Meal for two for 50p. Suggestions?

sharloid

Sorry i'm not adding a recipe but i'm really interested in learning how people incorporate chicken into a meal this cheap? I've just looked at the prices on mysupermarket.com and don't think I could add more chicken than the size of a 10 pence piece to be in budget!

marvalous

how about government juice and wish sandwiches? Cheapest meal ever.

Government juice= water
wish sandwiches= two slices of bread and you wish you had something to put between them!:beer:

red_devil

a cheap idea.

Some onion bhajis
savoury rice
a few sausages

sb44

Great thread!

Off to make a note of some of these recipes before I forget.

Ta.

Wee_Jo

What a fab thread! Going to bed now but will come back tomorrow to note down some of these great ideas!

msb5262

northwest1965 wrote: »

I do the same but have never used a carcass to make a soup, I think because I hate any fat in the soup. If I did this and left it to cool, would I be able to scoop it all off?

Absolutely. Put enough cold water to cover the chicken, scoop in any leftover bones, skin, jellied gravy etc etc. If you can, add a halved onion (with a couple of layers of papery golden skin left on - this gives your stock a lovely colour), a halved carrot, a stick of celery, fresh parsley, a pinch of salt and a few black peppercorns.

Simmer this on the lowest possible heat for at least a couple of hours. By the way, you can keep it for several days as long as you boil it up vigorously for at least 5 mins every day.

When you want to use or freeze the stock, strain it and allow to cool, then chill. The fat will rise to the top and can easily be removed. This can be used for cooking - eg. if you are making a chicken risotto, you can soften the onion in this instead of olive oil/butter.
If you're in a hurry to skim the fat from your broth, chuck in a few ice cubes - the fat clings to them so you can just scoop them out and chuck them down the sink (or into the dog's bowl!). You can now use the stock or just throw it in the freezer.
HTH
MsB

gailey_2

Ahh I love this thread so many good ideas im up to page6 will read more later.

we are family of 4

me, hubby 4year old and 9month old.
baby eats proper food never done baby food as doing baby led
hubby has 5packed lunches a week, daughter 2
we buy double concentrate squash
use cloth nappies and i breastfeed so saving there.

desperatly trying to get food bill down to 50quid a week or just below.
I batch cook homemade meals and freze in tubs
make pasta sauces/pizza and own bread at times
shop ariund lidls, sainsburys, morrisions co-op
im strict we shop offers, look at reduced and buy own brand

no takeaways 2-3cheapish bottles wine as we dont ever go out.

icecream in cones as takes less

padded stuff out with lentils
frozen veg

value toiliet roll, wet wipes and washing powder no fabric conditioners.we dont get cheap washing up liquid as rubbish, same with black bags
energy efficient lightbulbs

we buy freedom or free range poultry
proper ham not reformed
lean good quality mince
cheaper cuts and use in casseroles
but we dont buy cheap meats as worry about animals welfare so therefore eat less meat but quality plus a smaller corn fed freedom chicken much tastier than large value bird, we try get 2meals out of it.
we get cheap gold coffee
fruit adds up so get from lidls as cheaper
we do get crips for packed lunches but tey either on offer or own brand.
we dont do deserts daily

biggest expenditure is add ons like household, toilitries and snacks.
im trying to bake more biscuits and cakes to keep costs down.

Milks huge bill 4pints a day as coffees, cereals, drinks even in cooking even if got it cheapest 1pound at iceland thats 7quid a week.

we try to do cereal/toast, fruit for brekkie
light lunch soup/sandwich/something on toast
large cooked dinner and if we flush cheapsh desert.

need to start writing down these recipies asked some mums on mums forum and they spending 125-200 a week was shocked.Some have 1 or 2extra kids but still seems like lots.
we ben overspending by 50-100 quid want to get down to 200 a month will not stop trying.

even feed family for fiver cards for one meal is 35quid over 7days not including lunch, brekkie, snacks, household ect.

Will definatly try some of these recipies as get bored of eating same thin g and although money tight stilll wnat to eat well and enjoy life.
If what you eating nice you wont feel deprived.

martina123

Fishfinger or fishcake butties are delicious and cheap. There are always offers on in the supermarkets.
Also, I like eating pitta and houmus for tea sometimes. You can buy little pots for less than 50p and pitta bread is really cheap and can be frozen and each slice toasted individually as and when you need it.

parsonswife8

When I was a child my mum sometimes used to give me a slice of buttered toast, with half a tin of heated up, creamed sweetcorn on it, with a poached egg on top. I used to have this for breakfast or lunch and I really used to like it. Quite a cheap meal, as well, for two people, two eggs, 2 slices of toast and a tin of creamed sweetcorn.

Nicky889

If it helps we buy our milk from farmfoods now (if you have one near) 2x 2litre bottles for £1.50. Saves us quite a bit cos we use quite a bit with 2 kids as well x

flufff wrote: »

You then have to add on milk,tea,coffee,drinks,cereal,bread,sugar.If you have kids you cant deny them odd biscuit after school.Then petfood.It soon adds up.
It isnt dinners that are so expensive just everything inbetween.School holidays are a killer trying to feed hungry kids.My milk bill is just over a pound everyday with 4 kids.I cant and wont cut that back.We could easily use more.Thats £7 alone.