Old Style vs the USDA head-to-head challenge...

boredofbeingathome

weezl74 wrote: »

Thanks bigmummaF, The challenge is gonna be £200 til the end of the year, which is 55p each a day, or £33.33 a month . I love the 'whittling ways with wonga' idea :rotfl::rotfl::T

Weezl x

Good luck with that, i think i will have to join in, as Mr.B has a great way of flushing money down the drain:rotfl:

I may have to whittle his wonga if he carries on:rotfl: :rotfl:

weezl74

Hiya BOB, you're very welcome to join me!

Do you grow and eat turnips, I know they feature in your thread, but I wasn't sure if they'd made it to your garden or plate;). I think theyre pretty cheap!!!

Weezl x

Tashja

weezl74 wrote: »

Thanks bigmummaF, The challenge is gonna be £200 til the end of the year, which is 55p each a day, or £33.33 a month . I love the 'whittling ways with wonga' idea :rotfl::rotfl::T

Weezl x

WOW !!! :eek:

That is some challenge there hun but if anyone can do it our weezl and Mr Weezl can. And of course you will have everyone on here for support.

You might have already said (I think I have that Ape Amnesia from Acetate too !!) but when does your new challenge start ??

T xx

weezl74

Hi Tashja,

Well this one ends on monday, and I'm not going to do any off budget spending, so I was going to start on tuesday, 1st July.

But I will have food left over from this one, so I guess it depends which way you look at it!:rotfl:

newlywed

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

Here be the bread recipe newlywed!

Quick wholemeal bread (Readers digest recipe)

(makes loaf – approx 14 slice)

450g/1 Ibs strong wholemeal bread flour

Oh cool, I have a jar of that in the cupboard where I chickened out of making bread before and then couldn't find the recipe

boredofbeingathome

weezl74 wrote: »

Hiya BOB, you're very welcome to join me!

Do you grow and eat turnips, I know they feature in your thread, but I wasn't sure if they'd made it to your garden or plate;). I think theyre pretty cheap!!!

Weezl x

I have never actually grown one, but will put it on my list of challenges, as i really do love the taste, especially if they are chipped and put in oven as an alternative to oven chips:o

I have begun to cost out meals, and with four hungry peeps at home need to do this.
so..last night i made chilli con carne,

250g lean mince,(netto 2 for £3.50 500g each) 87.5p
1/2 onion--5p
peppers, (frozen) 30p
tin of value kidney beans 19p
two tins of toms 36p
chilli seasoning 1p fresh herbs from garden 0p
jacket potato each from large bag 57kg for £6.50 reckon they were 2kg in total..11.5p per kilo, 22p for spuds.

total for meal..for 4..£2.05

so nearly 50p each for the meal. I reckon i could get it down further

Pud was microwaved jam sponge and custard,
jam...5p

sr flour 100g..6p

two eggs...25p

marg...10p

milk.. for sponge and custard 2op?

Custard powder 5p

Total 71p

total for the two £2.76

each works out at 68p..

I reckon over the day may work at £1 per person, so that is twice your amount, still a large saving though. I will have to get my thinking cap on!:rotfl:

mama67

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

Thanks are you still using the one you told me about before????

I wanted to try these first as they are more local and the one you use only deliver fornightly round here

Might give them a go next time but hope the garden will kick in soon

Shaz

Yes Shaz I am, in the end you have to do whats best for you and yours and maybe a bit dearer one weekly might be better but have you tried Pink Pig in Scunny? have heard they do some good stuff.

weezl74

BOB, the chilli meal sounds very reasonable! :T :money:

Do your crew have meat every day? If so, how much meat counts as meat, if you see what I mean? Like would a pea annd rosemary risotto with little pieces of bacon itn it count? Cos mostly veggie meals (or smartprice sausages or frozen mince or offal) seem to be the only way I can get it that cheap while keeping meat in our diet.;)

Woul they eat liver and onion casserole? Devilled kidneys?

Mind you, I could sacrifice my posh coffee, and then I could afford more meat, so each to their own!

Since a vegetarian day in our house can be as little as 10p for our evening meal, we can have a couple of more pricy meat-eating days, with the lentils balancing it out!

Don't know if any of those things would work for you? Let me know what you think?! Oh and keep posting your addings up, i love knowing I'm not the only one doing a spot of geeky maths .

Shaz and mumma67, very interesting thoughts on the veg boxes, Seems good that yours has eggs too shaz, free range ones are worth a fair bit eh?

Happy Friday all,

weezl x

boredofbeingathome

They would eat meat every day if i let them. but no we have a lot of veggie meals as well. I have quantities of quorn, also they like a lot of eggs and pasta dishes, as well as rice ones. I do a lot of meat free curries as well, and soups..i love butternut squash soup..very cheap at mo and large as well, must get some in.I also make a lot of my own bread..it soon goes though.
I have been thinking a lot about it all, and reckon we could eat better on less.
My budget varies between £150-250 a month and that depends on freezer cycle, as in replenishing it. I have never gotten the hang of batch cooking for the freezer as they will eat any quantity i make.

Tashja

Sorry to hijack thread !!!

BOB - Would you mnd posting the recipe for Butternut Squash Soup - I have never tried butter nut squash but would love to start trying new things.

Since Weezl posted the list of essential fatty foods I have been adding spinich to everything Nobody has noticed yet !!!

T xx