Feeding 1 adult and 2 children off barely nothing?

lizalloareds

Sausage casserole in the slow cooker is lovely, using a carton of pasatta

System

whitworths sunny raisons 8pk 1.00

Why dont you get a big pack of raisins and take a few out at a time and put them in a plastic bag each day. If the little ones bring the bag home each day you can wash and reuse the bag. You can buy a heck of a lot of raisins for £1.

Baby wipes arent needed. Just use flannels and bung them in the wash.

SunshineButterfly

I have been allocated a social worker yes. I have enough food in the cupboards until Monday (as the kids have now gone to their dads for 2 nights for his fortnightly contact). So I am going to try and go the weekend without buying anything and will try and manage without gas or electric apart from brews, showers etc.

I will ask them for a food parcel once desperate and no money as you can only have 3 in a year and I had 1 about 8 months ago.

SunshineButterfly

Judi wrote: »

Why dont you get a big pack of raisins and take a few out at a time and put them in a plastic bag each day. If the little ones bring the bag home each day you can wash and reuse the bag. You can buy a heck of a lot of raisins for £1.

Baby wipes arent needed. Just use flannels and bung them in the wash.

I didnt think of this. The raisins are more for snacking at home so I could put them in a little bowl etc anyway.

And I will buy some very cheap flannels. My youngest is potty training so only wears pull ups in the night now, so wipes were more for wiping after the toilet and for hands and face so your right they are not essentials.

gizmo111

SunshineButterfly wrote: »

I have been allocated a social worker yes. I have enough food in the cupboards until Monday (as the kids have now gone to their dads for 2 nights for his fortnightly contact). So I am going to try and go the weekend without buying anything and will try and manage without gas or electric apart from brews, showers etc.

I will ask them for a food parcel once desperate and no money as you can only have 3 in a year and I had 1 about 8 months ago.

In which case ask for support from social services whilst benefits are sorted - they can help even if it is a loan.

Justamum

Presumably until the child benefit and tax credits are transferred to your name, then your ex will still be receiving them. Surely he would give you the money he receives for them until it's all sorted?

SunshineButterfly

Justamum you'd think right? But no one can FORCE him to do that and seeing as the whole reason he applied to court for residency of the children was so he could get benefits and not work.. well.. not a chance hes going to hand over money.

He wont even sell me my sons uniform that he bought for cheaper (as he is no longer involved with education). He would instead rather throw it away than allow me to use it when the children are in my care.

RAS

SB

I gather that you have actually bought the stuff listed in the first post??

RAS

Check out the listing I put on the back of this thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4416655

It does not provide the full calorie requirements for an adult but might give you some ideas.

quintwins

Don't buy flannels just cut up an old towel.

It's great you have a slowcooker heres my suggestions.

Porridge for breakfast. 75p

sandwichs for lunch (if you kids will eat it i'd go for houmous) bread 50p, houmous £1.

Soup for lunches aswell, carrots 70p, onions 69p, spuds 69p, stock cubes 20p, cook it all up and blend or mash it, if you cook all of this you shoudl have enough basic filling soup for the whole week and might not even need sandwichs.

Dinners

Get a packet of basic mince (asdas is £1.55 but it's beef and pork, tesco's is much nicer) split into 2.

Make one half into spag bol using onions above and a carron of passata 29p, serve with spagetti 19p.

Turn the other half into meatloaf using above onions and grated carrot 69p and a packet of stuffing mix 15p, serve with mash 69p and mixed veg 75p.

Make spagetti with mixed veg and mayo 42p (if you have olive oil and lemon juice you can do away with the mayo)

Get a packet of beef shin £1, make stew using the potatoes, carrots and onions from above, add gravy at the end 20p.

Make bean chilli, bakes beans 25p, kidney beans 27p and passta 29p, you can get a chilli spice mix for 32p if you have no spices in already, serve half of this with value rice 40p.

Put the rest of the bean chilli on baked potatoes the next day.

Snacks get a big bag of rasins for less than £1 and dish up in bowls, i'd also get £1 of bananas (this will get you around 8)

Box of smart price cornflakes are 46p and a bar of smart price chocolate is 30p so you can make a version of rice crispy buns as a treat, we make these all the time in our house with cornflakes.

Thats a week food for £13.08 with a decent amount of veg a small amount of fruit, not as much processed food and even some snacks.

Other than the rice and pasta this can all be cooked in the slowcooker saving on gas aswell and you won't need to cook when you get in.

Good luck whatever you decide to buy, i would say if you do decide on tinned items my children love value tinned pineapple and oranges which are much cheaper the fruit cocktail you listed.


Edit- everything i posted was asda value smart price. And you can make porridge with water which is why i didn't add milk, personally i would use milk if you can afford it but if you can't your children will most likely get some in school (mine drink milk 3 times a day in school) and encourage them to take yogurts as pudding in school.