What can you eat on £3 a week

barbarawright

I often take sandwiches from whatever I have in the house (often peanut butter), a couple of pieces of fruit and a bag of crisps from whatever packs there are in Poundland. I would imagine that costs about 60p. I am pretty hungry by dinner but it's perfectly OK

Gloomendoom

Lunch costs me a lot less than £3. Nothing to be precise.

I don't eat lunch, or breakfast during the week.

yvonne13_2

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Lunch costs me a lot less than £3. Nothing to be precise.

I don't eat lunch, or breakfast during the week.

:eek: Do you never feel weak?

Bobcrowther

yvonne13 wrote: »

:eek: Do you never feel weak?

Nah, just gloom and doom...

suki1964

yvonne13 wrote: »

:eek: Do you never feel weak?

I rarely eat before 3pm

Yesterday I had a ham sandwich at 9.30 pm

today I had hake and green beans at 7pm


Not everyone feels the need to eat 3 times a day, nor eat a big pile, nor to eat a balanced meal each time

Gloomendoom

yvonne13 wrote: »

:eek: Do you never feel weak?

Nope. I'm not exactly a seven stone weakling either.

krlyr

I keep a drawer full of various crackers - own brand, much cheaper (e.g. Tesco own, 29p) and don't really taste much different. Spread brought on a £1 deal and lasts me a month or two. Marmite is probably the biggest expense - but bought when on offer and lasts forever as I just use a smear.

I buy the different types of crackers for variety (so cream crackers, dutch crispbake, Melba toast, etc.), and sometimes switch from Marmite to cream cheese or cheddar cheese. If I really fancy a change, I might do half a tin of soup and dunk my crackers in.

Main motivation is laziness/convenience, to be honest! But the low cost is a benefit

melanzana

Extreme. But doable.

I would feel very sorry for anyone who would have to limit themselves to such a small amount of money for food for a week.

It is when I read extreme tales like this I thank something something that I don't have to be so extremely frugal.

It is a challenge for some, a necessity for others, but it's sad just the same.

Foodbanks are available for those that need them. No real need to limit it to such an extent.

Feral_Moon

HM soup can be made for pennies and extremely filling if you add in lentils, pearl barley or those tiny pasta shapes.

Samsonite1

Ultimately, if you bulk cook food that can be put in the fridge and freezer, it will work out cheaply over many weeks. Soups are really cheap to make, just make the largest volume you can. Bread is fairly cheap and you can stick it in the freezer too so it does not go off.

Making things with mince is another good one - make bolognese with various cheap veg thrown in and tins of tomatoes. Make a lot of it and save many portions.