Breadline Families - Make Stuff Go Further Tips

BigBlackcat

NewCustomerOnly wrote: »

some truth in that but for my kids
couscous definite no no
sweetcorn - cold and unappetising when yoiure freezing
lettuce - wont keep them going and they wont eat it
whereas
jam= fruit if can afford the better ones
bread excellent for dig system
crisps - nutritious as high energy and potato
beans pulses,high energy and hot and comforting
raisins - whats unhealthy about those? vit c/fibre

hardworking mums holding down two low paid jobs cant afford fancy fresh food - if it gets old it goes off and has to be thrown away

You can't be serious. Crisps? Nutritious? And jam definitely doesn't equal fruit.:eek:

gingin_2

StudioBeau wrote: »

Chick peas - 33p
Chopped tomatoes - 34p
Chili flavour packet - 62p
Kidney beans - 33p
Rice -10p

Feeds 4 easily - £1.72

I am sure you could shave another 40p off that by using your own spice mix. The world foods section of the supermarket does big packs of spice that cost less than pennies when portioned out. For my chilli I add ground cumin, coriander and chilli. I guess the chilli packet has onion and garlic powder in it but you could add the fresh version and still be under the 62p the packet costs.

If your family like chickpeas then why not make hummus and have that in sandwiches instead of jam?


Soups - we're a huge fan of soups here. DD takes it virtually every day for school lunch. Most bargainous soup is when we get a bag of veg from my parents' house for free but I will make any type of soup out of what is on offer. Apart from lettuce I don't think I ever throw fresh veg/ salad away.

sooz

Sugar, fat & sugar for your child's packed lunch?
Poor kid. S/he will be bouncing off the walls on a sugar high, & come back down with a bang by 1pm.

Are they starving when you pick them up?

Jam is not fruit.
Crisps are not nutritious.

If they won't eat anything more adventurous than sandwiches ( I have a fussy one too), how about marmite sandwiches instead? Or cream cheese? I won't suggest ham or cheese as its neither that cheap nor acceptable to my fuss pot.

How much are you paying for crisps? 10- 25p a packet in a multipack? Will they eat a piece of fruit? Or try a home made mini muffin, with very little sugar & overripe banana. Or the cbeebies recipe with carrot & courgettes? You can make mini muffins for pence. Get fruit from the market, you can get it cheaper than a bag of crisps.

Chakani

NewCustomerOnly wrote: »

some truth in that but for my kids
couscous definite no no
sweetcorn - cold and unappetising when yoiure freezing
lettuce - wont keep them going and they wont eat it
whereas
jam= fruit if can afford the better ones
bread excellent for dig system
crisps - nutritious as high energy and potato
beans pulses,high energy and hot and comforting
raisins - whats unhealthy about those? vit c/fibre

hardworking mums holding down two low paid jobs cant afford fancy fresh food - if it gets old it goes off and has to be thrown away

Good lord. I am not denying that life is very hard if you are on the breadline, but people are claiming that they can't afford vegetables, and aren't prepared to get their kids to school, and yet they are buying crisps, biscuits, pre-mixed spices for 62p when the spices must cost pennies... We really don't understand what poverty means in this country.

babyblooz

My hubby loves sardines and the value ones are cheap, plus what about good old fashioned egg and lettuce? We grow our own lettuces from seed a few each couple of weeks, and just take the outside leaves off for sandwiches. I've also got a few strawberry plants and we pop out and nibble them as and when before the birds get to them.

NewCustomerOnly

Chakani wrote: »

Good lord. I am not denying that life is very hard if you are on the breadline, but people are claiming that they can't afford vegetables, and aren't prepared to get their kids to school, and yet they are buying crisps, biscuits, pre-mixed spices for 62p when the spices must cost pennies... We really don't understand what poverty means in this country.

How do you propose to get them and their buggies to the shops that sell those? My young workng mums I support haven't even got the bus fare to get off the huge estate! They are in low paid work like care or creche. Irony is that they then depend on the hugely expensive estate corner shop - honestly, I cannot believe how much ignorance there is out there, especially from this soft privileged tory coalition. Fresh nutritious food is a luxury most of these families cant reach - chips from burger king (hot and filling) vs One! cauliflower = £1.20

gingin_2

Call me ignorant if you like but surely if you can get your buggy to Burger King, you can get your buggy to Asda/ The Spar/ Wherever, to buy fresher food.

Horseunderwater

NewCustomerOnly wrote: »

seriously, maybe you dont know how bad it is out there - guess what some mums do on a thurs when money has run out so no dinner money - Yup, keep kids off school - have you read that daily mirror food bank link

its probably a bit easier if no kids to feed -remember how much they need when growing, they never stop eating

actually, it would be worth a study on links between austerity tory cuts and school attendance - older kids with no ema miss loads of days when mum hasnt got five pound bus fare

If you are on such a low income, you should be getting free school meals and they should be made to eat them. You have made your kids into fuss pots.
My child was always given different foods to try and eat and if she did not like it, it got blended in to something the next time.
Chili being one example - does not like red kid beans, so when she was real young it all got blitzed up and she would woof it down. She still does not like the beans and I have to admit that I have gone off them in recent times as well, but she still eats it minus beans. She is now 16 and is still alive. I am frankly amazed how you could even think that all carbs and processed foods are good for children. They are empty calories and do not last very long and make the child much hungrier, so therefore they eat more and more and get fatter and fatter as time goes on. There are lots of foods that provide protein, which have a longer release of energy and also provides a lot of the basics for a small growing body. I'd like to bet that if you got free school meals and made them eat them, that they would feel better sooner and perhaps have better attention spans in their classes too.

onlyroz

NewCustomerOnly wrote: »

How do you propose to get them and their buggies to the shops that sell those? My young workng mums I support haven't even got the bus fare to get off the huge estate! They are in low paid work like care or creche. Irony is that they then depend on the hugely expensive estate corner shop - honestly, I cannot believe how much ignorance there is out there, especially from this soft privileged tory coalition. Fresh nutritious food is a luxury most of these families cant reach - chips from burger king (hot and filling) vs One! cauliflower = £1.20

The big supermarkets will all deliver to your home and you can often get the delivery costs paid for with a voucher from myvouchercodes.co.uk.

As discussed in a thread on the Discussion Time forum, you can most certainly make a nutritious meal for the same cost as a Burger King happy meal.

Edit: Oh and cauliflower 79p: http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=259418956

NewCustomerOnly

gingin wrote: »

Call me ignorant if you like but surely if you can get your buggy to Burger King, you can get your buggy to Asda/ The Spar/ Wherever, to buy fresher food.

Sorry , its against health and safety rules to load the back of a baby's buggy with heavy bags - even a value 4 pack of tin toms, another one of beans, jumbo milk cos cheaper, potatoes, apples etc would be too much. Local chippies do a cone of chips for about a pound is what I hear.

This thread isn't about nutrition -its about staving off hunger. Britain's hard working families have reached the tipping point.You might find the Daily Mirror Food Bank link above educational and informative.