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Help after husband hospital stay

Cuckooclock · 2014-06-12 13:25:06

I had an accessment via a phone call from a local socail worker, my husband is recovering from pneumonia & is very weak. I have multiple health problem & he is my carer, I am also recovering from GCA & being assesed for PMR. According to the social worker we can live on ready meals, despite having to be careful with my…

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Indie_Kid Posts: 23,100 Forumite

25 June 2014 at 12:03PM

KxMx wrote: »

There is also no reason why you can't cook you spag bol or chile and then freeze into microwaveable single portion tubs. Yes it is a microwave meal but at least it's a home made one. There are many who do meals this way for all sorts of reasons.

I did this a lot as a student. It was never possible to buy just enough mince meat for one meal - I always ended up with 3 meals worth.

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