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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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Original poster

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

84 replies

Mindthegob · 01/08/2022 19:15

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

OP posts:

Comedycook · 01/08/2022 21:28

Do you have anything lurking in the back of your cupboards/freezer?

Rewis · 01/08/2022 21:30

I don't eat breakfast. So even cheaper!

You can have just coffee or nothing for breakfast. But wouldn't say it is equal to a meal.

OneTC · 01/08/2022 21:31

I don't eat breakfast, I have 2 coffees though.

The rest of your daily diet is more concerning

StoneofDestiny · 01/08/2022 21:35

Scary - I must be overeating by some distance! I drink loads of coffee and eat normal meals too............zero chance of just having coffee on its own.
(10p coffee - where do you get that?)

Original poster

Mindthegob · 01/08/2022 21:46

XmasElf10 · 01/08/2022 21:26

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.

All great suggestions!

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NellesVilla · 02/08/2022 14:16

Didn’t realise this was a serious thread.

OP, I highly recommend the TooGoodToGo app- you reserve bags of unsaleable food with it at various supermarkets and eateries. Basically you can get £20 with of food for £3-5. I fill up my freezer each time and use it up, then buy fresh veg and milk.

I live on M & S and Waitrose because of this- something I’d not do otherwise!

NellesVilla · 02/08/2022 14:19

And as a v broke student, basically lived on: rice, lentils/chickpeas, frozen veg, various spices, tea, cheap chocolate and the cheapest ‘basic’ vitamins.

My sister still does this and I really think that she eats better than many people who aren’t on a budget.

LaTangerina · 02/08/2022 14:53

NellesVilla · 02/08/2022 14:19

And as a v broke student, basically lived on: rice, lentils/chickpeas, frozen veg, various spices, tea, cheap chocolate and the cheapest ‘basic’ vitamins.

My sister still does this and I really think that she eats better than many people who aren’t on a budget.

Does she do it through choice or is she a student?

Dotjones · 02/08/2022 14:59

Some people swear by breatharianism, getting all their nutrients from the air and not needing food or (for serious practitioners) water. I heard about this on the James Whale Show a couple of decades or more ago, back then it was called "airianism" but they seem to wisely have changed the name since then.

Wikipedia calls it "a deadly pseudoscience" though - so maybe look into the facts before trying it.

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