Eat Well For Less Series 3

catkins

GwylimT wrote: »

My wife is the only one who eats cheese in our house, per gram tesco mature grated cheese is cheaper than block cheese, the only one we found to be more expensive is a branded one.

When I look at cheese the grated bags are usually dearer than block cheese. You could always buy a block, grate it and freeze it. I often freeze cheese.

GwylimT wrote: »

I'm seeing a lot of people saying "why do they go shopping every week, thats how you spend money, I only do a big shop once a month and buy fresh things weekly" erm, so you go food shopping weekly as well.

I really dislike this show, on all of them they portray women as stupid and make them do the shopping and cooking, no matter who is usually in charge of feeding the family. The bill reductions are normally quite pathetic as well.

I only buy veg and fruit weekly or, if I can get away with it less often (and I often can). I loathe shopping so go as little as possible.

I either make bread or buy a few loaves and freeze them. I have milk delivered so I don't have to buy either of those things weekly. Most fruit and veg last longer than a week so I just buy a lot in one go. I might go back to getting veg boxes delivered

Wednesday2000

Even my husband stopped what he was doing to watch the reaction the couple had to the news about the tea. We were both cracking up.:rotfl:

lessonlearned

Well I'm glad to see that others found it funny. My son and I were laughing like hyenas......

When my kids were small and insisted they only liked certain products I would just buy the cheaper version and decant them into the branded packaging. They never guessed....

Ah the power of advertising. And what a rotten mother I was.......lol.

Mind the fussy one in our house is the blasted cat. None of your moggy stuff for him if you please, he would rather starve, or more likely visit a neighbour for dinner...:D

I had a car crash a couple of weeks ago, the car is a write off. I am car sharing with my son so trying to shop once a fortnight in Aldis - i might even be able to stretch that to once a month later.

In the meantime I have been "shopping like a Frenchwoman" just buying milk, fruit and vegetables on a need to have basis from the local shop.

I have found I'm actually saving money that way.

I am going to try and go car free for a while and see how I go. Once I'm fully recovered from my injuries I will be able to take the bus (free bus pass) and shop in the city markets - so even cheaper.

I have never tried a veg box but it might be something to consider if I do decide to remain car free.

PasturesNew

catkins wrote: »

That's why I shop in large supermarkets like Sainsburys - they rarely have sold out of anything I want. I can't get a full shop in Aldi or Lidl so I rarely visit either of them.

My nearest are Lidl (usually out of stuff) and Sainsbobs (often out of stuff).

Some shops are better at stocking up than others. I live in an area where the population is variable - it can triple overnight, wiping out the shelves like a plague of locusts just because the weatherman said it would be sunny this weekend.

Shops stock, mostly, for their local population - they can't afford to waste food stocking up for tourists who might never show their faces that day/week.

With Sainsbobs it's often, also, a case of me wanting something that's showing online - but the store never stocks that item. Happens in Asda too (12 mile round trip to try to buy something specific once and they didn't even have an empty shelf spot for it).

PasturesNew

catkins wrote: »

I believe if you can read a recipe you can cook.

These days most of the recipes "thrust at us" require equipment people might not have and/or unusual ingredients they've never had/heard of.

There's little in the way of simple "Delia style 1970s" recipes thrust - you have to go hunting them down.

This programme, Eat Well for Less, I looked at the website and just the oaty bars required a food processor ... and something called aga [STRIKE]r[/STRIKE] ve (runs off to check spelling,..... and corrects it). I had to Google to even start to understand what on earth that might be!

So that'd be one recipe, from a "relevant programme" that'd just be tossed aside as "too hard, too complex, uses WHAT??" by nervous starters.

nwc389

PasturesNew wrote: »

These days most of the recipes "thrust at us" require equipment people might not have and/or unusual ingredients they've never had/heard of.

There's little in the way of simple "Delia style 1970s" recipes thrust - you have to go hunting them down.

This programme, Eat Well for Less, I looked at the website and just the oaty bars required a food processor ... and something called aga [STRIKE]r[/STRIKE] ve (runs off to check spelling,..... and corrects it). I had to Google to even start to understand what on earth that might be!

So that'd be one recipe, from a "relevant programme" that'd just be tossed aside as "too hard, too complex, uses WHAT??" by nervous starters.

I looked up the recipie for the oaty bars as my son said he would like to try them . On the show agave (I've never heard of it before)was not mentioned , nor a food processor . I'm going to give them a go this afternoon with lidl oats , lidl berries and cherries mix and lidl honey and peanut butter . I'm giving the agave a miss and mixing by hand !

suki1964

Agave is a sugar substitute which is why those bars came in quite healthy


Most of us don't have that at home, it's not cheap, we would use golden syrup or honey, and end up with the high sugar content

It can all be mixed up with your hands in a bowl no problems

PasturesNew

suki1964 wrote: »

It can all be mixed up with your hands in a bowl no problems

An experienced cook will be able to work out if they can do it by hand and/or just put up with the difference in texture + put up with any resulting cr4ppy results .... but somebody who hasn't done stuff before wouldn't have the store of expectations to draw upon to decide whether/not a processor was needed.

As for that agave.... I wouldn't even know how to pronounce it

GwylimT

catkins wrote: »

When I look at cheese the grated bags are usually dearer than block cheese. You could always buy a block, grate it and freeze it. I often freeze cheese.




I only buy veg and fruit weekly or, if I can get away with it less often (and I often can). I loathe shopping so go as little as possible.

I either make bread or buy a few loaves and freeze them. I have milk delivered so I don't have to buy either of those things weekly. Most fruit and veg last longer than a week so I just buy a lot in one go. I might go back to getting veg boxes delivered

Why would I want to pay more for the cheese, manually grate it and then buy something to put it in to freeze it?

lessonlearned

PasturesNew wrote: »

An experienced cook will be able to work out if they can do it by hand and/or just put up with the difference in texture + put up with any resulting cr4ppy results .... but somebody who hasn't done stuff before wouldn't have the store of expectations to draw upon to decide whether/not a processor was needed.

As for that agave.... I wouldn't even know how to pronounce it

Ah-Gar-Vay. Apparently.

Comes from Mexico and South America, looks a bit like Aloe Vera plants. The "nectar" or syrup is sweeter than Honey and can be used in making tequila.

Apparently There is a bit of controversy, because although it is recommended for diabetics there is some doubt.

Yes Google is my friend........:rotfl: