Looking for work is costly! £3 to spend on food this week... HELP!

honeythewitch

lushlifesaver wrote: »

I have to say, in my experience, ditsykitchen is right - even our tiny Sainsburys local and Tesco express stores sell things loose.

Today I got a single onion for 14p and about 10 mushrooms for 29p so if your store does sell loose veggies it's definitely worth looking at that as a way to add fresh stuff to your meals!

I think you have enough to make a start on.
Like others have said pick up a cheap loaf and some jam or similar to go on it for breakfasts - toast and jam and you can have milk and cereal too on a couple of days to mix it up
The veggie curry was always one of my favourites! Love Sainsburys basics curry sauce! with a few extra veggies you could easily make 4 meals worth from a jar. I know you can't rely on whoopsies but definitely keep your eye out and try and pick stuff up loose where possible - a couple of mushroom added to the onion and pepper you already have could be all it takes to produce a beauty
You could fry up a frittata with your eggs, a pepper, sliced up tinned potatoes and some of the sweetcorn - great hot or cold, filling and should last a couple of meals.

Also; peppers, sweetcorn, a little onion and garlic all thrown in a pan with some butter and lightly fried then tossed through pasta is yum!

The others have provided a much better set of ideas though! Also check out the £7 thread on here for things you can stretch and adapt

ETA: don't suppose you usually use a nectar card that you could check the balance on? I got some new lunch boxes, a cooler bag and some fresh fruit last summer all for free when I found out there was actually points racking up on mine!

I can assure you that as far fetched as it sounds, the supermarkets here really dont sell many things loose, and you cant even bank on it in the fruit shops for a lot of things. It is very irritating even for me with a large family (I am always ranting about it:o) because there are times I only want one courgette but for a single person it must cause a lot of waste and expense.