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"Potatoes! They are so expensive now in comparison to what they used to be! "
ya got that right, and the price of a bag of chips from the chippy is ridiculous   |
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"Reading C n S's thread about budget meals.
Many people have said eggs in one shape or form.
I USED to think eggs but now I need a mortgage to buy six....
Do you only buy free range???
Aldi big british eggs about £1.20 for 10
What else is no longer a cheap option ?"
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Bread has really gone up but I bake my own. It's cheaper tastes a million times better and doesn't have anything in there that's not supposed to be.
Best place for eggs is Aldi. £2.29 for 15 free range. |
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Porridge for breakfast. Bake your own bread in bread maker, grow your own veg for dinners and soups, slow braise cheap cuts of meat and eat veg meal twice a week. Always use up scraps in stir fry, or pasta bakes. I buy own brand tin tomatoes, beans and spaghetti. Put Heinz tomato ketchup into beans and spaghetti can't taste difference. |
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"Potatoes! They are so expensive now in comparison to what they used to be! "
Thy are also poor quality. I buy 'Roosters' 99% of the time either £2 (offer) or £2.50 and even some of these have dents and marks/bruises. You can though tell exactly what farm and who grew them.
Perhaps I should send the dodgy ones back direct to them |
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"Reading C n S's thread about budget meals.
Many people have said eggs in one shape or form.
I USED to think eggs but now I need a mortgage to buy six....
What else is no longer a cheap option ?"
Just about everything has gone up except wages, thats inflation for you. |
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"Reading C n S's thread about budget meals.
Many people have said eggs in one shape or form.
I USED to think eggs but now I need a mortgage to buy six....
Do you only buy free range???
Aldi big british eggs about £1.20 for 10
What else is no longer a cheap option ?"
I believe ASDA are reasonable too.
Are they battery if cheap tho ? |
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"Fruit, the sad fact is it's cheaper to buy a multipack of crisps in some places compared to a bag of Apple's or oranges"
Got 4 tins of tuna in brine from Aldi for £2.75 cheapest I have ever seen. Also seen some good offers for apples bag of 6 for £1/1.50 in Co op and Tesco |
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"cans of tuna .. im sure they used to be a lot less than £1.50 a tin Asada smart price tuna...50p a tin....
With no tuna in ... have you compared drained weights ?"
yes i have as i go for a high protein diet...works for me |
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"Stewing steak used to be cheap but not now "
i thought that the other day.. i use my slow cooker a lot and the idea being i could use cheaper cuts of meat.. no such thing anymore. |
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"Porridge for breakfast. Bake your own bread in bread maker, grow your own veg for dinners and soups, slow braise cheap cuts of meat and eat veg meal twice a week. Always use up scraps in stir fry, or pasta bakes. I buy own brand tin tomatoes, beans and spaghetti. Put Heinz tomato ketchup into beans and spaghetti can't taste difference. "
Totally agree about growing own stuff.
I mentioned own chickens but I also have a number of fruit trees and bushes and grow veggies too. |
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"Reading C n S's thread about budget meals.
Many people have said eggs in one shape or form.
I USED to think eggs but now I need a mortgage to buy six....
Do you only buy free range???
Aldi big british eggs about £1.20 for 10
What else is no longer a cheap option ?
I believe ASDA are reasonable too.
Are they battery if cheap tho ?"
aye but battery included  |
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"Fruit, the sad fact is it's cheaper to buy a multipack of crisps in some places compared to a bag of Apple's or oranges
Got 4 tins of tuna in brine from Aldi for £2.75 cheapest I have ever seen. Also seen some good offers for apples bag of 6 for £1/1.50 in Co op and Tesco"
49p a tin at my aldi |
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Quite lucky here, used an abbatoir shop for our meat for ages. Very good deals and good quality. Fresh fruit and veg is expensive but we buy lots for curries, stews etc and freeze them when made. Let's face it, anything that's good for you is expensive yet you can fill your trolley with crap for very little |
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"cans of tuna .. im sure they used to be a lot less than £1.50 a tin
They were part of my budget week ...... a couple of tins to make fish cakes or a tuna rice dish etc .....
Not any more."
yeah i use them in fish cakes..
used to buy the 4 packs of tuna when they are on offer.. few months back i found i had 11 tins 
jacket spuds, fish cakes n tuna bakes it was.. oh and the odd tuna sarnie. |
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Tuna has definitely hiked up. I can't justify buying fruit and veg from supermarkets now as the prices give me a mini heart attack. - Market stalls only for me (PANDABOWL!!!  ), plus you get a good work out hauling it all home.
- Amy. x |
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