To think that two sweet coffees is equal to a meal?

[Mindthegob]

It certainly fill you up
until lunchtime! Costs under 10p too!

Peas tomorrow with a little cheese sauce- 55p in Lidl 😁

OK. So according to you I can drink my unsweetened coffee, eat two spoonfuls of sugar, and I'll be good to go until lunchtime?

Well obvs you need carbs as well! But buying seasonal veg, wonky shapes, grade 2 or 3, buying yellow stickered bread just before the shop shuts, are much healthier ways to eat for less than buying a bloody pot noodle.

For a very short time, coffee will fill the gap and give you a quick burst of energy. It's not a long term solution or replacement for food. Is your financial situation temporary? I hope so.

Absolutely. Go for it!

Peas tomorrow with a little cheese sauce- 55p in Lidl

A jacket potato with beans would be the same price, healthier and more filling.

Dahl with onions also a fraction the cost of your cheesy peas.

I think 55p can go further than some peas in a paltry amount of cheese sauce tbh.

Yeah, no thanks. I'll stick to eating real food.

Ok I want to hear the most nutritious, tasty ir filling use for my 55p.

You can get noodles for 9p, a carrot for about 8p a packet if strawberry laces for 33p.

Lentil dahl is pretty tasty too

Potatoes,cubed, fried or roasted. Top with a fried egg...no judgement from me if not free range!

I can't believe you drink one whole coffee!

I have a grain of coffee with half a teaspoon of water for breakfast - two grains if I'm feeling particularly hungry.

Stir fry veg with your noodles, risotto, jacket spud with mixed beans, pasta with tomato sauce, Spanish omelette.

Savoury pancakes.

A whole grain of coffee? I just take a cup of boiling water and wave the jar of coffee around over the top of it. Keeps me going for a week.

Tin of kidney beans? Tinned tomatoes?
Pasta or rice if you had a bit more to spend another day?

Utterly daft.
It's comments like this that vulnerable people pick up on.

Well I've just looked at the Aldi website:

1kg pasta is £1.19, so 12p a portion. Add half a tin of tomatoes (14p), an onion (5p) and half a can of sardines in sauce (18p) - healthy meal with 2 portions of veg and some protein for less than 50p.

Another one - 1kg of long grain rice is 45p, so 7p a portion. Add an onion (5p), 100g of frozen peas (8p), same of sweetcorn (12p) and a free range egg (13p) for egg fried rice. Three portions veg and some protein all for 45p.

If you're this skint, I suggest putting your principles aside and buying non free range eggs.

Yeah obvs if you're literally needing to save pennies then buy battery eggs, but I wanted to illustrate that even with the 'luxury' of free range it is possible to make a meal which is both cheaper and more nutritious than the one OP suggested.

Yes you're right...it definitely is.

Thanks for the suggestions. I am quite worried about the vulnerable people who will end in the gutter after necking two sweet coffees though. Should I ask for a deletion?

I am plump but skint for all those thinking I am surviving on a lettuce leaf!

I got some bread mix reduced in coop for 65p though- it made ten rolls! Big ones as well.

@titchy it sound delicious and I will be cooking that in a day or so, once I’ve ploughed through my peas 😁

You can get a sliced loaf for 85p and a jar of peanut butter for £1.20. Peanut butter on toast (2 slices) for less than 20p a portion is a better breakfast. You can get canned fruit for 50p and eat that across a few breakfasts.

You can get 48 Tesco wheat biscuits for £2.40 so 10p for a portion of 2. Add in some milk and sugar and it would fill a breakfast gap.

You can get 1kg of porridge oats for £1.30. 50g a portion costs 7p, add milk and salt or sugar. 2 pints of milk is £1.20 and you’d make at least 3 portions so 27p for a hot bowl of porridge.