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By *nnejohn OP Couple
over a year ago
warrington |
1 chicken.roast dinner for two with fresh seasonal veg.
sandwiches for supper next day.
stew and dumplings tonight with veg,mash and dumplings.
fast food and ready meals cheaper,or easier maybe? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's defiantly cheaper to eat crap..
I could very easily feed myself for 20 quid on crap frozen food from Iceland
You can eat healthier by being clever and shopping at markets for fresh veg etc.. reduced meats to freezer.. But it's all time consuming |
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All the above.
Convenience foods are so inexpensive compared to fresh food.
I’m currently trying to lose weight. Everything is cooked from scratch and it’s costing me a fortune!
I keep telling myself it will all be worth it.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Good food may seem expensive, but you know what is really expensive? Health.
If you live longer by a decade or three because you didn't eat kebabs every day then spending good money on real food is worth it. |
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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago
Shrewsbury |
"1 chicken.roast dinner for two with fresh seasonal veg.
sandwiches for supper next day.
stew and dumplings tonight with veg,mash and dumplings.
fast food and ready meals cheaper,or easier maybe?"
Did you use the chicken bones to make stock? You could have used that for a soup base or risotto. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm part of a group on Reddit called 'Meal Prep Sunday'.
I've just started but it is a great way to make lots of inexpensive healthy and nice to eat meals without the hassles and time.
Check it out!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'm a veggie and most of my meals are lentil-based, which makes then super healthy and super cheap. Fresh vegetables are always part of the mix, too. "
What are your recipes? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm a veggie and most of my meals are lentil-based, which makes then super healthy and super cheap. Fresh vegetables are always part of the mix, too.
What are your recipes? "
I couldn't say the exact recipes because Marc does the cooking, not me. But one if an absolutely awesome tasting tabbouleh made with lentils and small tomatoes and lemon juice and mint. Another is a chili-type dish, but with a lentil base and fresh peppers and onions mixed in. Another one is a breakfast burrito thing, with lentils and Indian spices and fresh cilantro that we have for breakfast sometimes.
The list goes on....there are loads of really health lentil recipes online and if you buy dry lentils in large quantities they are cheap as dirt. |
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Healthy eating is far from expensive, if you shop smart and know how to cook!
Fresh chicken from Aldi is less than 2.50 add in some fresh seasonal veg and spuds for a roast. Bones go in the slow cooker to make a fabulous stock. We use the chicken breast for a roast and then often make something like a stew with the leftovers, some veg and some of the fresh stock. The rest of the stock is used for another meal.
Today I made a winter comfort meal of corned beef and veg stew, just like my mum used to make. Loads of veggies, fresh chicken stock, a few spud, herbs, garlic a tin on baked beans and a tin of corned beef. Filled my biggest pan and is enough for 8 portions for about 3 quid |
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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago
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"Healthy eating is far from expensive, if you shop smart and know how to cook!
Fresh chicken from Aldi is less than 2.50 add in some fresh seasonal veg and spuds for a roast. Bones go in the slow cooker to make a fabulous stock. We use the chicken breast for a roast and then often make something like a stew with the leftovers, some veg and some of the fresh stock. The rest of the stock is used for another meal.
Today I made a winter comfort meal of corned beef and veg stew, just like my mum used to make. Loads of veggies, fresh chicken stock, a few spud, herbs, garlic a tin on baked beans and a tin of corned beef. Filled my biggest pan and is enough for 8 portions for about 3 quid"
This winter comfort stew sounds amazing. I love things like that where people just throw random shit together, I'm not that creative, I need recipes. I'm trying this |
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"Healthy eating is far from expensive, if you shop smart and know how to cook!
Fresh chicken from Aldi is less than 2.50 add in some fresh seasonal veg and spuds for a roast. Bones go in the slow cooker to make a fabulous stock. We use the chicken breast for a roast and then often make something like a stew with the leftovers, some veg and some of the fresh stock. The rest of the stock is used for another meal.
Today I made a winter comfort meal of corned beef and veg stew, just like my mum used to make. Loads of veggies, fresh chicken stock, a few spud, herbs, garlic a tin on baked beans and a tin of corned beef. Filled my biggest pan and is enough for 8 portions for about 3 quid
This winter comfort stew sounds amazing. I love things like that where people just throw random shit together, I'm not that creative, I need recipes. I'm trying this "
Don’t add the beans and corned beef until everything else is cooked as it sticks to the bottom as soon as they go in. Bung them in a couple of minutes before serving, just cook long enough to heat through and keep stirring |
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"Healthy eating is far from expensive, if you shop smart and know how to cook!
Fresh chicken from Aldi is less than 2.50 add in some fresh seasonal veg and spuds for a roast. Bones go in the slow cooker to make a fabulous stock. We use the chicken breast for a roast and then often make something like a stew with the leftovers, some veg and some of the fresh stock. The rest of the stock is used for another meal.
Today I made a winter comfort meal of corned beef and veg stew, just like my mum used to make. Loads of veggies, fresh chicken stock, a few spud, herbs, garlic a tin on baked beans and a tin of corned beef. Filled my biggest pan and is enough for 8 portions for about 3 quid
This winter comfort stew sounds amazing. I love things like that where people just throw random shit together, I'm not that creative, I need recipes. I'm trying this "
I'm not hugely creative. I take a recipe, follow it the first time, then change it to my tastes the next time. I tend to like things with more spice then is in the recipe, not necessarily heat, just so. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'm a veggie and most of my meals are lentil-based, which makes then super healthy and super cheap. Fresh vegetables are always part of the mix, too.
What are your recipes?
I couldn't say the exact recipes because Marc does the cooking, not me. But one if an absolutely awesome tasting tabbouleh made with lentils and small tomatoes and lemon juice and mint. Another is a chili-type dish, but with a lentil base and fresh peppers and onions mixed in. Another one is a breakfast burrito thing, with lentils and Indian spices and fresh cilantro that we have for breakfast sometimes.
The list goes on....there are loads of really health lentil recipes online and if you buy dry lentils in large quantities they are cheap as dirt. "
The tabbouleh sounds like a great summer treat!
There's this great lentil soup recipe on the New York Times website but I can't link to it on here I think.
Presently I'm occupied with stew making. It's stereotypical but it seems I'm actually good at it. I chop the veg very fine and leave it to slow cook in a pressure cooker for about ten or more hours |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm a veggie and most of my meals are lentil-based, which makes then super healthy and super cheap. Fresh vegetables are always part of the mix, too. "
I was vegan for a wile and yeah shopping is definitely a lot cheaper when you're not buying meat! Your body feels amazing as well |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Use cheaper cuts of meat and cook slowly. Buy seasonal veg from markets not imported stuff with huge air miles. Use protein alternatives like chickpeas beans etc which are dirt cheap. Rice pasta or couscous as bulk are cheap too. And plenty spice to make it interesting. |
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I cook most of the food that I eat maself. I know exactly what's in it (no preservatives, colouring, e numbers, salt etc). I get maself a couple of bottles of wine, put some sounds on and have a batch cooking day then freeze most of it. I find it cheaper in the long run than eating ready meals from Farm Foods where the portions wouldn't feed a mouse and apart from not knowing exactly what you are actually eating, there's far too much packaging.  |
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By *lue NarwhalMan
over a year ago
Iceland, but Aldi is closer.. |
food doesn't have to be expensive, obviously meat and fish are so limit those to only a few times a week and make more of the beans and pulses which are cheap and filling.
Use tinned tomatoes or passata in place of a bulk load of fresh tomatoes and frozen veg is also cheaper than fresh and invariably fresher than the fresh veg you have had sat in your fridge for a day or two.
Fruit however is the killer and there is no two ways about it, a few punnets of soft fruit will set you back best part of a tenner but if you are gonna eat them with yogurt then again frozen is a far cheaper alternative. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"food doesn't have to be expensive, obviously meat and fish are so limit those to only a few times a week and make more of the beans and pulses which are cheap and filling.
Use tinned tomatoes or passata in place of a bulk load of fresh tomatoes and frozen veg is also cheaper than fresh and invariably fresher than the fresh veg you have had sat in your fridge for a day or two.
Fruit however is the killer and there is no two ways about it, a few punnets of soft fruit will set you back best part of a tenner but if you are gonna eat them with yogurt then again frozen is a far cheaper alternative. "
Yeah frozen fruit for breakfast smoothies! Yeah lentil, chickpeas, beans anything like that is good. I also found baking my own bread and using a lot of Indian veggie recipes both good ways to keep my tastebuds interested |
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Bulk prep is great - chop veg & freeze into grab bags
Make spaghetti bolognese then turn sauce into a chilli etc..
Use left over veg for soup
Use chicken bones for stock
I wish I could have a few days at home to go through my freezer & cupboards & cook uninterrupted!!
B x |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"It's defiantly cheaper to eat crap..
I could very easily feed myself for 20 quid on crap frozen food from Iceland
You can eat healthier by being clever and shopping at markets for fresh veg etc.. reduced meats to freezer.. But it's all time consuming "
Look up Jack Monroe's recipes.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"how does 5 meals cost 20 pounds?
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My last shop
Gammon steaks 1.69
Potatoes .75p
Brocolli .63p
Spaghetti Bolognese
Mince 2.99
Spaghetti .20p
Tomatoes .30p
Garlic .15p
Garlic bread .34p
Sea bass 3.19
Carrots .17p
Potatoes .45p
Salad .49p
Stewed sausage
Sausages 1.89
Potatoes .45p
Carrots .17p
Jambalaya
Chicken drumsticks 1.79
Mexican rice .49p
5 meals 16 quid (I think) Anyone who says they can't eat fresh cheap is talking shite x |
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