Food budget £12.50 a week - help please!

maman

lesbro wrote: »

I have swapped from Tesco to Aldi and Lidl, forget the points, my expenditure has dropped amazingly and I am surprised at how much I save. Tesco still send the money off vouchers which I must admit I do use but only if they are items I would normally buy.

DH was only commenting today how bare our store cupboard looked. I explained that as we've switched from Asda to Aldi I don't need to buy up offers any more. Good prices every week!

lapis

Have you got a local market, i got a big bowl of salad for £1 at 4pm yesterday
Cucumber, lettuce, spring onions and cherry tomatoes
99p shops sell ham and cheese
The market often sells off at the end of the day, buy in bulk and freeze

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kayannie

I don't know if anyone else has suggested this as I've not read through all the replies, but do you live anywhere where you might find wild fruit etc? This week I have picked enough wild gooseberries to make a pie and a crumble, and mixed with a few blackcurrants that I had lurking in the back of the freezer, I made a summer pudding (using a couple of slices of stale bread). I've also come across redcurrants growing wild, and the blackberries are just ripening. Even just a few can be added to cereals, or freeze them a few at a time and soon you'll have enough to make a pudding. There are a lot of hazelnuts about this year and will be ready before too long. Also keep an eye out for apple trees in a couple of months time - I've picked up windfalls before now that are lying around just going to waste.
Borrow a book such as 'Food for free' from the library for more ideas.


Hope this helps - good luck!

C.W

fannyadams wrote: »

a girl called jack
frugal queen
and there used to be a blog called www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk made by weezil of here but it's MIA right now. However, thanks to Gigervamp on another thread who found the archive of it here

Super helpful! Thank you

Butterfly_Brain

How are things going hun?

yummitymummity

Wow this thread is full of incredible advice.
I hope everything is going well O P?
Will be using some of these tips myself as we are trying to cut down too as a family �� thanks for the the tips!

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melanzana wrote: »

Isn't it just so sad in this day and age, that people are left with so little for food.

I'm sure there are people much worse off, but it's a disgrace.

Let's not jump to conclusions here.

We don't know the reasons, for the OP having just £12-50 available for food shopping.

BTW. I agree with Tink_04.

The OP could probably benefit from posting an SOA.

If the good folk of MSE could find them savings of just £40pm, that would give them a far healthier £22-50pw.

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Charlton_King wrote: »

Was just wondering out of idle curiosity.

Could it still be done? A meal for two for 50p..?

Asda are selling these for 50p each.

If you throw in a few slices of bread (which admittedly takes it a bit over 50p), then it can be quite filling, even for 2.

HappyMJ

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Asda are selling these for 50p each.

If you throw in a few slices of bread (which admittedly takes it a bit over 50p), then it can be quite filling, even for 2.

I try and figure the economy of things out by using the calories. An adult should have at least 2,000 calories. That packet has 259 calories in it so you'd need 7 of them over the course of a day to meet your calorie intake or £3.50 worth (for a balanced diet one a day should suffice over the course of a week along with other cheaper options)...it's technically quite expensive. Each meal should really be at least 600 calories so this needs to have something extra added to it to make it a main course. Maybe some ham or chicken or maybe a bean or lentil salad on the side.

Someone trying to save as much as possible would choose the 20p smart price option. A old style money saver would choose a 3kg pack of pasta fusilli (£2.87), a couple of value tin of tomatoes (31p each), a few onions (10p each) and some herbs (25p) and make it from scratch would take less than half an hour. The ingredients would make enough to have 1 serving each day the same size as the packet costing just a little more than 10p per serve.