4 Dinners for £9

PasturesNew

DisneyLisa wrote: »

I have looked in the freezer and we have pork mince and a portion of breaded chicken. I thought I had emptied it so thats a bonus.

What would you guys do with those?

Pork burgers (maybe add an apple, or thyme, if you can be bothered) - serve with chips
Pork/apple mash-topped pie, served with carrots/peas.
Pork meatballs, maybe sweet/sour sauce? Er ... serve with rice, or chips!

Breaded chicken - serve with chips and maybe peas. Or sweet/sour sauce and rice (or chips).

NewShadow

DisneyLisa wrote: »

I have looked in the freezer and we have pork mince and a portion of breaded chicken. I thought I had emptied it so thats a bonus.

What would you guys do with those?

The chicken sounds like a quick protein boost diced in a salad or in soup.

Pork mince would be chilli, nachos or meatballs for me - depends on what you fancy really.

Spendless

It would depend on what I already had in as to what I'd do with the mince, if I had apples and potatoes for wedges, I'd make pork and apple burgers. If I had pasta I'd do meatballs, if I had eggs I'd make scotch eggs and if I had pastry I'd do a 'sausage' plait.

Owain_Moneysaver

8 x £1 frozen pizzas. £1 cake from poundshop for a pudding. :-)

PasturesNew

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

8 x £1 frozen pizzas. £1 cake from poundshop for a pudding. :-)

I've just got back from Sainsbobs and their fresh 10" deep pan pizzas are £1.80, not £2.20 at the moment..... one serves two, so I'd buy four of those (£7.20), 2 big bags of frozen oven chips (£2 or so) ... and the cake from poundshop

With the spare 80p, that's enough for a couple of packets of instant custard, so you can heat up the cake and serve with custard

We know how to live!

McKneff

Hells bells, Im not judging but I am a pensioner and obviously my OH and I live on our pensions but
I would hate to have to penny pinch on food and toiletries like this.

Is this normal for you. If it is then I feel for you.

pantaiema

Instant noodle £1 for 5 packs (e.g 20p) each

NewShadow

McKneff wrote: »

Is this normal for you. If it is then I feel for you.

Hi McKeff, not sure if you missed this bit of the OP:

DisneyLisa wrote: »

We are very good at sticking to a weekly grocery budget of £40 per week ... We have the means to spend more I just dont want to out of principal!

It's a great example of discipline rather than desperation :T

Soworried

McKneff wrote: »

Hells bells, Im not judging but I am a pensioner and obviously my OH and I live on our pensions but
I would hate to have to penny pinch on food and toiletries like this.

Is this normal for you. If it is then I feel for you.

I read the post and thought the complete opposite! I thought it was an exciting challenge

Soworried

DisneyLisa wrote: »

I have looked in the freezer and we have pork mince and a portion of breaded chicken. I thought I had emptied it so thats a bonus.

What would you guys do with those?

I'd cook the chicken then thinly slice it and use it to fill two wraps with salad in or some stir fry.

With the mince you can get two days out of that by adding loads of veg to it. Great for your health, waistline and budget :j