| favorite cheap meals? 15:31 - Jan 8 with 12122 views | giant_stow |
run out of money again and off to Lidl soon - no Sainsburys delivery this week - oh no! So any ideas for tasty cheap meals?
All i have in my locker is:
Tuna Pasta bake
Spicy bean /sausage stew
Ham and cheese pancakes.
Oh and the cheat's trash food of those mini Goodfella's pizzas
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| favorite cheap meals? on 17:55 - Jan 8 with 1725 views | TresBonne |
Personal fav:
- 5% fat beef mince
- Rice
- Mixed veg
Season beef mince with paprika, chuck tomato puree on top of it and voila, you have a sort of bolognas mix for about £4.
My go-to uni meal was a simple beef strips, noodles and soy sauce. Was about £3 a serving |  | | |
| favorite cheap meals? on 18:20 - Jan 8 with 1672 views | MK1 |
Bag of 20 frozen sausages. Loaf of bread. Bag of frozen fries. Sausage sandwiches and fries for 5 days. All for under £7. |  |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 18:22 - Jan 8 with 1670 views | Coastalblue |
| favorite cheap meals? on 18:20 - Jan 8 by MK1 |
Bag of 20 frozen sausages. Loaf of bread. Bag of frozen fries. Sausage sandwiches and fries for 5 days. All for under £7. |
Hardly the best diet though is it, when you can eat far better quality for the same price or cheaper. |  |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 18:26 - Jan 8 with 1668 views | Guthrum |
I found a load of reduced (funny shaped) parsnips in Tesco the other day. Couple of onions, a few carrots (also reduced), some celery. Boiled it all up, blended it. I did add a bit of cream - also from the reduced bin a few days before, frozen in portions. Now eating lovely parsnip soup for most of this week. Think the whole thing cost me about £3. |  |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 18:30 - Jan 8 with 1641 views | MK1 |
| favorite cheap meals? on 18:22 - Jan 8 by Coastalblue |
Hardly the best diet though is it, when you can eat far better quality for the same price or cheaper. |
It will fill them up when they have little money. | |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 18:32 - Jan 8 with 1627 views | Herbivore |
| favorite cheap meals? on 18:30 - Jan 8 by MK1 |
It will fill them up when they have little money. |
£7 worth of veg and pulses will provide more food and a lot more nutrition. |  |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 18:50 - Jan 8 with 1597 views | MK1 |
| favorite cheap meals? on 18:32 - Jan 8 by Herbivore |
£7 worth of veg and pulses will provide more food and a lot more nutrition. |
They can buy brown bread. | |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 19:01 - Jan 8 with 1573 views | MJallday |
Cans of chilli, sprinkled cheese and a bit of rice
- cheap and filling |  |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 19:01 - Jan 8 with 1573 views | CrayonKing |
| favorite cheap meals? on 16:22 - Jan 8 by tonybied |
Download yourself the Too good to go app. You can get food going out of date from supermarkets and left over food from restaurants for cheap prices. It just usually requires a trip to the shop or restaurant just before closing time. If you manage to get restaurant food at least you don't need to pay for the energy required to cook too, if you really are struggling. [Post edited 8 Jan 2024 16:23]
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Agree with Too Good To Go, although it's very store dependent as to what's worth getting. I always found Greggs bags were great (packed lunch for the kids the next day) and Morrisons cold-food cafe bags can be a bargain depending on who's bagging them up that night. Conversely I found the morrisons grocery bags to be more miss than hit at my local.
Another tip is to get to know when your local supermarket marks food down. We often get bargain meat or fish for the freezer at Morrisons or Waitrose at that 5-5:30pm sweet spot.
Finally don't be ashamed to contact your local food bank. They're there to help people who need it, whatever their circumstances, and in my experience are awesome people who just want to help their communities. |  | | |
| favorite cheap meals? on 19:14 - Jan 8 with 1541 views | itfctilidie |
Corned Beef Hash
Tinned Sardines Spaghetti Passata - add veggies
Liver, Mash, Peas |  | | |
| favorite cheap meals? on 20:22 - Jan 8 with 1477 views | Churchman |
| favorite cheap meals? on 19:14 - Jan 8 by itfctilidie |
Corned Beef Hash
Tinned Sardines Spaghetti Passata - add veggies
Liver, Mash, Peas |
Liver, mash, peas? The mash: fine. The rest: in the bin. Dear god. Can’t think of too much worse than that. Kidneys maybe. Yuck, offal!
Nuts, pulses, veggies - nearly as depressing.
Lots of great ideas though, especially when to buy food and from where 👍🏻 |  | | |
| favorite cheap meals? on 20:28 - Jan 8 with 1457 views | NthQldITFC |
| favorite cheap meals? on 18:50 - Jan 8 by MK1 |
They can buy brown bread. |
Let them eat cake. |  |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 20:51 - Jan 8 with 1435 views | bluelagos |
So serious answer: check out Jack Monroe...they've done loads on cheap healthy eating on a tight budget
Less serious. My go to as a student was tomato ketchup sandwiches. Add fish fingers if your feeling flush. |  |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 21:02 - Jan 8 with 1423 views | J2BLUE |
| favorite cheap meals? on 20:51 - Jan 8 by bluelagos |
So serious answer: check out Jack Monroe...they've done loads on cheap healthy eating on a tight budget
Less serious. My go to as a student was tomato ketchup sandwiches. Add fish fingers if your feeling flush. |
Made with toast right?
If not, you're a complete wrong un. |  |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 21:03 - Jan 8 with 1421 views | ParisBlue |
| favorite cheap meals? on 15:49 - Jan 8 by J2BLUE |
I like to include a ton of peas when making vegetable curry. Replaces the protein. |
This. Give peas a chance |  |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 21:08 - Jan 8 with 1408 views | bluelagos |
| favorite cheap meals? on 21:02 - Jan 8 by J2BLUE |
Made with toast right?
If not, you're a complete wrong un. |
I'm a wrongun...no argument from me J2 | |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 21:12 - Jan 8 with 1398 views | Keno |
Potato wedges and baked beans, If I feel like making it a special meal I get a tin of beans with the little sausages |  |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 21:25 - Jan 8 with 1380 views | J2BLUE |
| favorite cheap meals? on 21:12 - Jan 8 by Keno |
Potato wedges and baked beans, If I feel like making it a special meal I get a tin of beans with the little sausages |
Things like this are 5 for £5 in Asda and they do a vegan variety (sorry).
That's a good point actually, Asda have some great offers on cupboard fillers and they used to do deliveries for £1 or less in the evenings. Could be a good option to stock up.
Maybe google cashback/gift card apps as well. The likes of Jam Doughnut (app). A couple of percent cashback on most supermarket gift cards (£10 cashout minimum). Pays for delivery and you can stock up on cheap staples.
Oh and the mini Goodfellas pizzas are 2 for £4.
Martin Lewis, eat your heart out. | |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 21:27 - Jan 8 with 1378 views | MJallday |
Can of chickpeas, tuna and a chopped onion and some mixed leaf salad
All in all about 2 quid
Mix it all up, add liberal salt/peppervinegar - decent couple of salads out of that | |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 21:32 - Jan 8 with 1355 views | suffolkpoker |
| favorite cheap meals? on 21:27 - Jan 8 by MJallday |
Can of chickpeas, tuna and a chopped onion and some mixed leaf salad
All in all about 2 quid
Mix it all up, add liberal salt/peppervinegar - decent couple of salads out of that |
When I travelled around Aus. My breakfast most mornings was super noodle sandwich. It would under a dollar and quick to make and very filling. |  |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 21:39 - Jan 8 with 1340 views | J2BLUE |
| favorite cheap meals? on 21:32 - Jan 8 by suffolkpoker |
When I travelled around Aus. My breakfast most mornings was super noodle sandwich. It would under a dollar and quick to make and very filling. |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 22:08 - Jan 8 with 1309 views | TresBonne |
| favorite cheap meals? on 19:01 - Jan 8 by CrayonKing |
Agree with Too Good To Go, although it's very store dependent as to what's worth getting. I always found Greggs bags were great (packed lunch for the kids the next day) and Morrisons cold-food cafe bags can be a bargain depending on who's bagging them up that night. Conversely I found the morrisons grocery bags to be more miss than hit at my local.
Another tip is to get to know when your local supermarket marks food down. We often get bargain meat or fish for the freezer at Morrisons or Waitrose at that 5-5:30pm sweet spot.
Finally don't be ashamed to contact your local food bank. They're there to help people who need it, whatever their circumstances, and in my experience are awesome people who just want to help their communities. |
I have had some big hits and some big misses from Too Good To Go.
Once, I got a full english, with about 4 sausages, 2 eggs, a massive tin of beans and 5 bacon rashers in it for £4 from some fancy Leeds hotel. And they let me scran it in the conference room, legends.
But I also once got a 'surprise bag' from Lidl for £2 and it ended up being five packets of lambs lettuce, did give me a laugh | | | |
| favorite cheap meals? on 10:43 - Jan 9 with 1214 views | Bluespeed225 |
Ham 98p, down from 3 quid something in the CO-OP whoops section, spaghetti, 3 eggs, parmesan, all Lidl, couple of bits of garlic, 4 potions made last night, Carbonara a go-go! [Post edited 9 Jan 2024 10:44]
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| favorite cheap meals? on 11:19 - Jan 9 with 1186 views | hoppy |
| favorite cheap meals? on 10:43 - Jan 9 by Bluespeed225 |
Ham 98p, down from 3 quid something in the CO-OP whoops section, spaghetti, 3 eggs, parmesan, all Lidl, couple of bits of garlic, 4 potions made last night, Carbonara a go-go! [Post edited 9 Jan 2024 10:44]
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What was the purpose of the potions? |  |
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| favorite cheap meals? on 11:26 - Jan 9 with 1172 views | _clive_baker_ |
| favorite cheap meals? on 21:25 - Jan 8 by J2BLUE |
Things like this are 5 for £5 in Asda and they do a vegan variety (sorry).
That's a good point actually, Asda have some great offers on cupboard fillers and they used to do deliveries for £1 or less in the evenings. Could be a good option to stock up.
Maybe google cashback/gift card apps as well. The likes of Jam Doughnut (app). A couple of percent cashback on most supermarket gift cards (£10 cashout minimum). Pays for delivery and you can stock up on cheap staples.
Oh and the mini Goodfellas pizzas are 2 for £4.
Martin Lewis, eat your heart out. |
Not sure the last bit of advice is too sensible tbh. No doubt filling, but might result in other complications. |  | | |
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