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Cheap home cooked meals??

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Morrison2005 · 17/10/2022 22:48

Hi just looking for some inspiration,
I'm a busy mother to 6 children aged from 16 to 10 . 5 boys and 1 girl plus a husband to feed!!
I work full-time. Bit I'm struggling to find cheap and easy meal receipts,
It's really becoming a nightmare what with the cost of living and everything 😕
Please help x

OP posts:
Noodle421 · 24/11/2022 23:13

Annabel Karmel’s Tuna Pasta Bake - using tin of tomato soup as the base. Quick, easy and delicious - freezes well. Google for recipe details

WeirdPookah · 25/11/2022 10:53

Try this thread too

there are lots of lovely ideas in this thread a few pages back, I remembered it as I had posted in it!

And don't worry if the way you do the cooking works for your family situation, I do all the cooking because if we waited for my husband to cook when he finished work it would be too late to eat etc. Your family dynamic is your choice.

seekingasimplelife · 25/11/2022 13:56

@bandsaw1

Slow Cooker - 1.3 kWh (over 8 hours)

Air fryer - 1.4 kW - 1.7 KW per hour

Instant pot pressure cooker - 700W - 1.2KW per hour

Standard oven - 2.5 KW - 6KW per hour

Standard Remoska - 400W per hour - (mostly cooks with same timings as an oven).

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