What do you eat when you're skint?

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NonWiseGuy@reddit

Rice. It costs like £1 for a kg, which can stretch to probably 15 meals. - takes 15 minutes from boiling on simmer.

Eggs - scramble some and add to create egg friend rice. Eggy bread. Omelette (with mushrooms)

Bread

Soy sauce - cheap one from Asda, adds a bit of flavour to rice.

A pepper can be cut into two to last two days and then further diced. Red onion, the same.

Just a few ideas to get you started.

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TedWasler@reddit

I'm not sure we should be advising OP to start eating his friends. He'd need quite a large freezer for a start...

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millerz72@reddit

And all the girlies say I’m pretty wise for a NonWiseGuy

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Existing-Leg-238@reddit

(plays riff) UN DEUX TROIS QUATRE CINQ CINQ SIX

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yarnwonder@reddit

If you’re looking for spices, herbs and sauces, usually Asian/Polish supermarkets have larger servings for a cheaper price.

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Unhappy_Spell_9907@reddit

Olio is great too. You can often get stuff for free or massively reduced.

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Yosarrian_lives@reddit

This is an app to cut down food waste. So ppl post they have stuff that is good but will go to waste.

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Captain_Kruch@reddit

A mate of mine uses it regularly. Some of the stuff he picks up is astounding.

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weecuppatea@reddit (OP)

Thank you SO MUCH to you and to everyone who has commented and sent me lovely messages

I'm not good at looking at random things in my cupboard and being able to come up with a meal. I don't have much but I now I do have plenty of ideas for what to do with what I have

Again, thank you guys so much for your kindness and help

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Junior-Birthday1642@reddit

Tomato soup from canned tomatoes, add some cannelloni beans to make it bit more filling. If you have basil in your cupboard throw that in as well.

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gagagagaNope@reddit

Rice, diced pepper and onion with a splash of soy is perfect comfort food and filling too.

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All good ideas. Pasta also great, cheap tins of tomatoes can make a decent sauce but do take a fair bit of cooking to be nice imo. Even just a bit of oil or butter and some jarred peppers or something is a nice meal

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EnormousD@reddit

Discovered something called Portuguese rice when I was skint, basically just rice boiled in 50/50 mix of chopped tomato and chicken stock with some herbs. It's actually really lovely!

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opalsunsets@reddit

To make a tin of tomatoes into a nice sauce you could see if you can get a cheap onion, add the tin of tomatoes (if you have some garlic powder and maybe some sort of dried herbs that’s great), it does take some cooking but you could do it in bulk and then freeze. If you have some, add some sugar to get rid of the acidity of the tomatoes (I think I’ve heard that bicarb or something like that does the same thing?) and it’s much better. Then yeah, a cheap bulk thing of pasta.

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TedWasler@reddit

Have you tried the TooGoodToGo app?

https://www.toogoodtogo.com/

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DadVan-Soton@reddit

A teaspoon of pesto into a bowl of hot pasta is pretty economical.

Shin cup noodles are 60p a pot at Costco. My local Asian supermarket has a wall of different flavoured cup noodles, all better tasting than pot noodle. Costco is also the cheapest place for sliced bread, at 58p for Hovis.

Farm foods is a good shopping resource when you’re trying to stretch the family food budget. You need freezer space, and it’s packs of 10 or 12, but there is good value there over the long term.

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My missus makes this cheap and filling salad that sounds mid, but is a real flavour kick to the mouth. It’s tuna and potato salad with spring onions. It’s healthy, loaded with protein, carbs, greens and even a small portion will keep you going for ages.

We use baby salad potatoes when we have money, and cheap spuds when we don’t.

Boil a mid sized pan of potatoes and chop to bite sized. Add 2 or 3 finely chopped spring onions and then a can of tuna.

The real cheap tuna in oil is best for this, as it’s already flaked. It needs to be the tuna in oil, not brine, as it lubricates this salad. Tuna oil has health benefits too.

Mix carefully and add salt and pepper to taste. It needs LOTS of salt and pepper (the pepper is a one of the main flavours of this dish). You can add fresh lime juice and/or a dessert spoon of mayo, but I don’t.

The missus makes a giant bowl of this and puts it in the fridge. 2 hrs later it’s gone because the teenage kids raided the fridge 3 times.

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AnEnglishmanInParis@reddit

Bourbons and custard creams. Fish fingers and instant mash. Tinned sweetcorn. Packet soups. Plenty of tap water.

This is a list, not a recipe…

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beerforbears@reddit

Depends on your definition of skint. Sometimes nothing.

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FineStranger4021@reddit

I make a big pot of soup, lentils, vegetables & anything leftover in the fridge

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Personal-Listen-4941@reddit

Sandwiches. Cheap loaf of bread, with some value ham/cheese (store brand cream cheese can be especially cheap)

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bored_toronto@reddit

I remember watching a YouTube series about this international vagabond who went to foreign countries to sleep rough. He lived off bread and hummus.

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JazzyBee1993@reddit

I did this once, if you have room in your freezer then make all of the sandwiches as soon as you’ve got the ingredients and freeze them. You can get them out in the morning and they’ll be defrosted for lunch/dinner.

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autobulb@reddit

mmmm cold wet bread.

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Cipriano_Ingolf_Oha@reddit

Weirdly, it doesn’t seem to end up wet in my experience.

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InfluenceHuman7468@reddit

I definitely remember the filling still being frozen at lunch on some cooler days from when I used to take these to school.

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Limp_Way4171@reddit

Ill never forget being at games workshop one Saturday and going to take a bite of the pukka pie my mum had given me for lunch just to nearly break my teeth on the filling 🤣

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Significant-Pain-386@reddit

Story of my life

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slintslut@reddit

store brand

You mean SHOP brand, my fellow Pom!

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C2H5OHNightSwimming@reddit

Lol this wasn't correct but I don't think it deserves 200 downvotes 🤣 Reddit is a mad place

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slintslut@reddit

It is correct and people just pile on! Haha

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LordBielsa@reddit

Own brand is the usual go to

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BmuthafuckinMagic@reddit

Also, if you want some variation, then buy some toaster bags. You put your sandwich in there and now it's a gourmet toasted masterpiece!

My go to meal in my uni days!

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So1anaceae@reddit

I was just about to suggest this. My toaster is super cheap so it can't fit anything more than a medium slice of bread, I just toast the bread and build my sandwich then microwave it til the insides are hot and melted

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BarryyBoii@reddit

I used to eat pasta and butter once a day and that's it, would not recommend

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solongsofa@reddit

Oats, jacket potatoes, sandwiches, rice, pasta

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yarnwonder@reddit

I keep a pile of frozen veg for my struggle/cheap meals. Fry off whatever you want (usually a handful of onions, peas, peppers, sweetcorn, mushrooms). Add some garlic and ginger, either prepped frozen cubes or a big squeeze from the tubes. Add whatever herbs, spices you want, couple of cans of tomatoes and leave it for a while. If I need it to stretch further I make rice to go with it or just have some flatbreads.

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nwr999@reddit

To save on energy bills prefer carbs that just need to be soaked in boiled water with the heat off instead of simmered for 12 mins - so that’s couscous, bulgar wheat, rice noodles etc…

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nwr999@reddit

Learn to bone a chicken, buy the cheapest discount one, bone into portions - breast, thigh, leg etc… and freeze. Roast the carcass to get the leftovers after boning, adds at least one portion for soups/risotto etc…

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Stunning-Wave7305@reddit

Daal. Lentils, onion, spices, oil (which are store cupboard staples)

Homemade bean burgers. Chickpeas, red kidney beans, seasonings, oil.

Porridge. Made with water and a bit of sugar if you fancy.

Egg-based meals: omelette, scrambled eggs on toast etc.

Toast and tinned soup.

Jacket potato with beans.

Pasta and sauce.

I used to thin whole milk out with water to get something resembling skimmed or semi skimmed but for less money, bulk out minced meat with lots and lots of vegetables and even a bit of bread to make it go further. Powdered milk (Marvel or own brand) is okay in tea and coffee too. Long life, tinned and frozen stuff is often cheaper than fresh for things like milk, veg, meats, fish etc.

If you don't already shop there the check out Iceland as they do really good value frozen staples such as veggies, meat and fish as well as things like really affordable frozen pizzas and other quick meals.

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JTitch420@reddit

It’s been a while since I was that skint,

You can buy a 3kg bag of fusilli from Tesco for about £3. Tinned tomatoes and veg, bulk cook a vegetable ragu and freeze

If you really really struggling speak to the Citizens Advice and they can hook you up at a food bank. Dont be ashamed, food bank usage has gone up 94% over the last five years.

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GeekyGamer2022@reddit

Rice/pasta/coucous/potatoes for your bulk starch.
Then mixed veg. Lidl do 5kg boxes of https://corporate.lidl.co.uk/sustainability/food-waste/too-good-to-waste veg for £1.50 but you'd better be there at opening time or they're all gone. Porridge oats are super cheap too.
Then use whatever stocks, sauces and seasonings you have in the cupboards at home.

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Most-Armadillo-2830@reddit

Look up the charity ‘live below the line’ They ask people to use only £1 of food for five consecutive days. There are plenty of recipe selections there. And shop later in the day when supermarkets sell off foods about to pass the use by /best before date. My favourite? Toast sandwich. 10p loaf, 3 slices, middle slice toasted dark. Contains pretty much all your daily vitamins, cos the flour is fortified.

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Orange-Squashie@reddit

If needed go to a food bank and tell them your predicament. They'll give you a couple cans of soup to stretch you, then on payday go and donate back to them.

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ManufacturerNo5192@reddit

Nasi goreng

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insertitherenow@reddit

I used to make stews. Bags of cheap veg from the market as they were closing and bags of lentils.

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mikes6x@reddit

See if you can locate early books by Jack Monroe. Won't solve your immediate problem but will help you you in the future. Might find copies in charity shops.

Best of luck to you. Short term, have you a food bank nearby?

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Only1MikeBingo@reddit

Try and score a free hello fresh box

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Relative_Grape_5883@reddit

Jacket potatoes. Batch cook Spaghetti bolognese

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im-quite-stupid@reddit

Bonus note would be that you should freeze food if you want it to last for a week.

Cooked and cooled food is safe for three days after making it. So if you make it on Wednesday, the last day to eat it will be Saturday. 🥸

Not worth risking getting sick from food, I am scared for those who batch cook the week and leave everything in the fridge for a week, worse when it’s rice too… D:

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5park2ez@reddit

People need to stop perpetuating this myth. Food can last longer than 3 days. Yes, even rice...

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syl__@reddit

It can last 3 days, of course. The amount of bacteria in it that's harmful though...

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im-quite-stupid@reddit

It’s not a myth? It’s just basic food safety and guidelines. Food certainly can last longer than 3-4 days, but your risk of getting sick from it increases.

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Melodic-Document-112@reddit

There’s no 3 day limit

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stressedtortilla@reddit

Came here to say that a basic beans&cheese baked potato is SO cheap to make and absolutely slaps as a meal

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Polish_Shamrock@reddit

Next day, add kidney beans, baked beans and chilli, boom, chilli con carne.

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crazy_greg@reddit

Next day, add curry powder and frozen peas. Boom, keema curry.

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rabbithole-xyz@reddit

Veg soup. I even had dandelion salad once.

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IncidentPowerful8908@reddit

frozen food bought in bulk

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Trishshirt5678@reddit

Also, go and join your local community larder, or whatever they're called where you are. Ours, you pay £1 yearly for menbership, then £3.50 gets you seven items. Even if you can't join them before you get paid, they're a godsend for people struggling on a low income.

With your £13, I'd definitely consider going to your nearest walking-distance big supermarket and stocking up on their yellow -stickered goods, some sort of cheap oil or fat to cook with. Also, teabags.

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GodDamnReylos@reddit

My church gives out bags of food weekly that is collected from shops that would have binned it. It’s in date, just close to the sell by. Worth having a look in your area, usually called Community Larders or the like. They aren’t food banks and you don’t need a referral or anything!

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potatosample@reddit

Bag of porridge oats, frozen fruit,breakfast

Bag of long grain rice Frozen veggies Soy sauce Eggs

Potatoes

Cheap bacon Tinned tomatoes Pasta

Second what others have said about the Olio app too

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Numerous_Square4057@reddit

Have a look at the ‘too good to go’ app- when I’ve been skint I’ve gotten £3.50 big bags of groceries from Morrisons. Also, porridge!

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dvsn745@reddit

Have you tried managing your money better? It isn’t normal to be left with £13 three weeks after payday to the point where you can’t even eat.

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JamesAdsy@reddit

My go to used to be peanut butter sarnies. Probably more expensive nowadays though; haven’t needed to subsist on them for a few years thankfully

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RyH1986@reddit

Iceland do a lot of main meal type things for £1 you can also get like main parts of dishes for the same price. Not the best tasting but will keep you fed. Then like people have said rice, potatoes, own brand veg and beans etc

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Ok_Egg_5460@reddit

Asda do a pack of 20 frozen sausage for £1.50. They are low meat content but for some reason I love them, they are genuinely my favourite sausage. They also do a tomato based "pasta sauce" that's less than 50p. 1KG of frozen mixed veg for a pound as well. 5 sausages, bit of pasta and some veg is my go-to cheap meal.

They do a big bag of oats for £1 as well and that could do you for breakfast for at least 5-6 days and TBH, i've even had it as dinner just using water to cook it. I had a few spices on hand but could have stomached in plain just to feel full.

Really the 1KG bags of veg, and the just essentials potatoes would do you for all 10 days just be a bit boring.

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Frosty-Push5247@reddit

Fresh veg like peppers and broccoli are much cheaper to buy frozen, give more portions and no wastage. A tin of chickpeas or kidney beans can be made into a curry that will give several portions.

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Persistent-headache@reddit

If you're going to make something and you need a spice you don't have, join a local group online (Facebook) and ask if anyone can spare a teaspoon of that spice. Be honest about why and you can save buying a whole jar and probably get a bunch of stuffed from people.

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Teamwoolf@reddit

Honestly, go tap up your local community kitchen or food bank. There’s always rice, bread, lentils there and even a little bit can help you. Let me know if you would like help finding your local one. I do this stuff for a job, it’s no bother to me. Happy to help.

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Bambisaur-@reddit

I've heard of you go to a Sikh temple they offer free meals to the community (anyone is welcome) if there's one local to you

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Responsible_Art_8431@reddit

Sleep

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Sasspishus@reddit

Lentils and rice. Buy a big bag of red lentils, a big bag of rice, and some seasonings. Cook the rice in one pan, the lentils in another, and put them together. You can add whatever seasonings you like to make it taste different day to day, and can add in any vegetables you have to keep it interesting. Cheap, filling, and nutritious!

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I_waz_Perce@reddit

And having a pulse and grain together make a complete protein, making life a bit easier 😋 💪

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kopeikin432@reddit

Complete proteins is a myth; basically every protein source is a complete protein, including common and cheap stuff like potatoes, oats, carrots, beans. Well-documented but this article explains it pretty well

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HezzaE@reddit

The article you linked is really misleading. There are nine essential amino acids - those are not the same nine amino acids in the table on the article you linked.

There are a handful of complete plant based sources of protein but potatoes, oats, carrots and beans are not among them. They may contain trace amounts of all of the essential amino acids but they don't contain them in usable amounts.

If you want plant based complete sources of protein, you need things like soy and quinoa.

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kopeikin432@reddit

There are nine essential amino acids - those are not the same nine amino acids in the table on the article you linked

err... yes they are, check again? Valine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, threonine, histidine, and lysine.

They may contain trace amounts of all of the essential amino acids but they don't contain them in usable amounts.

So what's the explanation for the figures given in the article - is the source (USDA database) wrong?

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HezzaE@reddit

Sorry it was late and I kept re reading the table, clearly incorrectly as I somehow kept missing one. Cool, you go ahead and knock yourself out on your bread and potato only diet and prove they're a complete protein then.

Or we can accept that we should probably have some beans as well, since while it's not technically incorrect to call potatoes a complete protein source, it is nutritionally incorrect and misleading.

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kopeikin432@reddit

yeah obviously I'm not advocating eating only potatoes (or any other single food), my point is just that the numbers are clear: if you are getting enough calories, it's extremely difficult to not get enough of every amino acid (so long as you are not just eating fruit or junk food). The idea that you need to put effort into combining proteins is a myth.

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PantherEverSoPink@reddit

Came here to say this, lentils are so cheap, filling and healthy. Red lentils are so very easy to cook

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Questjon@reddit

Long grain rice and frozen peas. If I had any money left I'd get some eggs too. Then just eat fried rice a lot.

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zZIceCreamZz@reddit

Serve with a grilled chicken leg. The bone in ones work out at 62.5p each at Tesco. Protein is important.

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InfluenceHuman7468@reddit

Get some dried beans or tins of mixed beans too. Then at least you're having a complete protein with the rice.

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itsgotelectr0lytes@reddit

My gf ass and pussy. As long as that's on order I'll never starve

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Esqulax@reddit

My go-to is pasta with cheese.
Can get a giant bag for fairly cheap, it keeps forever.

As a brucie-bonus, I have these stock-like cubes - Knorr or Maggi branded I think called 'Pasta-rama' - Luckily I got a box of them ages ago from one of those 'out-of-date' wholesalers, although regular stock cubes can work aswell.
Means that If I'm out of cheese, the pasta still has enough flavour so that it's not a chore to eat it.

Cous-Cous is the same, and even easier. You can cook it by putting it in a bowl, adding hot water and putting some sort of lid over the bowl for 5-10 mins. Can then mix in.. pretty much anything - including the stock-cube trick mentioned before.

If you end up eating the same thing day-after-day, and it becomes samey, I fully recommend the maggi 'all-purpose seasoning'. Pretty sure it's just an 'umami sauce' and probably just liquid MSG, but it changes a boring meal to not-boring and you only use a few drops each time, so that little bottle lasts ages On a similar note, the Dunn River all-purpose seasoning (In the world foods section) does the same - Its powdered, but as you only need a few pinches, it last for ages aswell.

Other than that, ham n cheese toasties. I'd be lost without my breville.

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heinousterrible@reddit

I usually have bread flour kicking about so I make bread.

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Pleasant-chamoix-653@reddit

Eggs, toast, Corn flakes, Milk, ready meals

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Sleepybeez@reddit

Tinned soups, as I usually stock up on them when they are on offer.

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AlarmDifficult2933@reddit

Do you want me to send you some shopping ? Like click and collect ? Or however it's done.

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GrodyWetButt@reddit

It's a bit 1500s, but stew!

Stews and soups have fed us for generations, and there's little you can't utilise. Turns out that peasant food is fucking delicious

Hit the supermarket, grab the discounted cheap veg/starch/beans/meat, and do yourself some stews!

You can do a big batch and portion it out, or most things you can chop small and boil the hell out of for a half hour for a normal portion

If you really want to cheat, invest in some cheap stock or soup base with MSG in it. It's controversial to some, but it makes a world of difference when you're working with sad old veg.

One of my favourite meals is Fridge Stew. Normally there's some old potatoes, some wilty cabbage, carrots, maybe even radishes. Sometimes there's a bit of old ham or chicken in there too (not too old, but nearing the turn!), so it all gets chunked and dumped into stock with some beans, grains, rice, lentils, or noodles. I picked up some Kikkoman Shoyu ramen base on offer, and it's basically umami MSG magic. Boil it all up for a half hour, and you're set!

So live like a peasant a bit. It's good, I promise!

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surferboypizzaa@reddit

Rice & beans !

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Purrtymeow04@reddit

Bananas, eggs, noodles you can stir fry then buy the mixed veggie packet plus chestnut mushrooms

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JunoPK@reddit

Please check Olio as people and supermarkets give away free food every day

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Billy-Tea@reddit

Get on the Olio app and pick up some stuff for free!

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No_Presence_8522@reddit

School dinners. Beans, fish fingers, sausages, toast, beans on toast, jacket potato with cheese, potato wedges in the airfryer. Soups. Pasta with cheese. Sandwiches.

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MisterWednesday6@reddit

In addition to the useful advice you've already been given, I would add checking to see whether there is a local Community Fridge in your area - my local one was a godsend when I was claiming Universal Credit. Anyone can use them, and you don't need a voucher...

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Obvious-Water569@reddit

You can get plenty of very filling but very bland food for less than £13.

The trick will be seasonings. Soy sauce, hot sauce and some cheap dry spices will make the next 11 days a lot more bearable.

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Pius_Thicknesse@reddit

This will get you to the 14th

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crazy_greg@reddit

Rice, the cheapest peanut butter you can find, garlic, oil, the cheapest stock/bullion you can find and chilli powder.

Cook the rice, fry garlic in oil and add chilli powder. Add stock and peanut butter. Stir everything together. Done. If you can get some cheap meat then go nuts. If not that'll do.

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rkr87@reddit

When I was a broke student I lived in tuna pasta, though with the price of tinned tuna these days probably not as economical as it used to be.

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SmugMiddleClarse@reddit

Red lentils and whatever veg is reduced at the supermarket. Chop the veg finely, fry, add stock, water and lentils and make lentil soup for the week. I always have stock and spices at home, which helps.

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cheetoburito@reddit

Egg fried rice with some type of legume such as chickpea, black beans, kidney beans.

Egg mayo sandwich (means don't need butter)

Scrambled eggs and toast

Buy a big bag of "wonky veg" carrots and potato and onion and bulk roast them, have them with whatever protein I can afford - hotdogs, sausages, chicken, reduced meat it's incredibly tasty and cheap per portion.

Any type of hash / bubble and squeak

My tip is:

Pick one fat for cooking if you've run out such as butter or oil (I recommend butter as it adds a lot of flavour)

Pick 3 veg (only the big bags such as carrots, potatoes and onions)

Pick 1-2 carb sources - such as kg bag of rice / pasta

Pick as many proteins as you can afford with the above and actually meal plan, do not go to the shop without a meal plan as you'll not stretch your money. Try and utilise eggs and beans before committing to expensive meat (but obv if it's better value then go for it)

Look online for prices before going there

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SnowyAbibliophobe@reddit

Big bag of rice and some tins of beans and chickpeas, adding spices from store cupboard, and a fried egg on top or grated cheese.

Big bag of pasta and whatever veggies we can find on offer, plus tinned toms to make sauce (cheaper than a jar).

Cheap ramen noodles with frozen peas or sweetcorn added, or tinned beans and fried egg on top.

Cheap pasta in sauce or savoury rice with whatever we have on hand to bulk it out, plus whatever spices and herbs we have.

A crustless quiche is good and lasts us days - just eggs and whatever you have to hand - we use tinned potatoes and any veg, fresh frozen or tinned, in cupboard. Bit of cheese if you have some or cottage cheese. We sometimes even use a savoury rice or pasta in sauce as the base as it means fewer eggs, and it's nicer than it sounds! Tinned beans also work well in it - but not baked beans!

Good luck, mate!

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Sweex_Char@reddit

Download the too good to go app mate. You can pick up food from local areas. Check your local council, might also do something similar just to drop in. People are literally trying to end food waste from supermarkets. Consider that as it's a genuinely good idea for public and anyone struggling.

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General-Fox-5773@reddit

Pasta with that cheap pasta sauce from Tesco's. They have 500gram bags of pasta for like, 41p and 400g of pasta sauce for 49

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BornNectarine4450@reddit

Porridge and some bananas

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Marka_@reddit

Potatoes, beans(canned, backed), rice, canned tomatoes, chicken legs(drumsticks?). You'd be surprised how nutritious they are for what they cost.

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kingmickyb@reddit

Rice, frozen mixed veg and pilau rice seasoning. Boil the 70g of rice for ten minutes with like 3g of pilau seasoning, add the veg for the last five minutes. It's not dreadful, the seasoning gives it a bit of flavour, the veg stops it from being just rice.

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MisterrTickle@reddit

There's an app called Too Good To Go. Takeaways, bakeries supermarkets etc. Use it to sell the surplus goods that thry have at the end of the day. So somewhere like Aldi will give yoy the stuff that has 2-26 hours date left on it. The only problem is that you have to order in advance and pay up front. So Aldi is £3.30 and you could get a load of salad or a load of ham. It's very variable. Some times I luck out and get a load of stuff that can go in the freezer including a whole chicken that's oven ready or a load of mussels, some nice ready meals. Other times it could be two loafs of bread, 4 pints of milk and some bagels.

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SciFiEmma@reddit

Olio = free stuff, try that too

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SciFiEmma@reddit

Whatever the food bank gives me because that’s what it’s there for?

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Loves_Wildlife@reddit

Is there a food bank near you? That’s what they are for, even a few things might help you stretch what you have. Especially the more expensive things like meat.

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klc81@reddit

Last time I was truly, truly skint, mostly plain spaghetti and whatever meat had the best price:weight ratio a couple of times a week. I also had a stash of off-brand cup-a-soup things that I used to sometimes add to the spaghetti for flavour.

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turok2@reddit

Canned chickpeas and spices.

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gthgthgthgthgth@reddit

Plenty of food banks aren't means tested now, please check if you have any local to you. You shouldn't have to live off less than £1 a day.

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DurhamOx@reddit

Rice, peas and fried onions

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Warriorcatv2@reddit

Most have already suggested the usual staples so I'll skip to more specific stuff.

1) Depending on where you live you may have a food bank nearby. Contact them

2) if you have the time, do a round of your local supermarkets not long before closing. Usually you'll find a lot more has been knocked down with the yellow label.

3) look up the Too Good to Go app. Businesses use it to turf out products that they won't be able to sell or will go out of date shortly for dirt cheap (usually)

4) as stupid as it sounds, sleep is a valid answer. Spread out to two meals across the day. One around midday, the other earlier evening. Chances are you'll be in bed before you get hungry so you can skip out the 3rd meal

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the-_waitress@reddit

Rice bake, just throw some raw rice in a baking dish with some boiled water, stock cube, whatever seasonings you have in the back of the cupboard and some frozen veggies and/or tinned beans/lentils. This is my go-to when I'm low on food but really don't wanna shop because there's almost always at least a tin of kidney beans and some frozen peas or something kicking about

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gracefulorange@reddit

Jacket potatoes and baked beans

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xllee@reddit

Pasta with tomato sauce Cheap pasta £1-2 Tinned chopped tomatoes £0.5p Onion £0.5p Basil pot £1.5 but will last you if you keep it alive

Sauté chopped onions (add salt and pepper) until soft, add tinned tomatoes, simmer, if you have stock cubes you can add one in. Add a tiny bit of sugar if you have some. Boil pasta and add it into sauce.

The sauce and pack of pasta should last you for a few days as well.

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Think-Professional-2@reddit

The rich!

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Iklepink@reddit

Rice and salsa is my absolute poverty meal. Rice is cheap. Family pack of peppers from Lidl/aldi, some tomatoes and some onion, any chili or related spices you have and you can make your salsa.

I once got a load of jars of salsa close to best before for just a couple of pounds. I had loads of rice in already. I had less than £20 for the month to feed me and I managed surprisingly well.

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MoodyBernoulli@reddit

Toad in the hole is a good shout.

Cheap pack of frozen sausages and some batter mix. Probably cost you a few quid for several portions. Maybe some cheap gravy for extra flavour.

It’s not the healthiest and you’ll get bored of it quickly, but it does the job.

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thisisgettingdaft@reddit

Bag of cheap own brand frozen peas and a couple of carrots for veg.

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Weeiss@reddit

Check out a food bank. They’re in place for people like yourself to ensure you won’t go hungry!

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

Porridge with sugar

Baked potatoes with mustard

A lot of horrible processed bread with jam.

Cheap carbs and zero protein, effectively

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International-Ad5705@reddit

Bread has a decent amount of protein. Combine it with beans for a complete protein meal.

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musicistabarista@reddit

Real bread does. The protein content of cheap bread tends to be lower as it's made with plain flour (which has a lower protein content than bread flour), and they add emulsifiers to make up for the lack of gluten strength.

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

I couldn't really afford the beans alas.

But I see if I ate 20 slices of budget Tesco bread I'd get my recommended protein for the day. Not sure I could quite stomach it though.

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bishibashi@reddit

Dhal and rice, eggs

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mediocrityindepth@reddit

Dhal is incredibly cost effective and delicious. Worth noting it's relatively energy intensive to make though (although things like Crockpots can get the job done fairly efficiently).

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petrolstationpicnic@reddit

Dal can be cooked in about 30 minutes on the hob, yes even proper traditional recipes.

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musicistabarista@reddit

Yep, especially if you're using red/brown lentils or moong dal rather than split peas.

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Altruistic-Gap2574@reddit

I can smell that one

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Obvious_Flamingo3@reddit

And it smells great!

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frecklesandgegs@reddit

Soup. Couple of leeks, potatoes, stock cubes and you're good for a couple of days.

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kippers333@reddit

Join Olio (mobile app) for free food in your area. Then you could spend the £13 on some luxuries.

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super_sammie@reddit

Where are you in the world. If local I’ll take you for a shop! It’s might like this snuggled up with my wife in a warm house fully fed I realise how lucky I am!

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SwordTaster@reddit

Rice, pasta, frozen veg, butter

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KaylsTheOptimist@reddit

You can get a 3kg bag of pasta from Morrisons or Asda for less than £4. That added with tinned tomatoes and herbs would keep you going. Rice is also very cheap (I cook it in stock instead of water for flavour) and add a hot sauce or something. Boxes of cereal from Lidl and Aldi you can get for less than £1. I hope you manage. I was in a similar situation a couple of months ago. Also might be worth going to a local food bank (some you can self refer to, for 1/2 weeks)

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Aggravating_Feed_551@reddit

Use olio

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BeardSam@reddit

I’ve heard good things about the recipes written by Jack Monroe, though I’ve never cooked any myself. All costed too, though you might have to overbuy https://oursouthend.wordpress.com

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Grouchy-Bell6388@reddit

Not had to do it for a while but a staple in my first flat was a tin of haggis and a tin of beans mixed into a load of pasta or spaghetti. Really filling, fairly nutritious and surprisingly tasty. Easy 5 servings for £5

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bestgrapeinthepunnet@reddit

Beans & rice, yum

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Good0times@reddit

As a single person and a cook that is my regular budget anyway. (Food specifically tho not drinkables oil spices etc)

My shopping list would be

Good brand bread* £1.39

Cheese slices 89p

Beans 28p

Some baking potatoes 2 x 24p

Spinach £1.15

Eggs £2.15

Canned chicken £1.85

Peanuts / crackers 59p

Total: £8.78 (Source: Tesco online shopping)

That will last a week and leave spare change for the next few days. You can have bread and cheese for a breakfast/lunch, snack on nuts until teatime and then a spinach omelette, cheese/beans on toast, eggs beans and chips, or chicken and chips. As time goes on you'll wanna buy sausages here or milk there so the final fiver will dictate what you want that day.

*Good brands ie Hovis will last over a week but own brands go stale after 3-4 days therefore are false economy (unless you have a freezer)

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Ryohiko@reddit

Your base will be carbs, so decide rice or potatoes and then any existing spice or flavouring you have in your cupboards, no worries if not, onions as one of the cheapest vegetable can make it more interesting! Chopped tomatoes are good and cheap to thicken things out too and a loaf of bread for sandwiches and some cheap spread to go with it. Good luck!

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Dear-Letterhead-3497@reddit

I'm on a low budget right now as I'm unemployed but my diet pretty much consists of scrambled eggs for lunch with 1 slice of toast (I skip breakfast), and then for dinner it's either: Corned beef hash, jacket potatoes with baked beans, frozen veg soup with some bread. I also have this thing I make with rice, kidney beans, frozen veg, onion, garlic, knorr stock and seasoning tastes much better with meat but I'd imagine you can't afford that right now.

Also might be a good idea to go to a food bank, there should be one near you

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Mikeman124@reddit

Toast and a lot of it.

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mishkavonpusspuss@reddit

Download Olio, people always giving away free food on there.

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got_got_need@reddit

Batch cook daal, rice and chapati. Doesn’t get much cheaper and it’s pretty healthy too.

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DashaTheDachshund@reddit

Tinned tuna (Asda do £1 tins with lemon, garlic and chilli sundries tomato etc) pasta, cheese and pesto

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MugglesUnited@reddit

Food from Iceland because I can get it on Clearpay. Not saying it's a good plan in the long run but it's saved me many times when I'm broke at the end of the month. So if you have £13 in your account right now you could spend £52 at Iceland and pay the rest when you get paid.

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Laylelo@reddit

Check out some food challenge videos on YouTube. Atomic Shrimp is good. They’ll go through a budget, buy stuff, cook it, then talk about what worked and what didn’t. Also, bit out of left field, but Concern did a Ration Challenge to raise awareness of refugees living on very limited foods. They published recipes and created a ration kit of dried chickpeas, lentils, rice, oil, a tin of fish, and flour. Buying those staples and following some recipes might help.

At the end of the day it’s awful you’re dealing with this and I’m really sorry you’re in this situation.

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Obvious_Flamingo3@reddit

Yes! Atomic shrimp always says flour and water is really good (although might begin to get tiring after a while) you can make flatbread easily

Definitely invest in beans of all types, lentils etc

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Laylelo@reddit

Flour is really slept on so much for budgets. Flatbreads make so many starchy dishes palatable. You can also dust things to fry them, thicken sauces and soups, make cakes and bread… It’s such a cheap way to fill your belly but it does take time and fuel.

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ClientClean2979@reddit

Buy eggs sell them to some yank then buy some steak !

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Ok-Bench9164@reddit

Rice and soy sauce

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Jamie_Win@reddit

Rice and beans

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im_not_funny12@reddit

Pasta and pesto. Lived off this as a student.

Bread. Marg. Breakfast sorted.

So. Much. Pasta.

Tea if I was hungry and felt like treating myself because I couldn't afford the food.

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toiletroad@reddit

I would bulk cook veggie bolognaise. Pasta, bag of veggie mince, sauce and a couple of cheap vegetables like mushrooms and a big pepper can cost less than 6 quid and make 6/7 portions which can be reheated in microwave.

Bananas are cheap and filling too and make an popkay breakfast.

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double-happiness@reddit

Lentil soup, lentil curry or maybe even curried lentil soup (seriously).

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Odd_Group_5616@reddit

I once didn't have much money for the month so bought a pack of lentils and then just cooked them every few days, saved loads of money in the process

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Dramoriga@reddit

Ramen packs. Koku brand is like 40p a pack.

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SoyHector@reddit

Cook staples in big quantities, go Veggie for a bit and cut out meat.

Rice, kidney beans, black beans, and Roasted Peppers can be a good meal to cook up and eat over 2-3 days.

Pasta, onions, Tinned tomatoes, peppers and butter beans.

Porridge and fruit is also a good cheap meal.

Jacket potato, peas and carrots.

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The_Sandbag@reddit

Cheap pasta, tin of beans and a pinch of herbs

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Mudeford_minis@reddit

Porridge

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WhiteEagle18@reddit

I agree. I can have porridge for breakfast every day for 2-3 weeks, from a bag that cost me about £1.30.

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amboandy@reddit

No, they were on about committing a crime and spending time at his majesty's pleasure

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Gildor12@reddit

Beans on toast and tinned fish (skippers) on oatcakes

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Standard_Response_43@reddit

Beans on toast

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Kanyelikesfishstickz@reddit

A nap usually haha.

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Tangerine59@reddit

Tinned chopped tomatos, lentils and either pasta or rice.

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Straight_Complaint50@reddit

Fried egg and chips

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BossyBootsX@reddit

Jacket potatoes, used to survive on them when I left home at 16

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HerUnfortunateEvents@reddit

Lentils. Make daal

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the_cake_in_matilda@reddit

A nap

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ConfusedViolins91@reddit

BBC food has a lot of recipes that are good when times are tight https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/collections/1_dinners

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Terrible_Spot_3454@reddit

All the tofu and noods

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Neat-Cartoonist-9797@reddit

I don’t think it’s possible to feed yourself fully on that much. My go tos are Aldi bread 75p a loaf for wholemeal, pasta bakes with frozen veg, tin of tuna and packet cheese sauce, porridge, etc but even eating cheaply £13 hours won’t stretch it. Can you get to a food bank? Or some supermarkets have prepared bags of food?

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bumbleb33-@reddit

Have you searched for local food banks or community initiatives that feed people for low/no cost yet? If not have a Google and use social media to scope them out. IME they're often in gurdwaras and churches. Speak to a GP and they may be able to refer you to a foodbank if a referral is required. Please please use these resources because no on should be starving, OK!

Now that we've covered that it's time to make some lists - start with what's in the cupboard. Do you have any rice or pasta? Noodles? Bread? What about the freezer and fridge? Spices and sachets?

Pasta and cheese with ground black pepper, some salt and a little oil to stop it sticking. Bonus for some tinned or frozen veg.

Rice with a tin of mixed beans and cheese. Add some salt pepper cumin and dried coriander if you have it. Sweetcorn as a side if you have some. If you have some eggs in the fridge make a double batch of rice and have egg fried rice the next day.

Jacket potatoes with filling of choice.

If you have some curry powder or other spices put together a tin each of the cheapest kidney beans, chickpeas, chopped tomatoes, any other cheap beans to make a filling curry or bean stew/chili. If you can add an onion and garlic even better.

Cheapest of the cheap bread, the cheapest value brand of jam, cheap margarine can make toast or sandwiches. If you get a large block of cheese you can use it grated in sandwiches/as cheese on toast as well as in the other recipes.

Porridge made with water and a splash of milk. Very cheap tea bags and sugar can also help you to keep going a bit.

I hope you're able to find some resources to help you through to pay day

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FionaRulesTheWorld@reddit

Make use of herbs & spices to make cheap food interesting.

Rice? Add cumin, turmeric, salt, pepper, bay leaves, crushed cardamon pods, cloves and cinnamon and you have a delicious Pilau rice.

Add tomato purée, salt, pepper, paprika, chopped onion, cumin, garlic powder and dried coriander and you've got tasty Mexican style rice.

Various blends of herbs + salt & pepper into chopped tomatoes to make a delicious sauce that can go with all sorts of things.

MSG can be added to all of the above for an extra kick of flavor.

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eat-real-chips@reddit

I eat one meal a day when I’m tight on cash

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Did_OJ_Simpson_do_it@reddit

Pancakes

Cheesy beans on toast

Tuna pasta

Cereal

Roti

Biscuits

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Used_Platform_3114@reddit

When I moved out at 17 I lived on pasta and gravy for about 3 months (and vodka). About 2 months in to that, someone bought me a block of cheese and some sweetcorn, and I cried with happiness. Also I had bran flakes as an occasional snack so I got some fibre. And then some more vodka. Diet of champions 👍

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JoeDaStudd@reddit

Find a supermarket with good instant noodles (indomie, nongshim, etc), should be 30-40p a packet.\ Get some cheap eggs (10 free range £2 in Asda, probably cheaper if you shop around) and a bag or two of mixed frozen veg.\ You get a pretty balanced quick and relatively cheap meal.

If you want to go cheaper then pasta (quick cook if energy is tight), home brand jar of pasta sauce then the mixed frozen veg.\ Ideally you'd pad it out with lentils (bought dried, the cooked in batch)

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Turbulent_Peanut_832@reddit

Iceland do a £1 range you can get a range of items from there including pies ect. Then go to a Aldi or lidl ect and get a bag of rice, porridge and potatoes

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CoastHefty6373@reddit

Rice with any old shit out of the cupboard tossed in: Beans, lentils, peas. Raid the kitchen for spices/seasonings and add them too.

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antibac2020@reddit

Koka noodles and toast.

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messedup73@reddit

Spaghetti, cooking bacon,can of chopped tomatoes bung in either chilli powder or paprika it's a filling meal ,cheap porridge oats water and sugar for breakfast, jacket potatoes with beans one time I was really skint found out where the homeless got fed and managed three meals plus leftovers that week.Sikh temples will share a meal no questions asked.Look on olio app for free food plus some places do community pantry 3.50 for ten items.Pop to supermarkets half hour before closing they mark bakery or meat or fridge food down.

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1of1legend@reddit

Pasta and pasta sauce - I add some seasonings and cheese and it’s lush
jacket potatoes
check out Olio for free groceries people are giving away in your area and TooGoodToGo is another app where you can pay between £2-6 for restaurants/shops surprise bags. U might be able to grab some groceries this way
cheese toasties

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mmmoonpie@reddit

Instant ramen with frozen veg and eggs or rice, veg, ginger, garlic, stock and tinned fish. Oats and yoghurt. Beans, canned tomato and shredded xheese with toast.

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Botanical_Gem@reddit

Supernoodles. Very filling for the price. You can get own branded supermarket ones too which are even cheaper.

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secretvictorian@reddit

Bean chilli

1 x tin chopped tomatoes

1x tin of sweetcorn

1 x tin baked beans

1x tin of kidney beans

Garlic, tomato paste and chilli powder

Simmer altogether for 45 mins and serve with rice, its honestly delicious.

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itsonlymelee@reddit

Potato and baked bean surprise. The surprise is that there’s nothing else. The bonus kicker is that there are various cheap ways of preparing/consuming potatoes.

Pasta/pesto/lardons.

Eggs, glorious eggs.

Oats/porridge.

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TheSociologicalMail@reddit

Download the Olio app

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bethita408@reddit

Lentils. Soups, dals, lentil spagbol, beans with rice etc.

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Mercy_Nevermore@reddit

Firstly, if you have any food in the house, work with that or buy cheap food items to add to food you already have.

Store brands and yellow stickers are your friends!

milk
bread
cheese and ham
tinned beans and soups.
jarred pasta sauces and peanut butter.
pasta, rice, oats.
potatoes and frozen mixed veg.
bananas

All store brand can be found for less that £1 a piece some less than 50p, meats and dairy will be the most costly.

You wants both volume but also filling foods so from the few bits I've listed you could have.

(You can skip the list it's just to show how to stretch so few ingredients to make different meals)

Toast, peanut butter toast, peanut butter banana toast, porridge, porridge with peanut butter, porridge with peanut butter and banana, beans on toast, beans and cheese on toast, bean toastie, beans and cheese toastie, cheese and ham toastie, peanut butter sandwich, peanut butter and banana sandwich, ham sandwich, cheese sandwich, ham and cheese sandwich, soup and toast, soup and bread, soup with added frozen mixed veg, jacket with beans, jacket with cheese, jacket with beans and cheese, jacket with ham and cheese, cheesy mash with veg, cheesy ham mash with veg, pasta with sauce, pasta with sauce cheese and ham, pasta bake with cheese, pasta bake with cheese and ham, pasta bake with cheese, ham and veg, fried rice with mixed veg, fried rice with mixed veg and ham, fried rice with mixed veg, ham and cheese... yeah... I've been here 😂

Make sure to plan and portion your food for the next 12 days so you don't go without for the last few days.

Make sure you are well hydrated all day and accompany meals with a hot tea or coffee and drink hot drinks between meals if you start to feel hungry.

If possible in the future purchase a few long term shelf stable items so if this happens again, you have a stash of tins/jars/rice/pasta to fall back on also buy yellow sticker food items you know you like and freeze them straight away.

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00CRUSHH@reddit

Beans on Toast, Spaghetti Bolognese and Jacket Potatoes are like the holy trinity of eating on a budget. Each one has got to be around 70p-£1.50 a serving, probably can be cheaper if you make more of it at one time.

I also find that pizza can actually be quite a cheap and effective meal - 2 pizza bases from Tesco are £1.50, tomato passata is about 60p, mozzarella is 80p. looking at about £1.50 per pizza, and is significantly healthier than Dominos junk.

Equally, rice and any kind of meat is a great one for long lasting energy, would probably recommend sausages to go with it as they can be found cheap too 🫡 good luxk

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BrieflyVerbose@reddit

You can buy a good sized bag of pasta for cheap. Basically whatever I can make go with it.

Pasta, beans and cheese was a staple in my diet when I was on my arse broke.

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WonderfulThomas@reddit

Foie Gras but on really cheap bread.

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Car-Nivore@reddit

Steak.

Just less often than every day, maybe every other day.

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Sm0keytrip0d@reddit

Where are you shopping to be able to get around 2 weeks worth of steak for £13? Lol.

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Car-Nivore@reddit

Skint to me is less than £1k in my current account.

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Sm0keytrip0d@reddit

While I can agree with that saying get steak when OP is skint with £13 to his/her name doesn't help much lol.

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OperationMission8254@reddit

Brown rice with sardines and kidney beans.

I actually started feeling pretty lively when I ate those all the time.

(I've fallen into bad habits since, and keep meaning to get back to them.)

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Litherlander23@reddit

Corned beef hash will cost about £3.50 in ingredients and can last days with a cheap loaf on the side. Delicious and it takes a while to get sick of it.

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StinkingDylan@reddit

Oats, rice, ramen, frozen peas and frozen basa.

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Viva_Veracity1906@reddit

Eggs, bacon and toast (protein, fats, carbs)

Rice or pasta, add in whatever veg/meat I find in the marked down section.

Ramen

I once got through most of a week off 2 bags of apples, several chocolate bars and constant cups of tea.

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MoHarless@reddit

Red Cabbage and potato hash, with a generous sprinkling of cajun seasoning, with fried eggs.... never seem to cook it unless Im skint which is mad as its amazing

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Just-Literature-2183@reddit

rice vegetables, potatoes, legumes will get you there.

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JazzberryPi@reddit

Do you have anything in the house at all that we can try and figure out a use for? My go to is plain cous cous because I generally have spices so it's pretty easy to make it flavoured and good.

Next I would head to the reduced section of the supermarket (or multiple supermarkets) and grab anything that can either be frozen or batch cooked. You can usually grab a tonne of veg on the turn that you can cook up in a sauce and bung in the freezer. Reduced bread can be frozen and toasted.

Basic ingredients like flour and potatoes are filling, you can make really nice bread with flour and yoghurt if you happen to find any yoghurt in the reduced section.

Chickpeas and lentils are very good for you and filling, you can make a simple chickpea curry with chickpeas, curry powder and tinned tomatoes.

Do you have a salvation army in your area? In some areas they run soup kitchens where you can go for a meal no questions asked. In my area there is a cafe where people pay what they can afford, there may be something like that near you if you have a look.

If you have the time foraging is also an option and can be quite therapeutic in nice weather, wild garlic for example is surprisingly abundant which would help immensely with flavour for some of the blander bulk food items.

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CwningenFach@reddit

Is there a community pantry in your area? It's usually something like 11 items for £3.50 or thereabouts

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_J0hnD0e_@reddit

Raid the discount section (yellow labels) of your local supermarket every evening!

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Emilyx33x@reddit

honey and boiled eggs on bagel. Had that twice a day every day for 2 months at uni

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khalik85@reddit

Egg fried rice with some Worcester sauce.

Honourable mention to the too good to go app. Do it for the morrisons petrol station near me and costs a fiver for a bag full of food sometimes lasts a few days had some nice stuff that will freeze as well such as lamb joint and bacon

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International-Ad5705@reddit

Beans on toast (supermarket brand not heinz)

Porridge

wheetabix and milk

Homemade soup - lentils, carrots, onions, tinned tomatoes is nutritious and tastes ok

Bubble and squeak with fried eggs

Bacon butties

Dairy pride long life semi skimmed milk is very cheap, and tastes fine out of the fridge. Or look out for yellow sticker fresh milk, which usually lasts a few days.

Yellow sticker houmous (again lasts for a few days) on toast

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Strict-Candidate-144@reddit

Buttered pasta. If I’m feeling fancy, I’ll chuck in some Parmesan, pepper and chilli flakes. Girl dinner 💅🏻

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ziggerlugs@reddit

Porridge for breakfast.

I would make giant pans of soup for lunches and dinner. That and some bread is filling and you can mix up the kinds so you don’t get bored.

Also dahl either with rice or homemade chapattis

Veggie chilli is cheap and you won’t miss the meat if you pack it with lentils and beans

Baked potatoes are always a good option too. Even just with cheese still feels like a proper comforting meal.

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mindblownwendy@reddit

Noodles ,add grace granules to thicken it up. Also, cheap tub of peanut butter, with cheap bread for sandwiches and toast. Pasta, get tube of tomatoe puree, last longer than a jar. Potatoes infinite eating possibilities. Tub of margarine to make the above taste better. Shop at big supermarket for cheapest own brands.

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DrHenryWu@reddit

Eggs, rice, frozen veg, cheaper mince options, potatoes. Get cheaper cuts of meat and cheap root veg and make a big pot of stew

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SmileAndLaughrica@reddit

Mujadara can be made for very cheaply if you already have the spices

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Amy-Izan@reddit

Noodles and eggs

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Bizertybizig@reddit

Potatoes, rice, pasta - cheap tinned tomatoes - a few choice spices & you can get a good amount of food with varying flavours,

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Pockysocks@reddit

Buy a bag of potatoes. They're very versatile and last a long time

Iceland has a £1 range. You can get a bag of chicken nuggets, sausages, burgers and what not for a pound each.

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fiddly_foodle_bird@reddit

Rice, Pasta, Porridge.

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Active-Strawberry-37@reddit

Sleep

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Fart-Pleaser@reddit

Pasta and pesto

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fleshcircuits@reddit

spaghetti with butter, pepper and oil, pasta with tomato puree and whatever herbs are in, beans and rice, and bread and peanut butter.

when we were in dire straits ages ago i also used to batch cook mince for bolognese but mix it in with fusilli rather than spaghetti and with way more pasta than usual to make it stretch more meals

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When I was in a jam. I'd look for high calorie foods like nuts etc.

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No_Ferret_5450@reddit

https://earlyretirementextreme.com/day-3-grocery-shopping.html

Read this article and also find the other food related articles on this blog

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Farmer_Eidesis@reddit

rice, potatoes, cheap tinned stuff...

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