Feeding 1 adult and 2 children off barely nothing?

sugarwalsh

that sounds terrible.
Is there anyone you can share taking your kids with? Or anyway you can move/move their school?
What happens once your money runs out? Do you get money towards your bills each week? Sorry to be nosey, trying to work out best solution.

PasturesNew

Giant yorkshire, stuffed with current cheapest veggies in season and/or cheap mashed potatoes.... and lashings of gravy.

sisbod

check out with Social Services/doctor/health visitor or school and explain and see if they can refer you to a foodbank. Hopefully they can help you so that you can afford the electric and gas. x

gayle1

what do u have already? i get a big box of weetabix from poundland 36 and mine love it with hot milk in the micowave get 2 big jugs milk 1.60 get as many eggs as u can good for protien think u get 12 for 1.50 at farmfoods mine like them mashed up in cup with salt and butter4 lunch and theres nothing wrong with fried egg with chips to dip in with tomato sauce ps i dont buy that get the freebies from mcdonals burgerking get 2 loaves cheap think morrisons do 50 p loaves use 1 freeze 1 toast boiled egg with toast soldiers ok so brakfast lunch and erm dinner do u like sausages? toad in the whole stewed sausage sausage casserole u get cheap sausages from iceland/farmfoods frozens always cheaper gravey granuals 15p from morrisons and erm pudding big tub of icecream doesnt go wrong for a pound gives u a wee bit for veg /fruit and leccy tbh ure list is just that a list u havent meal planned wrote down what use like to eat and work the cheapest way round it we eat together 4 dinners 1pot mon macaroni tues spagbols wed curry thurs stir fry and fri eggs chips and beans sat tuna pasta sun stew all with at least 1 veg even if its just a onionx

xnatalie81x

My favourite cheap and filling meal at the moment is from "cheap family recipes" website and is the bean curry

It's tin beans (25p), tin toms (31p) and tin red kidney beans (21p) with some onion (1/2 10p) and value curry powder(52p) - it makes loads so I buy value rice for 40p and have it with that and the next day with a jacket potato (best from market to just buy loose)

Also there is a lot of milk there - I always buy full fat and water it down so one pint would make 2 pints..... If that makes sense. Could save a bit in the short term and buy some more fruit? Tinned pineapple and peaches are very cheap x

gizmo111

SunshineButterfly wrote: »

Dawn I am currently almost out of my electric emergency and have just gone into my gas emergency.

I assumed buying smart priced tinned things would use less electric in the micro or on the hob than me cooking things in the oven daily?

It also costs me £12.50 minimum a week to get my children to nursery and school and back. There is no way around that as it would take 1.5 hours to walk there which a 2 and 4 year old cannot do. Plus we would end up getting up at 5am each morning.

Not sure what else to do. I can skip meals if it means my children get fed well enough. In fact I have some slim fast shake powder at the back of the cupboard so I am going to use that up by having it for my lunches to save buying extra food for just me.

Are the children in same school?

gayle1

why so much milk? 4 semi skimmed 10 full still uht no goodness left in it for the kiddies

SunshineButterfly

Once the money runs out I guess I'm screwed?

The reason I've put so much milk is because calcium and thought when no snacks I can give milk? Put long life as can bulk buy and keep in cupboard.

My list is most of the smart price items as I thought if I just stock up cupboard stuff it's cheaper and doesn't go off. Food banks give items like from my list.

Also due to 40 minutes travelling home from school it's gone 4 by the time we get home so I don't always get time to cook big meals. I do have a slow cooker, but need to learn what I can do with it. So far I've done spaghetti Bol in it which the kids wolfed down.

I've got cereal, frozen mince, frozen fish.. Beans, soup, chips, etc in already.

SunshineButterfly

Also no not at same school eldest is at school and youngest is at a private day nursery down the road.

A transfer form for school was posted on Wednesday so not sure how long that may take as no idea how that works.

I've been told it will take up to 12 weeks for me to start receiving tax credits and child benefit.

gizmo111

Werre social services involved in the residency court case and do you have a social worker allocated to the children?