£7.00 per week - menu ideas

debbym

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Sorry but given a choice I'd rather live off eggs all week than cereals, pasta & bread

As you say your choice - but if you did eat eggs everyday you risk ending up constipated:o

quintwins

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Sorry but given a choice I'd rather live off eggs all week than cereals, pasta & bread

and why is that any healthier? that having some cereal with MILK and the maybe a wholemeal sandwich is MEAT and a dinner which yes most suggestions had carbs but also had MEAT and VEG, it's all about balance you'll get ill quicker living off eggs that living off a variety and as someone who loves eggs there not filling enough to live off long term, i'd rather be slightly unhealthy than hungry.

your still being very negitive, and you could have done a meal plan by now with plenty of time to spare.

PennyGrabber

Calm down, calm down!!

Who's next to post a cheapy meal then?!

We had corned beef hash for dinner today, although it uses 'stuff' from my storecupboard, so no use for this challenge...

A cheap and cheerful meal from the gc (can't remember op) is cheese and potato pie. You mix mashed potato, grated cheese (as much as you have/can afford to use), any other bits you may have, eg herbs/spices, and put it into a dish and bake. People have also said they put sliced tomatoes on the top before baking, which sounds nice.

quintwins

pg i'm very calm i just had a lovely hot bubbly bath.

i don't find corned beef that cheap personally, i can get mince, shin or a chicken breast for the same price i can stretch one chicken breast in a pie ok for the 5 of us but i'd much rather have 2, then again i have acess to cheap healthy chicken breasts with nothing added and again thats not an option for everyone. i do love a corned beef and tom sandwich with a wee bit of mayo tho

debbym

We used to have corned beef hash quite often at the end of the pay cheque but not since the price of corned beef went through the roof.
This is what we sometimes have instead

bacon hash
Peel potatoes until tender and allow to cool. Cut into chunks (alternatively if you have left over mashed potato use this instead) Peel and chop 1 small onion and fry along with bacon (diced) no need for extra oil as the bacon fat renders out. Fry together until hot.
variations: as the storecupboard allows, sauteed peppers, tomatoes,mushrooms - good for using up veg left in the bottom of the fridge

quintwins

debbym wrote: »

We used to have corned beef hash quite often at the end of the pay cheque but not since the price of corned beef went through the roof.
This is what we sometimes have instead

bacon hash
Peel potatoes until tender and allow to cool. Cut into chunks (alternatively if you have left over mashed potato use this instead) Peel and chop 1 small onion and fry along with bacon (diced) no need for extra oil as the bacon fat renders out. Fry together until hot.
variations: as the storecupboard allows, sauteed peppers, tomatoes,mushrooms - good for using up veg left in the bottom of the fridge

err how to you peel potatoes until tender :rotfl:sorry

i acually posted this a few pages back with a slic of toast, tin of beans and a poached egg, it is yummy proper comfort food i love it.

debbym

quintwins wrote: »

err how to you peel potatoes until tender :rotfl:sorry

woops:rotfl:
should say boil until tender - damn multitasking:rotfl:

Soworried

Chicken with rice.
4x chicken portions £1.29
tin of mushy peas 4p
Rice 24p
1/2 white cabbage 18p
1 tin of chicken soup 24p (MrT)
Total meal cost=£1.99 or 50p a head

Possession

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Sorry but most cereals are packed full of sugars so I wouldn't eat them, apart from oats & seeds as porridge. The sandwiches listed on that menu comprised of processed meat & white bread, again something I'd never eat. I offered healthier suggestions but it seems you all think I'm just being negative so I'll bow out of this thread and leave you all to it. Good luck

Btw, eggs are very filling and much more so than cereal, pasta or bread, as they're high in protein and incredibly versatile too so can provide countless meal varieties

But the whole point of the thread is that they only had £7 per week to eat. It seems obvious from costings in earlier posts that your choice of menu just isn't possible for £7 per week. I don't think anyone is disputing the fact that it isn't the healthiest menu to follow long term. Unfortunately someone who only has £7 per week just doesn't have that many choices on what to eat, and frankly they'll be glad to be feeding themselves for that in an emergency.

Popperwell

Soworried wrote: »

Tesco own brand
Ingredients:

Maize, Sugar, Salt, Malted Barley Extract, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12.

Kelloggs
ngredients

Maize, Sugar, Barley Malt Flavouring, Salt. Niacin, Iron, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B1 (Thiamin), Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12.

The stats are comparable except on the sugar, kelloggs contain almost twice the level.

I have found rhat to be the case so many times since really comparing items like for like.