What can you eat on £3 a week

Mr_Toad

Feral_Moon wrote: »

You don't have to put coconut milk in, I don't and I make something similar. And soups can be almost stew like if you don't blend them. Chicken thighs, carrots, celery, potato, sliced cabbage/greens and a handful of pearl barley makes an extremely nutrition and filling meal.

I use this a lot in stews and casseroles. We used to tell the kids they were sugar puffs, I still call it that.

Jagraf

I shop at the cheaper supermarkets now. With some concentration ive nearly halved my food bill. I sometimes have to go into other stores if it's something specific but otherwise I love the smaller supermarket. Takes less than an hour and stress free and you are with other savvy shoppers rather than watching folk pile their trolleys high with stuff they will throw away next week.

Kim_kim

yvonne13 wrote: »

I couldn't eat soup everyday and I don't like coconut milk, but lots of suggestions on here are very helpful.

I love soup & I really could eat it everyday.

Georgiegirl256

yvonne13 wrote: »

I'm going to start doing this too. I just looked at my bank statement for last month and the money I spend on food is beyond a joke. I need to sort this out asap.I don't know if I just buy food because I'm bored and want something to do, but now I can see what I'm doing I can fix it.

A few years ago, I would always stop at the petrol station/Spar on the way to work, and everyday I would more or less buy the same things. A sandwich, some crisps, a drink and a chocolate bar (wow, so healthy! :rotfl: ) and it would come to just over £5. So each week, I was spending £25-£30 just on my lunch, my husband more or less did the same. When we sat down and figured it out, and then started to take homemade stuff for lunch, we saved a fortune!

Mr_Toad wrote: »

Oh yes.

Pass me the brown sauce!

Ooo nooo! Gotta be red sauce!

Pollycat

yvonne13 wrote: »

I'm going to start doing this too. I just looked at my bank statement for last month and the money I spend on food is beyond a joke. I need to sort this out asap.I don't know if I just buy food because I'm bored and want something to do, but now I can see what I'm doing I can fix it.

Lots of advice on the Oldstyle board.

Menu planning is key to cutting out wastage of food.

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Another cheap and easy thing to make and freeze is cornbeef hash. I've really got into batch cooking recently. Just have to learn to remember to write on the top of the foil container what is inside!

I have dozens of the plastic containers that Chinese & Indian takeaways come in that I use for freezing my batch cooking.

When they are frozen I take them out, the food pops out of the container very easily, then I bag the food, write on the bag and return to the freezer.
Wash the containers ready for next time.

And I keep a record of what's in the freezer - and when it went in.
I have two lists - 1 for raw meat etc and another for 'ready meals' which includes stuff I've made and frozen - chilli, bolognaise, shepherds pie bases, corned beef hash, curries etc - and things that I've bought reduced as well as mashed potatoes and other mashed veg for shepherds pie topping such as mashed caulifower, mashed swede, carrot - all of which I've usually bought reduced.

Mr_Toad

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

A few years ago, I would always stop at the petrol station/Spar on the way to work, and everyday I would more or less buy the same things. A sandwich, some crisps, a drink and a chocolate bar (wow, so healthy! :rotfl: ) and it would come to just over £5. So each week, I was spending £25-£30 just on my lunch, my husband more or less did the same. When we sat down and figured it out, and then started to take homemade stuff for lunch, we saved a fortune!



Ooo nooo! Gotta be red sauce!

I can do red too but I think my preference is 60/40 brown/red and because it's such a dilemma I often have both on opposite sides of the plate.

Feral_Moon

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Ooo nooo! Gotta be red sauce!

Mr_Toad wrote: »

I can do red too but I think my preference is 60/40 brown/red and because it's such a dilemma I often have both on opposite sides of the plate.

NOOOO!!! You're both wrong!

Only Worcestershire sauce will do

yvonne13_2

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

A few years ago, I would always stop at the petrol station/Spar on the way to work, and everyday I would more or less buy the same things. A sandwich, some crisps, a drink and a chocolate bar (wow, so healthy! :rotfl: ) and it would come to just over £5. So each week, I was spending £25-£30 just on my lunch, my husband more or less did the same. When we sat down and figured it out, and then started to take homemade stuff for lunch, we saved a fortune!

Thanks it's good to know that other people was doing the same as me. I have to change my ways asap and in a way I'm glad I can come on here and get support. I know it's a big shock to me, but I woke up this morning with a positive can do attitude and reading all these posts has given me hope.

I know this is going to sound stupid, but I don't eat the bulk of the food which is stupid I just like buying it. Time to change.

Georgiegirl256

Mr_Toad wrote: »

I can do red too but I think my preference is 60/40 brown/red and because it's such a dilemma I often have both on opposite sides of the plate.

Why not! My husband has red sauce and salad cream, which I think is totally strange :eek: But, I guess whatever floats his boat!

You sound so organised pollycat! I'm getting there, but there's some good ideas there, especially about keeping a list of what's in there.

Georgiegirl256

Feral_Moon wrote: »

NOOOO!!! You're both wrong!

Only Worcestershire sauce will do

:rotfl: I sometimes put a splash or two of that in the hash.