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Cheap but tasty ready meals for family.

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StopInhalingRevels · 23/06/2024 16:29

I'm ill. Not serious, but COVID, throat infection, ulcer, really run down and essentially can't function to any useful degree. Weak.

Last week, spent an awful lot of money on terrible takeaways (me, DH, 3DC, one teen). I can't bring myself to spend that much on utter crap food again. Budget is less of the issue, quality is. We live very rurally, so slim pickings on the takeaway front.

DH is doing all the school runs, housework, laundry etc. He's no good in the kitchen and frankly hasn't got the energy either after a full days work, and 100% of child/household stuff at the mo, before the inevitable "where's DH in all this" starts.

Usually we're a cook from scratch family. We've had a couple of supposedly nicer ready meals before and found them poor. (I'm looking at you Charlie Bigham and "Cook".) So was wondering if anyone could point out a particular supermarket range/shop where DH could go and get up to a week's worth of large sized family ready meals that are genuinely nice? Cheap would be fabulous. Although appreciate that might be a bit of a stretch to be family sized, tasty and cheap.

All types of food welcome, except overtly spicy due to small DC. Thank you x

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AlexandraPeppernose · 10/08/2024 18:54

If it were me, I'd just get loads of fresh pasta and various sauces. Their is nowt wrong with pasta butter & cheese or pasta pesto peas. Also chunky bread and baked beans, tins of tuna for toasties type things. Other than that micro rice and a tin of curry sauce. Chuck a big bag of stir fry mix in the sauce and you gave veg curry. Could also chuck in a bag of prawns. If you gave a slow cooker you can do porridge or rice pudding overnight for brekkies

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EveryDayisFriday · 04/09/2024 11:57

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