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To ask you how to make £30 last

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tearsandtiaras · 10/01/2025 20:02

I have £30 to last until Wednesday
Im ok for petrol for work
My DD needs £8-10 on Monday
I have £22 to make meals from tomorrow - Tuesday night and one packed lunch Wednesday

Please help. I have porridge, brown rice , eggs, and a little bit of pasta

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tearsandtiaras · 10/01/2025 20:52

19lottie82 · 10/01/2025 20:50

Go to Lidl or aldi and you’ll get enough food no problem, it wouldn’t even cross my mind that this wouldn’t be enough tbh

Sorry Im not used to having this little money. Im trying to eat some veg and i have none.

I can't eat wheat,
Cumber is £1 here in lidl

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backawayfatty1 · 10/01/2025 20:52

Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues

Do you need it to cover breakfast & lunch?

Dinner ideas

Tomato pasta (use pasta) chopped tomatoes/herbs or a jar + smoked sausage

Baked pot & beans - add cheese if you have it/budget allows

Veg Egg fried rice (use rice & eggs) mixed veg from freezer

Veg soup with bread

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tearsandtiaras · 10/01/2025 20:51

TomatoSandwiches · 10/01/2025 20:42

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DsgHgzvwL/

Thank you this is helpful

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19lottie82 · 10/01/2025 20:50

Go to Lidl or aldi and you’ll get enough food no problem, it wouldn’t even cross my mind that this wouldn’t be enough tbh

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tearsandtiaras · 10/01/2025 20:50

RosesAndHellebores · 10/01/2025 20:35

What have you got in Yr cupboards such as: flour, curry powder, oil, stock cubes?

Can you get to a street market, Aldington, etc?

Cd yiu get a referral to a food bank?

I don't- i work

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tearsandtiaras · 10/01/2025 20:49

Iudncuewbccgrcb · 10/01/2025 20:35

What happens on Wednesday?

I get paid from work

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forgotmyusername1 · 10/01/2025 20:48

Join olio

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tearsandtiaras · 10/01/2025 20:48

Dd is going out with friends and needs bus and entrance fee

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TomatoSandwiches · 10/01/2025 20:43

The link is to Feed your Family for £20 she posts a shopping list and meal plan for a family of four that's roughly £22.
She costs it up from multiple shops.

TomatoSandwiches · 10/01/2025 20:42

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DsgHgzvwL/

ODFOx · 10/01/2025 20:40

If there are just 2 of you and you have porridge, brown rice, eggs and pasta, you can afford to eat well and give her £10 on Monday morning. List everything else in your cupboards please: flour, cornflour, salt and pepper, a tin of tuna at the back, everything please.

LandedGentTree · 10/01/2025 20:40

Do you have time to go to supermarkets and find heavily reduced items? You could probably get loads of food if so!

If it was me, I'd buy a big bag of cheap pasta and have it for most meals, but I quite like eating the same thing repeatedly. Or discounted bread/bagels. I wouldn't bother trying to be healthy for a couple of days on a tight budget.

TomatoSandwiches · 10/01/2025 20:38

What shops do you have to chose from? How many people? What do you already have in the fridge/freezer and cupboards?
Any allergies/intolerances to consider?
Do you also need toiletries or pet food?

UndermyShoeJoe · 10/01/2025 20:36

Join olio. It’s a free app where food waste heroes collect that days best before and use by foods from shops and list it up for free collection to save waste.

Anything from bread rolls to Guinea fowl and pork chops on ours locally. With the abundance of veg and potatoes too.

RosesAndHellebores · 10/01/2025 20:35

What have you got in Yr cupboards such as: flour, curry powder, oil, stock cubes?

Can you get to a street market, Aldington, etc?

Cd yiu get a referral to a food bank?

CoralGraceRow · 10/01/2025 20:35

Do you have anywhere near you that does too good to go bags? There’s also a place near me that sells surplus food from supermarkets for a small donation, I’m not sure where you are but there may be somewhere local that does similar!

Iudncuewbccgrcb · 10/01/2025 20:35

What happens on Wednesday?

ODFOx · 10/01/2025 20:33

How many of you? Just you and DD or more?

Caterina99 · 10/01/2025 20:30

anything lurking in your cupboards or freezer Op or is that literally all the food you have in house? And for how many people?

I think you could get the basics for £20. Won’t be very exciting meals, but milk, bread, some more pasta, beans, veg, cheese, potatoes, tinned tuna would feed you for a few days.

togaboga · 10/01/2025 20:29

cheese on toast, porridge, baked potato, beans on toast... bag of apples, a cucumber and a bag of carrots for veggies... box of cheap cereal (own brand cornflakes or some such similar meal), I don;t think it's hard.

Crazycatlady79 · 10/01/2025 20:26

Why does the child need £8-10?!

Scutterbug · 10/01/2025 20:21

Keep an eye on olio for free food.

Big Bag of potatoes will do jackets and mash

pack of mince, cook half as a cottage pie with some of the mash and the other half a chilli to go with your rice.

tins of beans for the chilli and to go on jackets

omlettes with the eggs and could use potatoes for homemade chips

Porridge oats for breakfast.

bag of pasta, jar of pesto for an easy meal.

any bits of veg to make a soup?

lifebyfaith · 10/01/2025 20:15

Buy some lentils and rice, add eggs and if you have curry powder you've got a hearty meal for a couple of evenings

ShelfyElfy25 · 10/01/2025 20:13

Do you have a "too good to go" shop near you? My mum often gets lovely bits in those, although it's a bit pot luck what you get it might help?

RosesAndHellebores · 10/01/2025 20:10

How much rice and pasta, how many eggs and how many are you cooking for please. Do you need to provide breakfast, lunch and dinner every day?