£5 Food Week Challenge

its the time in the term where my money is very low so i'm surviving on garlic bread again (36p each from ASDA), until easter hols
 
$loth said:
Looking at how much loan etc i'd get I'd be spending ~£25 a week on food, how people can survive on £5 is unbelievable!
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Hmm, £5 isnt that bad tbh, iv got fairly well stocked cupboards from buying things on offer at supermarket and i get stuff from mum+dads too when they buy extra or want shot of things, i can avoid going shopping for 2-3weeks quite easily and have a decent diet, but i start getting annoyed at no real fresh things, for me supermarket is usually only for fresh meat+veg, and even then i try to avoid buying fresh meat cos its just so damn expensive, id rather go without and steal it all from my parents next time im home :D
 
theres no way i can surivive on £5 a week for food, thats just ridiculous.

if i really had no choice then i guess id stock up on a crap load of cheap carby stuff like pasta, potatoes, rice, bread etc. but that would make a pretty shoddy diet.
 
Don't buy pasta sauces, get value chopped toms and a tub of dried herbs. Heat the toms, add pepper, salt and maybe a little chilli powder and you've got an easy (if a little boring) pasta sauce. Buying on a budget is all about making stuff for yourself and not paying someone else to do it for you; this is what you do with this processed/readymade stuff.
 
I can and have done by on £5 a week. Be prepared for very bland and repetitive food though. I usually spend about £10 a week, you can get quite a lot from Lidl for that, enough to have a decent variety of meals, fresh fruit and veg, sauces, meat etc.
 
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it wouldnt really, what would you be lacking? buy aload of veg too, make your sauces, wouldnt be so hard to be relatively healthy.
The key would be for the friends to pool money and then a true balanced diet would be a lot easier to achieve, because buying in bulk always makes it cheaper, and it means you could buy fresh things in bulk without any going to waste
 
Mad old tory said:
Don't buy pasta sauces, get value chopped toms and a tub of dried herbs. Heat the toms, add pepper, salt and maybe a little chilli powder and you've got an easy (if a little boring) pasta sauce. Buying on a budget is all about making stuff for yourself and not paying someone else to do it for you; this is what you do with this processed/readymade stuff.
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add some fresh chopped garlic to this as well :)
 
£5? How?

I'd go insane eating the same thing every day over and over.
I value what I eat far too much to ever manage that. But the I guess that explains where my money went. Stupid 2 minute walk to Sainsbury's.
 
2 dozen eggs £3
1 loaf £1
Some fruit (couple of apples, bananas pears)

Endless combinations there for main meals, and fruit for snacks (and vitamins ;) )
 
Tuna is your friend if you get tired of mince :)

I spent on average £20 a week and eat very well, not buying rubbish like expensive cereal/chocolate/drinks saves you a lot of money. I generally buy 2 bunches of spring onions, bag of peppers (3), 3 white onions. Pack of chicken breast (500gr), 2 litres of milk, a pack of 6 pittas, loaf of Hovis granary bread, 6 large eggs, jar of peanut butter, and a couple of bags of coffee once every 3/4 weeks.
 
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I used to spend £28 a month on food, drink and essentials like toilet roll etc. Didn't enjoy it like. Must spend more than quadruple that now.
 
Butter, although, this will last a few weeks, Black pepper, then lots of pasta, I could live on that for weeks on end... in fact I did lol :p. Maybe some cheese every now and then, melted in with said pasta mmm, happy days :D.
 
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