What can I cook for Dinner Tonight?

Penny-Pincher!!

LOL C-Q!!

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Curry_Queen

Penny-Pincher!! wrote:

LOL C-Q!!

PP
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I do make up for those small extravagances though by buying value beans/tomatoes and all that sort of stuff though

Kimberley

elona wrote:

Egg and chips - dead cheap.

Home made large yorkie each filled with veg and gravy or tin of sausage casserole.

Egg and Chips, yummy, i've just decided on our dinner tonight, thanks Elona :beer: I'll have it with peas

Kimberley

Penny-Pincher!! wrote:

£10.....you should be able to buy enough food for 3/4 meals..lol.

Shepards Pie & Veg:

Small mince lamb-250g (75p), onion (10p), cheapie tin of beans (13p), potatoes for mash (20p), carrots served as side veg (15p)...do you have marg/milk for the mash?
Total £1.33-will make 3 huge portions.

Chilli Con Carne & Rice

Small mince beef-250g (75p), onion (10p), tin of cheapie kidney beans (13p), tin of cheap toms (15p), tin of cheapie beans (13p), chilli powder (50p for full pot but will do about 8 lots-so 6p), 1/2 bag of cheapie rice (25p).
Total £2.00-will make 3 big portions and enough for a spud filling or 2

Sausage & Mash

6 sausages (66p), potatoes for mash (25p), 1/2 cabbage (25p)
Total £1.16-will make 3 good sized portions.


Roast Dinner

Medium chicken (£2.00), potatoes for loads of mash/roasts (50p), stuffing cheapie (18p), carrots (15p), brocolli (30p), HM yorkshires (35p for 6 big ones)
Total £3.48-huge roast each and left over chicken for HM pie next day

Total for 4 good meals and mainingrediants for another (chicken)
=£8.00.

PP
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Er where do you get your prices from? :eek:

Curry_Queen

Kimberley wrote:

Egg and Chips, yummy, i've just decided on our dinner tonight, thanks Elona :beer: I'll have it with peas

D'ya know, I think that's what we'll have tonight too, but with beans instead of peas. Not had egg and chips in ages! :j

Cheers you two :beer:

Kimberley

Lots of eggs being sold today Also Eggs are nice with mashed up potato's

Penny-Pincher!!

Prices are based on Asda/Lidls mainly. Ive cut back so much though. I used to be an M&S and Waitrose exclusive shopping snob, spending between £80-£150 a week for me, OH & DD :eek:
Prices of mince are half a frozen 500g bag (£1.31 divided in half) Chicken is a cheapie frozen (£1.97-not organic im afraid )veg prices are based on fresh bigger bags then divided for meals etc, tinned food are value products, sausages are Adsa pork (88p for 8-again not organic) potatoe prices are for a big bag then divided for meals.

I find this way of working out costs is easier for me. Im quite sad that I break everything down but it makes the difference to my bank account at the end of the month I feel we eat very well. I buy organic whenever possible (normally reduced and buy loads to freeze) and do use local butchers sometimes. We are getting chickens hopefully in November :eek:

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Kimberley

I havn't got an Asda near me and i don't drive so i can't drive to the nearest, i have to settle for Morrisons which is just a minutes walk ..

AnnaV

Spaghetti carbonara? You just need some eggs, bacon, spaghetti, bit of cheese and some cream and loads of pepper. Really tasty (not so great if you are on a diet tough!).

squeaky

I'm having a chicken curry of some sort tonight. Got a dollop of C_Q's base defrosted, a whole chicken in the slow cooker, so I've just got to decide which of the many yummy choices I fancy the most...

..yum!!