Eat Well For Less Series 3

lessonlearned

Those blind tasting tests are fascinating aren't they.

I have recently downgraded both baked beans and weetabix, the weetabix just last week in fact. I don't eat either but my ds2 does. Tonight he watched the programme and we had a good laugh about the weetabix segment.

He says he can't tell didn't the difference. I bought Aldis and he's more than happy so we will stick with them.

suki1964

lessonlearned wrote: »

Suki. That's more or less how I work. I see what meat/fish is the best and then build meals from there.

If I find some good bargains I will buy extra and freeze some.

Tonight I have bought a groupon voucher for muscle foods. It looks like a very good deal. I'll see how it goes.

For me it's the only way that makes sense tbh

Say you've written a meal plan that says pork chops, yet the supermarkets are knocking out turkey mince at a third of the price, why stick to chops when the turkey mince is better for you and more versatile ?

Ok so I've spent a few years cooking for a living but I'm not a trained cook. I get the recipe books out, I google , I mess up, I mix it up, we don't starve .


somone posted here the other week about a cheese and lentil bake. That's going to be this weeks experiment. Hopefully we will like it, maybe it will just make pack ups, but I won't know till I've tried it and seeing as it's lentils ( store cupboard must have) it's not going to break the bank

maman

Flat_Eric wrote: »

Can I ask how everyone meal plans? I.e notepad\diary\calendar\scrap of paper etc

My method's very simple FE. My DH makes breakfast every day so I just make sure I have a range of ingredients and replace them as needed. So that's eggs, beans, porage, cereal or whatever you like to eat. I'm mostly at home at lunchtime so I either have omelette, jackets, HM soup or very often leftovers from the previous evening. So all these meals are just our choice on the day from a choice of ingredients. Evening meals are the nearest I get to planning. I write 7 days in the corner of my shopping list, check what's in the fridge and freezer and choose the protein I have to make meals from there only adding to the list essential ingredients. I try to buy my meat and fish on offer or YS when I can. Most of my shop is done in Aldi with a few bits from Sainsbury's. I find this way very little gets wasted. I'm fortunate in that I don't have to be frugal but I choose to be because I hate being ripped off and then I can spend on what I want.

Gigervamp

We had the subtitles on, and when she was still laughing about the tea bags, it said "Hysterical cackling continues", which made me smile.

Flat_Eric

I also drink Yorkshire Tea and usually buy only when on offer but I have also tried Sainsburys Basic, PG and Tesco own brand. All are drinkable. I find it more how I make it. Sometimes I make a lovely cuppa, sometimes it goes down the sink!

Flat_Eric

PS is it just me ? Surely that black and yellow tape that they stick everywhere damages the cupboards?

lessonlearned

Flat Eric......is it the water in your area. We had this a few times and I couldnt understand what I had done wrong. I now use a water filter.

Pollycat

Flat_Eric wrote: »

PS is it just me ? Surely that black and yellow tape that they stick everywhere damages the cupboards?

I had exactly the same thought when I was catching up on last weeks episode.

Wednesday2000 wrote: »

I was ready to scoff at the woman tonight when I saw her shop, but it seems like she has a deep-seated fear of not having enough from her childhood.:(

The veggie stew looks lovely, I'm trying that.:)

Just caught the first few minutes of last night's programme and took an immediate dislike to the woman but after reading this ^^^ I'll reserve judgement.

catkins

PasturesNew wrote: »

And here's another one - she admits she buys the same food all the time and throws a lot of it away. He's pretty mad and she hides what she throws away so he doesn't know; full packs of perfectly good food.

She needs a kick up her bum.

She's unbelievable! Waiting for her bill.

£235 - and she'll still do her top ups she said.
Average bill should be £95, so she spends 3x the average.

All in, £320/week. £16,500/year.

I didn't like the woman this week at all. Even my OH said "What a stupid lazy woman" and he never comments on this type of programme usually.

lessonlearned wrote: »

Given her childhood I'm not surprised.

I really warmed to this family, the girl was delightful and the couple were nice. I loved it when they got an attack of the giggles over the teabags. They had me giggling too.

I got the impression they were real converts at the end and will probably end up being really savvy in the future.

One of the best programmes so far.

I can understand why she wants to make sure her cupboards are stocked because of her childhood but not why she buys grated cheese, packaged veg etc and then throws most of it away. Those parsnips she threw looked fine to me.

The bit about the teabags just annoyed me. Her silly comment "it doesn't taste tea like" just summed her up. Her cackling like a witch made me want to throw something at the tv.

The dad and daughter were nice enough but then it is nearly always the women in this programme that come across as so stupid and often lazy

catkins

Pollycat wrote: »

Just caught the first few minutes of last night's programme and took an immediate dislike to the woman but after reading this ^^^ I'll reserve judgement.

I disliked her after the first 5 minutes and disliked her even more by the end