No money and need help with food plan, please

sam.4000

Another idea which is really nice
Bacon and pasta bake
6 rashers of bacon
300g pasta
1/2 to 1 onion depending on size
1 tin of tomatoes
100g cheese

Cook pasta
Fry chopped onions, bacon till cooked add tomatoes (could add garlic and mixed herbs if you have them)
Layer the pasta and sauce in an oven proof dish and sprinkle on cheese
Bake in oven for about25 minutes (180'c or gas mark 4)
Serve

Butterfly_Brain

greenpixey wrote: »

We've got ourselves in a pickle and got no money what so ever until next week Tuesday. I've done a stock take on all the food in the house and got to make sure I can feed 2 adults and 3 children (10,9 &5). Lunch for the children and dinner for the 5 of us. Got cereals and milk for breakfast.
I've tried for the last hr or so to get my head around it but cant make enough meals and I'm not good at experimenting. Hubby is a meat and chips every day kid of man but has reluctantly agreed to eat what ever I make just so we can get back on track. Any help would be most grateful.

Fridge
200g mushrooms (needs to be used asap)
300g cheese
400g carrots
4 beetroots (in a packet)

Freezer
12 bacon slices
8 beef burgers
1 spicy mexican burger
25 fish fingers
18 chicken nuggets
3 chicken burgers
6 white fish fillets
peas

Cupboard
10 potatoes (needs to be used asap)
2 large onions
2 cream of chicken/mushroom soup
1 tomato soup
1 lentil soup
4 tins of chopped tomatoes
1 baked beans
2 spaghetti hoops
3 tins of kidney beans
3 tins of hot dogs ( not very nice ones)
2 tins of mushy peas

2 chicken flavored rice
2 curry flavored rice
1 beef flavored rice
2 pasta n' sauce cheese/broccoli
3 super noodles BBQ beef

dry pasta

I got plenty of spices/ketchup, different vinegars etc

Do you have any ordinary rice, yeast, bicarb, milk or butter?

I have got a few ideas for recipes

Fishfinger pie serves 5/6

600g (about 6 medium) potatoes
Milk
Butter
12 fish fingers
1/2 an onion chopped
1 tin of tomatoes
100g peas
1 tbsp tomato puree (Don't worry if you don't have any use ketchup instead)
1 tsp sugar (To take the tartness of the tomatoes away)
salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 200c

Peel and dice the potatoes and put on to boil, then grill the fish fingers
Fry onion until soft, then add the tomatoes, peas, sugar, puree and seasoning. Bring to the boil and then simmer for a couple of mins
Lay the fishfingers in the bottom of a dish (like you would use for lasagne)
Pour over the tomato mixture
Mash the potato until smooth and add some milk and butter (If you only have new potatoes don't worry about mash just slice them and lay them on the top) They will be a bit like chips this way
Spread the potato on top of the tomato mixture and bake for 30 minutes.


Curried Beefburger Rice Bake

Lightly cook the burgers and add them to an oven proof dish add a tin of kidney beans, a tin of baked beans,a tin of tomato soup add the curry rice
Cook at 180c for approx 30 mins until the soup has more or less been absorbed into the rice

Bacon Pasta version 1

6 slices bacon
½ an onion
a tin of tomatoes
mushrooms
Peas
a tsp sugar
a tsp mixed herbs
Spaghetti

Put spaghetti on to boil

Gently fry onion until translucent then add the bacon and fry gently followed by the sliced mushrooms and peas finally add the tomatoes, herbs and 1 tsp sugar
simmer gently until hot then drain the spaghetti and toss through the sauce

Bacon Pasta version 2

Spaghetti

6 slices bacon
½ and onion
tin of lentil soup
Peas
Carrots

Fry onion add chopped bacon then carrots and peas lastly pour in the soup heat through until piping hot add spaghetti as version 1

Breaded Fish and wedges

Make some wedges by washing the potatoes (no need to peel) and cut into chunks spread them on a baking tray cover with some foil and pop in the oven for 15 minutes then cook uncovered for 20 minutes
Cover the fish fillets with breadcrumbs to which either mixed herbs, lemon juice or chilli flakes have been added put into foil packages and allow to cook gently in the oven for about 15 to 20 minutes

How about making soda bread it can be done without butter milk see here for the recipe

http://www.thecotswoldfoodyear.com/2009/02/soda-bread.html

You use
4 cups flour
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp bicarbonate soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups water
2tsp cider vinegar [I used white wine vinegar]

Butterfly_Brain

Just had a thought do you have a nectar card or other cash back loyalty card with anything on it?

Have you been through pockets, side of sofa etc?

Do you not have any family close by who could help with a few bits to tide you over?

allybee101

The carrot and kidney bean burgers from agirlcalledjack.com are delicious. I recommend being generous with the seasonings (I used scant teaspoons and wish I'd gone for a bit more). Contemplating making some little ones for veggie 'meatballs' and pasta with tom sauce.
Good luck with it. There may be a few odd combinations but you might stumble on some new creations!

Butterfly_Brain

Spicy hot dog pasta

2 tins hot dogs chopped
A tin of tomatoes
A tin of kidney beans
Chilli powder or flakes to taste
garlic if you have any or if not garlic powder or garlic flakes
½ an onion
Pasta of choice

Put pasta on to boil
Fry onion until translucent then add hot dogs, kidney beans and tomatoes and allow to simmer gently for 15 to 20 minutes then add the chilli and garlic to taste
serve with the pasta.

Vegetable Noodles

½ onion, sliced
2/3 carrots sliced lengthways
sliced mushrooms
peas
3 packs super noodles
2 packs chicken and rice

Put the rice on to cook

Fry the onion, then add carrots, peas and mushrooms.
Sauces that you could use sweet chilli if you have a bottle or use soy with some dried ginger and honey added to it
Cook the Super noodles minus their sachets and add to the vegetables and sauce and make sure that they are coated with the sauce. Serve immediately with chicken rice.

Butterfly_Brain

War sponge
175g/6oz plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
70g/2½oz margarine
60g/2¼oz sugar
1 tbsp golden syrup
150ml/¼ pint milk
2-3 tbsp jam or lemon curd

Heat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Grease and line two 18cm/7in sandwich tins.
Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl.
Cream the margarine, sugar and golden syrup until light and fluffy. Add a little flour then a little milk and repeat until all of the flour and milk has been added and the mixture is smooth and well combined. (Add a little extra milk or water if the mixture is too stiff.)
Divide the mixture between the tins and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until risen and golden-brown.
Remove the cakes from the oven and set aside to cool for 20 minutes or so. Remove the cakes from the tins and set aside to cool completely.
Sandwich the cakes together with jam or lemon curd
Alternatively add 2 tbsps of bottled lemon juice to make a completely lemon sponge and bake in a lined loaf tin, great sliced for lunch boxes or just for a tea time treat

RAS

greenpixey wrote: »

No sorry, no baking powder or eggs

No baking powder or eggs.

Any milk??

savetosave

Hi
If you really can't stomach the hot dog sausages try taking them back. Prob not if mr T but A5da and Sain5burys are pretty good at exchanging things without a receipt.

You can make a great pasta bake with mayo and cheese mixed as the sauce the add mushrooms, and anything else you want to use up. Maybe tuna if you can get rid of your hot dog sausages.

If not can you swap the with someone else?

Can you get yourself invited to dinner somewhere this week and invite them back when you've been paid.

Moving forward stay away from the savoury rice and pasta etc as they are quite pricey and not really that nice. There are some great links on here for building up a store cupboard which should help for the future- I know hindsight is a great thing. Hope it all works out for you.

oldtractor

Checkout your local food bank. they are often run by churches. you may be able topick up a couple of bags of free groceries.http://www.trusselltrust.org/map