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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

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By *rightonCheekyMan
over a year ago

Brighton

I can't comment there is no Wifi in KFC just now

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By *uteness69Woman
over a year ago

Walthamstow

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

Grow your own vegetables maybe?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just clean eat. No dieting rubbish.

What types of things do you like eating OP?

If you buy weight watchers currys they're expensive and still full of shite! Make from scratch

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over a year ago

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I can't comment there is no Wifi in KFC just now

Lol

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

Grow your own vegetables maybe?

I don't have a garden

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Its really not dude. Fruit, veg and meat is way cheaper than your convenience foods. You just need to prep it yourself

Its the healthier ready meals that are more expensive

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By *ilent.KnightMan
over a year ago

Swindon

"Just clean eat. No dieting rubbish.

What types of things do you like eating OP?

If you buy weight watchers currys they're expensive and still full of shite! Make from scratch

This.

Also while it can feel more expensive in the supermarket it's easy to forget how much you waste on a daily basis on junk.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Just clean eat. No dieting rubbish.

What types of things do you like eating OP?

If you buy weight watchers currys they're expensive and still full of shite! Make from scratch

This is my point thoe.

The pre made stuff fild with ,,crap,, is cheaper than making your own healthy option

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

Anyone els

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By *ilent.KnightMan
over a year ago

Swindon

How much are you spending a week now ? And how much when you are unhealthily ?

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"How much are you spending a week now ? And how much when you are unhealthily ? "

unhealthily a week... About £10 at the most

Healthy a week... About £30

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

"How much are you spending a week now ? And how much when you are unhealthily ?

unhealthily a week... About £10 at the most

Healthy a week... About £30

What a week, on food?? How do you manage that?

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By *crumdiddlyumptiousMan
over a year ago

"unhealthily a week... About £10 at the most"

I can spend that I one day

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

To be fair it can be more expensive to start with. Especially of you don't have all of the store cupboard staples.

A friend of mine cooked us a slimming world curry the other night but had to spend £15 on spices to put in it.

People who work out cost per portion are clever in assuming everyone has organic wold truffle oil in their cupboard so can safely assume that the coat for making a meal is a fraction of the cost for the staple ingredients.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"How much are you spending a week now ? And how much when you are unhealthily ?

unhealthily a week... About £10 at the most

Healthy a week... About £30

What a week, on food?? How do you manage that?"

I'm guessing you meen the £10 a week.

Most of the food is from Iceland. And body in bolk.

Eg 8 chicken brests for £2.50

12 Potato waffles for £1

Stuff like that

And then thar is the free extra stuff....

My job... I get free pizzas at times.

And my local casino gives out free bacon sandwiches and free drinks of cola almost every morning.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

""unhealthily a week... About £10 at the most"

I can spend that I one day

unhealthily or healthy eating ?

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"To be fair it can be more expensive to start with. Especially of you don't have all of the store cupboard staples.

A friend of mine cooked us a slimming world curry the other night but had to spend £15 on spices to put in it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

I do agree, it's sad that for a fiver you can get as many cakes to feed an office. I know from recent experience, trays of doughnuts.

Fruit doesn't go as far with similar expenditure

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

Hears a exzarmpall.

Make your own fresh and healthy mack n cheese.

You need to spend close to £10. And it will do 2 mills with sum bread and butter.

Unhealthy

For 2 mills +

2 40p tins of mack n cheess and 1 loaf of bread for 40p from Tesco

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

I do agree, it's sad that for a fiver you can get as many cakes to feed an office. I know from recent experience, trays of doughnuts.

Fruit doesn't go as far with similar expenditure "

Ezakley my point

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Seeside you're a chef you must know how to cook healthily on a budget.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Seeside you're a chef you must know how to cook healthily on a budget.

Up to a point yes i do.

But for the majority of things in shops......

Healthy and budget don't go together.

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

"Seeside you're a chef you must know how to cook healthily on a budget.

That what I was thinking as well

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Seeside you're a chef you must know how to cook healthily on a budget.

Up to a point yes i do.

But for the majority of things in shops......

Healthy and budget don't go together."

Where are you shopping? Aldi and Lidl always have a selection of fruit and vegetables on special offer usually at 69p approximately the cost or less than a doughnut or mars bar . Most of the big supermarkets now try and compete with them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

You're a chef aren't you _eeside?

Eating healthy doesn't have to be expensive. You just have to know where and what to buy.

Frozen veg like peppers and spinach are much cheaper than fresh and last forever.

Chicken can be bought from trade places for half the price of even the cheapest supermarkets.

Bulk cooking and freezing food like chilli, stews etc reduces prep time and cost and makes it easy to grab something if you're in a rush.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's also not the government setting prices. It's supply and demand and the cost of production.

You just need to be canny with purchases.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not hard to cook healthy freeze some and have a few meals ready to go.

There are a few Facebook groups about for saving money and buying cheaper.

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By *lowercandyWoman
over a year ago

Lancashire

I think you also gave to change the mindset

Eating fresh prepared food doesn't need to be expensive (believe me I can't afford it to be!)

However I prepare all my own stuff

I don't make copies if fast food I opt for recipes that produce a higher yield.. split it freeze it.

Take it as an opportunity to try new things.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Seeside you're a chef you must know how to cook healthily on a budget.

Up to a point yes i do.

But for the majority of things in shops......

Healthy and budget don't go together.

Most of it in Tesco.

And i can see your point but 1 bit of fruit to 1 doughnut wos not quite wot i had in mind.

Eg you can get a tray of 12 doughnuts for as litall as £2

To get 12 bits of fruit even in the cheapest of shops. you will still spend mor than £2

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

You're a chef aren't you _eeside?

Eating healthy doesn't have to be expensive. You just have to know where and what to buy.

Frozen veg like peppers and spinach are much cheaper than fresh and last forever.

Chicken can be bought from trade places for half the price of even the cheapest supermarkets.

Bulk cooking and freezing food like chilli, stews etc reduces prep time and cost and makes it easy to grab something if you're in a rush.

I will agree with most of wot you have sed thar.

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By *lowercandyWoman
over a year ago

Lancashire

No bloody wonder shopping in Tesco!!!???

Geeze

You have to shop more wisely

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also shop about

Buy lose veg and fruit as can save.

Try chicken thighs and not just breast

Try turkey instead of chicken.

Also things like pulses, rice, noodles and stirfrys can be pretty cheap

And try markets for fresh produce as well as aldis and lidis

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

You're a chef aren't you _eeside?

Eating healthy doesn't have to be expensive. You just have to know where and what to buy.

Frozen veg like peppers and spinach are much cheaper than fresh and last forever.

Chicken can be bought from trade places for half the price of even the cheapest supermarkets.

Bulk cooking and freezing food like chilli, stews etc reduces prep time and cost and makes it easy to grab something if you're in a rush.

I will agree with most of wot you have sed thar.

I get what you mean about doughnuts, but the thing with those is they cost pennies to make and don't need transported half way around the country/world to be brought to the shelves. Although I have to be honest, I dont remember the last time I had a piece of fruit!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

You're a chef aren't you _eeside?

Eating healthy doesn't have to be expensive. You just have to know where and what to buy.

Frozen veg like peppers and spinach are much cheaper than fresh and last forever.

Chicken can be bought from trade places for half the price of even the cheapest supermarkets.

Bulk cooking and freezing food like chilli, stews etc reduces prep time and cost and makes it easy to grab something if you're in a rush.

I will agree with most of wot you have sed thar.

Banana nutella on toast. I had fruit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

You're a chef aren't you _eeside?

Eating healthy doesn't have to be expensive. You just have to know where and what to buy.

Frozen veg like peppers and spinach are much cheaper than fresh and last forever.

Chicken can be bought from trade places for half the price of even the cheapest supermarkets.

Bulk cooking and freezing food like chilli, stews etc reduces prep time and cost and makes it easy to grab something if you're in a rush.

I will agree with most of wot you have sed thar.

Banana nutella on toast. I had fruit

Blurgh!!! I think I actually hate banana

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"No bloody wonder shopping in Tesco!!!???

Geeze

You have to shop more wisely "

Mabey it is time to change the mane shop,s

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No bloody wonder shopping in Tesco!!!???

Geeze

You have to shop more wisely

Mabey it is time to change the mane shop,s

Yep

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Also shop about

Buy lose veg and fruit as can save.

Try chicken thighs and not just breast

Try turkey instead of chicken.

Also things like pulses, rice, noodles and stirfrys can be pretty cheap

And try markets for fresh produce as well as aldis and lidis "

chicken has always been 1 way to cut costs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i make a lot of soup - buy whats on offer and bulk cook and freeze into meal size portions - i dont have a lot of money so have no choice - the occasional beans or eggs on toast meal - jacket potato with simple fillings - all dont cost a lot

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Also shop about

Buy lose veg and fruit as can save.

Try chicken thighs and not just breast

Try turkey instead of chicken.

Also things like pulses, rice, noodles and stirfrys can be pretty cheap

And try markets for fresh produce as well as aldis and lidis

chicken has always been 1 way to cut costs

Find a bulk supplier. Not a butcher. You can get quality chicken breast as cheap as £3/kilo of you know where to look. Then just freeze it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Also shop about

Buy lose veg and fruit as can save.

Try chicken thighs and not just breast

Try turkey instead of chicken.

Also things like pulses, rice, noodles and stirfrys can be pretty cheap

And try markets for fresh produce as well as aldis and lidis

chicken has always been 1 way to cut costs

Turkey is alot cheaper

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By *eeky goodnessMan
over a year ago

Worcester

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

Grow your own vegetables maybe?

I don't have a garden

You can grow lettuce's in tins also you can grow potatoes in bags that you can hang

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

Grow your own vegetables maybe?

I don't have a garden

You can grow lettuce's in tins also you can grow potatoes in bags that you can hang

Lol the flat is not big enough lol

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

Grow your own vegetables maybe?

I don't have a garden

You can grow lettuce's in tins also you can grow potatoes in bags that you can hang

Lol the flat is not big enough lol

Stop making excuses mate.

Take the advice. All you need is a window and some mud. A pack of seeds is less than £1 and you have nothing to lose.

Start with leaves and see how easy it is. Herbs for the next step

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

"Hears a exzarmpall.

Make your own fresh and healthy mack n cheese.

You need to spend close to £10. And it will do 2 mills with sum bread and butter.

Unhealthy

For 2 mills +

2 40p tins of mack n cheess and 1 loaf of bread for 40p from Tesco

The homemade mac & cheese provides 4 meals, not one.

Meal planning is the key. As said above, buy in the dried goods then top up with fresh veggies etc. My monthly food bill is about £50 and I spend an afternoon planning what I need.

Ready meals are a false economy, and are not healthy. They might be low fat but they're full of salt and sugar.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

My other half is Dutch and does all the shopping. "Going Dutch" now makes sense to me.

He gets excited, No word of a lie, calculating how much our meals costs. I can make a dinner from scratch, meat and two veg, fresh herbs and spices for less than £3 a plate.

The other half doesn't buy crap...weekly shop: fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, toiletries etc £30.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"Its really not dude. Fruit, veg and meat is way cheaper than your convenience foods. You just need to prep it yourself

Its the healthier ready meals that are more expensive "

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Buy a chicken, roast it, you'll get 4-6 meals out of that alone.

There are lots and lots of websites out there showing you how to eat well on a budget.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"No bloody wonder shopping in Tesco!!!???

Geeze

You have to shop more wisely "

The other half shops in Lidl and Tesco. However he goes to Tesco after 7 as that's when they mark down the prices. Thing is he bought about 5 punnets of mushrooms last night for 1p each. Sell by date today. I'm the only one that eats them!

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Seeside you're a chef you must know how to cook healthily on a budget.

Up to a point yes i do.

But for the majority of things in shops......

Healthy and budget don't go together.

Most of it in Tesco.

And i can see your point but 1 bit of fruit to 1 doughnut wos not quite wot i had in mind.

Eg you can get a tray of 12 doughnuts for as litall as £2

To get 12 bits of fruit even in the cheapest of shops. you will still spend mor than £2

In Aldi it's possible to get 6 apples and 6 bananas for around £2. Their offers are usually 69p. Tesco has a basic range that is priced about the same.

I know you don't have a lot of time but some greengrocers are cheap and cheerful too.

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By *atsun xxxMan
over a year ago

Nr LOUTH Lincolnshire

"No bloody wonder shopping in Tesco!!!???

Geeze

You have to shop more wisely

Hope you still like mushrooms tomorrow

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

Grow your own vegetables maybe?

I don't have a garden

You can grow lettuce's in tins also you can grow potatoes in bags that you can hang

Lol the flat is not big enough lol

Stop making excuses mate.

Take the advice. All you need is a window and some mud. A pack of seeds is less than £1 and you have nothing to lose.

Start with leaves and see how easy it is. Herbs for the next step"

As mutch as i wood like to do this i still can't as i have 2 cats that like to Choo anything platnt baced. Lol

I've lost count how meney times the person i shear a falt with has brout in a plant and in less that a week the cats have destroyed it lol

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Seeside you're a chef you must know how to cook healthily on a budget.

Up to a point yes i do.

But for the majority of things in shops......

Healthy and budget don't go together.

Most of it in Tesco.

And i can see your point but 1 bit of fruit to 1 doughnut wos not quite wot i had in mind.

Eg you can get a tray of 12 doughnuts for as litall as £2

To get 12 bits of fruit even in the cheapest of shops. you will still spend mor than £2

In Aldi it's possible to get 6 apples and 6 bananas for around £2. Their offers are usually 69p. Tesco has a basic range that is priced about the same.

I know you don't have a lot of time but some greengrocers are cheap and cheerful too."

I won't lie.

I've never been in a aldi.

Think its time to change shops.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"Seeside you're a chef you must know how to cook healthily on a budget.

Up to a point yes i do.

But for the majority of things in shops......

Healthy and budget don't go together.

Most of it in Tesco.

And i can see your point but 1 bit of fruit to 1 doughnut wos not quite wot i had in mind.

Eg you can get a tray of 12 doughnuts for as litall as £2

To get 12 bits of fruit even in the cheapest of shops. you will still spend mor than £2

In Aldi it's possible to get 6 apples and 6 bananas for around £2. Their offers are usually 69p. Tesco has a basic range that is priced about the same.

I know you don't have a lot of time but some greengrocers are cheap and cheerful too.

I won't lie.

I've never been in a aldi.

Think its time to change shops.

Make sure you are mentally prepared tm for the packing arrangements!

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Buy a chicken, roast it, you'll get 4-6 meals out of that alone.

There are lots and lots of websites out there showing you how to eat well on a budget."

I no i like chicken...

And got a grate dry spice rub recipe.

But You can have to mutch chicken in 1 week and i onley got a small freezer.

Grate idear thoe

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Seeside you're a chef you must know how to cook healthily on a budget.

Up to a point yes i do.

But for the majority of things in shops......

Healthy and budget don't go together.

Most of it in Tesco.

And i can see your point but 1 bit of fruit to 1 doughnut wos not quite wot i had in mind.

Eg you can get a tray of 12 doughnuts for as litall as £2

To get 12 bits of fruit even in the cheapest of shops. you will still spend mor than £2

In Aldi it's possible to get 6 apples and 6 bananas for around £2. Their offers are usually 69p. Tesco has a basic range that is priced about the same.

I know you don't have a lot of time but some greengrocers are cheap and cheerful too.

I won't lie.

I've never been in a aldi.

Think its time to change shops.

Make sure you are mentally prepared tm for the packing arrangements! "

Don't no wot that is ment to meen but ok

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Seeside you're a chef you must know how to cook healthily on a budget.

Up to a point yes i do.

But for the majority of things in shops......

Healthy and budget don't go together.

Most of it in Tesco.

And i can see your point but 1 bit of fruit to 1 doughnut wos not quite wot i had in mind.

Eg you can get a tray of 12 doughnuts for as litall as £2

To get 12 bits of fruit even in the cheapest of shops. you will still spend mor than £2

In Aldi it's possible to get 6 apples and 6 bananas for around £2. Their offers are usually 69p. Tesco has a basic range that is priced about the same.

I know you don't have a lot of time but some greengrocers are cheap and cheerful too.

I won't lie.

I've never been in a aldi.

Think its time to change shops.

Yes, it is. We have time to shop around so we use Aldi, Tesco, Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer. You don't have that luxury so I would say try Aldi and Lidl. Do things like make a list and have a rough idea of the meals you're going to make.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Seeside you're a chef you must know how to cook healthily on a budget.

Up to a point yes i do.

But for the majority of things in shops......

Healthy and budget don't go together.

Most of it in Tesco.

And i can see your point but 1 bit of fruit to 1 doughnut wos not quite wot i had in mind.

Eg you can get a tray of 12 doughnuts for as litall as £2

To get 12 bits of fruit even in the cheapest of shops. you will still spend mor than £2

In Aldi it's possible to get 6 apples and 6 bananas for around £2. Their offers are usually 69p. Tesco has a basic range that is priced about the same.

I know you don't have a lot of time but some greengrocers are cheap and cheerful too.

I won't lie.

I've never been in a aldi.

Think its time to change shops.

Make sure you are mentally prepared tm for the packing arrangements!

Don't no wot that is ment to meen but ok

Aldi and Lidl tend to have very rapid checkouts and you have to put the stuff back in your trolley then move away to pack it in bags.

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over a year ago

Definitely change from Tesco to Aldi.

You'll notice a big difference in how much you spend.

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

As a family of 5 we saved roughly £250 a month just swapping from Sainsbury to Aldi

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sorry, but since when has a plate of pasta and a ton of cheese with bread and butter been healthy?

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Seeside you're a chef you must know how to cook healthily on a budget.

Up to a point yes i do.

But for the majority of things in shops......

Healthy and budget don't go together.

Most of it in Tesco.

And i can see your point but 1 bit of fruit to 1 doughnut wos not quite wot i had in mind.

Eg you can get a tray of 12 doughnuts for as litall as £2

To get 12 bits of fruit even in the cheapest of shops. you will still spend mor than £2

In Aldi it's possible to get 6 apples and 6 bananas for around £2. Their offers are usually 69p. Tesco has a basic range that is priced about the same.

I know you don't have a lot of time but some greengrocers are cheap and cheerful too.

I won't lie.

I've never been in a aldi.

Think its time to change shops.

Make sure you are mentally prepared tm for the packing arrangements!

Don't no wot that is ment to meen but ok

Aldi and Lidl tend to have very rapid checkouts and you have to put the stuff back in your trolley then move away to pack it in bags."

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over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"As a family of 5 we saved roughly £250 a month just swapping from Sainsbury to Aldi

I like the sound of this

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over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Definitely change from Tesco to Aldi.

You'll notice a big difference in how much you spend."

I think I'm about to

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By *ensualtouch15Man
over a year ago

ashby de la zouch

"Just clean eat. No dieting rubbish.

What types of things do you like eating OP?

If you buy weight watchers currys they're expensive and still full of shite! Make from scratch

This is my point thoe.

The pre made stuff fild with ,,crap,, is cheaper than making your own healthy option

No it isn't ? Frozen veg is the cheapest food stuff one can buy and water is erm free ?

As a top chef you really should know this and be able to make a weeks worth of veg curry for less than a fiver x

Lentils do you not know how cheep they are ?

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Sorry, but since when has a plate of pasta and a ton of cheese with bread and butter been healthy?

Lol That wos a exzarmpall.

But the home made is still healthy,arr than the pree made stuff in a tin or for a microwave

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

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Come on _eeside, thought you were a chef?

Healthy fresh home made stuff is cheap.

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By *rank n BettyCouple
over a year ago

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Try and switch to more complex carbs rather than the simple ones, e.g brown bread instead of white not only will it keep you fuller for longer as they are slower digesting but its better for your body too.

12 pieces of food is far better for you than 12 donuts so if your on a health kick too its pointless excercising if your going to eat the wrong foods as you wont have the fuel to maintain the regime, google "skinny fat" and you will see what happens if you dont eat right and exercise.

Frank

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Just clean eat. No dieting rubbish.

What types of things do you like eating OP?

If you buy weight watchers currys they're expensive and still full of shite! Make from scratch

This is my point thoe.

The pre made stuff fild with ,,crap,, is cheaper than making your own healthy option

No it isn't ? Frozen veg is the cheapest food stuff one can buy and water is erm free ?

As a top chef you really should know this and be able to make a weeks worth of veg curry for less than a fiver x

Lentils do you not know how cheep they are ? "

The veg bit yes i do agree with.

And i do no how cheep Lentils are but i like a load of meat in a curry

And that's wear it can get expensive. If you go for good quality for best health as well.

And that's wot this is about

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over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Come on _eeside, thought you were a chef?

Healthy fresh home made stuff is cheap. "

Yes i am a chef and Up to a point yes it is you can have a good meal on the cheep

It's that bit after that point im moneing about

So yes using a low grade meet.

Frozen veg

Ect yes you can make a good and relative healthy meal for about £2.50 or less

BUT

as soon as you up the quality of the food for the max helth benefits that's wen it gets expensive.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

I cood make 2 home made spaghetti Bolognaises.

Both to a point healthy meals. But with difrount meat grads that's wear the health bit changess. Along with the price.

1 made with low grade mince.

It's healthy and cheep. £2.50

But

The 1 made with top grade mince. Is healthy,arr.

As its got les fat. Mor ioun. Zink. Ect

And this is wear it gets expensive. £5.00

Dus this make sence now ...

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over a year ago

"I cood make 2 home made spaghetti Bolognaises.

Both to a point healthy meals. But with difrount meat grads that's wear the health bit changess. Along with the price.

1 made with low grade mince.

It's healthy and cheep. £2.50

But

The 1 made with top grade mince. Is healthy,arr.

As its got les fat. Mor ioun. Zink. Ect

And this is wear it gets expensive. £5.00

Dus this make sence now ...

Dry fry the mince and tip the fat away

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just eat veg and when it's reduced buy loads and freeze it .Diet stuff is crap as loads still have quite a bit of sugar in .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"To be fair it can be more expensive to start with. Especially of you don't have all of the store cupboard staples.

A friend of mine cooked us a slimming world curry the other night but had to spend £15 on spices to put in it.

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By *ficouldMan
over a year ago

a quandary, could you change my mind?

Seeside Am sure there "were" some great green grocers and farm shops your neck of the woods, sometimes much cheaper than the shops mentioned above for the veg side of things (and good exercise walking to them).

PS cut the out

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I cood make 2 home made spaghetti Bolognaises.

Both to a point healthy meals. But with difrount meat grads that's wear the health bit changess. Along with the price.

1 made with low grade mince.

It's healthy and cheep. £2.50

But

The 1 made with top grade mince. Is healthy,arr.

As its got les fat. Mor ioun. Zink. Ect

And this is wear it gets expensive. £5.00

Dus this make sence now ...

Dry fry the mince and tip the fat away

yes that gets rid of the fat from the low grade meat.

Your still left with a low ioun level to. wear a hi grade wood have mor

As i sed.

Healthy

And

Healthy,arr

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over a year ago

"As a family of 5 we saved roughly £250 a month just swapping from Sainsbury to Aldi

I like the sound of this

I prefer Tesco or Sainsburys to Aldi. When i have been Aldi the food has been awful and not lasted long so i ended up spending more replacing it.

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over a year ago

"Come on _eeside, thought you were a chef?

Healthy fresh home made stuff is cheap.

Yes i am a chef and Up to a point yes it is you can have a good meal on the cheep

It's that bit after that point im moneing about

So yes using a low grade meet.

Frozen veg

Ect yes you can make a good and relative healthy meal for about £2.50 or less

BUT

as soon as you up the quality of the food for the max helth benefits that's wen it gets expensive."

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over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Seeside Am sure there "were" some great green grocers and farm shops your neck of the woods, sometimes much cheaper than the shops mentioned above for the veg side of things (and good exercise walking to them).

PS cut the out "

Been off the drink for a week now.

2 days in had massave caffeine withdrawal symptoms. Lol now I'm all redey filling the benefits of not drinking the stuff

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over a year ago

Seaside now what you need to do is work one day less a week so you can trapse from shop to shop to get all the good deals including going to farm shops and local butchers etc. Buy a bigger flat to house the various freezers you need to freeze the food you have bought in bulk plus a sun room in order to grow the potatoes and lettuces you now need to grow

Although my huge experience of growing potatoes is that they grow much better outside in the ground than in a bag in the bedroom, the same for lettuces.

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over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Seaside now what you need to do is work one day less a week so you can trapse from shop to shop to get all the good deals including going to farm shops and local butchers etc. Buy a bigger flat to house the various freezers you need to freeze the food you have bought in bulk plus a sun room in order to grow the potatoes and lettuces you now need to grow

Although my huge experience of growing potatoes is that they grow much better outside in the ground than in a bag in the bedroom, the same for lettuces.

Lol

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By *gnitemybodyWoman
over a year ago

Onestepoutofthedoor

"Its really not dude. Fruit, veg and meat is way cheaper than your convenience foods. You just need to prep it yourself

Its the healthier ready meals that are more expensive "

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

"As a family of 5 we saved roughly £250 a month just swapping from Sainsbury to Aldi

I like the sound of this

I prefer Tesco or Sainsburys to Aldi. When i have been Aldi the food has been awful and not lasted long so i ended up spending more replacing it."

The fruit and veg used to be like that a few years ago but not anymore, mind you the rate my lot go through fruit it's no surprise!

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"As a family of 5 we saved roughly £250 a month just swapping from Sainsbury to Aldi

I like the sound of this

I prefer Tesco or Sainsburys to Aldi. When i have been Aldi the food has been awful and not lasted long so i ended up spending more replacing it.

The fruit and veg used to be like that a few years ago but not anymore, mind you the rate my lot go through fruit it's no surprise!"

I've been recently and it was rubbish. Not just fruit and veg but meat too.

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By *orkie321bWoman
over a year ago

Nottingham

Seaside you are in a much better position than most people who are trying to eat healthily. As a chef you have the skills to cook proper meals.

I think you need to shop smarter, plan your meals and batch cook and freeze.

Invest in some food containers like they use in takeaways, you can get them from the pound shops. Cook 3 or 4 servings and portion the leftovers up and put in your freezer. They will take up less room than the boxed ready meals you buy and you can reheat them in the microwave.

Try eating less meat. The better quality meat is more expensive so if you want to have it then have less. Pack your meals with vegetables instead and maybe try a meat free day once a week. Whenever I make spaghetti bolognese I use the best mince but a smaller pack than the cheap stuff. I grate carrots and courgettes into it to make it go further and it's an easy way to get your 5 a day. I don't make meat curries anymore. I do a vegetable and chick pea curry instead.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Freezer is the answer, if you come and pick them you can have 2 or 3 hundred apples from my garden right now for free, so much cheaper than doughnuts. End of June I gave away about 15 kilos of strawberries and raspberries. In season veg from farm shops are cheap, out of season imported or greenhouse stuff is always going to be expensive, but if you freeze it and use it when it's available it's ok.

Eating healthy on a budget is eating preserved or eating in season.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's really not that expensive to eat healthily...

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

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Although my huge experience of growing potatoes is that they grow much better outside in the ground than in a bag in the bedroom, the same for lettuces.

We find that buying decent basic food from Tescos and cooking basic meals works best for us. We eat very well and with good basic fresh food but all bought from one shop cus i have no wish to trapse round several shops looking for 'bargins' after a full days work."
You can get good yields of potatoes out of bags but they do need to be out doors for drainage this year from two bags I had roughly 11 to 12 lbs of potatoes and have some more on the way.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"It's really not that expensive to eat healthily... "

To eat healthily in general... No its not

To eat healthily,arr for the max health benefits then yes it is

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Although my huge experience of growing potatoes is that they grow much better outside in the ground than in a bag in the bedroom, the same for lettuces.

We find that buying decent basic food from Tescos and cooking basic meals works best for us. We eat very well and with good basic fresh food but all bought from one shop cus i have no wish to trapse round several shops looking for 'bargins' after a full days work.You can get good yields of potatoes out of bags but they do need to be out doors for drainage this year from two bags I had roughly 11 to 12 lbs of potatoes and have some more on the way."

Seaside said he lives in a flat.

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over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

Although my huge experience of growing potatoes is that they grow much better outside in the ground than in a bag in the bedroom, the same for lettuces.

We find that buying decent basic food from Tescos and cooking basic meals works best for us. We eat very well and with good basic fresh food but all bought from one shop cus i have no wish to trapse round several shops looking for 'bargins' after a full days work.You can get good yields of potatoes out of bags but they do need to be out doors for drainage this year from two bags I had roughly 11 to 12 lbs of potatoes and have some more on the way.

Seaside said he lives in a flat."

A small shared flat

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By *lowercandyWoman
over a year ago

Lancashire

"i make a lot of soup - buy whats on offer and bulk cook and freeze into meal size portions - i dont have a lot of money so have no choice - the occasional beans or eggs on toast meal - jacket potato with simple fillings - all dont cost a lot "

I do this a lot soup of whatever I have in or is on offer

Reduced carrots fresh coriander gave me 6pints of soup for under 1£

It gets cooked, split and frozen

Healthy food

Clean food

Can be done

You just need to be savvy about it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Seeside, is there a reason for this new healthier lifestyle?

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By *elma and ShaggyCouple
over a year ago

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A healthy diet is not expensive!

I do slimming world and it really irritates me when people say it's expensive. The key is to completely change your mindset about how you shop, cook and eat. Buy good quality lean protein, e.g. 5% fat mince. Use less of it and replace some with vegetables or pulses to stretch your budget.

For example a ready meal lasagne to feed a family would cost a fiver. A pack of good mince, if you shop smart, is £3.00 add a few herbs, a tin of tomatoes, an onion, a carrot, homemade white sauce (bit of butter, flour and milk) and some value range lasagne sheets. Total cost less than £4.00. As a single person I used to make this and freeze 3 portions, homemade ready meals.

Seeside you gave mac and cheese as an example. Smart price pasta instead of macaroni 30p. The sauce is a bit of butter, flour and milk and then some cheese. I can make the sauce for about a pound. Where you get the idea that it costs a tenner I have no idea! I can do it for about £1.50 and serve 6!

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Seeside, is there a reason for this new healthier lifestyle?"

Yes its related to a nother site i have joind.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

I think sum have got the rong idear of wot i meen.

Yes.. You can have a healthy diet on the cheep.

But.

Wen you up to better quality for even better health benefits that's wen it gets expensive.

Part of my diet involves haveing pomegranate juice and walnuts every day lol

Yes i can by cheep beef.

But the lean minced stak has better health benefits than the cheep beef mince. As its got les fat and Mor iron ect...

Dus this now make sence

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over a year ago

if you decide to have pomegranite and walnuts in your diet - dont be moaning about the expense - you can be just as healthy without

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over a year ago

"Seeside, is there a reason for this new healthier lifestyle?

Yes its related to a nother site i have joind.

The sperm donor one?

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over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Seeside, is there a reason for this new healthier lifestyle?

Yes its related to a nother site i have joind.

The sperm donor one?"

Yes that's the 1

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over a year ago

I once lived with two veggies who were brilliant cooks. I ate like a queen. One night we came in from the pub and all we had was a potato and half an onion. 20 minutes later one of them had produced a lovely curry. Cheaper than a bag of chips.

Importantly, they told me that being veggie is not just about giving up meat. You have to know how to replace it. So tell your right-on kids they're not veggie until they know how to do it properly.

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"I once lived with two veggies who were brilliant cooks. I ate like a queen. One night we came in from the pub and all we had was a potato and half an onion. 20 minutes later one of them had produced a lovely curry. Cheaper than a bag of chips.

Importantly, they told me that being veggie is not just about giving up meat. You have to know how to replace it. So tell your right-on kids they're not veggie until they know how to do it properly."

my daughter has chrohns - went veggie as meat was making her ill when she was flaring - now is practically vegan after going dairy free as well - i have had the best meals cooked by her and some amazing meals out in V V restaurants - if i could be bothered id eat that way a lot more of the time -

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By *sThunderThighsWoman
over a year ago

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Batch cook and freeze is the best way .. slimming world have some great recipes... (sorry if someone had already said this . But it got to long for me to read all the comments)

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By *adame BWoman
over a year ago

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This sounds like the opening line of a joke! I have a vegetarian, a vegan and a carnivore so I am cooking a variety of healthy meals. My grocery shop is not exuberant but the only local place I can get a decent selection of vegan staples is expensive but I still come in on budget as the prepared crap is dearer and not tasty or healthy. If I want midweek convenience fast meals I cook them on the weekend. So far today I have a Dahl curry and a beef stew made.

We have fresh salads nearly daily but very seldom use lettuce as salad can be great for using up stuff plus great for adding seeds and protein to.

If you are trying to improve your health on a budget, preparing the food yourself is the way to go.

Good luck

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By *ingle ex cuckMan
over a year ago

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"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

your totally right mate

it's actually scandelous

processed foods are more expensive to produce yet we pay more for fresh foods

the supermarkets are to blame

and this spineless govermemt

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"Ok so over the larst week I've been on a new healthy,arr dirt.

O.M.G its so expensive

Y is it that the guvarmount wants everyone to eat healthy but then charge a fortune for it.

Wots your view on this. ?

your totally right mate

it's actually scandelous

processed foods are more expensive to produce yet we pay more for fresh foods

the supermarkets are to blame

and this spineless govermemt"

Surely the clique must take some of the blame.

Can't be that processed foods often contain garbage ingredients that makes them cheap

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By *ensualtouch15Man
over a year ago

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"I think sum have got the rong idear of wot i meen.

Yes.. You can have a healthy diet on the cheep.

But.

Wen you up to better quality for even better health benefits that's wen it gets expensive.

Part of my diet involves haveing pomegranate juice and walnuts every day lol

Yes i can by cheep beef.

But the lean minced stak has better health benefits than the cheep beef mince. As its got les fat and Mor iron ect...

Dus this now make sence

No you are not making sense .

Although there is a case for pom juice , you should only consume a small amount so a 500 ml should last a week , nut s are expensive per kg but one should eat about 30 g per day

Good quality meat should have a little fat and should be eaten again in moderation , non cult fish like hake and mackerel are super cheap and very healthy

I think you need to study more and protest less

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I think sum have got the rong idear of wot i meen.

Yes.. You can have a healthy diet on the cheep.

But.

Wen you up to better quality for even better health benefits that's wen it gets expensive.

Part of my diet involves haveing pomegranate juice and walnuts every day lol

Yes i can by cheep beef.

But the lean minced stak has better health benefits than the cheep beef mince. As its got les fat and Mor iron ect...

Dus this now make sence

No you are not making sense .

Although there is a case for pom juice , you should only consume a small amount so a 500 ml should last a week , nut s are expensive per kg but one should eat about 30 g per day

Good quality meat should have a little fat and should be eaten again in moderation , non cult fish like hake and mackerel are super cheap and very healthy

I think you need to study more and protest less "

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By *inkySlinkyCouple
over a year ago

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Finely chop some onion. Mash a tin of kidney beans. Mix with a raw egg. Form into burger shapes and bake in the oven. Really cheap.

Sally

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

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"if you decide to have pomegranite and walnuts in your diet - dont be moaning about the expense - you can be just as healthy without "

Agreed. There are many diets that don't include high cost items, so you can manage costs even better by removing those items.

A healthy adult does not need supplements. Whatever is in pomegranate juice and walnuts will be just as easily found elsewhere.

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