Pot noddles, past & sauce (esp those you just add water to) are probably for those people who live in B&Bs, or have little access to cooking utensils.
haveatarday Seriously, why would you GO so against what they have asked for? We have people visiting us who live in motels & only have a kettle. How can they heat up soup? Pot noddles/cup-a-soups/pasta& sauce are ideal for these people.
People who are getting stuff for fee should be gateful and that's why I would never donate starving people Nope, don't donate starving people!
Tinned pineapple & tinned kidney beans (and lentils) are the two things that sit on our shelves for months. You can't really have them as a stand alone food item, so having to worry about what to combine them with it & the cost of those things, means that no one really takes them. But we have LOADS! As well as beetroot...
Can you explain that? I thought that foodbanks were for one off help when you're desperate. The way that's written the foodbanks have regular clients that they know their circumstances of, if they have ovens etc. We certainly do [have reg clients] Some homeless, some in B&Bs, some in motels. Our clients are allowed 3 full visits a yrs & 3 over nighters (few items, around 5/6)
The idea that a food bank is a one off thing is actually not true. We have many more regulars than we do one offs. That is the reality of today. People aren't just struggling for one meal, one week, a low day til payday, most are struggling to make ends meet constantly.
but if, as some people on this thread have said that tins of kidney beans can't be shifted off the shelves, that'd surely be a good idea to have a print out of things to do with them? Yep, we do recipe cards, but again, no one wants kidney beans.
make your own refried beans No other ingredients needed? So what, you can have them on toast? Surely you don't actually eat them by themselves.
and a bit of diced onion (staple that fb give out) Erm..no. We rarely have fresh fruit/veg because we have nowhere to store it.
The kidney beans could be mashed with some tomatoes purée (I donated) and a bit of diced onion (staple that fb give out) and then had as a toping on oat cakes (I donated). A fulling and healthy meal with protein and carbs and 2 of your 5. You can mash with a fork and cut with a normal knife, I've done it while traveling...Why all the anger at wanting to help educate people on how to consume a nutritious food? Sorry, but urgh! That sounds revolting & honestly, isn't something that will appeal to the majority of those using a food bank. Not to mention, that within 3 items, one meal (if that is what you can call it) has been consumed. Which means that there is less for the other days. Honestly, op...stick to the lists, you have NO idea what goes into running a food bank & you are wrong to assume that you know better than the people who work there.
The brown rice and kidney beans could be stired into the tomatoes soup I gave and heated in a bowl like a bain-marie over the kettle. So now you want someone to stand & hold a bowl over steam while the food heats up & heats up the bowl & the contents? What about of that person isn't able to stand & hold things while their hands become scalded? Or of they have small children who are likely to pull at them?
Geez op, this is a whole new level of stupid you are spilling out.
If you DID have other ingredients, THEN chilli is ace. And how would you cook it if you only have a kettle?