Help needed for reluctant cook!!!!

Queenie

:hello: Penny-Pincher! Welcome

Thanks for those recipes; hope you don't suffer too much tomorrow by overdoing it.

elona

Have you seen the slow cooker thread - I can really recommend it.?

kimmie35

Thank you oodles for the receipes.... I know it can be done and wed is my cooking day as i need to stay awake after doing a shift all night tuesday...
I am going to do chilli for me and hubs and spag bol for the kids also going to the chicken curry receipe. That should take me all day!!!!!!!!


Penny-Pincher THANK YOU :j for doing a meal plan it gives me some ideas on what to do for dinners and on a low budget too.... Your a star :T
Will let you know how i get on have to go to bed now ready for the night shift tonight........ :mad:
Take care
Kim

Ticklemouse

Just had a really cheap but tasty and very nutritious meal. I've worked out it has just cost me £2 - £2.20, fed 4 of us and there's enough veg left over to make a nice soup for tomorrow. When you get used to thinking about what you can do with food and you start sourcing cheaper stuff or buying reduced price items, it really can make a difference.

I did this in a slow-cooker (where else ) but you could do it very slowly in the oven.

4 large chicken legs (reduced to 71p)
potatoes 15p
sweet potatoes 40p (extravagant so can leave this out)
1 parsnip (Tesco value) 10p
2 carrots (Tesco value) 5p
swede 10p
mushrooms (value) 20p
4 whole garlic cloves (Net from asian grocer, 10 bulbs for 70p) 3p
2 x peppers (market, 6 for £1) 35p
runner beans (reduced pre-pack £1.49 to 10p) 4p
tinned tomatoes 17p
herbs/salt negligable cost

Prepare veg, cut root veg fairly small, place in bottom of dish. Add tin of toms and herbs and stir in. Put skinned legs on top, add seasoning. Add more water, put lid on and cook until well done. I could have done this even more cheaply if I'd have left out the more expensive veg (sweet pots, peppers) and added more cheap veg - ie potatoes, carrots etc. Even the kids liked this.

Tomorrow, blitz rest of veg and add more water/stock and lovely soup.

Penny-Pincher!!

Hi Kimmie

Hope you had a nice kip

Im glad I could help! Its amazing how much you can cut back if you try. I think its mainly down to good routines and menu plans Its difficult at first-but you will get there. Im a newbie too and am very surprised what I have managed to achieve in such little time :eek: With quite little effort. Im buying what I need rather than anything and throwing it away each week-last week I only binned a packet of cheap bacon-because it smelt funny. I did contact asda and they refunded the cost back to my card twice as I couldnt get to the shop to get a replacement-so in theory, I didnt loose anything-I gained :T

I have received aload of freebies from the freebie forum section of this site. Free wash powder, bounce sheets, vouchers, soap, baby containers (which can be used in the freezer), lightbulbs, magazines, perfume, cleaning products etc etc. Have a look and grab a few!!!

Also cleaning now is mainly all done by watered down white vinegar-cheap as chips :rolleyes:

Anyway Im gonna go, but let us know how you get on with your cooking day wednesday-Im sure your be fine hun

Penny-Pincher!!
xxx

kimmie35

Well i dont think my oven will ever recover!!!!!

Made 14 meals lasagne chilli spag bol stew casseroles curries loads so everyone should be ok for a while.... Actually really enjoyed the cooking but not the washing up :mad:

Thanks everyone for your advice and I had the chicken curry last night and mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :T Wonderful........