You could always give a single day a stab here
http://forum.downsizer.net/viewtopic.php?t=62646&highlight=
I'm up for it, I'll see if I can feed me and the missus for £3.50.
However, tomorrow No1 Son and his partner are visiting for a few days, first meal is tagine of lamb with apricots - cost of new season English lamb: £20.
Green Rosie
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I've just written a DS article - how to cook cheaper but I'm waiting to see if the mods are going to publish it.
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sean
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We are, we are. Just needs someone to feel up to wrestling with the code.
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chez
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We are, we are. Just needs someone to feel up to wrestling with the code. |
I'll have a look at it when the kids are at nursery tomorrow if you like.
Arv and I fed us and Leo on £25 a week for a bit; that included nappies and baby formula. We ate a LOT of veg.
sean
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Ta.
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chez
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There's a girl on MSE who has devised a couple of meal planners (one meaty, one veggie) to feed a family of 4 for £100 a month which looks much better.
http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/planners.html |
That looks good - we REALLY need some sort of planned routine for meals at the moment. I will have a poke at it later. Thanks Jools.
Jools
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You're welcome.
I know she's worked really hard on those planners to make sure that they're not only cheap, but nutritionally balanced.
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Green Rosie
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Ta.  |
Ta from here too
Katieowl
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You're welcome.
I know she's worked really hard on those planners to make sure that they're not only cheap, but nutritionally balanced. |
Who was the poster on MSN Jools??? Just curious I used to hang out there a bit!
Like the sound of her seed butter...might give that a go myself. I Remembered to eat Peanut butter this morning, and survived till lunch much better. (I'm trying to cut back on ordinary bread, as it seems to be really disagreeing with me ATM, really struggling to take enough on board for breakfast to avoid having a bit of a dip before lunch)
Kate
oldish chris
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Its not that easy is it? I've just costed out a "frugal" days eating for me and my wife. It came to £2.35 each, including "short dated" price reductions. It only included 4 of the "5 a day". Apparently it only contained 1,727 Calories.
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Katieowl
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So what you are trying to say Chris, is there should be no such thing as an overweight frugal eater?
SOOOOO Wish that was true!
Kate
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Jools
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Kate, it's Weezl.
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ninat
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I took a look at the shopping list on Sainsbury's website and thought most of it looked fairly minging- those cheap sausages and rubbish chickens...
It's easy to make good quality meat go a very long way if you're careful
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Rob R
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Been thinking, its achievable. £50 a week equates to £7 per day. From previous posts this covers two adults and two youngsters and it seems just food (and not other essentials such as tea and cabernet-sauvignon). Sub-dividing further: £1.00 for breakfast, £2.00 for lunch and £4.00 for dinner - does that sound reasonable?
The real culinary skill would be to pad out decent meat rather than fall back on "economy" burgers and sausages.
I also think that one or two veggie meals a week could cut costs. |
You could always give a single day a stab here
http://forum.downsizer.net/viewtopic.php?t=62646&highlight=
I'm up for it, I'll see if I can feed me and the missus for £3.50.
However, tomorrow No1 Son and his partner are visiting for a few days, first meal is tagine of lamb with apricots - cost of new season English lamb: £20.
Bloody cheap lamb, that.
derbyshiredowser
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Just as I worked out a weeks worth of my coeliac meals I found this
damn...
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/preachers-prophesying-end-world-york-000338169.html
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LynneA
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Just as I worked out a weeks worth of my coeliac meals I found this
damn...
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/preachers-prophesying-end-world-york-000338169.html |
Saw that too. Wonder if there's any point renewing my library books
Green Rosie
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Just as I worked out a weeks worth of my coeliac meals I found this
damn...
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/preachers-prophesying-end-world-york-000338169.html |
Saw that too. Wonder if there's any point renewing my library books
Or looking for my lost one
chez
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I wrestled with the code and Rosie's article is published
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jamanda
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And jolly good it is too! Much more sensible than Sainsbury's!
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marigold
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And jolly good it is too! Much more sensible than Sainsbury's! |
Indeed it is - may I add eating cold to avoid cooking altogether? Many summer meals can be made without any extra cooking - e.g. cook a double quantity of spuds to have hot one day and cold as potato salad the next; batch bake quiche/savoury loaf to have hot one day, cold the next; cook enough boiled eggs for two days at a time - egg mayo sarnies one day, halved eggs with salad the next etc.
Green Rosie
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I wrestled with the code and Rosie's article is published  |
You are a star - go to the top of the glass and have 3 slices of cake
Green Rosie
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And jolly good it is too! Much more sensible than Sainsbury's! |
Thank you
kirstyfern
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breakfast has to be boiled egg with soldiers, or porridge. |
Or marmite on toast
Not for breakfast - Marmite should not be eaten before midday.
Henry
Interesting...because for me Marmite should be BEFORE the sun hits the yard arm? (and never used to make stock!!!)
Kate
Marmite = any time of the day
but NEVER to make stock!
kirstyfern
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Been thinking, its achievable. £50 a week equates to £7 per day. From previous posts this covers two adults and two youngsters and it seems just food (and not other essentials such as tea and cabernet-sauvignon). Sub-dividing further: £1.00 for breakfast, £2.00 for lunch and £4.00 for dinner - does that sound reasonable?
The real culinary skill would be to pad out decent meat rather than fall back on "economy" burgers and sausages.
I also think that one or two veggie meals a week could cut costs. |
You could always give a single day a stab here
http://forum.downsizer.net/viewtopic.php?t=62646&highlight=
I'm up for it, I'll see if I can feed me and the missus for £3.50.
However, tomorrow No1 Son and his partner are visiting for a few days, first meal is tagine of lamb with apricots - cost of new season English lamb: £20.
Bloody cheap lamb, that.
I've slow cooked the last of Rob's mutton joints with potatoes and veg - that will make us about 12 meals
oldish chris
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However, tomorrow No1 Son and his partner are visiting for a few days, first meal is tagine of lamb with apricots - cost of new season English lamb: £20. |
Bloody cheap lamb, that.
T'was only it's shoulder. However, it fed four adults with enough left over for two meals (of a suitable quantity for the weight conscious).
Rob R
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However, tomorrow No1 Son and his partner are visiting for a few days, first meal is tagine of lamb with apricots - cost of new season English lamb: £20. |
Bloody cheap lamb, that.
T'was only it's shoulder. However, it fed four adults with enough left over for two meals (of a suitable quantity for the weight conscious).
A couple of kilo's? Non-grain fed is only £12...
Rosemary Judy
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The Sainsbury's plan is written in conjunction with the British Nutrition Foundation and they know what they are talking about.
The other plan is also very good - she has worked hard to understand the nutritional principles and has come up with a good plan. This one relies a lot more on making your own stuff,
and the Sainsburys plan is for the average British family who can barely peel a potato .....
so they are aimed at different groups of the population.
Both have their place......
Good article GreenRosie
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oldish chris
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I noticed that this thread died a death when our gardens became productive again!
Anyhow, apparently the Advertising Standards Agency has been critical of the advert and banned it
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/04/asa-bans-sainsburys-advertising-campaign
Its worth reopening the thread to provide opportunities for "Told you so"
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dpack
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Re: The Sainsbury's £50 starvation diet.monday - 1523 calories
tuesday - 1535 calories
wednesday - 1520 calories
thursday - 1587 calories
You get my drift, it might be only £50 quid, but it needs to be topped up with snacks to hit your daily calorie intake, and it's quite high on the carbs if you ask me, despite the claim that it is nutritionally balanced.
Anyone think it will catch on? |
until one puts a line through the zero it is fine . 1570 was the ration for slave workers in the kz until someone sorted the food bill by striking out the nought
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