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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

is that all from 1 chicken?

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

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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By *leasures4Couple
over a year ago

East midlands

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

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 *nnejohn OP   Couple
over a year ago

warrington

yes

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

It doesn't have to be expensive shot at places like aldi and Lidl it's all about shopping about

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By *edangel_2013Woman
over a year ago

southend

My food bills have gone down since I started eating healthy. I cook everything from scratch and bulk cook most things.

It's all about prep and planning.

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

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

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.

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


"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 *nnejohn OP   Couple
over a year ago

warrington

seasonal fruit and veg ,chicken,pork,all cheap.especially at aldi or lidl.this is how its done,especially people who areat home all day.keep your kids healthy

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


"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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By *nnejohn OP   Couple
over a year ago

warrington

sounds good.will give it a whirl

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

I don’t think healthy eating it expensive. It maybe more convenient and less time consuming.

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By *elma and ShaggyCouple
over a year ago

Bedworth

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 *nnejohn OP   Couple
over a year ago

warrington

mmmm proper nosh

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate


"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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By *elma and ShaggyCouple
over a year ago

Bedworth


"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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By *edangel_2013Woman
over a year ago

southend


"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


"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)
over a year ago


"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

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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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

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)
over a year ago


"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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By *rank n BettyCouple
over a year ago

Not meeting

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

Not expensive at all. Lidl 5 home cooked meals for less than £20 if you just look. I spend less than half than when I buy shite x

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By *nnejohn OP   Couple
over a year ago

warrington

how does 5 meals cost 20 pounds?

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

my weekly food shop is 15 bucks for whole food, so no. eating crap is nowt to do with being skint

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


"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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By *nnejohn OP   Couple
over a year ago

warrington

cool,more than 5 there

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