sammy_kaye's £100 a month food budgetting

mary43

Congratulations Sammy -you deserve it. I don't know how you do it but you're a great inspiration.:j

[Deleted User]

I just want to say congratulations too!

I was and am VERY inspired! :beer:

Thanks:D

rosieben

sc1984 wrote: »

you can save even more money by buying fruit and veg at the market, also by going to asian grocers for things like onions, garlic, potatoes, rice and spices. they also sell big boxes of washing powder, bags of samosas, burgers and sausages.

thats a very wide-sweeping statement! its true that markets are generally cheaper, however, my nearest market is now about 50 miles away - thats a bus ride, a train ride and a long walk - and I dont think I've seen an asian market since I left slough several years ago ....

so, can I save more money by buying at the market? I think not! we each do what suits our situation and for me thats a MrT online delivery (I live over an hour and 2 bus rides away from my nearest store).

bellaquidsin

Congratulations Sammy!

I hope your family will soon be better so that you can get on with all the work involved in making your budget work. It must be very hard work for you, so hope you will soon be all be back on track.

Bella.

primowino

I wish I could follow a £100 challenge but I need that for just one of my kids!! My eldest 2 swim for a good swim club so train 8 times a week, including before school. To give you an idea what they eat here is todays meal plan. Breakfast at 5.30 am is 3 weetabix, milk and sugar with a drink of orange juice. Breakfast at 8am, same as early breakfast. 11 am snack of left over roast pork sandwiches (4 slices of bread). Lunch a further 4 slices of bread with cheese and pickle, crisps, fruit, healthy bar and dink of water. Home time snack - a quiche each. Tea huge baked potatoes filled with tuna, peppers, onion, sweetcorn and mayonnaise. They have still to have supper but it will be a pizza or toasted sandwich. The kids are 12 and 15 and are both over 6 foot, and both thin, we need to work really hard keeping them at 4% fat! And I have a younger child who has not reached the level of his brother and sister but shows the potential. I do cook most meals from scratch, but sometimes cannot keep up with their calorie requirement!

I really need this site for all the money saving ideas as we could not afford to let the kids continue with their swimming unless I save the money on the advice received from this site!

Thanks Sammy, I will be following your plans, maybe even trying to make bread, which I have not done yet.

firesidemaid

hi there

really like your thread/post - very motivational!

i had a go at making HM lemon curd last year for the first time (as there is no comparison with shop bought) and even though i had a 'moment' over not having a big enough glass bowl to put over my saucepan it was lovely. i used free-range eggs and asda value lemons. i think it worked out at less than 50p a jar. i then used this as a 'topping' when i made a lemon cake - made holes in the sponge and poured it over. it went through the cake and it made the cake (with or without custard/cream).....;)

also, i wonder how much chance you have to vary your supermarkets. i find asda cheaper than tesco for most things. also, you can use up to 10% off your bill in money-off coupons in asda and more than that in tesco, to reduce your bills even more (i know i keep bleating on about this...:o ) i also enjoy getting the best deals in each s/market, but not everyone has the time to do this.

thanks also for the biscuit recipe x

purpleivy

When I was a younger person than I am now, I always asked Mum for home made lemon curd and cream in my birthday cake! Mmmm! I would rather just have the lemon curd with some nice HM bread. (OK, just with a spoon!)

herman1967

Sammy, I was thinking about getting back on our budget and getting back to doing home baking, I have a pantry full, but have been bogged down with work. You have inspired me to do a load this weekend and stock up the freezer. Like your Ben my sons love helping with the baking (even though some of the ingredients disappear along the way!) it is lovely doing something productive together and so much better than them sitting in front of the TV like so many do these days. We have been growing our own fruit and veg for years, you don't need much space. We have tomatoes and strawberries in hanging baskets and pots, potatoes, beans, courgettes,cucumberand herbs in pots and then a variety of fruit trees and bushes. You have to be inventive when you get a mass of veg at the same time ie courgette in courgette cake, as opposed to ratatouie, but it is soooooo rewarding and our sons love helping with the picking.
Well done and good luck with the gardening.

Ladyra

Hi this thread is great, I've just finished reading and only have one question....... What is a stovie???

Im loving all the ideas on this site and have picked a few recipes to try soon, but im intrigued with 'stovies' can anyone give me a clue pls??

tattycath

Well done Sammy-You deserve post of the month. This thread is great-it's in my subscription box so it's easily accessible.