Recipe Ideas - Chicken or Pork

JulieGeorgiana

I used to live in Southampton, defiantly need to pop in next time I'm visiting friends... I'm going to look crazy bulk buying only leeks

Thank you for letting me know!

torbrex

I was thinking about this thread last night

Just remember you don't need to make a sauce to make a meal, I enjoy plain grilled chicken or pork steaks with just some chips and a side veg (peas usually)

JulieGeorgiana

I'd absolutely love that, but with a family of 5 over 2 nights that would cost £10 to feed us!!! So I use 1/3rd of the meat and make a sauce, bulk it out with veg and use over 2 days and save us money. It's the price I pay to be a SAHM while the kiddies are small.

Although as a treat we'll have HM Chicken Goujions with Chips, it doubles the cost of the meal... But it's so yummy the children go crazy over it. I find adding the coating makes it look more too

torbrex

I just fill up the space on the plate with chips/tatties and veg like my dietician told me to do

I'm still using pork loin steaks from the freezer that I got in Lidl's half price weekend offer a few weeks ago.

JulieGeorgiana

Torbrex - this is the problem with living in the country, I rely on the big 3 supermarkets to deliver at home because they're so far away, and go to lidls once every 2 months as it's so far from us. It's a big pain, as when I lived in Southampton it was all right on the doorstep

Momam - did a search, nearest farmfoods 31 miles, second nearest is Southampton at 35 miles! Looks like it'll have to wait a few months

torbrex

I sympathise
I like to get my hands on and find the bargains, I don't know if I could ever have a home delivery, I would miss out on so much :eek:

Yesterday morning I got sirloin steak, chicken breasts and sausages all at 30% off

JulieGeorgiana

Oh how I miss the days when I got such bargains... Now I just use mysupermarket and try and get the best deals I can each month.

I do buy fresh fruit and veg locally, but that's all the shopping I do

Although after a year here I may have just found a local farm shop advertised, I used to find that meat from a farm shop tasted better so you used less. So I'm going to take a look, see if they're any good

That's why we've upped the budget £20 a month and still struggling to stay in the lines! Oh well, it's nice living in the country...