£50 to feed two adults till Sept 27th

flipperOSN

bramble1 wrote: »

the biggest problem i have when i bake bread is OH thinks he needs to 'test' half the loaf to make sure it's okay and i never manage to make any sarnies from them!

:rotfl:this is one of the reasons I stopped baking bread very often, it disappeared far too quickly and the family got through twice as much!

Good to hear you sounding so positive bramble1.

carebabe

my suggestion would be to buy a bag of frozen sausages. some could be use to make sausage rolls. cook and freeze some and they can be used for tasty fillings for sandwiches. hot meal of stewed sausages and onions with tinned peas and mash.

MatyMoo

This is what I love about MSE, someone comes on with a problem and within minutes everyone starts to rally round with great ideas to solve it!

As you have a slow cooker you eating around 7 and him around 9 won't be a problem, even if it has been on all day it won't spoil. It is great for chucking in any meat and vegies, sausages always seem better casseroled in there too.

You can also use it to make stock from the chicken carcass, which in turn can be turned in to lashings of yummy soup by throwing in chopped root veg, pearl barley and a few herbs. Home made soup is always more filling than tinned, especially with a good hunk of bread.

Sounds like you are going to manage this month just fine

Mrs_Beatson

aureol212 wrote: »

DH complains about bread I buy and it ain't cheap stuff either! Says it is too thin, I buy thick and too crumbly.

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If my OH complained like this he'd be told to make it himself or go hungry:rotfl:You are clearly a much more patient person than I !!!:rotfl:

MatyMoo wrote: »

This is what I love about MSE, someone comes on with a problem and within minutes everyone starts to rally round with great ideas to solve it!

And i couldn't agree more, when I started on here I was in the depths of despair and posted just to let it all out more than anything. The response I got so so overwhelming it reduced me to tears. There are so many caring people on here. The things Ive learnt are too numerous to mention. All of that from people that have their own lives to live and their own problems too.

What a great place this is.

Glad to hear you're feeling better OP... keep going and take some time to read other threads on here, it's a splendid source of inspiration

Mrs B x

wssla00

bramble1 wrote: »

the biggest problem i have when i bake bread is OH thinks he needs to 'test' half the loaf to make sure it's okay and i never manage to make any sarnies from them!

Do what I do and "hide" it under a damp tea towel! It will soften the bread to make a good sarnie loaf and if you hide it well then slice it before he can get to it, you should be able to get enough out of it for sandwiches!

Vaila

after your original post i can suggest maybe your other half could have a packed lunch of cold pasta etc to maybe keep the costs down, maybe stock up on cheap beans and lentils and add them to soups, stews to bulk them out a bit

Alwaysthebusybee

Hi Bramble,

Just been reading through your thread and here is some of the ideas I have for cheap meals.

Egg and Chips
Beans on Toast
Spaghetti Bolognese
Sheperds Pie
Corned Beef Ash (Usually makes 4-6 meals)
Stew and Dumplings (very filling my OH can't eat very many of these!)

Things that I make in my slow cooker are chilli and cheap steak stewed all day (however that can become very small - I find if I stew it for about 3 hours it makes a nice pie!)

Hope I have provided some ideas. Reading your thread has encouraged me to get my breadmachine out of the cupboard again.

Sarah

bramble1

thanks for the suggestions guys! I failed a little, our friends came back from Dorest steam rally with some cider for us....... so couldn't be bothered to cook a roast after all that!!! still, saved it for another meal, stew is in slow cooker ready to be turned on, fruit loaf is made for snacking in the week. Me and OH are having a pastie making competiton tomorrow with left overs (i have massivly bulked out the stew on the downlow with loads of veg...it's partically doubled!)

Penny-Pincher!!

I would be making filling cheap meals such as:

Roast Chicken & next day make a curry or pasta bake
Chilli
Spagbol
Shepherds Pie
Egg, Chips, Beans & B&B
Bangers & Mash
Toad In Hole
Sausage Cassarole and Baked Spud
Omelette
Stews
Curries
Beans & Eggs On Toast
Chops
Savoury mince & mash
Cheese and Potatoe pie

Lunches:
Pies/Pasties made with leftover meats and veg
Quiche
Potatoe salad
Rice/Pasta salad
Leftovers
Frittatas(sp)
HM Soup & Filled Roll
Chilli On Spud
Sarnies/Rolls with egg mayo or other cheap fillings
Couscous (very filling)

HTH

PP
xx

Fruball

Baked bean bake is cheap and v filling.

Layer thinly sliced potatoes, onion, baked beans and cheese along with salt and pepper... finish with a layer of just cheese, or cheese and HM breadcrumbs S&P for a scrummy easy cheap dinner

I love it, the teens love it and the littlies love it too A real winner and cheap as chips

(so it doesn't go to dry, i add about half a mug of water or stock to the mix)

cook for 45ish mins at 200, covered until the last 10 mins