£224 per month for 7!!!

HappyMJ

The maths make it look cheap. For starters it's £56 a week that's £243 a month not £224. £224 is 4 weeks. It's not 7 people if you read the recipes the two littlest eat half size portions and the other 3 eat portions half way between that and adult size portions. So it's really a menu plan for 5 proper adult/teenage size portions. All of the per person pricing is based on 7 then it's divided out then multiplied for a family of 4 even though most of the portions used would be about enough for that family anyway. i.e the chicken yums with rice and corn or potato wedges and baked beans or creamy mash and corn on the cob. Quote "£4.50 for 2 dinners for average size family or 1 dinner for a family our size". Then says it's 43p a head. errr no it isn't. The ingredients used are also very cheap.

threemuttleys

hmmm willing to bet there is a lot of processed carp in that.

patchwork_cat

I do agree I did criticise as it is journalistic IFYKWIM! However can we stop being so MSE and give her a pat on the back for reducing her phenomenal food bill. Let's face it while Weezle does it for £100 she doesn't use food I eat, whereas ( leaving out the rubbish) this is more food I would eat. As far as I can see she hasn't bought potatoes, it is spin, but all the same!

nobodyspecial

Not going to get into the choice of shop or products bought, but I think we have another fantasist here Her shopping list says 30 FR eggs a month, so that's one egg a day between 7. Her menu plan includes scrambled, fried and boiled eggs, as well as HM quiche. I can't make it balance at all.

HappyMJ

patchwork_cat wrote: »

I do agree I did criticise as it is journalistic IFYKWIM! However can we stop being so MSE and give her a pat on the back for reducing her phenomenal food bill. Let's face it while Weezle does it for £100 she doesn't use food I eat, whereas ( leaving out the rubbish) this is more food I would eat. As far as I can see she hasn't bought potatoes, it is spin, but all the same!

Yes they have potatoes were £7 for 25kg every 2 months...which is really 8 weeks....so about 60 grams per person per day.

ladymarmalade

nobodyspecial wrote: »

Not going to get into the choice of shop or products bought, but I think we have another fantasist here Her shopping list says 30 FR eggs a month, so that's one egg a day between 7. Her menu plan includes scrambled, fried and boiled eggs, as well as HM quiche. I can't make it balance at all.

Yes, I noticed that too!

I was initially impressed, and suppose I still am to some extent....she has slashed it by so much and seems very happy with the result.

I also noticed she says in one of her recipes '2 slices of ham finely diced 20p' I don't know where she gets this ham from, but it seems awfully cheap. I buy boiled ham from the butchers, which is much cheaper than the supermarket and it cost about £1.20 for 3-4 slices. I suppose she must mean the cheap nasty wafer thin stuff, which I wouldn't eat if you paid me.

It is impressive if you need to save than money, but depsite being very MSE towards my food...I won't compromise the quality unless I have to. Frozen foods are a big no no for us, ditto anything processed. So there is no way I could spend that much on the same meals because I would buy different ingredients!

anguk

I could maybe do it but there's only 3 of us and I don't need to buy nappies.

I spend about £20 a week on fruit and veg alone for the 3 of us so I'm not quite sure how she manages 8+ portions a day for 7 plus all the other stuff she gets on £56 a week. Maybe we eat bigger portions of fruit & veg?

I'm like rachbc, 1 cabbage would maybe do the 3 of us 2 meals, that's 6 portions from one cabbage so for her to get 3 meals for 7 out of one cabbage that's 21 portions! It must be a very big cabbage.

cobbingstones

Thanks for your replies.

Just noticed there is no milk at all in her shopping.

Although I agree with the coatings not adding up, I still think she's had a really good go at Reducing her budget.

patchwork_cat

HappyMJ wrote: »

Yes they have potatoes were £7 for 25kg every 2 months...which is really 8 weeks....so about 60 grams per person per day.

Sorry have you got a linky 4 me? I change my mind reading her recipes this is not a spin this is fantasy, I agree - she uses 200g of pasta for 7 people for an evening meal.

anguk

I've just had a quick look at her shopping thread, I'd love to know where she lives because she gets a massive amount of fruit & veg from the market for £20 and also 30 free range eggs for £2.40 from a local shop.