Food supply for a month £30?

arc@css said:
Protein / fat based foods with very low carbohydrate is without a doubt the best way (causes far less insulin spikes, thus less hunger). Still hard to do on that budget though.
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You what, not a chance, this is where a extremely high carb diet is essential, calories per £ you can't beat grains.

And yes it's doable, I would say its particuly healthy, but then it's only a month and won't be worse than many people's diets. More bring than anything,
Bulk buying, buy bread just before shop closes at like 10p a loaf and freeze it.

Get down butchers and tell them your predicament and ask if you can buy some of the off cuts and if they can mince it for you.

Goto green grocers at the end of the day and strike a deal for left overs.

Walk into a hotel and steal the jams and sauces.
 
What can you buy for a £1 a day? Not very much. I think you can do it but you'll be hungry a lot of the time.

Check hot uk deals for some bargains. Go to supermarkets in the evening when they massively discount bread etc. You can often get eggs for pennies too. Porridge made with water is also cheap and filling.

When you find food very cheap buy a lot but be disciplined and hold out for the real bargains. You can get food for virtually nothing but you need to be in the right place at the right time.

Failing that, head down you nearest food bank or allotment ;)
 
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Hm if it's doable then thats all that matters for now for now.

30 packets of cheese and broccoli pasta, 20 tins of spaghetti, 10 tins of beans, 3 tubs of cream cheese, 4 loafs of bread, 4 jars of peanut butter, 8 litres of milk, 3 boxes of cornflakes, 3 x 750g of mince, 4 cheese and tomato pizza's, 5kg potatoes. £35 I think that might do? All Asda Smart Price. Hopefully not a long term situation.
 
Easily do-able but you will have to buy ASDA Smartprice stuff and live off:

Frozen Pollock Fillets
Tinned Tuna
Beans
Eggs
Rice
Pasta
Tinned tomatoes
Bread
Mixed Frozen Vegetables
nuts
...etc ...etc

If you plan it properly it would actually be more healthy than a lot of peoples high calorie high saturated fat and red meat infested diets ;-)
Plant based diets ARE the healthiest and with a bit of research and effort can be produced very cheaply :-)
 
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For that budget you'll be eating boiled grass by the end of the second week. But there's a lot of tasty dishes you can make with grass, and it's free if you go to your local park at night.
 
I already own loads of fishing gear and a rifle so I guess I'm sorted.

You could always find someone local that owns an allotment and maybe ask them for some vegetables. Would save you some cash.
 
I probably lived on about that for some months at uni. Went half a week without food! My body is so used to it now, that I usually just have one meal a day.
 
Do you have anything left in your cupboards/freezer at all to help stretch things out?

If I had to live off £30 I'd make a carrot and lentil soup, or whatever vegetables happen to be on offer - you should easily be able to make a week's worth of lunches for £2-3 (it should keep in the fridge for a few days but you'd be better off freezing if you can).

As C.R.A.Z.Y said, tinned tomatoes - you can usually get them for less than 30p a tin from Lidl/Aldi if you have a store near you, Lidl also do a three-pack of tinned sweetcorn for about 60p.
 
jakehall109 said:
Some ideas for cheap stuff
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You've never done this have you? ;)

Bread, 10p
Jam/Jelly/Sauces, not essential


Rice and soy sauce, lentils, or noodles and some kind of vegetable are about the cheapest things that will keep you alive.
Some of it is simply buying enough calories and hoping there is money left for vegetables, no way could someone afford to get protein from meat.
Fruit, always loads left at open markets, just a bit squished.

I'd recommend some kind of vitamin pill, after a month you will get sick with such a poor diet.
 
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Bulk buy pasta, rice, tinned tomatoes and beans - e.g. kidney beans etc. A few quid extra for some herbs & spices and you've got yourself a month's supply of chilli or tomato pasta. You could alternate them so that you don't go absolutely bat-**** crazy having the same meal over and over...

If you live anywhere near countryside, maybe go out and forage for fruit/berries?

It is doable, but I wouldn't want to do it...
 
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