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BBC: " Family food shop up '£15 a week'"
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Own brand bread is disgusting. I always bought the 28p Sainsburys bread but in recent months it has started to have a horrid taste and go stale very quickly so I have started to buy Kingsmill because it stays soft longer and always tastes fresh
This is something I have still never grasped. I paid £1 for a jar of pasta sauce yesterday that will feed the 3 of us twice. Yet surely If I had to buy all the ingredients to make my own it would cost more than £1. Plus it would never taste as good as the jarred sauce. Stuff I make from scratch tastes so bland :rolleyes:
Well maybe you need some cooking lessons!
I agree about the bread, but we don't really eat that much of it anyway so it isn't an issue for us.
A tin of tomatoes costs about 22p, an onion next to nothing, fresh garlic lasts ages and is cheap (or you can get the jars of it about £1 and it would last months), maybe a squirt of tomato paste (about 15p or something and lasts ages as well) plus some dried herbs which last forever. The secret ingredient is either a teaspoon of marmite!
I reckon it costs me way less than 50p for 4 generous portions of sauce, or 6 if you want it less saucy!. And a more than 50% decrease is quite a lot. I for one would just not like to eat Dolmio or whatever when I can make it to my taste!
Curry is miles cheaper, cos you can use tinned tomatoes as the base again, and the spices are ridiculously cheap. (not even a penny per portion!). You could use cocont milk for the base but even then it would cost less in my opinion. I just like home cooked food and I pay about £120 per month on a shop for 2 people so I think that is pretty good going!0 -
right - get yourself over to the OS board immediately! the savings you can make with menu planning, bulk cooking and preparing from scratch are HUGE! lots of recipes and ideas and people to ask for help when recipes go wrong!This is something I have still never grasped. I paid £1 for a jar of pasta sauce yesterday that will feed the 3 of us twice. Yet surely If I had to buy all the ingredients to make my own it would cost more than £1. Plus it would never taste as good as the jarred sauce. Stuff I make from scratch tastes so bland :rolleyes:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=33
EDIT - not to mention the benefit of not having the same levels of additives, preservatives, salt etc in the food you eat!:happyhear0 -
Oooh I have never been to that board, sounds right up my street! I prepare everything from scratch and I am pretty sure it saves me a fortune. I don't reckon it takes much more time either!0
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Well maybe you need some cooking lessons!
I agree about the bread, but we don't really eat that much of it anyway so it isn't an issue for us.
A tin of tomatoes costs about 22p, an onion next to nothing, fresh garlic lasts ages and is cheap (or you can get the jars of it about £1 and it would last months), maybe a squirt of tomato paste (about 15p or something and lasts ages as well) plus some dried herbs which last forever. The secret ingredient is either a teaspoon of marmite!
I reckon it costs me way less than 50p for 4 generous portions of sauce, or 6 if you want it less saucy!. And a more than 50% decrease is quite a lot. I for one would just not like to eat Dolmio or whatever when I can make it to my taste!
Curry is miles cheaper, cos you can use tinned tomatoes as the base again, and the spices are ridiculously cheap. (not even a penny per portion!). You could use cocont milk for the base but even then it would cost less in my opinion. I just like home cooked food and I pay about £120 per month on a shop for 2 people so I think that is pretty good going!
That sounds great and well done to you for that, really. But for couples who work full time thats the last thing I want to do after working a full day. Its just so much easier to fry off some meat and slop the sauce in the frying pan. I must admit though, I will wait for the jars to be on BOGOF first. I do meal plan during the week but really can't be bothered to batch cook loads of stuff up at weekends.. maybe thats where I am going wrong.
I made the comment about bread recently. I only eat brown for sandwiches and most cheap brands are awful so tend to stick to Hovis, even if it now costs a ridiculous £1.15 (£1.29 in our local co-op :eek: ) however DH buys Tesco's own brand bread, foil wrapped 65p and stays fresh for 7 days.. now thats not bad.0 -
izzybusy23 wrote: »That sounds great and well done to you for that, really. But for couples who work full time thats the last thing I want to do after working a full day.
And what do you think I do apart from work for a full day???0 -
Over recent months I have found the only way to enjoy such luxuries as beef,cheese,decent bread etc is to look out for the deals or look in the reduced section.
I almost cried in Morrisons the other week, I was looking for a decent joint of meat for Sunday roast and all bar chicken was out of my price range...as time has gone on, value and reduced end of life food has replaced the normal foods with the resultant complaints from the kids!
Mind you, I have discovered Lidls in the last 2 weeks! Yay, I can have spaghetti bolognese again!We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
Turkey is a very cheap meat, and it is very healthy and lean.0
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Yep....and seems to be virtually continually sold out in my local supermarket!
Have bought some turkey leg drumsticks in the past, 2 huge ones in a packet which will do 2 roasts but it seems others have cottoned on and you have to be quick (it's like winning the lottery when you do manage to get your hands on some) to grab them!
It's almost carnage time when they come to reduce all the foods, trollies bashing everywhere, kids screaming, brollies coming into action.....
Ok, slightly over the top but you get the picture (meant to be a smiley picture here but they seem to have disappeared!)We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
on the subject of pasta and curry sauces, i make a huge batch then portion in in freezer bags and freeze. Dothe same with lasagne etc and i still feed a family of 3 on less than £200 a month including cat food and treats. Oh an I also work full time as does my husband.
The idea of a £100 per week on food just astounds meMF aim 10th December 2020 :j:eek:MFW 2012 no86 OP 0/2000
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