Got £1 and hungry

fantasia322

wow, just found this thread and have nothing to add but will be reading and trying to practice with interest.
I wonder why it took from 2006 till yesterday to ressurect it though?
Any other experienced MSE's have any good idea's please.

DaisyMoo

Not so much an experienced MSE'r, still got my training wheels on :rotfl:
This is something I cook regularly & it goes down a treat! We usually get 4 portions out of these measurements - 2 x Adult main meal & 2 x leftovers for lunch next day so I guess you could halve the ingredients again - even cheaper

Bacon Risotto - 97p (approx) obviously depending on where you shop!!

Arborio Rice - 300g = 28p
Streaky Bacon x 6 = 49p
1 Meduim Onion = 10p ? (not quite sure exact price, but taking an average from previous posts!)
100g Frozen peas = 8p
1 ltr Chicken or Vegetable stock (2 x stock cubes) = 2p
Pinch of Salt & Pepper - ? Personal Choice
Knob of butter - ? Wouldn't know how to calculate this!!

1. Finely chop the onion. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and a knob of butter in a pan, add the onions and fry until lightly browned (about 7 minutes). Add the chopped bacon and fry for a further 5 minutes, until it starts to crisp.
2. Add the rice and stock, and bring to the boil. Stir well, then reduce the heat and cook, covered, for 15-20 minutes until the rice is almost tender.
3. Stir in the peas, add a little salt and pepper and cook for a further 3 minutes, until the peas are cooked. Serve sprinkled with freshly grated parmesan and freshly ground black pepper.

I prefer to use smoked streaky bacon as it give the dish a lovely flavour, but this will cost extra pennies. I did not calculate the parmesan as I never put it in (I don't like it!) but I left it in the recipe for the adventurous amongst you!!
Also, if you are feeling flush, you could throw in a handful of mushrooms and or frozen sweetcorn for the last 3 mins of cooking.

Bon Apetit :j

thegoodlifewannabe

Do you think it could be done in 2011, a meal for £1 or maybe £1.50 ?

but i want it for 4. Hope i'm not being too specific:T

Buddingblonde

Asda smart price - pasta 32p, bolognaise jar 17p, 2 tins of rice pudding 17p each

outofmoney

Here is my suggestion for a days food for two people.

Breakfast Boiled egg and soldiers for breakfast :egg 8p each, slice of bread approx 3p (Both value.) x 2 = 22p

Dinner Packet of Savoury Rice = 28p
Half Packet of 8 sausages = 24p (Chopped and added to rice)

Tea 2 rolls from pack of 12 value = 6p
2 slices of cheap ham from deli = approx 40p

Pud and snack 4 value yoghurts = 29p


Grand Total = £1.49

Not quite sure how nutritious the meals would actually be though!

[Deleted User]

egg, HM chips and a tin of beans, food of the Gods (not all that healthy) but a cheap quick meal that's comfort eating now and again won't kill you.One of my grandsons favourite meals when he comes home after fishing all day and he is 15 and 5'10" and hasn't an ounce of fat on him Grrr

patchwork_cat

outofmoney wrote: »

Here is my suggestion for a days food for two people.

Breakfast Boiled egg and soldiers for breakfast :egg 8p each, slice of bread approx 3p (Both value.) x 2 = 22p

Dinner Packet of Savoury Rice = 28p
Half Packet of 8 sausages = 24p (Chopped and added to rice)

Tea 2 rolls from pack of 12 value = 6p
2 slices of cheap ham from deli = approx 40p

Pud and snack 4 value yoghurts = 29p




Grand Total = £1.49

Not quite sure how nutritious the meals would actually be though!

The original premise was though that you couldn't use part of a larger pack. You had £1 and nothing in. No cheating

This thread has more lives than Lazarus, how many times has it been resurrected!

I did notice something with shock, in 2004 a tin of corned beef was under 50p, now they are 3 times that!

quintwins

corn beef is crazy expensive

ok my go is

breakfast- toast (with a malt loaf 28p)

lunch- value noddles 11p with tinned sweetcorn 32p

dinner- cheese sandwich (with malt loaf and value cheese (was gonna say spread but wow how expensive has that got so processed slices are 39p)

snacks - value digestives 30p


that comes to £1.40 again not very healthyalso you would need to have some butter

raphanius

Assuming there is nothing in the store cupboards and I'm working from scratch heres my list (everything fron Mr T):

1 banana 12p
1 value strawberry yoghurt 15p
1 value chicken noodles 11p
1 value pasta quills 17p
1 value pasta sauce 17p
1 tin value kidney beans 16p
1 value strawberry flavour whip 12p

total spend £1

menu:

breakfast: banana with strawberry yoghurt

lunch: noodles with a scattering of kidney beans from tin

dinner: kidney bean pasta in sauce with strawberry whip for dessert

drinks: water

the worrying thing is that bread and milk are both prohibitively expensive.

karren

I read through this and was amazed how the prices of some these days are nearly double!