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  • savier
    savier Posts: 73 Forumite
    suki1964 wrote: »
    Doesn't explain what you do at the moment for meals does it?

    People trying to help yet you aren't really being forthcoming

    My family prepares my meals
  • Sally_A
    Sally_A Posts: 2,266 Forumite
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    I admire your honesty savier re the "can't cook".


    I know someone who lives in Walthamstow which is only a couple of miles from the Leyton area, and she reckons you can buy all sorts of food at good prices, so you shouldn't starve.


    I still recommend you have a go though, as cooking is a basic life skill.
  • savier
    savier Posts: 73 Forumite
    bluebag wrote: »
    may want to look in to having ready meals delivered to you. there are a variety of companies that do this. They have a menu for you to chose from.

    Wiltshire farms is one I have heard of and meals start from about £3 each. I am sure if you search the net for ready meal delivery you will find a few firms that do these.

    That wiltshire farms is excellent find, thanks! !
  • Molly41
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    Hospital canteens can give you food to take away - heavily subsidised. Visitors use them as much as staff - if not more so - who to say you not visiting.
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  • Maybe no help to savier, who admits to being of the "can't cook won't cook" variety, but may help someone else with limited cooking facilities!

    A good number of years back I went on a microwave cooking course at night school as I fancied learning something a bit different. It amazed me just how many dishes (sweet and savoury) it is possible to make in a microwave. I still use some of the recipes now. Among favourites are Potatoes Normand, Meat & Potato Pie (suet crust), Eve Pudding, Savoury Roly Poly and even Wholemeal Baps! Some of the dishes need browning off under a grill to make them look more palatable though.
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  • bossymoo
    bossymoo Posts: 6,924 Forumite
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    Buy some complan a week of living on that and you'll be ready to learn to cook ;)

    Seriously though, will you be working? Can you get a hot meal there before you go home? Failing that, most supermarkets have a hot counter with rotisserie chickens and other bits and bobs.
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  • suki1964
    suki1964 Posts: 14,313 Forumite
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    In your other thread you say you will have a cooker and microwave but no pots or pans. A sauce pan and a frying pan are the most minimal requirements and can be bought very cheaply

    I'm sure your family can teach you a few basic cookery skills before you move. Throwing a pizza in the oven along with a potato and serving with a bag of salad or roasted veg really takes no skills at all
  • j1n
    j1n Posts: 81 Forumite
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    Baked beans on toast it is then!
    Seriously, all supermarkets and Poundshop sell pots and pans.
  • ViolaLass
    ViolaLass Posts: 5,764 Forumite
    I agree with Suki - get whoever is cooking for you at the moment to teach you some skills.
  • Molly41 wrote: »
    Hospital canteens can give you food to take away - heavily subsidised. Visitors use them as much as staff - if not more so - who to say you not visiting.
    Maybe different in England,but in Scotland the hospital canteens are run by SERCO, and are not cheap..staff get a 10% reduction! but there's no subsidy for patients or visitors,
    most staff can't afford to use the canteen for all meals during a 12.5 hr shift, too expensive : /
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