Food bill- help!

liney

I would go for some sort of casserole that you can pad out with lots of vegetables, mashed potato/bread. You can get some stewing beef or some neck of lamb for a couple of £ or better if you get whoopsies. This should sort your dinners for a couple of days.

Lunch would be HM soup, beans on toast, pasta with tomato sauce or pesto, scrambled egg...

Depending on what's already in the cupboard you may have change

ampersand

stealthelf, I recognised your name and have just revisited your own Thread.

Well done for staying with us.

I wish the blackberries around here were as ready as those your daughter turned to jam - a future baker in the family too!

Again op - please keep reading and have a look at stealthelf's own Thread, as well as the helpful frugal blog links posted for the unpleasant poster.

stealthelf

Thanks ampersand,
I am doing great with using things i have in freezer for food.

We have a great big field across the road from the house for blackberrys so its fab for us and the little baker is making great treats plus has been doing meals with me.

op have you had a look at the a girl called jack blog I have found alot of great cheap meals from there.

Agentmomo

£41 is not too tight a budget I think, and there are already some great suggestions....
Too add to this, my only other suggestion would be to buy a chicken. (Raw, whole one). Aldi do chickens (small) for £2.99. You will be surprised at how this one bird can do a multitude of meals.
1) Roast it, whole, there is one dinner, served with veg etc...
Next the important bit...
2) Chill the remaining bird in the fridge, and the next day, pick off the remaining meat. Take your time, can be quite fiddly, however I can guarantee there will be a whole lot of meat remaining.
3) Here are your suggestions for following meals.
- Chicken casserole ( can mean a multitude of things, gravy based, tomato based, white sauce based) Bulk out with veg, pulses, rice or pasta.
- Chicken Curry, use spices (if you have a spice rack) if not a jar of sauce.
- Chicken sandwiches for lunch.
- Chicken pasta, tomato based, add veg.
And finally...
Take your chicken carcass and add to a large pan, cover with water and any diced veg, simmer for at least an hour and you will have the most marvellous chicken soup. Obviously remove the carcass!


There are 3 dinner suggestions and two lunches from one bird. Although for me I would have the soup with crusty bread (2 large ish par baked sticks are around 40p I think) as a dinner!
Hope this helps:)

ampersand

The trouble is, am, that an anxious new mser has not been back since her first post on the 21st.

The disgraceful muck slung by another fairly recent arrival[June]was probably enough to drive her away.

But your helpful post can at least be read by others needing good meal-planning on a budget and it's marvellous that you are helping on similar Threads, especially when we know that you are a Cook by trade:-)....stealthelf's daughter take happy note!

patchwork_cat

The thing is it is a fair point to remind people not to send money. I have been on MSE a long time and a Facebook group of MSE'rs and it happens A LOT. More than you think, people can get quite a lot of money out of groups like this. I am not saying the OP is the same, but perhaps a mod ought to make the point.

duchy

patchwork_cat wrote: »

The thing is it is a fair point to remind people not to send money. I have been on MSE a long time and a Facebook group of MSE'rs and it happens A LOT. More than you think, people can get quite a lot of money out of groups like this. I am not saying the OP is the same, but perhaps a mod ought to make the point.

Wow what a horrible thread.
Nowhere did the OP ask or imply she'd be asking for money.
The rather paranoid poster simply drove her away with vile unfounded accusations.
I really don't expect OS threads to make my flesh crawl.

ampersand

re:#29
Do start your own Thread on this elsewhere or on book of face. As you are not a Mod, take it to them instead of reinforcing baseless insinuations here. Stop smear-spreading.

This is the Old-Style Money-saving Thread.
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Thankyou duchy, cross-posted, but same hymnsheet:-)

[Deleted User]

In all this blaming and insinuation no one has thought to ask the original poster how they are getting on with the thing they needed advice for, so AFRESHSTART, how are you getting on with the budget you have and the meals you had to get from it? I hope you have enough for your needs and would like to think you're not feeling too battered and hurt by comments made to let us know how it's going now. If you are hurt by implied nastiness I can only say that I wish you well and hope things are better for you now, Lyn xxx.

Agentmomo

ampersand wrote: »

The trouble is, am, that an anxious new mser has not been back since her first post on the 21st.

The disgraceful muck slung by another fairly recent arrival[June]was probably enough to drive her away.

But your helpful post can at least be read by others needing good meal-planning on a budget and it's marvellous that you are helping on similar Threads, especially when we know that you are a Cook by trade:-)....stealthelf's daughter take happy note!

Thanks Ampers, it always pleases me when I know that I have made a delicious, nutritious meal, that is cheap cheap cheap:). I hate waste and am lucky enough to have a large freezer. I was once advised to buy the best food that you can afford. Therefore not very often do we dine on Steaks or Scallops! However we have some fabulous meals based on Pork shoulder, Beef brisket and Chicken.