[arista]

Originally Posted by Adam.

Yes we dont have a telly in our house unfortunately

That's Fine Adam
Computer will do OK
FREE TV on it
until they catch you



again
this is not Chat and Games section.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Do they do a follow up article where she can't be arsed cooking, orders takeaway and half of that food ends up in the bin out of date?

I would genuinely estimate that we throw £1000+ of food in the bin per year. It's obscene.

We have this running tradition where my wife buys two bags of "soup veg mix" every Monday... And transfers them to the bin every Sunday.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I have seen that, I have also been in that situation ... it's not pleasant.
I do believe in being frugal and not being wasteful, but the cynic in me is thinking what is the hidden agenda here...Like TS mentioned is it to prep people for further cuts, or worse, food shortages?

Food shortages - another good dose of scaremongering!

[Vanessa]

Too much meat

[ebandit]

.....i see carnage.............................murder!

...but really there is so much cheap food available in UK supermarkets even without
hunting out products close to sell by date

....rather dsiputes the idea that folk can't afford to eat in the UK.............just ask those
fat bloaters in the lowest income groups.................

Mark L

[Kazanne]

If you shop wisely you can have a good family meal for very little, have you noticed those on lesser incomes or none at all hardly ever look starved.

[Livia]

Don't see anything wrong with this. Jack Monroe has made a great living out of making meals cheaply... this is just more of the same.

[y.winter]

Originally Posted by arista

Well Done Madame

NHS is waiting for her family, let's hope they come in bulk as well

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

If you shop wisely you can have a good family meal for very little, have you noticed those on lesser incomes or none at all hardly ever look starved.

They never look healthy either. They don't look "starved" because cheap food is the worst food.

4 chicken breasts? £5.

50 chicken nuggets? £1.50

[parmnion]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

Too much meat

To be fair vanessa it's probably mostly water if it's that cheap.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

They never look healthy either. They don't look "starved" because cheap food is the worst food.

4 chicken breasts? £5.

50 chicken nuggets? £1.50

But you don't need to eat meat at every meal if at all, you can still be healthy by eating sensibly and cooking from scratch,maybe some of the people mentioned never look healthy as they usually have a fag hanging out their mouth.

[Gstar]

No way did she get all of that for £16

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Germyle

No way did she get all of that for £16

I think that is a months supply for 65.00, trust me if I could feed my family for 65.00 A WEEK I would be on it, closer to 150.00 would be nearer the mark

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I would genuinely estimate that we throw £1000+ of food in the bin per year. It's obscene.

We have this running tradition where my wife buys two bags of "soup veg mix" every Monday... And transfers them to the bin every Sunday.

Whip her into shape. Buy a crate of beer instead.

[Wizard.]

Me and my partner get these because it does work out cheaper AND the quality of meat is superb (chicken breasts twice the size of supermarkets and not pumped full of water like those gross Tesco ones). We usually buy a £70 box which will last 2 of us 4/5 weeks. But, we do have to pay around £40 a week for food to contribute to these dinners plus breakfasts and lunches etc... There is no way she feeds a family of four on so little. She says she can make a meal with one of those minced beef packets for 4 people each night for 2 days well the love is having a laugh because that does me and my partner one meal each for one night and I'm skinny like Mariah!

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Riley.

Me and my partner get these because it does work out cheaper AND the quality of meat is superb (chicken breasts twice the size of supermarkets and not pumped full of water like those gross Tesco ones). We usually buy a £70 box which will last 2 of us 4/5 weeks. But, we do have to pay around £40 a week for food to contribute to these dinners plus breakfasts and lunches etc... There is no way she feeds a family of four on so little. She says she can make a meal with one of those minced beef packets for 4 people each night for 2 days well the love is having a laugh because that does me and my partner one meal each for one night and I'm skinny like Mariah!

she might make a big pot of chilli and bulk it out with loads of kidney beans and stuff, if I make chilli it can stretch it to two meals if I use jacket potatoes on the second evening and loads of salad

[smudgie]

Ah bless her, I am sure she was on the telly last year saying how she fed her family on a tight budget.
On top of her " warehouse" type order ( they never gave the name of the supplier) she also bought catering size pasta, flour, jam etc.
So she does manage well on a budget but not as tight as the article lets you think.
£65 on meat alone maybe but then you have to at least double that for other foodstuffs, then there is toiletries and cleaners etc as well, so quite misleading.
My daughter gets her meat from muscle and says it is excellent quality and value.

[Babayaro.]

Originally Posted by arista

Well Done Madame

Sam Bailey ha comedown?

[Vicky.]

How the **** do you get that much meat for 16 quid? For that much I get 4 chicken fillets and a joint of beef

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

How the **** do you get that much meat for 16 quid? For that much I get 4 chicken fillets and a joint of beef

Monthly supply, cost her £65 ....so approx £16 a week based on a 4 week month.

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

You young ones don't know you're born, back during the war we had to live on mouldy bread dipped in the bone marrow of roadkill AND WE WERE BLOODY GRATEFUL.

luxury

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

How the **** do you get that much meat for 16 quid? For that much I get 4 chicken fillets and a joint of beef

Yeah they've been (deliberately) misleading, the picture is of the whole box which is a 4-week supply, not one week's worth.

I have to admit though ... ... ... IF the meat is of any sort of decent quality, they do have some pretty amazing deals on the site . You'd pretty much need a deep-freeze chest freezer for it to be worth it though. Mince is fine cooked from frozen but chicken breasts and red meat cuts, not so much, ruins the quality. You'd basically need to;

- Freeze all of the mince raw;
- Make large batches with the chicken breasts (of various chicken-in-sauce type things) and freeze them cooked;
- Use any red meat cuts / steaks first before they go off.


So you'd also basically have like 5 days of eating nothing but red meat in your first week which obviously isn't ideal or healthy...

[Kizzy]

If she cut down on the mince, burgers and sausage she would save some money

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

If she cut down on the mince, burgers and sausage she would save some money

But all of those things are much cheaper than chicken... ...

Unless you're suggesting... ew... "veggie" meals.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

But all of those things are much cheaper than chicken... ...

Unless you're suggesting... ew... "veggie" meals.

Well yeah, quiches are cheap to make and filling, jacket spuds, fish pie, tuna pasta, cabonara
What's with the reliance on mystery meat just because you're on a low income?