Breadline Families - Make Stuff Go Further Tips

NewCustomerOnly

Gordon Brown's HardWorking Families are now George Osbornes Breadline Families - thought we could post our tips on eeking things out:

1. tescos ready bolognese (1.65) just found out it has way too much sauce! Usually make my own but when in a hurry added extra spaghetti and a tin of 34p chopped tomatoes - that made loads and was lovely as a quich snack for hungry kids!

Here's link to very entertaining and heartening Breadline Blog Experiment I'm following (Guy trying to live on a pound a day for food!)

http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2012/03/Living-BelowTheLine

Memory_Girl

A pound a day per person is just about what me and my two boys live on - so I will play along.

See your ready made bolognese and raise you a home made version - made with green and red lentils instead of mince - 15p per person per portion.

The secret I find is to build slowly a very good storecupboard.

MG

emsbet

I have no recipes/ideas to add right now but I was made redundant a month ago and DH and I are expecting our first child in September so we are trying to cut back on our weekly shop. So I will be watching this thread eagerly for ideas.

xx

midnightraven3

there are several thread on the old style board dedicated to this subject, for no only food items/recipes but cleaning items and toiletries,

some are a step too far for me though!:o

this is the 2nd thread, as the 1st got so big
but there is a clicky link in the first post

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2426287

but there are many more threads over there besides this one

bigmomma051204

I was going to say, look at the Old Style board for recipes etc.... MUCH more useful than some blog someone is doing to get attention and make a semi-political statement!!

Plus, everyone on Old Style is lovely!

RAS

There is an entire thread on Money Saving Old style on the 5 for a fiver challenge.

And if you look up weezl's threads on living on 50p, you can get some great ideas

NewCustomerOnly

Mashed 2 over ripe bananas kids didnt lke look of into chicken korma tonight - went much further, kids loved the sweeter taste AND it got some hidden fruit into them! Shame to throw them out when can be trimmed and used!

PS thanks for directions to other threads, but this one if for seriously breadline families, not just money saving cos we all love all luv a bargain even when comfortably off!

ZsaZsa

NewCustomerOnly wrote: »

Mashed 2 over ripe bananas kids didnt lke look of into chicken korma tonight - went much further, kids loved the sweeter taste AND it got some hidden fruit into them! Shame to throw them out when can be trimmed and used!

PS thanks for directions to other threads, but this one if for seriously breadline families, not just money saving cos we all love all luv a bargain even when comfortably off!

A lot of us old stylers are there out of necessity, rather than choice. And a good tip is a good tip, regardless of how it came about

NewCustomerOnly

Shocked at price of meat and gravy stocks, even including cubes! Saw jars Bisto Oxo etc at £3.50ish - what can be the justification for that. Even good old breadline families Marmite on toast may soon be out of reach! Have been using Morrisons veg granules but a bit powdery, although cheaper.

Solution:

Add dried mash as a thickener - some only cost 40 p packet! I'd imagine it's quite good for you too if only used occasionally. Or even some real potato!

BitterAndTwisted

Anyone interested in reading Weezls rock-bottom-budget website should visit the site she helped create:

http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/

There are some truly delicious and very bargainacious recipes on there. And no shop-bought pasta sauces, Bisto, gravy granules or any of that carp. Just honest-to-goodness wholesome food cooked from scratch, the way it should be.

coolcait

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Anyone interested in reading Weezls rock-bottom-budget website should visit the site she helped create:

http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/

There are some truly delicious and very bargainacious recipes on there. And no shop-bought pasta sauces, Bisto, gravy granules or any of that carp. Just honest-to-goodness wholesome food cooked from scratch, the way it should be.

And honest-to-goodness wholesome food cooked from scratch is a life-saver for those of us who are 'breadline families', trying to make stuff go further.