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Is it possible to eat "healthy" on a £150 per month budget?
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Cousin_Creditor
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I have a separate budget of £5 per day for meals at work. So, this £150 is to cover two meals per day.
Is it possible to eat healthy on this budget? Is it possible to get the 5 a day as advised? I have struggled living alone and cooking food for myself and I'm starting to feel rather useless at life. Also, I don't know where to begin.
Is it possible to eat healthy on this budget? Is it possible to get the 5 a day as advised? I have struggled living alone and cooking food for myself and I'm starting to feel rather useless at life. Also, I don't know where to begin.
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Fresh root vegetables are less than £1 per kilo
Fresh fruit starts at around £1 per kilo
Tinned food is available for less than £1 per kilo
Pulses and grains can be bought for £1 per kilo
Flour is around 80p for 1.5kg
Milk less than £1 per litre
Six eggs can be bought for £1
Fresh meat starts at around £4 per kilo
Oils and seasoning don't have to be expensive.
Frozen food costs similar or sometimes even less.
Your £150 per month could comfortably buy 100-150kg of food each month.
Yes it's perfectly possible for one person to eat healthy. You could probably even feed a family of four at a push...2 -
As above there are also cheaer brands of canned food such as sardines, tuna, plum and chopped tomatoes etc which are nutritious as part of a healthy diet.
The best thing to do is meal plan and bulk cook if possible having cupboard staples to avoid buying take aways and ready meals.3 -
I think your budget of £5 as day for lunches is quite high if you're preparing food for lunch.4
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Cousin_Creditor said:I have a separate budget of £5 per day for meals at work. So, this £150 is to cover two meals per day.
Is it possible to eat healthy on this budget? Is it possible to get the 5 a day as advised? I have struggled living alone and cooking food for myself and I'm starting to feel rather useless at life. Also, I don't know where to begin.2 -
Ok and it isn't a problem that I don't own a freezer?1
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Cousin_Creditor said:Ok and it isn't a problem that I don't own a freezer?2
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Emmia said:Cousin_Creditor said:Ok and it isn't a problem that I don't own a freezer?2
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Cousin_Creditor said:Emmia said:Cousin_Creditor said:Ok and it isn't a problem that I don't own a freezer?1
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Emmia said:Cousin_Creditor said:Emmia said:Cousin_Creditor said:Ok and it isn't a problem that I don't own a freezer?1
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If you watch YouTube 'Befree, Befrugal' and 'Ali lives well on less' show you how to live alone on a very small budget and still eat very healthily. 'Befree' doesn't have a freezer either.
I found the recipe lists at the start of the grocery challenge pages were a tremendous help to menu plan when I was managing on a low income while we were getting out of debt years ago. They may help but as others have said your budget is very good if you plan wisely.MAY GROCERY CHALLENGE £0/ £250
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