Surviving on £1 a day for food and drink

[uttoxram75]

7 hours ago, Monty said:

Sandiacre yesterday afternoon - could have saved on biscuits 

Lidl 300g Ginger Nuts, probably made in Worksop, half of em would have been broken before the crash.

[uttoxram75]

2 hours ago, GboroRam said:

No jaffa cakes?

[uttoxram75]

2 hours ago, sage said:

@uttoxram75 wasn't driving

[Boycie]

18 minutes ago, uttoxram75 said:

Lidl 300g Ginger Nuts, probably made in Worksop, half of em would have been broken before the crash.

 

come on, we know you only love McVittes cus you work forrum.

[bimmerman]

36 minutes ago, uttoxram75 said:

Lidl 300g Ginger Nuts, probably made in Worksop, half of em would have been broken before the crash.

Did you know that lidl own wiseman dairies, who in turn own muller. So every time you buy a muller yogurt,you are eating lidl yoghurts

[Boycie]

45 minutes ago, bimmerman said:

Did you know that lidl own wiseman dairies, who in turn own muller. So every time you buy a muller yogurt,you are eating lidl yoghurts

Sup we Lidl yogurts?  Is you a Reece-Mog or summart?

[GboroRam]

1 hour ago, uttoxram75 said:

Three posts in a row? This is turning into your covid thread! 

[bimmerman]

1 hour ago, Boycie said:

Sup we Lidl yogurts?  Is you a Reece-Mog or summart?

Um..nope..I work for them?

Also,did you know the praline shells are made by guiliene,as in the same product from the same line and batch number. Literally just a different box. So when your Mrs accuses you of being cheap on her birthday,there's your excuse!

[Boycie]

11 hours ago, bimmerman said:

Um..nope..I work for them?

Also,did you know the praline shells are made by guiliene,as in the same product from the same line and batch number. Literally just a different box. So when your Mrs accuses you of being cheap on her birthday,there's your excuse!

Just on her birthday? I’m accused all the time.

She swung a punch at me the other day when I refused to put the heating on. Luckily the 5 coats she was wearing slowed her down a bit.

[Eddie]

When's this happening, dude, and where can I contribute to your fundraising?

Also, the week after Easter, we will be in Kings Lynn,  and we will be paying a visit to the Beers Of Europe warehouse so we can pick you up some post-frugality recovery items. A bottle of Straffe Quad from my stock is already set aside for you.

[sage]

40 minutes ago, Eddie said:

When's this happening, dude, and where can I contribute to your fundraising?

Also, the week after Easter, we will be in Kings Lynn,  and we will be paying a visit to the Beers Of Europe warehouse so we can pick you up some post-frugality recovery items. A bottle of Straffe Quad from my stock is already set aside for you.

It starts on the 18th. Still trying to set up the fundraising pot. 

[Ramslad1992]

On 29/03/2022 at 09:26, Eddie said:

Pea soup, mate. At the moment, soup is all I can get the Memsahib to eat.

I made this last night (serves 2)...

• 250g green split peas
• half an onion
• 50g old tired ham
• ham stock cube
• one stick of celery
• small knob of butter
• tablespoon of vegetable oil
• half a litre of water

Method

• Dice onion and celery
• Fry onion and celery in butter and vegetable oil for 5 minutes
• Set aside
• Make up half a litre of stock (just the water and a stock cube)
• Put in pan with the split peas and ham
• Add the fried onions and celery
• Simmer for 45 minutes
• Blitz with hand-blender
• Serve with croutons or a bit of old crusty bread.

Incredibly filling and tasty too. It didn't need any seasoning - the ham was quite salty on its own.

 

Just want to say we cooked this tonight as it sounded nice. Was bloody brilliant! ? thanks. 

[Miggins]

1 hour ago, Ramslad1992 said:

Just want to say we cooked this tonight as it sounded nice. Was bloody brilliant! ? thanks. 

Sometimes the simplest is best! ?

[Eddie]

1 hour ago, Miggins said:

Sometimes the simplest is best! ?

Yup.

I'm being very careful with the Memsahib's tum at the moment, so very simple fare is the order of the day. Jacket potato with a little tuna tonight.

 

[i-Ram]

6 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Yup.

I'm being very careful with the Memsahib's tum at the moment, so very simple fare is the order of the day. Jacket potato with a little tuna tonight.

 

[Eddie]

14 hours ago, i-Ram said:

 

That's me, mate. I'm wasting away. I'm insisting on eating the same food and the same quantities - at the moment. I'm beginning to hallucinate about chateaubriand steak with truffle sauce - hell, I'm hallucinating about Gregg's cheese and onion slices.

[sage]

Finally got through to City Mission and hope to have the donate button working tomorrow. 

[Ghost of Clough]

Breakfast and lunch for 1 person
Jam (28p) and toast (36p) for breakfast, half a tin of beans on toast for lunch. (half tin 11p)
19p per day

 

Easier to cook for 2 days rather than each day individually, so dinner would be for 2 people for 2 days.

Curry
Rice - 45p
Chopped tomatoes - 28p
Chickpeas - 30p
Spinich - 75p
45p per meal

Bolognese
Minced meat - 300p
Pasta - 29p
Chopped tomatoes - 28p
90p per meal

Fajitas
Chicken thigh - 179p
Wraps - 55p
Peppers - 92p
Onions (use for other meals too) - 50p
94p per meal

Chicken Wings with salad
Wings - 100p
Potatoes - 29p
Peppers (spare from fajita meal)
Tomatoes - 48p
Lettuce - 43p
55p per meal

I make that £14.35 for 2 people for 8 days. Use the leftover money to buy some herbs/spices

Edited April 12, 2022 by Ghost of Clough

[sage]

It's now starting on Tuesday because I'm having ridiculous delays with City Mission setting up the dcfc donate button. 

[sage]

On 16/04/2022 at 18:47, sage said:

It's now starting on Tuesday because I'm having ridiculous delays with City Mission setting up the dcfc donate button. 

Change of plan (again). We are starting tomorrow as i have a meal out next Monday.

So far I have bought

2.5kg of Potatoes 99p

1lg Branflakes 99p

4pt Milk 99p

1kg Chicken Thighs £1.99

8 sausages 99p

1kg Frozen Green Beans 99p

 

also did some skank going out of date shopping

Small uncut Wholemeal Loaf  17p from 85p

8 slices of Haslet 32p from £1.59

500g Black Pudding 31p from £3.04

5 Jam Doughnuts 9p from 50p

 

So far spent £8.83 from the £14 budget

 

We are drinking only water and have allowed ourselves salt and pepper, 1 spice (cajun) 1 herb (tbc) some oil and a little butter

 

Will do a daily diary and set up a donate link when i get one