Eat Well for Less...Live on MSE

pinkladyvenus

I find Lidli soya milk the best at not curdling in coffee, it is slightly thicker than all the other soya milks even the branded ones. nescafe Blend 37 coffee if you can still get it seems to work well with most soya milks.

Caterina

And Lidl soya milk always has a little deposit at the bottom of the carton, because it is so thick, so it is always worth adding a bit of water and give it a good shake when it's nearly finished, to stretch it further!

PasturesNew

I've spent less than 50p today.
35p for a piece of pie, 7p of oven chips, 6p for a few chocolate digestives.

All the food groups there: pie, chips, chocolate, biscuits.



And before the Fat Police pounce.... it's under 1000 calories.

I did go shopping, 24p for a loaf of bread (reduced) and those choccy biccies ..... which weren't planned. So it's toast tomorrow!

Flat_Eric

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Florence_J

So excited it's back. I don't get why they show a bunch of episodes, then there is a few months gap before they show the rest. Oh well, it's back, I'm happy.

VfM4meplse

How on earth does this week’s lady manage? She’s a single mother of 5 girls, 2 coeliac and one a type 1 diabetic, and works full time! £14k pa on beans, waffles and other processed foods is a lot but I have no idea where she finds any time from.

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The older kids (one was 18 I think) should be cooking some nights in my opinion!!

maman

VfM4meplse wrote: »

How on earth does this week’s lady manage? She’s a single mother of 5 girls, 2 coeliac and one a type 1 diabetic, and works full time! £14k pa on beans, waffles and other processed foods is a lot but I have no idea where she finds any time from.

I missed the beginning. Was she widowed? I was curious because she was wearing rings.

The youngest girls seemed genuinely willing to help and really pleased to make a meal for mum. But I think the older ones, although it was a bit of a laugh to make the pizza and mess about with the presenter didn't seem to have much staying power. Too busy to cook a chicken breast???

I think they were happy just helping themselves to snacky stuff. They might give it a go with the carrot of a holiday in Florida.

VfM4meplse

drinkupretty wrote: »

The older kids (one was 18 I think) should be cooking some nights in my opinion!!

Probably, but I think the issue was that they were used to a diet of junk. They were generally helpful girls and happy to muck in so there was no lack of willing.

maman wrote: »

I missed the beginning. Was she widowed?

Me too, but whatever the circumstances I think she was doing well to raise five girls between 8-18.

maman wrote: »

I think they were happy just helping themselves to snacky stuff.

Probably, but who’s the adult here? The elder girl with T1 diabetes particularly needs to eat well, for a teenager it can be akin to living with the sword of Damocles hanging over your head (this is no exaggeration).

The other day I was asking my niece what she did in nursery, what she ate etc...one of her answers was “raffles and beans” by which I guessed she meant waffles and baked beans - neither of which she would get at home, mine or her grandparents. It’s not ideal food for a 2yo - I’d guess the waffles are full of salt - but I can imagine it’s an easy way of getting them to eat.

Flat_Eric

Florence_J wrote: »

So excited it's back. I don't get why they show a bunch of episodes, then there is a few months gap before they show the rest. Oh well, it's back, I'm happy.

Last night's episode would appear to have been on the shelf for months waiting to be shown as it showed the family doing their grocery shopping in January and batch cooking in February.