No idea how to get through the next month

Caterina

crispycreme wrote: »

I do have some bread, not enough for a week thouh.

You got strong flour and yeast, make bread at home, google for easy recipes.

greyfox

You say you've got lots of stuffing mix. I used to make a sausagemeat & stuffing bake when I was hard-up, which is easy to make & always went down well (& is nice cold). Just put a layer of sausagemeat in a dish (it's often cheaper to buy sausages - especially if YS - & take them out of their skins) & top with a layer of made-up stuffing. Serve with potatoes & veg. Filling & tasty.

building_with_lego

greyfox wrote: »

You say you've got lots of stuffing mix. I used to make a sausagemeat & stuffing bake when I was hard-up, which is easy to make & always went down well (& is nice cold). Just put a layer of sausagemeat in a dish (it's often cheaper to buy sausages - especially if YS - & take them out of their skins) & top with a layer of made-up stuffing. Serve with potatoes & veg. Filling & tasty.

I did something similar to this with some reduced Christmas sausagemeat but added a couple of bread crusts, whizzed into crumbs, and an egg. It bulked it out a little more and we had it warm with potatoes one night then cold with coleslaw the next. There was enough left over for me for two lunches too.

notanewuser

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Grains such as couscous and bulgar wheat or lentils would be a better alternative to pasta and rice.

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Couscous isn't a grain. It's teeny tiny pasta.

cuddlymarm

Hi Crispycreme and anyone else struggling at this time of year

As long as it's not all the time don't forget that simple things like beans on toast , jam butties, eggy bread , pancakes etc will fill hollow legs cheaply.

Spoken as one who knows how hard it is to keep growing kids full on next to nothing an occasional cheaply meal will be fine ( not to mention yummy)

Cuddles:)

notanewuser

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Pedants are us!! *rollseyes*

Erm, not really! You told the OP to avoid too much pasta but then suggested another kind of pasta instead (as a grain, which it absolutely isn't).

EstherH

Hi Crispycreme, how are you doing?
I made stew with the remains of the chicken from weekend for tea tonight. One chicken has done 15 portions in various guises over the week. Plus the carcus made stock for a soup with some added veg and pulses. Ok so not a lot of meat each time, but enough to feel like we are not missing out and needs must.

I read on the shopping board that morrreasons have 12.5kg sacks of potatoes for £2. Not sure if you have a morrreasons near you, but it may help someone.

Esther x

darrannah

just a few simple ideas
as "treats" for the kids or just to cheer yourself up

scotch pancakes
120g SR flour
30g castor sugar
1 egg
1/4 pt milk
whisk together and fry

3 ingredient chocolate brownies
280g chocolate spread (88p)
2 eggs
62g flour
whisk together and bake in oven for 20-22 mins at 180.c

buy own brand cake mix 22p
own brand jam 30p
small pot double cream 60p
own brand custard 15p
make Victoria sponge and custard.

*I buy veg on whoopsies, blanch and freeze for a later date
*milk can also be frozen,
*use own brand pitta breads 20p instead of bread
*buy own brand part baked baguettes 40p for 2 and make your own garlic butter for garlic bread

as mentioned before, a full chicken makes more than 1 meal,
I make either
chicken casserole:- chicken, onion, carrot celery, mushrooms and stock, serve with mash potato

OR

chicken supreme :- chicken, white sauce and tin of sweet corn and serve with rice

*bangers and mash is always a favourite in onion gravy,
*toad in the hole made with own brand batter mix 25p and sausages £1 for 14 from farmfoods with veg and mash.
*I always buy a BIG sack of potatoes and make my own 'oven chips' and wedges.

the biggest tip I can give is to sit down and PLAN PLAN and PLAN some more, write a meal plan and shopping list and stick to it, go shopping without the kids and if possible (as mentioned before) look at places like home bargains £1 shops and farms shops and markets

It CAN be done on £90 trust me, I have been/am still there!!

I have lots more ideas if you need anymore give me a shout

Good luck, you can do it

Jabberwk

Hi,
This is a really easy bread recipe if you want to use what's in your cupboard rather than buying more bread. I say 'easy' because I've managed to produce decent bread from it without much baking experience despite doing stupid things like baking it at the wrong temperature or leaving it in the oven too long because I got distracted. I know it says to use multiple seeds, but I also just make it without the seed topping as basic bread. I think you had all the ingredients for that in your list. I've put the optional topping ingredients in a different colour. Most of the time it takes to make is actually leaving it expand while you go off and do other stuff, so it isn't actually very much work, and you don't need any special equipment or particular baking tins. I got this recipe from a website called Domestic Sluttery, but I'm a newbie and can't post links so I've had to just copy it. It's their six seed star bread.

"You'll need:

500g strong white bread flour
2 tsp fine sea salt
2 tsp fast action yeast (or 3 tsp fresh yeast)
300ml warm water (blood temperature is best)
5 tsp rapeseed or olive oil
1 egg
6 types of seeds. I used: sesame, blue and white poppy, black onion, sunflower and ajwain which smells like bombay mix
Make it!
In a big bowl mix together the flour and salt then make a well in the centre. Combine your yeast, water and oil in a jug then pour into the well and mix everything together to form a ball of dough. Dust your work surface with flour, put your dough on it and get kneading for about ten minutes. Don't skimp on this, badly kneaded dough makes a crappy loaf (I've made loads). Your dough will become really smooth and elastic the more you knead it. When it's ready you should be able to stretch it really thin without it breaking.
Put your dough ball into a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a damp cloth, leave it to rise until it is doubled in size, this depends on how warm your kitchen is, an airing cupboard is perfect. I must confess I do cheat when I'm in a hurry and pop it in the bottom of my oven thats set to 50C and it doubles in about 30 minutes, it doesn't make a brilliant loaf doing it that way but it does make a decent one, although bread purists will probably throw baked goods at me now I've fessed up.
Once it's risen tip it back onto your work surface and punch all the air out of it before forming it into a dome shape and putting it onto a floured baking tray. Cover with a dry tea towel and leave once again to double in size.
Preheat your oven to 230C. Beat the egg then using a pastry brush just egg wash the whole top of the loaf. Using a really sharp blade ( a stanley knife is perfect) slash through about 1cm down into the dough 3 times to make a star shape. You need to make confident cuts in one smooth motion each time. Sprinkle seeds over each dough segment.
Put a few ice cubes on a small tray and put it in the bottom of the oven, the steam will help make a good loaf crust. Put your loaf in the oven and turn the temperature down to about 200C and bake for about 40 minutes or until the loaf sounds hollow when you tap the base of the loaf."

MrsE_2

patchwork_cat wrote: »

or potato cakes http://www.irishamericanmom.com/2012/10/20/irish-potato-cakes/

Brilliant, my granny used to say this about everything.


“It’s far from onion powder you were raised.”

:rotfl:

I'll have to have a good look around the site.