Feed a family of four for £20 a week challenge

Butterfly_Brain

prophecy_grrl.............. I just wash and chop the veg and
pop into freezer bags and I have never had any problems x

threemuttleys

BB will respond to your post this evening...sorry silly busy with DS

Popperwell

HariboJunkie,
Can you clear some of your PM's out as I cannot send you a message

Pops x

Did not mean to hijack the thread.

Butterfly_Brain

threemuttleys, sorry I have not posted the meal plan yet, life keeps getting in the way.

coldcazzie

prophecy_grrl wrote: »

Long term lurker popping in with what is probably a daft question - Butterfly Brain you suggest chopping and freezing veg, do you cook it first or just freeze raw? Sorry if the answer is obvious

I don't cook them, just chop and spread out in a layer on a baking tray, then once frozen I pop them in a freezer bag and just use as if fresh. Only thing I've found does not freeze well is mushrooms.

~Chameleon~

HariboJunkie wrote: »

Really? I have trouble getting mine to eat less than 10 portions.:o
Banana at breakfast, apple for snack, salad wrap for lunch with tub of strawberries and another banana, apple/peach/plum after school and at least three veg at dinner plus fesh orange juice. That's at least 10 a day. I'm sure not eating 5 a day won't give you scurvy any time soon but I think we should encourage children to eat as much fruit and veg as we can. I agree that children do need fat but it should be healthy fats wherever possible. Full fat milk until they are at least five so no watering down to make it stretch...;)
If times were really tough for us we'd eat beans on toast, baked spuds and lots of cheap fruit. As a short term measure it's fine.

Your children are eating far too much fruit per day which is high in sugar, albeit natural sugars, but still far too high and a contributory risk for diabetes. You should only include a maximum of 1-2 portions of fruit/juice per day. The rest should come from a variety of vegetables, making sure to include lots of colourful and green leafy veg, not just the starchy varieties.

janb5

There is a mantra on this site which seems to be ignored far too many times in that " be nice to all OSers".

Wasn`t there a way to express your opinions in a kinder less confrontational way?

I value this site because I get so many good ideas from other people`s contributions which enhances my day.

Haribo Junkie often posts on here and her posts are always worth reading.

It would be a shame to lose it..............!

MellW

Well I have to say you've all inspired me so much that I've started going through my store cupboard and freezer and not only come up with a few meal ideas from what's in them, but rediscovered a couple of Christmas puddings, vacuum packed chestnuts, jar of mayonaise (sp?) and some candy canes that are all well enough in date to use for this Christmas! Hurrah, my Christmas cupboard is under way thanks to you lot!

MellW

Oh and my Mum, bless her, went through her storecupboard for things she's not going to use and gave me hot dog sausages, tomatoes, chickpeas and some parmesan cheese! :T

quintwins

Well done mellw and how nice fo your mum, i have enough stuff in my cupboards to keep me going for along time i like to stock up when i get a till split, if you click on my other posts you can see my mfw dairy and see all the food i got yesterday for very little.

Also i agree i'd much rather overfeed my kids fruit than chocolate and crisps (my kids get abit of both tho)

i have another meal plan, i did this based on my own family but i would spend another £5 to get some milk, yogurt ect (and some better gravy)

shopping list
value yorkshire puddings
value mixed veg
wedges
value sausages
value battered fish
value onions
12 bananas
value ham
value soft cheese
value tinned potatoes
value cabbage
value sunflower spread
value apples
value plums
2kg value spuds
9kg pork shoulder
2 packets of value beef frying steak
value stuffing
value instant mash
value gravy
sausage casarole mix
2 tins of baby carrots
4 value wholemeal bread
value oats
value yogurts

total £20.01


meal plan

breakfast porridge made with water and stewed plums (i bought these plums yesterday theres about 30 in them)

lunch

soft cheese and ham sandwichs (chop ham up and mix threw)
lo sausage casarole mixed with tinned potatoes and carrots
fruit

dinner

sausage casarole
beef casarole with mash
beef stew
fish and chips
sausages with yorkshires spuds and mash
pulled pork with cabbage, and mash
pork roast with cabbage, mixed veg, tinned carrots, yorkshires, roasties and gravy


At the end of this week you will have left over sunflower spread.