Got £1 and hungry

Gigervamp

I was thinking exactly the same thing!

Maggie_Bob

I love some of the ideas in this thread. I would really like to reduce what we spend on food, but the hubby is a fussy so-and-so, doesn't like eating things past their dates or if they are slightly the worse for wear etc. If/when I become a SAHM, he'll be eating what I put in front of him, no worries about that

medsdemon

I would buy on a £1.04 budget ( 4p over but I'm sure you could find 4 pennies tucked somewhere):

Penne pasta 17p
mozzerella 40p
tomato pasta sauce 18p
instant noodles 11p
can pineapple in juice 18p

then pick some dandelion leaves on the way home:D.

Breakfast: pineapple in it's juice
lunch : soupy noodles with dandelion leaves chopped up and wilted mixed in for vitamins!!!
dinner : pasta with tomato pasta sauce and mozzerella melted through

For a £1.50 budget for 4 people :

Penne pasta 17p
mozzerella 40p
tomato pasta sauce 18p
can pineapple in juice 18p
yoghurts 29p for 4
noodles 22p
dandelion leaves (free)


Breakfast: pineapple chunks in juice with yoghurt
lunch: soupy noodles with wilted dandelion leaves
dinner: pasta with tomato pasta sauce and mozzerella melted through or baked in the oven. You could utilise your ( or your grannies) garden and make a trendy side salad of dandelion leaves with any flowers you might have ( viola, pansy, nastursiums etc) but no dressing.

it would be easier if it was £1 a day for 7 days and you could then get a bit more variety with £7 eg add in Basics Sainsbugs teabags, buy eggs69p,batter mix10p rice45p, potatoes99p, teabags30p, milk4lt99p, curry sauce9p, frozen mixed veg65p, 4x yoghurts29p, bread47p, pasta17p, mozzerella40p, can pineapple18p, tomato pasta saucex236p, noodles 22p, red kidney beans17p, vegetable cup soups 17p, mixed fruit jam29p.

It would be a bit lacking in variety & seasoning but not too bad.

anguk

karren wrote: »

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

Gigervamp wrote: »

I was thinking exactly the same thing!

Me too!

11p for a tin of beans, 19p for a loaf of bread and 45p for a tin of corned beef! Those were the days, you couldn't buy those for less than £1 now.

Edit: I've just looked on Tesco's site and it would cost £2.23 now and that's for the cheapest value stuff.
Beans - 28p - more than doubled in price
Bread - 47p - more than double
Corned Beef - £1.48 - more than tripled in price! :eek:

ifonlyitwaseasier

ok having a look, for 2 people for one day, it gets bread heavy tho

mashed banana on 2 slices toast and tea

salmon paste sandwichs and tea

beans on toast and yes you guessed it tea

all for the grand total of £2.10 according to my supermarket that includes uht milk and value everything you can

not very interesting and definitely wouldn't fill up my OH for long, but it'd do for emergencies

Butterfly_Brain

sausage and baked bean lasagne

Tin baked beans and sausages 41p
lasagne sheets 23p ( soak in hot water for half an hour before assembling)
layer lasagne sheets and beans in a dish, sprinkle with grated cheese (20p)ish
bake in oven until golden and bubbling about 25 mins

Hovel_lady

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

sausage and baked bean lasagne

tin baked beans and sausages 41p
lasagne sheets 23p ( soak in hot water for half an hour before assembling)
layer in a dish, sprinkle with grated cheese (20p)ish
bake in oven until golden and bubbling about 25 mins

I like the sound of that Butterfly Brain. Shame it'll cost us more 'cos we want veggie sausages/beans in a tin. Will be trying it thanks

raphanius

very frustrating, since i posted my plan the pasta sauce has gone up 22p !!!

Hovel_lady

raphanius wrote: »

very frustrating, since i posted my plan the pasta sauce has gone up 22p !!!

I shouldn't worry, the way supermarket prices seem to change these days next week it'll be half the price or something

Butterfly_Brain

Hovel_lady wrote: »

I like the sound of that Butterfly Brain. Shame it'll cost us more 'cos we want veggie sausages/beans in a tin. Will be trying it thanks

Just use baked beans and add some veggies of choice it works anyway you can think up