sammy_kaye's £100 a month food budgetting

lilmisskitkat

I've said it before Sammy - you are an inspiration! :T :T :T

What a fab post, especially as i'm really nosy and love to read what other people eat and how they shop I do nowhere near as well as you, even though at the moment i only have myself, OH and DD (6) to feed, i spend double in a month what you do.

When it was just me and DD i used to spend around £20, sometimes only £10 a week with £5 spare for extra milk, fruit, bread etc but since OH came along the food bill has shot up - he eats for about 3 people (6'2 and lanky as they come, never puts on an ounce) and doesn't think its a meal unless it contains meat :rolleyes: i'm slowly trying to change him though!

I'd love to see a typical weeks menu for your family, to nick some ideas lol. I agree that when you post your shopping list/meal plan you run the risk of criticism (sp?) but i think the main thing like Queenie said is to remember everyone's family is different and has different needs eg. me and DD put together dont eat the amount that OH does so even though theres 3 of us it really is like feeding a family of 4.

Thank you for posting your list

Kate xxx

ps. oh and the skin thing? I never had a problem with my skin until i had DD (6yrs ago) but since then i have constantly dry skin and suffer occasionally from eczema. With this pregnancy however, my skin is oily and i have spots (for the first time never had more than the occasional one even as a teen). And anyway, baby stuff smells GORGEOUS!!!!

twink

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

mumrus - I make the famous 'twinks hobnobs'. They are amazing - i will warn you though once you've tried them you will have to be quick in future or they will barely make it out the oven before they are scoffed!! well this happens in my house anyway

i have to slyly make them whilst bf and son are out and hide them away so they dont scoff the lot

If ever you need it again its in the indexed collection under twinks hobnobs.

here is her recipe (nicked off anotehr thread!)

this is the recipe i use
8oz sr flour
8oz sugar
8oz porridge oats
8oz margarine
1tbsp golden syrup
1tbsp hot water
1/2 tsp bic soda
mix flour, oats and sugar, melt marg, syrup and water in a pan stir in bic soda and add to dry mix, mix well, make smallish balls and put on greased tray and flatten slightly with a fork, 180oc for 15 mins, cool on the tray, you just want them golden in oven not brown

hope you enjoy them mumsrus and thanks you twink!!! they are yummy!!!

glad you like them Sammy have found out its best to gently melt the marg or butter, i use the micro, it doesnt want to be too hot, if it is let it cool a bit before you mix it in

mustafa_say_ving

I just wanted to say how impressed I am at your ingenuity & determination to feed your family well on a tight budget.

I only post a little on the OS ...but am a regular lurker , I remember your posts from when you first came onto the OS board...You've achieved so much ...I think you should be really really proud of yourself

mustafa_say_ving

I use that very same recepie Twink....I think I got it off some sort of WI site..


Ah just found it It's this one ...


http://www.acountrylife.com/


Here's th direct link

http://www.acountrylife.com/page.php?id=391


These really are easy to make

mustafa_say_ving

toria27 wrote: »

I often read your threads and try to take tips from you so thanks for posting this. I am currently spending £130 a month to feed 2 adults and one 2 1/2 year old, this is for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. I really struggle to do this though as DD eats so much!!
for example since she got up she has had a glass of milk, good bowl full of ready brek, a banana, satsuma, large rice cake and an apple. She is still saying she is hungry but I will make her wait until her snack at 10.30 now, she will then have a couple of hanfulls of grapes, lunch is a mince, veg & rice casserole and a yogurt then tea is soup, a ham and mushroom omlette. She will also have a biscuit later or a bit of homemade cake (ive made carrott, apple, raisin and sunflower seed cake to try and fill her up) plus another glass of milk, if really hungry she will have some raisins, breadsticks or crackers later too.
I do find it really hard to keep up with her demand for food and didn't know a little girl could eat so much, it must be because she sleeps 13 hours at night sometimes 2 in the day aswell, but when she is awake she doesn't sit for more than 5 minutes.

My youngest DD 7 ( the blonde in my avatar) is the same and has been since birth.
When she come home from school this is what she scoffs.

1/4 bunch grapes
1/2 carrot
4 crackers
2 spoons soft cheese
slice of cinnamon & rasin cake(really simlple recipe, must remember to post it later)
3 oat biscuits( as per Twinks recipe)

Then less than an hour after that she has supper
then pudding
Then milk
then 2 more biscuits
I won't even start on the amount of stuff she has in her lunch box!


I remember when her big sister started school ( she was still at home) we'd have breakfast, walk to school, come home, when she'd have another breakfast ( and I'm talking about the pancakes & bacon type breakfasts here :eek: )


so you are so not alone

kethry

Sammy - i wanted to say thankyou, not only for this post and the recommendation for the bread recipe ( ) but also for putting your font size back up in the recent posts.. i didn't quite know how to ask you to make it a bit larger without coming across all criticial, which i definetly don't want to do because i'm so aware of the effort typing out all of your initial posts would've taken.

thankyou!!! (and i'm studiously ignoring all references to twink's hobnobs.. i'm trying to lose weight!)

keth
xx

sammy_kaye18

Kethry

I know i have a habit of doign that - its not intentional i just like small writing for some reason but i was actually nagged on another board i use as a lady with vision problems could never read what id written and was feeling left out - so fear not - lesson learned and i wont use small fonts again - now is anyone having problems with the colour cos i can change that too if you want!



and Yes Kethry - I LOVE YOUR BREAD RECIPE!!!!! Especialyl the gaga bit!!! but have to say Queen doesnt do it for me and i much prefer to listen to a bit of 'my chemical romance' whilst im doing it.:T

kethry

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

and Yes Kethry - I LOVE YOUR BREAD RECIPE!!!!! Especialyl the gaga bit!!! but have to say Queen doesnt do it for me and i much prefer to listen to a bit of 'my chemical romance' whilst im doing it.:T

hey, whatever rocks your boat, babe..

glad you're not offended. i wouldn't want to offend you for the world - you're a sweet lady, who doesn't deserve that!

*huggggss*

keth
xx

sarah1975uk

I am so desperate to try the 'twinks hobnobs' omg hate to think of how many spare tyres my family are all going to get lol :rolleyes: oh well could be the remote chance that i dont like them..... I DONT THINK SO! lol:D

Suppose we could all have a glass of milk with them ... guess thats what is meant by a balanced diet eh!

rosieben

sarah1975uk wrote: »

I am so desperate to try the 'twinks hobnobs' omg hate to think of how many spare tyres my family are all going to get lol :rolleyes: oh well could be the remote chance that i dont like them..... I DONT THINK SO! lol:D

Suppose we could all have a glass of milk with them ... guess thats what is meant by a balanced diet eh!

no, a balanced diet is a hobnob in each hand :rotfl: