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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Fish finger sandwiches 
Have you tried a fish finger wrap?
Game changer! 
With ketchup or mayonnaise??
Tartar sauce 
Oooo you’re naughty  "
Nah just a condiment connoisseur.  |
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Whatever happens to be reduced for quck sale in supermarkets last thing at night. Catch those bargains at the right time, fill the freezer, and you can cook up a lot of flash for not much cash. Dinner of thirty bob a skull is par for the course in this house. |
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"Whatever happens to be reduced for quck sale in supermarkets last thing at night. Catch those bargains at the right time, fill the freezer, and you can cook up a lot of flash for not much cash. Dinner of thirty bob a skull is par for the course in this house. "
I do this all the time. My best bargains where a chicken for 40p and two salmon fillits for 80p. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Ham eggs and chips. Pushing it I know
I think it would have to be very cheap ham.
I know oh see the butcher and maybe get just 2 nice slices "
Egg and chips with a slice of bread and butter would work.
I haven't had ham, egg and chips for ages so I think that will be on the menu this weekend. |
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Lamb keema with rice and toasted pitta breads.
We use mutton mince from the butcher's at the market. Cheaper and more flavoursome than lamb. Tin of chopped tomatoes and tin of chick peas. Bulk out with some couscous. Spices from the stock cupboard.
Cheap, delishous and filling |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lentil & sweet potato curry.
red onion,
garlic cloves,
dried chilli,
garam masala
coriander,
ground cumin,
ground tumeric
sweet potatoes,
red lentils,
coconut milk,
vegetable stock,
fresh spinach,
fresh lemon,
Rice,
Should squeeze a naan bread in there too for the budget.
Pretty much lived on this as a student!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Lentil & sweet potato curry.
red onion,
garlic cloves,
dried chilli,
garam masala
coriander,
ground cumin,
ground tumeric
sweet potatoes,
red lentils,
coconut milk,
vegetable stock,
fresh spinach,
fresh lemon,
Rice,
Should squeeze a naan bread in there too for the budget.
Pretty much lived on this as a student!
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sounds great,,,, i'm in |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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29p for penne pasta
80p for butter
£1 for green pesto
79p for spinach
40p for sardines
Comes to £3.28
Boil the pasta, then drain once done. Sardines under the grill until they are golden. About 30g of butter intothe pan with pasta and mox until the pasta os coated, then a dollop of green pesto to be mixed in. Loosely chopped spinach leaves go in once the pesto is mixed and stir until the leaves have wilted down. Serve the pasta into a bowl and place the sardines on top
Now if i can cheat a little and things like seasoning can be used without adding to the budget. Lemon juice drizzled over the sardines and ground black pepper on top before going under the grill. And while mixing the spinach leaves in, some more black pepper and oregano goes in too |
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By *gent CoulsonMan
over a year ago
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"Spag bol
For £3.50? "
it is possible to do it for just less than £3.50.
There is a brilliant app called trolly, which gives you prices from the major supermarkets, using that and the local market for loose onions and mushrooms and Aldi for the rest |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
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"Spag bol
For £3.50? it is possible to do it for just less than £3.50.
There is a brilliant app called trolly, which gives you prices from the major supermarkets, using that and the local market for loose onions and mushrooms and Aldi for the rest"
You end up spending half your life shopping like me! But yeah you make make great meals everyday on around £30 a week if you shop around , love cooking and have the right kitchen |
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Spaghetti- 50p ish
Pancetta (Asda)- £1.50
Eggs-free from the neighbour (it’s not cheating if Margaret has the compulsion to bring eggs round every 2 days)
Pecorino (£1.50 worth from the deli)-£1.50
Happy carbonara day |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Lentil & sweet potato curry.
red onion,
garlic cloves,
dried chilli,
garam masala
coriander,
ground cumin,
ground tumeric
sweet potatoes,
red lentils,
coconut milk,
vegetable stock,
fresh spinach,
fresh lemon,
Rice,
Should squeeze a naan bread in there too for the budget.
Pretty much lived on this as a student!
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This sounds yummy! What time is dinner?  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Lentil & sweet potato curry.
red onion,
garlic cloves,
dried chilli,
garam masala
coriander,
ground cumin,
ground tumeric
sweet potatoes,
red lentils,
coconut milk,
vegetable stock,
fresh spinach,
fresh lemon,
Rice,
Should squeeze a naan bread in there too for the budget.
Pretty much lived on this as a student!
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Sounds brilliant but you wouldn't get all those ingredients for £3.50 but I agree it would make a cheap overall meal once you've got everything. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Pepperoni pasta bake jar, 98p.
A 500g bag of pasta, 70p, only using half (35p).
Half a bag of cathedral city grated cheese, £1.85 (93p).
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You even have money left over for garlic bread. |
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"Whatever happens to be reduced for quck sale in supermarkets last thing at night. Catch those bargains at the right time, fill the freezer, and you can cook up a lot of flash for not much cash. Dinner of thirty bob a skull is par for the course in this house.
I do this all the time. My best bargains where a chicken for 40p and two salmon fillits for 80p. "
My kind of girl!
You don't get rich off the money you earn, you get rich off the money you don't spend! |
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Shakshuka.
1 Aubergine
Mushrooms
1 Courgette
Green pepper
Can of tomato
Egg
Spices cumin,paprika,cayenne pepper (I'll assume you already have the spices)
You can increase/decrease the ingredients to fit into the £3 budget.
Fry the sliced mushrooms and aubergines together. Let it cook,then chuck in the cubed courgettes to cook. Then chuck in the sliced green pepper.
Put cumin in the pan and let it fry for a few seconds. Put the can of toms cook for a few minutes, then make a well in the mixture to drop the eggs in. Slam on the lid and let the eggs poach in the liquid until ready.
I've thrown everything and anything in it. Spinach, salad, coriander, parsley on its last legs? Into the pot it goes. Old onions, bacon or leeks? Into the pot it goes before the mushrooms.
This is my end of week fridge clearer!
Lol
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