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Jools

Joined: 28 Jul 2006
Posts: 1028
Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed May 18, 11 3:17 pm Post subject:
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 ï¿½100 a month which looks much better. https://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/planners.html

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Wed May 18, 11 7:04 pm Post subject:

bagpuss wrote:

oldish chris wrote:

Been thinking, its achievable. ï¿½50 a week equates to ï¿½7 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: ï¿½1.00 for breakfast, ï¿½2.00 for lunch and ï¿½4.00 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

https://forum.downsizer.net/about62646.html&highlight=

I'm up for it, I'll see if I can feed me and the missus for ï¿½3.50.

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: ï¿½20.

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Wed May 18, 11 7:18 pm Post subject:
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.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed May 18, 11 7:41 pm Post subject:
We are, we are. Just needs someone to feel up to wrestling with the code.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Wed May 18, 11 7:44 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

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 ï¿½25 a week for a bit; that included nappies and baby formula. We ate a LOT of veg.

sean
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Posted: Wed May 18, 11 7:45 pm Post subject:
Ta.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Wed May 18, 11 7:47 pm Post subject:

Jools wrote:

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 ï¿½100 a month which looks much better.

https://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

Joined: 28 Jul 2006
Posts: 1028
Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed May 18, 11 7:59 pm Post subject:
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.

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Wed May 18, 11 8:00 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

Ta.

Ta from here too

Katieowl

Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Posts: 4317
Location: West Wales

Posted: Wed May 18, 11 8:06 pm Post subject:

Jools wrote:

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

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Wed May 18, 11 8:20 pm Post subject:
Its not that easy is it? I've just costed out a "frugal" days eating for me and my wife. It came to ï¿½2.35 each, including "short dated" price reductions. It only included 4 of the "5 a day". Apparently it only contained 1,727 Calories.

Katieowl

Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Posts: 4317
Location: West Wales

Posted: Wed May 18, 11 8:22 pm Post subject:
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

Jools

Joined: 28 Jul 2006
Posts: 1028
Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed May 18, 11 8:33 pm Post subject:
Kate, it's Weezl.

ninat

Joined: 01 Feb 2009
Posts: 606
Location: Scotland

Posted: Wed May 18, 11 10:10 pm Post subject:
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

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Thu May 19, 11 8:41 am Post subject:

oldish chris wrote:

bagpuss wrote:

oldish chris wrote:

You could always give a single day a stab here

https://forum.downsizer.net/about62646.html&highlight=

Bloody cheap lamb, that.

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