£1 per day advice

candygirl

Wraithlady wrote: »

Difficult to get hold of, I would imagine...:whistle:

I wouldn't even try :eek::rotfl:

Siebrie

I believe it was part of a 'local products' christmas hamper. I think I am the only employee who actually ate it . It wasn't bad, but I wouldn't buy it. It didn't have chunky bits :eek:, it was more a thick bouillon.

Back to the thread: when I was living on €50/month, that was for all personal expenses (travel, clothes, gifts, etc), I also had an allotment with a friend. He knew what he was doing, and I helped; we had a good harvest.

Ms_W

thanks for all your continued advice,
still looking up recipes etc. we have always eaten well on a limited budget for many years comparing to what some households spend.- will continue greatly with ys items as we are lucky with amount of nearby shops- and my boys have never over indulged in sweets - no pop etc.
i already have a well stocked pantry - though could do with some cupboard type meals incase no ys item to make tea.

buildersdaughter

Corned beef hash: infinitely flexible.
Fry an onion if you have one, tip in a tin of potatoes that you've cut small, a tin of sweetcorn and diced corned beef. All sorts of variations - almost any veg, tin of tomatoes,and you can add a fried egg.

I agree about the breadmaker, but would always have a sliced loaf in the freezer, for instant toast (comfort food)
Tins of baked beans - nutritious, fairly cheap and enjoyed by most (can also be added to the hash)

And, although I normally regard them as unnecessary (I'd normally make actual pasta sauce from scratch) a jar of tomato-based pasta sauce can pull together some disparate bits and pieces and be dumped on rice, cous-cous or jacket potatoes.

And when you can, stash a £2 coin somewhere.

BappyBrunette

I am very interested in this thread.

Would be amazing to be able to get our daily spends down. Is the £1 per day, per person or for the whole household?

Hard_Up_Hester

Some of the meals I used to cook when I was skint. I was feeding two adults and four children aged five to 15.

Porridge for breakfast as it's the cheapest, just with a sprinkling of sugar when served.

Fishcakes made with a small tin of pilchards. Add tinned pilchards to mashed potatoes, form into patties and shallow fry.

Hunt the fish pie, one small piece of coley added to mashed potatoes and some white sauce. Once mixed put in an oven proof dish and sprinkle with a mix of grated cheese and bread crumbs.

Liver and onion casserole.

I used to cook a whole chicken, on Sunday we would have one slice of breast meat each with roast potatoes and assorted veg. I always made Yorkshire pudding and stuffing balls to go with the roast.
I'd strip the rest of the meat from the chicken and make chicken pie, chicken pasta bake and special fried rice with the rest of the chicken. The carcass was used to make stoup, half way between soup and stew. The stock from the chicken with any veg available a handful of lentils and a handful of pearl barley.
If there was any porridge left from breakfast that would also go into the stoup.

Cottage pie, I used to use half a pound of mince, add a handful of oats to the mince as it's browning, add water or stock, any veg available and a large handful of lentils plus seasoning of your choice. Top with mash.

Minestrone soup, one rasher of bacon cut small, fry it in a deep pan, add a chopped onion, tinned tomatoes, any veg, a hand full of spaghetti and plenty of herbs.

Lentil roast, cover lentil with water, cook until soft, drain. Add breadcrumbs or weetabix, an egg, a spoonful of marmite some grated cheese, cook in the oven until set. I served this with roast potatoes and veg.

I made a traybake most weeks, in a meat roasting tray sometimes a plain sponge sometimes chocolate or lemon.

Rice pudding is cheap especially if made with dried milk.

candygirl

Ooh HESTER, I'll be trying the lentil roast, thanks hun

buildersdaughter

Hester, I love your recipes! Hunt the fish pie indeed!

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H/hester I think we are sisters from another mister :):)

cuddlymarm

Sausage surprise is a useful meal too. It can consist of almost anything with a couple of value sausages thrown in. Mashed potato on top of baked beans and sausage chunks. Pasta with a sauce with sausage chunks. Wedgie veg roasted with again sausage chunks. Hot dog sausages can be used instead. Or as a total surprise beefburger instead of sausage.
Kids will eat anything if the name is fun.
Cuddles