Meals I can make at home with limited food?

Sounds incredibly hard and stressful

Things like pasta are fine with a bit of olive oil. If you have any frozen veg add that in towards the end of the pasta cooking time. Can throw some ketchup or mayonnaise over the top for extra flavour if you don't have enough cheese.

Alternatively seek out your local community bank you might be able to pick up some fresh stuff for pennies which will help with what you have in the cupboards.

It seems that way but I would bet that the advice has been useful to others where things are tight.

I think the fried potato cubes with bacon sound delicious!

Lots of people wasting their time here - if OP wanted meal ideas she would have posted a list of what she has...

First thing on your list if you can borrow money is porridge oats and milk. Very cheap but filling.

food bank - not all are referrals, my local church does one along with a drop in breakfast morning for advice on money/food etc
community fridge
community supermarket - we have a few of these, super cheap food for a few pounds.
any points on cards, vouchers etc
also you can do an anonymous post on a local Facebook group for specific local advice.

If you have yogurt and flour you can make a really easy flatbread (2 parts yogurt, 3 parts flour, mix together into dough, flatten and fry each side). Add toppings under the grill if you want a pizza/cheese on toast or eat with curry as a naan bread or use in place of bread/wrap. Very versatile and filling.

If you have any veg, make soup or curry. Chickpeas or potatoes are great for bulking things out.

Porridge is very filling for breakfast.

Ass others have said, Olio or TooGoodToGo apps.

Good luck OP.

Have you subscribed to Olio? People give away free food from supermarkets. Also try a community kitchen? Good luck x

Well, quite. Tis the season!

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Maybe the op is hoping people will message her with offers of money?

Do you partner even if not living with? Would they give you some money.
What about your parents? If they can’t give you money, could you go to stay for a couple of days maybe?
Please give list of food? Otherwise no one can help.

Download the olio app and see what is in your area. You can collect free food from neighbours or sign up as a distributor and keep 10% of anything you collect.

OP - Can you please give me some ideas for meals but I wont give you a list of things I have

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Surely this is why food banks exist? Can't you go and some food?

Honestly the Olio app is really good, I'm in a large town so it may vary depending where you are op but it's worth getting the app ( free ) on your phone and see what there is.

If you have school aged children you could ask to see the parent liason at school and see if they can help with a food package or bypass some hoops for a food cupboard voucher.

Staying hydrated will help you avoid hunger pangs, warm water is best and obviously a splash of squash if you have any.

Another one..
Cube some potatoes into 1cm cubes, parr boil then fry with chopped bacon. Serve with an egg

My most skint meal is tomato pasta..
2 tins of chopped tomato
Tablespoon of butter
1 onion
Slow cook the lot together for about 2 hours on the hob until the onion is really soft then blend it all. If you have frozen sausages pre cook them and add chopped into the sauce and cook for another 45 mins. Have with pasta

A more fancy one...
Asda just essential Italian style hard cheese
A few egg yolks
Bacon
Spaghetti
Mix the egg yolks and grated cheese
Fry chopped bacon
Boil spaghetti
Mix the bacon with cooked spaghetti then stir through egg and cheese mix

Obviously without a comprehensive list of what you have,we can't help much.
Soup is a really good idea, especially if you have stock cubes, herbs, spices etc for flavour and variety.
If you have flour, you may be able to make bread, even if it's a flat bread, or used bicarb to rise. Or you could make a sourdough starter which can be used for bread and cakes.
My favourite ingredient when skint is mince! Add lentils, beans, veg and you can make spag bol, cottage pie, chilli con carne, shove it on top of jacket potatoes or stick it in a wrap/pitta.
If I only have a small bit of meat/protein I dice it reasonably small and add to pasta, rice etc so it feels like more.
We can't always qualify for food banks or have a local community fridge, so I hope this helps 🌺

I’ve not read the full thread so apologies if someone’s already answered in a similar vein.

Sorry to read about your situation. Can you access a food bank? There is no shame in that, especially with the cost of living crisis going on at the moment.

Hope you’re ok!

@PoissonOfTheChrist totally agree

If you have food in the cupboards and freezer then eat that. Nothing wrong with fish fingers and cheese and something from a tin.

Yes, I agree

Im sure if the OP was actually after meal ideas then she would've posted the ingredients she has.

Really do need a full inventory of what you do actually have in and what appliances you have to be of any real help

One thing I would advise against is buying bread - its high calorific , and doesn't fill you. For the price of a loaf Id be buying a bag of spuds, even a bowl of cheesy mash and baked beans will be more filling then cheese on toast

Ive been that piss poor in the past that I made and lived of potato soup - potatoes, water, and the scrapings of the marmite jar. Now Im not as poor and I have spices, I make dhal - filling and nutricious adding veg to really bulk it out

I had dhal yesterday - and the day before and the day before, and I used hard boiled eggs and cheese as a kind of topping to really fill me with protein and extra nutrients