to ask you for your best skint meal ideas please? And what to buy at lidl to help this?

[Margaritte]

I did ask for lovely, budget, impressive looking meals last week.

However, the shit hit fan for us, financially, for the next month or two. So now I really need to know what I can buy & cook. Now it just needs to be healthy & dirt cheap and less impressive . Taste buds haven't died in this shit situation, so if its fairly yummy will help too, although I realise that's not the main priority.

I have to figure out breakfasts, lunches and dinners. My dc & dh take packed lunch with them, & dd & I eat at home. I have a bit in already, which I'm so grateful for, as it gives me a 'head start'.

I have got advice from StepChange today and they were great, so that bits sorted.

Just a bit of back ground ( so I'm not drip feeding) I am recovering from PND (mostly good days for a while) However, during having it, cooking / meal planning etc would cause me a lot of distress. I'm starting to get back into cooking now, and sometimes enjoy it. I don't want to slip back into the upset & frustration I used to have around the weeks meals, so as easy as possible would be helpful too.

This might sound horrid, but its actually very tasty and filling.

One tin of Heinz spaghetti/beans (either with something like sausages or without) or equivalent
Mash potato
Cheese for on top.

Put spaghetti in a casserole dish, layer mash potato on top, then sprinkle with cheese.
Put in oven for about 20 mins on 200C

Serve with salad or whatever.

Here's one recipe for it www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/451635/crustless-quiche-lorraine

My friend makes small muffin sized one's for her DH for his packed lunches for work.

The one's she makes she just uses eggs,milk,seasoning,sometimes cooked bacon or ham snipped into small pieces,what ever veggies they fancy(cut all really small) and cheddar cheese,she mixes it all in together in a jug.Either use a non stick muffin tin(what fairy cakes,jam tarts,individual Yorkshire puddings go in to)or spray or brush a little oil into each space before pouring the mixture in.

You could do the same with a Quiche tin or flat pie dish.

I have a lovely little recipe book now (well, these posts jotted down in a notepad) They are simple, easy ideas And I think its fab!

Now I just need to get a grip of meal planning & shopping for it all.