I have been trying to use these as a family on a budget, I just wondered if anyone wanted to share e.g. ideas for cooking, items found etc!
I also use Too Good to Go and have two teens who I'm going to suggest it to as well.
last week in our local food pantry I got some purple sprouting broccoli and M& S Mash, which I am going to give the teens for their dinner along with homemade fishmongers and veg, I got some sweet potatoes and butternut squash which I will make into a simple curry later in the week.
I have just been to the local Co-op which had just put out the sticker food and got a couple of Kirsty's veggie lasagnes which I have stuck in the freezer and will have myself for dinners with veg as a standby meal, they are about £2 each. I also got a fresh salmon and potato salad also for about the same price which I will have for my dinner.
I'm not really budgeting a certain amount per week, just seeking bargains, I'm also not much of a cook and happy to use ready meals if they are a bargain.
Anyway please feel free if you want to join in, I couldn't see a similar thread running.
Use our Cost of Living forum to discuss budgeting and energy saving with other users.
Cost of living
Food pantry finds / yellow sticker etc thread
Orangesandlemons77 · 08/04/2024 17:47
Seaside3 · 14/04/2024 18:50
There's a shed near me that 'stocks' items that are out of date from co-op. Today I picked up a baguette, made it into garlic bread for tea. Bulked up some pasta for tea.
Seaside3 · 22/04/2024 23:03
Managed to get some more bread from the shed, alongside some roast potatoes and yorkshire puddings from my daughters work.
So, yesterday we used some potatoes for our roast dinner, and yorkies. Tomorrow I'm considering stuffing the rest of the Yorkshire with something like pesto, mozzarella, tomatoes and parma ham. Served with salad.
Then The left over potatoes will work fried with beans and eggs. The bread, I'm thinking garlic bread again with the baguette, and maybe a bread and butter pudding with the loaf. Lots of free, filling food, can't argue with that.
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.