£50 for the month. Help!!!!

Laureneliiz

Just finished my maternity leave at my job & have now left. Hopefully by the end of the month we will be entitled to some help & be a bit better off, or we'll find a way to cut expenses if not. But this month after bills,formula,nappies & wipes we have £50 leftover for food. We have a 9month old who eats what we eat at lunch time & dinner time, so we try to avoid buying cheap, economy value food if possible.
Any help would be gratefull!!
What recipies will go far & be cheap. I have some stuff in freezer & cupboards. I have a slow cooker.
Yesterday we had lentil bake & we froze the leftover & tonight we're having sausage casserole.
Thankyou!!!!!

craigywv

Go over to the seven pound a week thread great ideas and recipes on there or the April grocery challenge thread the first page is also full of recipes.also go to supermarket at reducing time and gets some bits there don't forget to get the milk it can be out in freezer so buy as much as you can it will do baby, I got milk lat week and froze it straight away took it out and defrosted it, it was still fresh three days later as I finished it.hope this helps.

Ladyluck1

What do you have in?
Can we have a list?
I was in a similar situation in October, but we managed with lots of help from the folk on here!
I generally spend £25 a week on food so it should be fairly east if you have freezer/cupboard stock

Laureneliiz

Thankyou!! I'll pop over for some ideas in a min!! I never knew you could freeze milk!
In the freezer: 1/2bag of baby carrots, 1/2bag of cabbage, 1/2bag of broccoli, 1/2bag of parsnips, 1/4bag of peas, 1bag of mixed veg, 1bag of spinach & 1bag of green beans.
1/2bag of croquetas, 8 potato waffles, 10veg fingers, 2 portion of steamable rice.
2 pork steaks, 10pork chops, 5chicken fillets, 4sausages, 2burgers, 10turkey nuggets, 2 battered fish.

In the cupboards: Pineapple, 3xbeans, 2x sweetcorn & peas, 1peas, olive oil, vinegar, tomato pure, 2xpasta sauces, 1chop tomato, honey, 1xhot dogs, 1xmeatballs, a small tin of corned beef, 3xinstant mash, 1kg rice, 1.5kg lentils, 500g of spagetti.

I know I have a fair bit, just not sure what to do with it, in a way thats ok for my little one to eat too??
Thankyou!!! xx

Ladyluck1

Id try to cook from scratch so you know what's in it for your 2yo.
My 3 yo generally eats what we eat though.

I'm not great with pork as we don't eat it but there's at least 5 meals there.

Risotto with long grain rice is lovely, you only need chopped onion, garlic, some stock and whatever veggies you like (peas or Broccoli I use)

Where do you shop? I would try aldi or lidl for the next couple of weeks to see if you find it a lot cheaper. Sit and Do a meal plan, you know what you will all eat etc.

craigywv

Hi,yes you can freeze milk it will change color slightly when you tke it out of freezer again, but once it's defrosted shake it like mad for a few seconds and it goes back to normal xxx

Butterfly_Brain

Do you have an Aldi close by?

Butterfly_Brain

1/2bag of baby carrots,
1/2bag of cabbage,
1/2bag of broccoli,
1/2bag of parsnips, parsnip and apple soup or parsnip and potato rosti serve with a fried egg
1/4bag of peas,
1bag of mixed veg,
1bag of spinach &
1bag of green beans.
1/2bag of croquets,
8 potato waffles,
10veg fingers, have with waffles or croquettes and beans
2 portion of steam rice.
2 pork steaks, Chop up and make sweet and sour pork serve with rice
10pork chops, Chop up and make a casserole and use the rest in a stir fry or with make broccoli and sweetcorn pea pasta with a jar of pasta sauce or make a pork, sweetcorn and pea risotto
5 chicken fillets, Chop 2 and make a chicken and broccoli pasta, the other 3 can be either used as a roast dinner or made into a chicken and veg crumble using the mixed veg
4sausages, slice and make a sausage toad
2 burgers, 10 turkey nuggets, 2 battered fish. Have a mix of these one night with waffles or croquettes and beans


Pineapple,
3xbeans,
2x sweetcorn & peas,
1peas,
olive oil,
vinegar,
tomato pure,
2xpasta sauces,
1chop tomato, Make a minestrone soup using mixed veg and some broken up spaghetti
honey,
1xhot dogs, chop up and use with pasta or rice and lots of veg with a pasta sauce
1xmeatballs, serve with pasta and bulk out with veg
a small tin of corned beef, make a corned beef hash and serve with mash and beans
3xinstant mash,
1kg rice, Use for a rice pudding for a night when you have soup, or make cheesy rice balls
1.5kg lentils, Cheese and lentil loaf, dhal, lentil bolognaise
500g of spaghetti.

Make a faux roast dinner just make up as usual roast potatoes, roast parsnips, cabbage and carrots (Or whatever veg you prefer) and serve with Yorkshire pudding and lots of gravy.


Here is the link for the £7 a week thread


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4084527

Auntie_Sceb

Laureneliiz wrote: »

Just finished my maternity leave at my job & have now left. Hopefully by the end of the month we will be entitled to some help & be a bit better off, or we'll find a way to cut expenses if not.
Thankyou!!!!!

Can you clarify the end of the month. This month (2 weeks)? or next month 6 weeks?

I would spend a large part on milk, bread, eggs flour probably potatoes. I just bought 12.5kg potatoes in Morrisons for £3.49 - they should last ages as in their own earth but I also found guidance on freezing on line as chips/mash etc.