyone!

C_Mababejive

OMG what a desperate situation....

Can local MSE'rs drop some bits and bobs in a box left discretely near your place?

The odd tin or packet?

Failing that..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeganism

the_cat

bramble1 wrote: »

What do i do? Our freezer will see us through till Tuesday.

First and foremost I would suggest that you list everything you currently have in the freezer and cupboards and I'm pretty sure we would be able to suggest a few ways to stretch what you already have to last a bit longer

Secondly do you pass (or could you make a small detour) any supermarkets on your way home? 7pm is a perfect time to pop in and see if there are any 'whoopsies'. It is a bit hit and miss, so the more often you can go the better but you should hopefully be able to pick up some stuff to help the budget a bit further

misscousinitt

Pasties can be made for much less than a £1 each - fillings could be cheese and potato or minced beef, potato, onion & carrot.

Jacket potatoes with beans. Chilli bulked out with lots of grated carrot, kidney beans and tomatoes. Potato based soups. Frittata - with all those eggs, bit of bacon (if you use smoked you won't need alot to flavour it) and slices of potato and a few peas. Leftover chilli could be added to loads of cooked pasta, topped with a bit of cheese, breadcrumbs and dried herbs and baked in the oven for a substantial supper.

Good luck - please check out Weezels site - it has some great recipes and ideas. (Tomato Scones could be a good alternative for a savoury snack instead of sausage rolls to keep hubby going).

LilacLouisa

Not a lot to add I am afraid, but if you are able to get reduced veg and fruit from local markets or supermarkets (meat too as you're not a veggie) it is amazing how far things will stretch sometimes while still being tasty, filling and nutritious.

I used to know a lady who made cheese and onion pies for her local pub. She always added some mashed potato along with her cheese (a good strong tasting cheese) which made it a nice deep pie and very filling and satisfying.

Weezle (sp)and her team are amazing, so you will get some good ideas there.

I also wanted to say how kind and helpful people are on this forum, stars, all of you! :T

Good luck Bramble, I am sure you will be surprised how well you do, and you will be able to pat yourself on the back.

patchwork_cat

Am I being dense, but I am infering that you have 160 chickens and don't sell the eggs? Or have I got that wrong? Home made pasties can be made for a lot less than £1 and much better. Your OH's lunch while calorie dense is nutrient poor as someone earlier said. Have a look at the links on September grocery challenge at top of the page. A really good cut of meat to do in the slow cooker is shin. Then you could make that into a pasty and perhaps on non pasty days you could make apple pasties!Bramleys are just coming into season.

Butterfly_Brain

Try this hun
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2384579

http://weezl.wordpress.com/month-1-recipes/