Can anyone help us?

onlyroz

Exile_geordie wrote: »

For clarity on this challenge that onlyroz has set - she makes it £7 because she didnt quite understand when i posted about this book https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/make-meals-under-1-chef-miguel-barclay-budget-cooking-tips-food-a7580161.html

And that its not making do on £7 per week but making food where a portion costs £1 or under.

2 vastly different things that she has got very mixed up.

All of which requires you to have a store-cupboard of staples built up over time, and the budget to buy these staples in advance.

It seems like a lot of people have lost their sense of fun, or the willingness to have a go at a challenge.

tori.k

5kg of wonky veg for £1.50 (Lidl) is a good start, most supermarkets are doing a version of wonky veg.
Brown rice around £1.50 KG and starchy carbs like oats 75p kg are great for healthy calories.
Mixed dried beans £1.19 500g (waitrose) can be used to bulk out soups and stews.
Eggs can make an meal in minutes 70p for 6, 45p for a loaf of wholemeal bread whole milk £1 2ltrs and cheese portion is advised at 30g a day so a cheap block around a £1 is enough for a week.

we complicate food way to much, a simple formula for food would be half veg quarter protein quarter carbs and fit that to your budget.
in skint joes case healthy food would be very repetitive but doable.

Exile_geordie

onlyroz wrote: »

All of which requires you to have a store-cupboard of staples built up over time, and the budget to buy these staples in advance.

It seems like a lot of people have lost their sense of fun, or the willingness to have a go at a challenge.

Ive had a go.

500g mince - £1.99
2 tins chopped tomatoes - 70p
1 onion - 20p
lasagne sheets - 70p
Milk 1ltr - £1.

pumpkin89

Exile_geordie wrote: »

Ive had a go.

500g mince - £1.99
2 tins chopped tomatoes - 70p
1 onion - 20p
lasagne sheets - 70p
Milk 1ltr - £1.

With respect, though, this is only one meal a day and you need something in addition to milk in order to make a white sauce.

VfM4meplse

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

snacking on value carrots.

These are an essential in my basket - a weeks work of filling snacks for under 50p.

Exile_geordie

pumpkin89 wrote: »

With respect, though, this is only one meal a day and you need something in addition to milk in order to make a white sauce.

add some flour then for 60p

tori.k

cheap veggie chilli
A small variation on jacks bootstrap chilli just use asda tin tomatoes with chilli and peppers instead of the individual spices 4 portions 32p a portion
Serve with sainsbury wholewheat pasta 11p a portion (55p a bag)
or asda brown rice 11p a serving (£1.09 a kg)
or jacket spud 25p?
Thats four main meals for £3 with rice and pasta left for another time

Brambling

Rather than buying chicken thighs / drum sticks I would spend the extra and buy a 1.4kg chicken currently £2.52 in Tesco. That will give at least four or five meals or stretched to more if padded out with veg or pulses and LO cooked chicken can be added to rice or pasta or made into curry with cheap spices. The carcass can be used to make stock, stripping what's left of the meat once boiled, add onion, carrot and potato to make 4 portions of chicken soup. At least 8 portions of chicken is 32p a meal.


Boring I know, if you have access to the freezer that allows you to ring the changes especially if the £7 a week is looked at a £14 a fortnight or £28 which will allow you to make better decisions and have more variety when shopping / eating

onlyroz

VfM4meplse wrote: »

These are an essential in my basket - a weeks work of filling snacks for under 50p.

Filling, yes, but at 42 kcal per 100g you're going to need to get more calories from elsewhere.

onlyroz

Brambling wrote: »

Rather than buying chicken thighs / drum sticks I would spend the extra and buy a 1.4kg chicken currently £2.52 in Tesco. That will give at least four or five meals or stretched to more if padded out with veg or pulses and LO cooked chicken can be added to rice or pasta or made into curry with cheap spices. The carcass can be used to make stock, stripping what's left of the meat once boiled, add onion, carrot and potato to make 4 portions of chicken soup. At least 8 portions of chicken is 32p a meal.

I considered that, but the cost per 100g isn't that different and the outlay of the whole chicken is 1/3 of your entire budget.