If you might have covid and you only had £20 what would you buy in the shop??

[Swifey40]

My dB has been really poorly all weekend. He has booked a test for today. My DM can shop for him but they are all pretty skint at the moment. (I live over two hours away and am homeschooling as working so my brain is broken 😁). What would you put on the list for dm to get. I have:-
Paracetamol
Orange juice
Tomato soup
Milk (for tea)
Lucozade or similar
Bread

He doesn't like marmite or peanut butter bit everything else. But the caveat is that be can barely drag himself out of bed. He is quite an accomplished cook but doesn't feel like it at the moment.

Please jog my brain. Thank you 💖

Cheese, few tins of beans, both for on toast.

Ah yes, brilliant, of course!! Protein, one of your five a day, fibre and dairy!! Thank you!!

Maybe a couple of ready meals so he can shove it in the microwave without thinking too hard about it? I think tesco or sainsbury have a 3 for £5 on some of theirs?

Eggs? Easy and quick to cook.
Cuppa soups.

Microwave mash?

Ah yes, perfect as well xx

Yogurt?

If he likes them a tin or two of sardines, tins of tomato and pasta. Can make a meal out of those with very little effort. Maybe a box of eggs too?

Oats and banana/apple/Dates/nuts

Baking potatoes, cheese, beans, pasta

Avoid ready meals, they're shit and not filling and usually expensive.

Pot noodles and toast are all I want when I am poorly.

Get him some vitamin D too

Cereal is an easy to make meal

Couscous. Add boiling water (+stockcube) and a lid, leave until water absorbed. Lovely with added tuna or other protein. Can also add frozen chopped pepper

Thank you everyone 😊

"Couscous. Add boiling water (+stockcube) and a lid, leave until water absorbed. Lovely with added tuna or other protein. Can also add frozen chopped pepper"

Ask him before buying this!! I'd struggle to enjoy that on a good day

Fruit and soups

Porridge? Filling & cheap. Can add fruit to it.

Ready meals, ramen noodles, pasta in sauce, non prep fruit, in Aldi you can get packs of pulses in sauce to microwave, eggs, microwave rice, beans, cheese, bread, chocolate chip brioche, frozen prepped veg, deli meats, crisps.

Not healthy but a five pack of chocolate bars. High calorie and pleasant to eat. And cheap.

Tinned soup, ready meals. Bread, beans, tinned spaghetti, fish fingers and chips, porridge, milk, tea, cartons of juice he can keep by his bedside. multi-vits. Paracetamol.
May not be the most balanced, nutritious of things, but if he can keep his fluid levels up and get some calories in then he is doing ok.

Ready brek or Quaker instant oats are nice and super easy to make with little energy or brain power required!

Ice lollies in case of a sore mouth or throat, it will help with fluids.

When I feel poorly all I want to eat is Pringles and grapes!

I did a similar package for my sister a few weeks ago. I bought a few bottles of fizzy drinks as they all had sore throats. Some sweets. Bread, milk, beans, eggs, tinned peaches and custard. Some ice lollies/magnums. A few trashy magazines. Some chocolate and medicines.

As much lemsip as you can - only thing that kept me alive when I had Covid.