lisalisa, my own two have always loved vegetables, so we always have a large selection. DS wouldn't eat meat but ate cabbage, he'd pile all his veg into a yorkshire pud and cover it in gravy. he misses roast dinners the most.
I buy carefully, sometimes I visit sainsburys on a wednesday night as they have amazing bargains. I bought a huge forerib of aberdeen angus beef off the butcher counter as it was reduced from £22.99 a kilo to £9.99, so I bought the whole piece weighing 2.5 kilos! Likewise 2 kilos of haddock and 1 of cod loin.
They often reduce their undyed smoked haddock, so I buy the whole lot and freeze it. It is not going off, they have just "undersold and over bought" according to the assistant. My mother used to cook this for us when a child, with spinach and poached eggs and I love it!
With all my mindies, I have cooked from scratch and they are all good eaters. One of them said at my Ofsted inspection, "this is a yummy lunch" Lamb casserole, using neck of lamb fillet, very cheap, with pasrsnips, again sweet potato chopped and cooked in the gravy.
strawberrysnowflakes, he is in Paanorama, not far from Banff, he goes to Banff on days off, but he went heli skiing today, paid for on my credit card! Loved it so much he had to do 4 trips! He is 19 and a Level 2 instructor, about to do level 3.