please help

pinksuedeshoes

thank you so much you two i have learnt so much from a couple of word cheers x

January20

Gillyx wrote: »

I didn't even think about this, such a good idea, I could wait until all my veg was on offer then make soup. Not sure why I haven't thought about freezing fresh veg before.

Thank you! Why have we never spoken before lol? It stems from the fact that I've had a tight budget for years and I also believe in not wasting food so I experimented. Nothing lost if it doesn't work! For soup my favourite is Asda smartprice broccoli because it's really cheap and full of tiny little florets perfect for me as I prefer my soups blended.

Gillyx

January20 wrote: »

Thank you! Why have we never spoken before lol? It stems from the fact that I've had a tight budget for years and I also believe in not wasting food so I experimented. Nothing lost if it doesn't work! For soup my favourite is Asda smartprice broccoli because it's really cheap and full of tiny little florets perfect for me as I prefer my soups blended.

I'm a blender aswell, childhood incident with some rather chunky soup and me not being able to keep it down at that time.

My parents have always made soup so I guess it's just a thing that's stemmed from them, plus it is ALOT cheaper than tins.

Soup to me is perfect comfort food, it just cheers me up, and I know if I'm having some veggie soup for dinner with bread and it's all I fancy, I'm still getting my vitamins and goodness.

thegoodlifewannabe

:Djanuary20 and gillyx seems you will be great friends
thanks for the help x

Darlyd

And the best thing to do is to go to the supermarkets on a Saturday evening about an hour or so before they close, or a Sunday just before they are due to close, and you get lots of bargains, bread, cooked food, all sorts.

January20

thegoodlifewannabe wrote: »

:Djanuary20 and gillyx seems you will be great friends
thanks for the help x

Yep this girl is NOT going on my ignore list lol!

delain

darlyd wrote: »

And the best thing to do is to go to the supermarkets on a Saturday evening about an hour or so before they close, or a Sunday just before they are due to close, and you get lots of bargains, bread, cooked food, all sorts.

In our Sainsbury's it's Sunday afternoons after 2pm that are best to go. Everything has a yellow sticker, I have got big packs of pre prepared broccoli for 17p before!

ETA My friend's family do this at Morrisons, they call it the Vulture run :rotfl: Sorry it just tickled me. Whoopsie shopping is very satisfying

gingin_2

We like soup, too. Lentil and bacon is a favourite here. I make this recipe all the time. I usually double the quantities and freeze half. I put paprika in too as it seems to enhance the flavours more.

http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/282053/Lentil-and-bacon-soup

I throw tins of pulses and extra veggies in everything. Tonight it's chicken tagine with chickpeas and loads of peppers ( £1 for a pack on offer in tesco), beef stew I put butter beans in, chicken curry more chickpeas, chilli has kidney beans. It gives a couple of extra portions that can be frozen and used another day and I love the taste of them.

I don't think we ever have leftover veg. Anything leftover is normally roasted , put in a frying pan and then I throw beaten eggs over and bung in the oven and we have fritatta, like a solid omlette. All it costs is 6 eggs and leftover veg and you have a meal for 4 with some salad and a bit of bread.

Youll get loads of ideas on old stlye, so good luck

pinkpig08

Hi You may also like to have a look at this website. It's got loads of recipe ideas which still meet your nutritional needs. It's based on feeding a family of four for £100 per month, so I'm sure you can make some savings by using it. I've tried some of the recipes on there and they are lovely

Pollycat

Although I'm (luckily) not on a tight food budget, I do like to be pretty frugal in my food shopping.

I agree with buying veg when reduced and making soup.

If I buy reduced potatoes, I boil up a big pan, mash them, portion it out and freeze it. Works out very cheap.

If I see tomatoes reduced (last lot I bought were vine ripened for 15p per pack instead of £1.60), I make tomato sauce for pasta - AND you know exactly what's in it.

Our Tesco Metro often has fresh herbs (for me, essential in cooking) reduced. I'm talking about coriander and parsley 12p per bag.
It says on the pack that you can chop it and freeze it so I've got lots in my freezer.

Batch cook and freeze - a big pan of bolognaise or chilli works out cheaper per portion than just doing enough for one meal.

If I buy mince from a supermarket in say a 500gm pack, I'll buy several and then re-portion them into 350gm (3/4 lb) as that is fine for us.
So instead of using a 500gm pack for one meal, I buy 3 x 500gm packs and get 4 x 350gm out of it, so 1 meal for free.

If you can save a bit from your weekly budget, start to take advantage of bogof offers (but only if you will use them).

Good luck with your shopping, cooking - and losing weight if you are trying.