HELP. Can I buy one week's groceries for £10. Really need some advice please.

sillyvixen

Old_Meanie wrote: »

Hello Dazed

If you want some cheapie puds to make meals go further. Value tinned fruit in jelly is good. I use a tin of value fruit cocktail in juice make up a lime jelly to 3/4 pint then add drained fruit. Value fruit is about 29p and Hartleys lime jelly 44p this lasts us for two puds. Also you can pour boiling water on lemon jelly to dissolve and make up to 1 pint with evaporated milk and water if needed. Makes a good lemon mousse cost about 80-90p. Also value swiss roll raspberry flavour sliced with a tin of value raspberries over the top. Make up raspberry jelly to nearly 1 pint and pour over. This costs a little more but you could do it with fresh value strawberries be about £1 to £1.20. Serve with ice cream if it can be afforded. All these use tinned fruit which counts towards the 5 a day just the same as fresh and is low fat too!

my mum used to make the jelly and evap (she used orange) she used to whisk 3/4 pint of evap untill it is fluffy and then melt jelly in 1/4 pint of water and leave it to cool abit and whisk together while jelly is still liquid. all these puds can be chilled in single portions and taken with packed lunch ( hopefully your oh has fridge to put his lunch in)

dazed_2008

Thanks so much everyone, these are absolutely brilliant.
I'm feeling much more positive-and I am going to apply this thinking to the entire shop from now on! Our food budget was becoming astronomical so it really needs to be pared down.

I can't thank you all enough. These are great.

Jnelhams

Sorry to hear it's tough for you at the moment, Have you checked with the Local Citizen's Advice to find out if your are getting all the benefits your are entitled too, remember it's not charity you pay taxes even if you've never worked!

As for £10 on food, I would suggest Lidl , Aldi, Netto supermarkets, and the local market near to closing time especially Saturday Markets - The meat , Veg and bakery stalls normally reduce stuff quite a bit and most it can go in the freezer.

Other ideas include using smaller plates, I am not being funny but smaller plates make meals look bigger and so you dont want to eat as much, drinking water before a meal also feels you up. Have a good breakfast of Porridge and you'll feel less hungry and be healthier too.

Lidl White Breadflour is just 48p and will make around 2-3 loaves.

Frying Potato peelings makes a nice snack too.

betterlife

hello, if you make your own bread you can get free fresh yeast from the fresh bread counters at asda and tesco`s just ask. also i bought a pack of 2 ham shanks from butchers for £1.50 idea for sandwiches, hm pies and quiche or with chips/mash, egg or veg,. pasta carb. also i get free bones from the butcher for making stock with, there is also normally enough meat to pick of bones to go in soup after boiling. pancakes are cheap and easy and you can use sweet or savory fillings. corn beef hash (mash and cheap tin of corn beef or use some mince) with value baked beans. could make some hm sausage rolls for hubbys lunch and little one, basic sausages i think about 16p at mo, take skin off and make some pastry with basic flour. its really surprising how far you can make your money stretch when you have very little, if only we could do it all the time. if you use lots of milk buy some powdered milk for tea/coffee , cereal etc. hope this helps good luck. also i agree make sure you are getting all benefits you are entitled to and rebates, if you little one is 4yrs or under and you are on benefits you are entitled to £3 per week in vouchers for fresh fruit/veg and milk contact tax credits or google fresh start vouchers for info.

busy_mum_4

Try going shopping about 30 minutes before the shop is going to close, often lots of bargains to be had. Our local Morrisons usually reduce lots of things down to 9p.

angelatgraceland

dazed_2008 wrote: »

Hi, we are really really short of money at the moment (all related to health problems and I don't want to borrow money that I then have to pay back etc etc etc).

I have £10 and I need to come up with a way of feeding 2 adults and 1 child for a week with that. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I usually cook from scratch, make own bread etc so would need to buy flour, pref some fruit and need sandwiches for the week for hubbie.

Is it possible?

Thank you so much for reading and any advice.

Hi Dazed
Well for breakfast porridge is about the cheapest. By porridge I refer to the real oats not the overpriced readybrek stuff.
It can be made with whole milk, part milk/water or just water. Its a good filler.

Lunchtimes, egg or tuna mayo sarnies using asda or tesco or somerfield own brand tuna(approx39p) eggs of your choice-battery ones if thats all you can stretch to.
You can also make a veggie pate from a tin off kidney beans drained and zapped in a food processor with some tomato sauce(2 squirts)
I always buy tesco or asda own value mayo approx 39p a jar.
Also sausage sarnies.

If there is an allotment nearby you may be able to buy a few veggies from someone up there? Sure someone would sell you the odd cabbage or lettuce or whatever?

Keep looking for whoopsies-end of day-end of market day. Learn to barter!

Water down the milk for you(but not for junior)

Good old beans on toast is a standby. Ive made lots of recipes for under 40p per portion using soya mince mixed with minced beef,oaats and lentils.

Its just about possible but will be difficult. If you want any cheap veggy recipes just pm me-although they are all on here on one thread or another!

I buy all of my bread whoopsied.

Try to get in a little fresh fruit-even if its only for junior. Good luck-youve done the best bit-finding this thread!

10past6

dazed_2008 wrote: »

frozen fishcakes (homemade)

Hello dazed

Could you post your fishcake recipe please?

10past6

Hi angel

angelatgraceland wrote: »

You can also make a veggie pate from a tin off kidney beans drained and zapped in a food processor with some tomato sauce(2 squirts)

Is that all it takes to make pate, kidney beans and tomato sauce

What does zapped in the food processor mean?

*Sorry if my question's sounds stupid, I'm just learning to do home cooking*

Fuchsia_a

I love lentil soup - I chop an onion and fry it gently until it's soft, then add some washed red lentils, a stock cube or herbs and pepper and water and simmer it until the lentils are cooked. I usually add frozen or canned sweetcorn when it's nearly done, but other vegetables like carrots would probably go with it too.

If you have anywhere local that you can buy the lentils at a reasonable price, it's very cheap, the preparation time is really short and it requires no attention while it's cooking apart from the occasional stir. My servings of it would probably work out at about 20p if I were buying my lentils at a supermarket instead of in the cheap asian shops, and it's really filling.

The Lidl near me reduces vegetables a lot if you go there about an hour or half an hour before they close. I've been eating a lot of aubergines and avocados lately because they reduce them to 22p and 13p respectively, and I've noticed other vegetables and fruit that keep for a while being reduced a lot too.

Butternut squashes seem to be cheap in a lot of places at the moment - I've seen them for 50p-ish in Lidl several times, and about £1 in Sainsburys. They can make up the main part of four meals if you chop them in half, pack loads of stuffing into and around them (I usually use whatever's handy in the cupboard! Rice and nuts/beans, raisins, oil and chopped herbs and vegetables is good), and brush them with oil and roast until tender. They're great with potatoes, peas/beans and gravy cooked that way. If you're not that into vegetables, it makes a deceptively expensive-looking side dish and goes a lot further. I'm vegan, but I understand that not everyone can just have a big lump of squash for tea and feel happy about it. :rolleyes:

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Tescos sell a 500gm bag of their own make cornflakes for 29p that would sort out a few breakfasts O.K. its not Kellogs but its not too bad .They also sell porridge oats at a kilo bag for 59p that would stretch your mince out as well as make an alternative breakfast