can u feed 5 adults+pets on £140 pmth?

pudding06

gosh - My cat is 11yrs and my dog is 9yrs and theyre members of the family - so theyre non-negotiable. I'd starve before letting them go for any other reason than they were too ill and suffering to continue living. It is like losing a chod when you lose a much loved pet - I know I've lost both.

I get your drift, and they do 'pay' their way though,;)

not had a break in in our street at all since we got the dog - he barks when anyone strange comes into the street at night. No cars broken into in our part though stacks around the corner!!:p

had no mice since we started having cats, this is the least of cats number we've had, but despite his ill health he's very much a deterent for critters. He only ever brings back the dead ones now that he's older as well.:cool:

pudds

pudding06

I sometimes buy turkey, because you can get quite a lot of meat off it. They're getting the cheaper frozen ones into aldi and lidl at the moment.

Generally we used to be os through necessity - but we've got used to having 2 reasonable(for our part of the country) incomes, and tbh we were just foolish with our money.. Now one income has gone we are struggling to pay
everything and its just tough.
It would have been easier to have alsways been os rather than haivng to go back now.

plus side is that I filled my freezer with reduced meat over the last few months so I do have strange things like a whole rabbit and a whole duck, that I can use stretching it out over time to help out.

It will be when the freezer foods run out ( and my sons gluten free stuff) that the problems will really start.

pudds

Aril

Stick to the more everyday types of fruit and veg eg apples, green cabbage etc. Pad with fillers eg pasta to bulk out the protein and don't forget alternatives such as liver [not to everyone's taste I grant but cooked the right way it can be very tasty] Eggs are cheap and potatoes etc. My Mum always did an onion and potato sliced dish with some grated cheese on top when money was really tight. Cut out/cut back on the luxuries . Hope some of the ideas are of help!
Aril

flufff

Do you look at the voucher board?Tescos will take some vouchers whether you buy product or not.If in doubt over cashiers use self scan usually take 25% before asking for authorisation.Similary do asda and waitrose.
Be worth signing up to whiskas and felix any other petfood manufacturers online as they send you vouchers and samples although you may need to roll back your pets age lol
Anything you can clear out and sell on ebay thats not needed to raise a few more pounds?
Can you walk anywhere instead of using car/public transport?
Extra layer of clothes to keep heating off for a bit longer.
Water down whole milk tastes like skimmed.
Good luck.
Can you tell I'm used to being poor lol

leni

I buy my dog asda's own dog food, it's on offer at the moment(or was last time I went) for 7 tins for £2 and I buy the asda's own dry food mix. She has one 400g tin of dog food a day and handful of dry food mix. She was a really picky eater and would only eat kitten food at one time, until I refused to feed her anything but asda's dog food, If she didn't eat it, it got thrown away and she went without, she soon got hungry enough to eat the asda food and now won't eat anything else!

jcr16

i've just made a huge chilli and frozen it down in 2 person portions. so i have made 13 meals . it cost about 13 per person per meal. ok so i really bulked it out with loads of kidney beans etc. i could eat home made chilli everynight if i had to i love it. and as an extra change i sometimes serve some tortilla crisps with them. they are 19p for a big bag at tesco( value one )

this is prob one of my cheapest meals that i make.

hope this helps.

pudding06

Extra layer of clothes to keep heating off for a bit longer

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sitting in house with a fleece on counts right!!! I'm so stingy with heating but we have a problem withthe boiler that needs sorting but needs repacing and as its a big house its a massive outlay and we just have to put up iwth the bills for now.


our cat is now on to kitekat pouches as he was losing weight quite rapidly - he'd leave his foood and then greedy dog ate it. Its more expensive but he asks for it when he's hungry and gets to eat it all. I could cut sown here but I dont think he's long for this world tbh and its worth just carrying on and making him happy and comfortable.


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buy my dog asda's own dog food, it's on offer at the moment(or was last time I went) for 7 tins for £2 and I buy the asda's own dry food mix. She has one 400g tin of dog food a day and handful of dry food mix.

snap our dogs on asda's own tinned ( 1 pday) with hero mixer

pudds

Murtle

have you seen the store cupboard challenge?? may be worth seeing if you can follow??!

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Mics_chick

cattie1 wrote:

When oh and I lost jobs and only had benefits to live on and were awaiting council to award us benefits(charging us full rent and c/tax:mad: ) we only had £80 a month to live on after paying full rent etc to make sure we had a roof over our kids heads.:rolleyes:
I actually managed to spend £13 a week on shoppin £18 (when I needed nappies)
by buyin everything value/smart price etc. I also did a LOT of baking, there is a place near me where you can buy a massive bag of dried dog food for £8 which lasts 3 months:T
It also helped to buy some things in bulk, I also used my mobile phone all the way round the shop to add everything up!

Hi cattie1

Just registered so that I can reply to your post.

I'm very interested in what you had to say - is it possible for you to give some idea of what sort of meals you cooked for £13 per week?

Cheers Mics_chick

gerretl

jcr16 wrote:

. and as an extra change i sometimes serve some tortilla crisps with them. they are 19p for a big bag at tesco( value one )

this is prob one of my cheapest meals that i make.

hope this helps.

If you want a bit of variety in the tortilla chips, put a layer tortillas on a plate, add some jalapeno peppers on top, add another layer of tortilla, and another layer of jalapenos, top with cheddar cheese, and grill till the cheese is melted.
Just be careful not to burn the tortillas.
Its very filling, and a great starter if you have guests.