Cheapest recipies.

thriftlady_2

Have you seen this website for large families Four or More?

missychrissy

cherrypie556 wrote: »

Trying desperatly to curb our food spends. We roughly spend about £300 a month on food and would love to reduce this. I do have a bread maker but haven't used it in ages! Any cheap and nice ideas? Thanks

I think you are doing really well to feed 7 on £300 a month. I live on my own with visiting sons (4) and girlfriends occasionally and I've got it down to about £10 per week.

We used to be a family of 6 and I liked one pot cooking or one pot plus potatoes. As a big family I always found my pressure cooker and large le creuset casserole dishes and now my slow cooker excellent for this. It's amazing the amount of nutrition you can pack into one pot and so simple. The name of the game is 'EXPERIMENT' - try it and see.

valk_scot

Yes, I'll second that. £300 a month is only £10 per day, remember, or about £1.42 per person per day, eek! That's pretty good going if you've got five growing kids and need to meet all their nutritional needs. Well done you!

emlou2009

i can vouch for this being a tasty recipe, i made it last week! i wasnt particularly keen on the pie, found the mash sunk in and mushed in, maybe it was too runny? so would just make half and half chili and bolognese next time

http://frugal-cooking.co.uk/recipe/193/batch-bake-minced-beef-recipe

bezybee

i am not sure if this is the right place to place this,
i was hopins for some good recipies to feed familay of 4, would also be great if able to reuse for dh lunch at work.
the problem is i dont like mince (not found a recipy i like with it, but willin to try)
i used to be a fussy eater, and slowly gettin better and eatin diff stuff.

i have a slow cooker, but dont know any recipies really.

any ideas welcome,
also will be weanin my dd in a few months so if the recipies would be suitable for her even better lol (get a bit practice in before i give to her lol, so it taste nice)
kids ages are 4, 2 and 2 months

Nordictat2

There are tons of threads like this...I have to head off so can't do the hunting for you at the moment but look out for Slow cooker threads etc. These folks on here give great advice!

CCP

As Nordictat says, there have been several discussions on the subject of cheap meals. This thread has a summary of the best links which Pink-winged kindly pulled together a few months ago.

I have no idea how many (if any) of these recipes are suitable for a weaning baby, but several people on here have kids of this age so I'm sure someone will be able to give you some ideas.

thriftlady_2

Luckily Pink Winged has gathered them altogether here I'm sure you will find some useful stuff amongst that lot Bezybee.

bezybee

thanks will look thro that link now

horsechestnut

Always buy lean steak mince. I know it is usually the most expensive but there is no waste and the taste is soooo much better than the cheap stuff!!! Maybe that is why you don't like mince!