Feed a family of four for £20 a week challenge

Butterfly_Brain

The gammon was really nice tonight and I have frozen the stock to use in soups in the autumn

Butterfly_Brain

Really annoyed went into Aldi today and the gammon has not been reduced to £3.99 it is £4.49 and the offer has disappeared from their home page I still got a couple though. It is only 50p but 50p counts when you are on a tight budget.

Managed to get a couple of reduced stewing steak for £1.02 a pack as well so it wasn't too bad.

joedenise

Our Aldi had some small gammon joints for £2.99. They'll definitely do a "roast", cold with chips & beans; and probably some bits for something like a risotto so not too bad, it helps that there's only 2 of us rather than 4. I bought a couple and have put them in the freezer so they'll go on next month's menu plan.

Denise

Butterfly_Brain

New super six

250g Chestnut mushrooms
6 pack salad tomatoes
150g mange tout
200g cherries
Romaine lettuce (Pk 2)
4/5 pack of peaches

All at 59p

Not bad

Feral_Moon

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Joints of Gammon are on offer at Aldi from tomorrow for £3.99, I must get a few of them.

We actually have one tonight but I paid £4.99 last week for it.
But it will do a meal tonight with salad and new potatoes, some will be sliced for sandwiches and some will go into a chicken and ham pie tomorrow.

Approx four meals for four people from one joint

How on earth do you manage that? :eek:

That works out around 75g (raw weight) of ham per portion, so probably nearer 50g cooked weight which would equate to half a slice.

I could comfortably feed 6-8 adults with a joint of that size as a single meal. Possibly a slice or two left over for a sandwich but certainly no more and we're not particularly big eaters.

Butterfly_Brain

We have all got used to cheap meat, and to be quite honest we eat too much per portion. The portion size for all meat should equate to the size of a pack of playing cards

The secret is that when the meat is cooked I cut it in half first, then slice thinly (I use a meat slicer for this) then cut the other half in half and slice one lot for sarnies and dice the rest.
This way I get enough out of a large joint to make three meals

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Butterfly Brain I salute you I too cut meat on a meat slicer.Its such a good way of getting the most from your joint.I find I like to load up on veg as well as a good source of protiens.I grew up with a Mum who could make a small amount of meat look twice the size with careful management ,mind you she had a carving knife that could have cut your arm off it was so sharp.As children we were warned never to ever touch it on pain of the heavens falling on our heads :):)
its true we all eat far too much meat I am amazed sometimes at the plates in restraunts and often feel I could have half this amount and be full.I am with our american cousins and am all in favour of 'doggy bags ' My friend and I went to a Brewers Fayre last year (pub chain) and we had sausage and mash and three huge bangers appeared on our plates .we both looked at each other and said almost simultaneously (one's going home ) we wrapped one of these large sausages up in a serviette and took them home .I had mine the next day chopped up in a pasta . we both grew up with rationing :):) and waste not want not
JackieO xxx

HappyMJ

Feral_Moon wrote: »

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How on earth do you manage that? :eek:

That works out around 75g (raw weight) of ham per portion, so probably nearer 50g cooked weight which would equate to half a slice.

I could comfortably feed 6-8 adults with a joint of that size as a single meal. Possibly a slice or two left over for a sandwich but certainly no more and we're not particularly big eaters.

Generally on here I've found the portion sizes suit a household consisting of an adult male (2,500 cal per day), an adult female (2,000 cal per day), and 2 young children (1,500 cal per day).

Feeding 6-8 adults for dinner assuming an equal mix of men and women (total 13,500-18,000 cal/day) and assuming you're entertaining friends and not going to restrict portion sizes that would be correct but so would creating 4 balanced meals for a family of four (total 7.500 cal/day).

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

We have all got used to cheap meat, and to be quite honest we eat too much per portion. The portion size for all meat should equate to the size of a pack of playing cards

The secret is that when the meat is cooked I cut it in half first, then slice thinly (I use a meat slicer for this) then cut the other half in half and slice one lot for sarnies and dice the rest.
This way I get enough out of a large joint to make three meals

You've changed it to 3 meals from 4 meals...lol...but anyway

You're right 3 ounces - 85 grams of raw meat is all that is required per day to get enough protein from this one source...along with other foods to make protein 100% RDA.

So...that 1.3kg joint divided by 85 grams makes 15.3 servings...very close to your 16 servings.

tessie_bear

jackie i love that story of the sausages going home...very sensible i must confess to having a plastic bag in my handbag for when we eat out for any leftovers...i know im among friends so will confess to putting leftover chips from the chippy in the freezer and reheating on a baking tray...there great

not that we visit the chippy much tessa

craigywv

hi there all if I may join in,i love jackies stories too they are always welcomed when I see her posts .BB I am amazed at what you can put together for so little truly amazed,i have found the local Chinese supermarket recently and have freezers full of really great quality chicken breasts and legs ,I had a few bob extra and put it into buying surplus meat. I portioned it up and against the super markets prices theres no comparison they are not full of water or additives either ,judging by what I have that should see us to October at least ,that's gving us a good portion each for meals I have an 11 yr old boy neverstops eating and oh who is a meat eater big time.so if anyone is looking chicken head to local Asian supermarket for a look maybe. also tescos the other night I got a massive bag of on the bone ham ends from deli for pennies ,bagged it up and froze made a chicken and ham pie for tonight will have at least quarter left over will do oh bring to work lunch for a few days.we don't have aldi over here in N.I. so super 6 is not for me but lidls do some great offers as do tescos ys , keep up the posts please as I love all your ideas,...............found 3 jars of syrup ood in cupboard any ideas...don't like syrup in puddings unfortunately too sweet, think I bought them on a whim cheap so any help would be welcome thanks in advance xxx