Only £10-15 a month for shopping :(

RAS

Op

Start with a bag of porridge so he can get some breakfast and a pack of value pasta at @39p. Add a jar of value pasta sauce and a pack of split peas - 95p. Simmer half the peas until soft and add to the sauce (all prices sainsburys).

That will cost about £2 and mean he gets two small meals a day most days. Add to that with whoopsied food.

plum2002

have you seen this blog? http://agirlcalledjack.com/category/10-a-week-food-shop-recipes/ ok her budget is £10 a week for 2, but some of the ideas in there might be helpful. Good luck, let us know how you get on.

Butterfly_Brain

Austin_Allegro wrote: »

What about foraging? If the gentleman in question is out of work, he may have a bit more time for it even if it requires fairly long walks out into the country (even better if he has a bicycle). It's a good way of enjoying nature, keeping fit and getting free food. Nettles, for example, are extremely nutritious and tasty and are really nice if cooked with pasta. Blackberries are everywhere in the late summer and autumn (and you can even smoke the leaves apparently, if you need a tobacco substitute...lol) You can find out most of the info on what to forage online, or Richard Mabey's book 'Free Food' is really good. Learning to fish might be an idea also (although he'll need to initially spend money on tackle). River licences cost money but if he's near the coast, I believe sea fishing is free.

It is illegal to take fish from rivers, you have to put them back alive

thriftwizard

One idea would be to ask at greengrocers or greengrocery stalls for trimmings for pets. Every week one of our local market stallholders gives me a bag of outer leaves of cabbages, cauliflowers, sprouts etc. and unsaleable carrots (too big, often) for our rabbit & chickens, and there's often stuff in there that I'm very happy to cook up & eat - vast quantities of squashed punnets of raspberries, once, which made 5 pots of jam - or at the very least add to soups. There's nothing wrong with most of it that a trimming knife & a good simmering won't sort out, and there's usually plenty for the livestock too. He knows it doesn't all go to the animals but as he says, better than seeing it wasted - it won't sell.

Shovel_Lad

Boodle wrote: »

I recommend you look up Weezl's threads. Although these were based on prices a few years back, they may come in useful.

Hello OP - think these are the threads mentioned by Boodle

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/826653=

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1157641=

This is weezl's website that might give you some further ideas.

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

kezlou

Hi would just like to show some support for you.Its hard but it can be done. Just keep posting on here for support and to let off steam.

A really good thread is this one
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2116179

Its about a called mbaz, her husband and two children who has £20 to last them the month. Tons of ideas and recipes on there, the thread is long but good.

Another one is by weezl,
http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/
Its how to feed a family of four for £100 a month

From personally experience i would get the following:

tesco
lentils 1 kg £2
rice £0.40 a kilo
potatoes
pasta
bag of carrots
onions
garlic powder
eggs
milk
bread
flour
tomatoes (tins)
cheese
cooking bacon
margarine
milk
beans
mince meat
frozen mixed veg
stock cubes (12 for 10p)

I would then use the lentils to make soups, bulking out sauces to make bolognese etc

potatoes - jackets, soup, soups
eggs - pancakes, omellets, snacks like cakes, quiche
flour - pancakes, snacks, calzones, pizza
bacon - pasta sauces, omelletes
rice - rissotto, rice pudding (with the milk), curry, stir fry
stock ciubes - use as flavoring in soup etc
porridge- flapjacks, porridge, museli
Instead of making pizza's i would make calzones (folded pizzas) and your partner could take them to work / college and eat them as a snack. Also they only need a bit of cheese.

Omelettes, quiche can be eaten cold

Another good thing to buy is a chicken if you can get one cheap and can be made into all sorts.

good luck.:)

frizz2

Hi,
All the advice you have received is excellent. I would say look at the value range of all the main supermarkets you can get to. There is a chicken noodle value pack for 19p from TESCO, a batter mix for 9p that you can make pancakes into. These are very filling. Also make porridge for breakfast. Jacket Potatoes and baked beans. But a bag of value pasta, value rice, a bag of cheapest frozen veg, red lentils, tins of red kidney beans, rice pudding, also a pack of value vitamins. The ideas about shopping during early evening are great. Long life value milk. Your story moved me and I wish you well.

rachel6188

Discretionary Housing Payment is paid for 6 months in some areas,its worth applyingx

tina_malteser

ppl u did gud but my doubts about this person still apply
Damn when this person returns and i will put my hands up high

tina_malteser

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Possibly stayed up half the night worrying, and then got up and went to work?

you think!!!!