Got £1 and hungry

Cat72

I have countless times had to feed myself on as little as a £1. Just remember how much better I am off now !
Here are my suggestions -
budget loaf 19p
bannana 11p
value chicken or curry noodles 8-10p
budget fish fingers ( asda 19p)
budget baked beans 19p
TREAT- either budget biscuits or lemonade/ diluted orange ( if your sick of water ) or budget jam

breakfast- toast on bannana
lunch- noodles
dinner - fish fingers & beans
desert - biscuits or lemonade ( a toast to pay day ) or bread & jam

I tended to buy bread as it lasts a few days and if you get hungry you can always have toast.If you have tomato sauce you can get pasta and use the tomato sauce with maybe some onion or veg mixed in .

wanting2save

Quackers wrote:

How & why does an almost 2 year old thread appear from nowhere

:rotfl:

Oh, I love lentil dhal.

Its just called 'lentils' in our house.

I dont think it matters, i am loving it!! Am so surprised at one of the posts that made a whole days meals for 2 for only £1.... :T

P.s not really had many lentils in my life but must definately try!!

letsgobilliejoe

pack of yellow split peas: 39p
pack of value onions (2kg): 40p
pack of value carrots: 20p
enough soup to feed an army: priceless

aimeelister

Not very healthy i know but.....

Packet of economy noodles 9p each
Packet of economy soup 28p for a pack of 4

Cook the noodles as per instructions adding the soup sachet. Voila nicer noodles!:D

lynzpower

not very 0S but

farmfoods does a bag of potatoes for 50p
and 4 chicken & veg hollands pies for 40p,
10p left might get you a tin of beans, or peas to go with value style

Farmfoods also does thai green curry & rice for 40p supposed to be quite good

thats cheating though innit

HappyIdiotTalk

cathy wrote:

go to your veg shop lol

dont buy the pre packed ones in the supermarket

never theyre a rip off

a lb of cooking onions in our fruit and veg shop are 39p and you get about 8 to the lb half the size of the ones your talking about but its all you need

Agreed, I get most of my fruit and veg from a local asian market shop and am constantly amazed when I walk out the door with three or four bags of the stuff and lots of change out of a tenner.

And the best bit is the fruit is ripe and actually tastes good! Not like the under ripe rubbish at the supermarket.

I still go to supermarkets, but I look at the perfect fruit and veg they sell with disgust. OK it looks nice, but its usually under ripe, tasteless and very expensive.

If anyone here is buying there fruit and veg from a supermarket I emplore you to try your local green grocers or asian shop. It'll save you loads of money so very MSE and will taste nicer and go further! Its win win win!

HappyIdiotTalk

filigree wrote:

I'll be good and not suggest anything that involves stealing from McDonalds

I dont see why not considering you and I are paying for the extra load they are putting on the NHS! Plus they acquired their own ingredients (I feel dirty saying that in the context of McDonalds) by ripping off their own suppliers so they're well versed in this area (get yourself a copy of Fast Food Nation - from the library of course and you'll see what I mean!).

Anyway I'm sure a few takeaway sauces and packets of COMPLEMENTARY salt and pepper isn't stealing.

:A

needaspirin

Guy in the Middle East got you all beat. Managed to feed 5000 on only 5 loaves and 3 fishes - and he got em free!

wanting2save

needaspirin wrote:

Guy in the Middle East got you all beat. Managed to feed 5000 on only 5 loaves and 3 fishes - and he got em free!

very good!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

vizcacha

I love this thread but when I try to think of a menu keep coming up with the old favourites - tinned tomatoes, value baked beans etc.

If I had curry powder already in the house I would buy seasonal veg from the cheapest place I could find ( probably at the greengrocers or they have 1kg at Tescos at the mo' - think the offer ends today - for 69p) and make a load of spicy soup with value bread (24p) to fill up

or I if was really starving would buy porridge oats 45p value bread & baked beans. Bit carby but I wouldn't be hungry after that!

Are we doing the challenge from scratch i.e.. Nothing in the cupboards or are we assuming 'basics' are there already e.g.salt, pepper, cooking oil etc?