FOOD SHOPPING FOR A FAMILY - ISH

16011996

Thanks for the tip on marmalade, but haven't a clue where to start, have you got any reciepes I can follow?????

System

Thanks for the tip on marmalade, but haven't a clue where to start, have you got any reciepes I can follow?????

I aint got a clue either how to make marmalade.

arkonite_babe

Hi 160, sorry to read about your loss,

there is a recipe thread in here and you might find some nice cheap andd easy meals to make on there. Another section is your tips, Cathy posts fantastic tips on cleaning stuff in there might help you too. Hope you find something of use!

[link=http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Home;action=display;num=1084686039]recipes thread[/link]

[link=http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news]tips section[/link]

halloweenqueen_2

Deeply sorry to hear of your sad loss.
Try using some of your bread for bread and butter pudding, can be made and left to stand then cooked while you eat firsts.
Look on recipezarr.com, American site but some good budget recipes - you have to try the caramel dumplings!
BBC had a series on called moneyspinners with a website link to it, ways to save cash and also earn it, plus budget reipes and tips.
Try Netto or Aldi if you have one or a Farm fresh food shop, especially if you can take a friend to do a weeks shop and halve petrol costs.
I was so impressed with the laundy gloop recipe from you all I'm going to give it a go this week. Get the kids involved, the ladies at Tesco will take coupons easier from kids! Get them to help find the best deals and buy 1get 1 frees.

16011996

Hello,

well been following lots of your tips, all really good except have discovered i am crap at making marmalade, my kids said theyd rather have dry toast. But all in all things working well. Not doing a food shop every week, is sort of every ten days now, and food seems to be going further. We are all making an effort to sit down and eat toghether as I have refused to cook more than one meal per night, so if they don't like it they can lump it, but they are trying things I think they had probably not tried and just decided they don't like the sound of.

Last Friday bought some reduced bread, and made up 2 loaves into sandwiches and froze them, I just get enough out for pack lunches each morning, in this weather they defrost by lunch time, and saves cleaning up the mess every morning from making them.

The kids are also helping me lots. They have agreed to only have one chocolate biscuit a day, and one bag of crisps, and because of this they are eating a lot more fruit, however I have found that the local green grocer is cheaper then my local supermarket for most fruit and veg, so don't mind this so much. They have also been having a bottle of water at lunch whilst its been so hot, freezing them over night so its still cool at lunch time the next day. They have also been putting in requests for meals so each of them has a night where they pick what we have (within reason) from whats in the freezer,

Thanks for all your tips.

System

Wish my kids were as accomodating as yours seem to be!!
Glad you are coping, its hard enough being a widow let alone having to sort everything else out on your own.

keep posting, and keep learning.

Fran

Judi -

She has a partner to help her though......

yeah well just thought something better than nothing, although my partner thought I'd gone mad too!!!!!!!!!!!!

deronda

Hello

Sorry for not replying sooner. On the tins of "marmade" it has the recipie. You use the contents of the tin, sugar, water and heat - as easy as that. If it was any more complicated I would burn it! ;D ;D

16011996

When posted about my partner on another board, think it was the freezer one, I meant my business partner who I run a small business with. Apoligies if anyone misunderstood, when you've all been so nice, would have hated for anyone to feel misled. Only put partner cos didn't want to put her name on, being bit wary of this whole internet thing.

deronda

Went straight over my head. Would not worry it shows how much you do actually take in sometimes!