What can you eat on £3 a week

Bordeuax

sugar puffs

Georgiegirl256

melanzana wrote: »

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

There is if you are on a very strict budget for whatever reason. Food banks are there for people in absolute dire straits and are limited to a certain amount of visits.

Yes £3 is a very tight budget to have to live on, but it is doable and there have been some excellent examples of how to do it in this thread.

I do believe the programme in question that the OP watched was Coronation Street where Fizz limits Tyrone to the £3 for the working week.

melanzana

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

There is if you are on a very strict budget for whatever reason. Food banks are there for people in absolute dire straits and are limited to a certain amount of visits.

Yes £3 is a very tight budget to have to live on, but it is doable and there have been some excellent examples of how to do it in this thread.

I do believe the programme in question that the OP watched was Coronation Street where Fizz limits Tyrone to the £3 for the working week.

When a food budget is based on a character from Corrie, well enough said.

Georgiegirl256

melanzana wrote: »

When a food budget is based on a character from Corrie, well enough said.

I'm pretty sure that's what the OP is referring to although I don't know why she didn't just say that?

I thought at the time that although they were on a strict budget (and yes, I am aware it isn't real! ) that £3 was abit strict. Although I guess if you really had to then it is possible.

onlyroz

Easily doable. Loaf of bread is 45p from Aldi, which has around 20 slices. Aldi tuna is 49p a can and is plenty for 3 sarnies or 4 if you stretch it out a bit. Mix it with some Mayo (say 5p worth per sarnie). Get a bag of fruit from the Aldi super six (normally 6 pieces for around 59p) and also have a pot of yoghurt (Tesco value range is 33p for 4 pots). You've probably got some spare change for a choccie bar as a special Friday treat.

coolcait

Feral_Moon wrote: »

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

Well said.

Some of my colleagues will have a cup-a-soup for lunch each day.

I can make a pot of HM soup which will provide lunch for at least four days and is chunkier, more filling and more nutritious than a four sachet pack of cup-a-soups.

Cheaper too.

If I can get my hands on reduced veggies and some freezer space, I can make HM soup which will provide lunch for at least eight days - more for those who are less gluttonous - for less than the price of a packet of cup-a-soups.

melanzana

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that's what the OP is referring to although I don't know why she didn't just say that?

I thought at the time that although they were on a strict budget (and yes, I am aware it isn't real! ) that £3 was abit strict. Although I guess if you really had to then it is possible.

It is for sure. But it takes a lot of planning and so on.

And what folk forget is that sourcing it, and actually cooking it (soup and so on) costs money in energy bills too!

So the 3 quid a week actually costs more than that depending on the menu.

RuthnJasper

Bordeuax wrote: »

40p a day? a tin of Campbells soup every day ..ooh and lose weight

Echo this - and "bulk up" the soup with value brand pasta or cous-cous. I managed for while on value brand tinned tomatoes and pasta, with different dried herbs for variety. Also look in the reduced items section. It's tough but CAN be done. Also, check for when fresh fruits and vegetables are in season - they are often cheaper then.


Are you eligible for a food bank? Whatever the future holds, I wish you all the best OP. x

Bordeuax

its only lunch, come on

pendragon_arther

Baked beans on toast, but keep your distance...