£40 for the whole week for a family of four!

jinky67

rachbc wrote: »

Big bag value oats should do for porridge for the week - buy ff milk and mix half and half with water for the porridge

Porridge is fine made with just water;)

Save the milk for the kids to drink:D

AnnaV

jinky67 wrote: »

Porridge is fine made with just water;)

Yuck, that's how my mum makes it, with water and salt (the Scottish way!)

I'm an English softie and prefer it with milk and honey

Good idea about mixing it half with water and half milk though.

rachbc

jinky67 wrote: »

Porridge is fine made with just water;)

Save the milk for the kids to drink:D

Its is, but its nicer with milk and with the budget she has I reckon there is more thyan enough for 1 cup of milk a day....its only 1.5 l over the week - ess than a quid

xnatalie81x

I use tesco value nappies. My 4.5 yr wears them to bed (STILL) and my 3 year old also wears them to bed (STILL) - they are £1.91 for a pack of about 26..... and they are good enough for overnight so i assume they would do nicely daytime as well.

My kids don't always have 'conventional' packed lunches either. They love cold pasta n sauce (just tinned toms and basil with cheese if we have any) and cold rice. I also make cakes and pancakes (with flour, egg and water if desperate or milk if we have plenty although it is always watered down) - pancakes are lovely made thin and with choc spread in or ham or cheese spread (the tesco value phillie type one) - tesco value pineapple in a tin is also a hit and i make value jelly up in little pots (i have a collection from poundland now)

Value wipes aren't toooooooooo bad. I use them for the dogpoo. But huggies were buy 1 get 2 free recently in tesco.

This is sooooooooooo do-able try n get to tesco sun evening as i picked up 10 loaves sunday from an express store - all 30p or less and finest/top brands. I am lucky to have 3 freezers so regularly stock up on bread. I also make my own fruit loaf which kids love!

jinky67

AnnaV wrote: »

Yuck, that's how my mum makes it, with water and salt (the Scottish way!)

I'm an English softie and prefer it with milk and honey

Good idea about mixing it half with water and half milk though.

I am just cheap:o but I couldnt eat it with salt, Scottish or not:D sugar for me:A

charleybabes

well then .. i think looking at the suggestions.. its mainly veg and dairy that i'll need to get.. ( oh and a big bag of porridge oats. but it has to be done with milk for my kids ..rather fussy!!) ..ive got a box of currants which i forgot to put on the list so they can go in the porridge for a bit of sweetness!!

i tend to shop in asda more than tescos mainly for convenience really...

i am thinking for meals then..

tuesday- pork chops, chips and baked beans ( this is actually one of OH's favourite teas so he'll be chuffed!!)
wednesday - tuna pasta bake with garlic bread ( throw some peas and in this - buy some cheese and garlic for this)
thursday - chicken and diced gammon pie ( buy some flour and eggs to make pastry)
friday - lasagne with garlic bread ( buy some mince and sauce )
saturday - fish fingers, waffles and beans
sunday - pork loin with veg and mash ( buy carrot and turnip,broccoli and potatos)

BitterAndTwisted

See, that wasn't hard, was it? And you didn't even have to split up that chicken and gammon into two separate meals. n.b. you don't need eggs to make pastry. Save those eggs for a fritata or a quiche. And you don't really need cheese for your Tuna Pasta Bake either. At this rate you could have a score left of your forty quid.....



Do you have an Aldi near you? I've heard that their usual Super Six discounted fruit and veg are 39 pence this week instead of 69 pence.

adelight

Great ideas for the dinners! You could make your own sauce for the lasange using the chopped tomatoes, garlic and some onions. Do you have any herbs/stock cubes knocking around? Pastry will be fine with just flour and butter. You could do pie or turn it into a stew with dumplings.

I just did a quick asda shopping list...
1kg oats and 6 pints milk for the week (£2.60)
Smart price apples (76p), choc digestives (37p), loaf bread (47p) for sarnies using the tuna and the cheese (£2 /391g), 1.5kg bananas for snack/lunches (£1.15) and 12pk crisps (48p). These are some very basic lunches I know!
Does OH or you need lunches? What will you and the youngest eat at home for lunch?
Plus basics 2.5kg potatoes, 1kg carrots, garlic, 2kg onions, 1kg swede, 1kg frozen broccoli, 1.5kg flour, butter spread, 400g mince beef all comes to £15.95. Plenty leftover to get non-smart price mince, nappies and the extra food for more lunches.

lizziebabe

Hi charleybabes :wave:

Yes, this is definitely possible and already you have got loads of ideas.

Don't forget when you go shopping to look at the 'whoopsy' (reduced) shelves. Is there a market near you, often their fruit and veg are good value. I often shop in Lidl, but I believe Aldi is good too - I don't have one near me.

If you go on to the 'Old Style Moneysaving' board and then onto the Grocery challenge, there are loads of recipes within the first few pages. It is very good and will give you even more great ideas.

All the best

squeakysue

For the child's lunchbox, I sometimes go through times of being so skint so she gets whatever is in the cupboard, some tinned fruit in a pot, jelly, crackers and breadsticks and bits of cheese, tuna pasta, box of raisins, carrot sticks it's amazing what you can put together when you have a root through what you do have and my dd likes a change from the usual sandwich and piece of fruit.

Oh and I also used to use tesco value nappies when times were hard and they were fine. If you have any cotton wool you can use that instead of wipes too. Good luck