Single Money Saver living on my own

ceridwen

pendine50 wrote: »

Fabulous soup/stew/whatever you want it to be. clear up as you go...no real cooking required...cheap tasty nourishing etc.....I love it and make it regularly
2 tins tomatoes (lidl 15p per tin)
2 tins kidney beans (lidl 15 p per tin) or any other beans you like
tomato puree to thicken and taste
chilli powder to taste
chopped onion and any other left over veg plus some water half pint or so
better with a couple of red peppers but not essential (buy the wrinkled ones from greengrocer should only be pennies)
Chuck the whole lot in a big pan and simmer for 2 hours or so for the flavours to infuse add salt and pepper to taste. You can leave this chunky or bltz it with a blender
This makes a large pot enough for 3 or 4 days. Half the quantities for a smaller amount
throw tins away wipe worktop....done! I really am a lazy cook but I have had people beg for this recipe and since it is almost all from tins I do not give it to them but remain enigmatic and pretend it was hard work.
hope you try it and enjoy

Do you think this would be okay done in a slowcooker?

Olliebeak

Maybe it could all be started off in a pan and transferred to the slowcooker on the 'keepwarm or auto setting'?

It sounds as though most of it is only 'warm through' (apart from the onion/veg bit) and then simmer to allow the flavours to develop properly.

Looking forward to having a go at this one - nice and simple - just what I like! :T

tomstickland

I live on my own and my total shop for food + household stuff like cleaners etc is about £25 per week. I eat well too. The biggest risk is getting carried away when shopping and have things go off before they are eaten.
I have a selection of regular favourites for basic meals.
Eg:
Quiche on a 2 for £4 offer, steamed carrots & peas, or roasted parsnips.

Cauliflower or Brocolli with home made cheese sauce, carrots, peas etc.

Curry made from scracth with onions, mushrooms, meat, curry powder, chillies marinated for a few hours with rice. Will last 3 days.

Lasagne (home made bolognaise with cheese sauce). Will last ages if frozen.

Occasional off the shelf pizza if it's in the reduced section.

Peppers stuffed with cous cous, fried onions and tomatoes and roasted.

I'll make a rice pudding if I have too much milk, or a crumble if I'm in the mood.

Louweasel

Hello single moneysavers! *waves weaselly paws*
I have come to join your club if that's ok?

Living alone in a London flat (gaaaaaaah property prices) and made a new year's resolution to save money and manage my finances better so I joined up here. I shall follow this thread and the other ones recommended by Pinklady with interest!

Ephemera

Hmmm... I don't fit into the usual boxes either...

Living with parents at the mo while I see what is happening in the housing market, saving like bonkers for a deposit or to put a home on land I bought last year in Devon (if I can get Planning!!)

I cook for myself and have my own budget and occasionally cook for parents / get cooked for by them. Nice cheap living and helps my folks out while my Dad goes through radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Helps them out with bills, helps me out with savings. Just hope my (and their) sanity holds....! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Have lived on my own for a few years, did the cook-loads-and freeze-it thing, having a decent sized freezer helps as you can buy reduced meat in larger quantities at the supermarket and freeze it bagged in smaller portions. I grew a lot of food when I could, recycling large containers bought at car boots - potatoes in old plastic bins filled with compost and such. It all helps! And far fresher than the shops :T

Eph.

scuzz

I'm a soon to be singleton. Living with Mum and Nan at the moment, but in the middle of buying a flat of my own. Saving like no one's business to ensure I survive. Thankfully I know I can go home again should I need to.

I'm an ok cook so that will be fine and learning to be good about going out - or not as the case should be!:D

Stephen_Leak

As above, I'm sort of semi-single at the moment. I separated from my wife in February 2007 and I have been living with my mother, whilst I sort everything out. A place of my own is the next big step this year.

However, I look after myself and even cook for the both of us on weekends. I did my share of the cooking when married and, IMHO, I am rather good at it.

Unfortunately, it is a "two portion" world. My most useful assets are the freezer, food-saver containers (cook the two portions, eat one and freeze the other for later) and those "Klippit" thingies (for re-sealing packets of rice, pasta, etc.).

larmy16

Here is my recent top tip for saving money as a singleton or indeed anyone! Do not eat anything between meals. It is so simple that I cannot understand how I have ignored it for the last 40 years or so:p.

I am following slimming world at the moment and because I no longer grab a bar of choccy or have a biccie or six between meals, when I do get to eat, it all tastes divine and an added bonus is you will lose pounds and gain pounds££££££.

lovelyjay

I likke this thread and i too am a single saver, since the rat left me with 2,000 of debt.

I find it hard to cook for one as used to cooking for two, so tend to over buy or waste food.

HELP.

P.S I WILL NEVER LIVE WITH ANOTHER MAN.

Badger_Lady

lovelyjay wrote: »

I likke this thread and i too am a single saver, since the rat left me with 2,000 of debt.

I find it hard to cook for one as used to cooking for two, so tend to over buy or waste food.

HELP.

P.S I WILL NEVER LIVE WITH ANOTHER MAN.

It only lets me push the Thank you button once! YOU ARE ME!!!