Cheap Lunches

gattina

I'm almost debt free now whoop! and cheap lunches have been my savour!


What cheap lunches do you make?

This week I made a batch of pasta using

Black Olives 70p
Cherry Tomatoes £1
Pasta £1
Basil 80p
Mozzerella £1
Lemon Juice and Zest 30p
Olive Oil (in cupboard)

Made 5 portions so less than £1 a day :-)

Also a big fan of pasta, pesto and petit pois!!

Boris_Allen

Again, my colleagues had a friday pizza day and I refused to order anything. By the time they had finished there were about 10 slices left uneaten! I glady helped myself...

superted187

Good shout - bulk lunches of pasta are cheap. Unfortunately for me I can't have to much of the stuff... anything containing wheat at lunch makes me very gassy. I just stick to salads, usually with boiled eggs and a potato salad

amorge

gattina wrote: »

I'm almost debt free now whoop! and cheap lunches have been my savour!


What cheap lunches do you make?

This week I made a batch of pasta using

Black Olives 70p
Cherry Tomatoes £1
Pasta £1
Basil 80p
Mozzerella £1
Lemon Juice and Zest 30p
Olive Oil (in cupboard)

Made 5 portions so less than £1 a day :-)

Also a big fan of pasta, pesto and petit pois!!

Sounds lovely, any possibility you could PM me the recipe? Just not too sure at what stage you'd add the mozzarella

Thanks

NicChanna

Wow I thought I was doing well having sandwiches for lunch, but I think this shows it can be done much cheaper. For next week I'm going to try ...

Smart price pasta (will buy in bulk)
A yellow pepper (in fridge)
Smart price ham (in fridge)
Salad cream (in cupboard)

Basically I think buying the pasta in enough bulk and making a huge lot on a Sunday night and a Wednesday night is going to work out cheaper (and be very tasty!)

Will let you know how it tastes!

stu2500

A big pan of vegetable broth goes a long way through the week, and its very filling.

Potatoes, carrot, turnip, onion, red lentils, plenty of pepper and a couple of stock pots. Healthy, cheap and good on a cold winter day. It usually costs a few pounds to make it as I go for smart price veg.

People at work often spend upto £8 - £10 a day on breakfast and lunch, alot of money when added up over the month!

lucystardust

I love making pasta for lunch, it's filling, yummy and cheap! I also have a little box thats just the size of a sandwich and take in sandwiches with crisps. I get a multibag and then they work out about 12p each. I also love a fizzy drink at lunch, I used to spend 65p a day on a can of drink with lunch - now I buy those 'zero' drinks in a multipack which work out about 25p each and only have about 4 calories in, so alot healthier too.

Hillbilly1

We only get 30 mins for lunch and they would prefer we don't al leave. . . so get lunch provided.

The late nurse buys in bulk, £30 for about 15+ people and we always have a good lunch (well, 2 people buy crap!) but essentially all good.

Our head office now copies us with their own funds (when they don;t go out for lunch!)

gattina

Today I've got pasta and pesto! Jar of pesto has lasted me for 4 lunches so not bad ;-D

Amorge - will PM you the recipe! mega easy :-) xx

gattina

My best tip for making pasta in advance is to cook the pasta, drain and then run it under a cold tap in the colander.

Then drain properly and add a tiny bit of olive oil.

This stops it all sticking together by the next day.

i often make my sauces seperately and put them together to cook in the mircowave :-) then it's almost like it's fresh :j

DebtFree2012

gattina - fab advice - thank you.