£100 a month food budget for two

Who cares if its open ? If the emergency is so bad i do not have any food left over and the government cant get emergency to me the front door of TESCO is not a problem.

How this thread has changed from £100 on food to idiot preppers amd the zombie apocalypse is beyond me :)
 
PiKe said:
It's mainly lunch time meals we struggle with, either eating microwave ready meals, sandwiches of some description or a frozen pie with mushy peas.

Any ideas on how to keep costs down?
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Home-made soup is your friend here. E.g. a soup I make regularly:

3 sweet potatoes
Onion
Carrot
800ml veg stock
Chipotle chilli powder
Salt
Pepper

Main ingredients will set you back under £2.20 when doubled up for two people. Add in the Bouillon and basic chilli flakes if you want to keep cost down, and it's just over £5.20 - and that would be enough to make 10 portions. A nutritious, warming, healthy 50p lunch, although the cost is less as the Bouillon and flakes will last a good while. Add in crusty rolls if you prefer. There are numerous soups you could make which would be better for you than ready meals and pie, and the above is better and more filling than any shop-bought product I've tried.

Prep time:
10 mins to prep veg
5mins to soften onion and carrot, add stock
20-25 mins in a lidded pan to soften diced sweet potatoes
5mins to blend

Make two or three batches of different soups, portion and freeze. A couple per week will still allow you plenty of variety in your other daily lunches. Time-efficient and cheap as chips.
 
Bulk is your friend here, and cutting out meat.

Get to your local asian supermarket/wholesaler and get big bags of dried pulses, beans, rice. Aldi/lidl tinned tomatoes. You can knock up enormous pots of vegetarian chilli with loads of good protein for very little. Make it up at the weekend, chuck portions in the fridge/freezer depending on how long you're keeping it.

I'm temporarily living without a fridge so I've been on a lot of tinned stuff, soups, curries etc...the M&S ones are pretty damn good. I've been spending virtually nothing.
 
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