What is the cheapest, healthy recipe you know of? - Page 3

accyman · 22-08-2009, 22:00

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Originally Posted by blazey

I don't want to be eating stuff out of a packet that I just have to throw into the oven.

I want fresh ingredients. Put into a home cooked meal. Supporting local farmers and industry.

I'm struggling to see what is so difficult about this concept.

It doesn't matter now anyway. I'll look at the recipes in the community section and ask the butcher.

nettle soup is a legitimate suggestion and free

shillelagh · 22-08-2009, 22:02

heres some recipes from sainsbury's

Sainsbury's online groceries

jamie oliver style ...

put cheap ingredients in rather than the expensive version .. that will save you money ...
by the way on the sainsbury's website it says salmon fillet basics 215g is £7.98 kg .. so works out about £2 .. you could get 2 meals out of it .. spuds - make potato wedges easy enough or jacket spuds or chips or boiled or mash em ... or a salad .. buy a bag of salad and split it for a couple of days ... even buy frozen veg .. works out cheaper than fresh ..

blazey · 22-08-2009, 22:03

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Originally Posted by accyman

nettle soup is a legitimate suggestion and free

Haha you just reminded me of something that happened to me the other day.

During summer, international students move onto campus and I made friends with some Americans outside Sainsbury's (last week whilst I was drunk and just walking past, social butterfly that I am) and I bumped into one of them on tuesday so we went for a walk. Anyway, turned out he'd never seen a nettle before and we were walking past a field with two ponies in it and he tried to grab a full bunch of nettles to feed to it! With his bare hand!

I almost wet myself, it was hilarious.

SamF · 22-08-2009, 22:03

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Originally Posted by blazey

I don't want to be eating stuff out of a packet that I just have to throw into the oven.

I want fresh ingredients. Put into a home cooked meal. Supporting local farmers and industry.

I'm struggling to see what is so difficult about this concept.

It doesn't matter now anyway. I'll look at the recipes in the community section and ask the butcher.

Nothing is difficult about the concept, it is simply a different one to that which you started the thread with.

And emasmum I really cannot see what is unhealthy about frozen chicken.

Water, Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch, Maize Starch, Rice Flour, Salt.Water, Vegetable Oil, Fructose, Malt Vinegar Extract (contains Barley), Sugar, Dried Onion, Tomato Powder, Natural Colour (Plain Caramel), Garlic Powder, Natural Flavourings, Cornflour, Black Pepper, Ground Scotch Bonnet Chilli,Cinnamon, Salt, Yeast Extract, Natural Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin#), Demerara Sugar, Parsley, Ginger Extract, Cayenne Pepper Extract, Pimento Extract, Clove Extract, Milk Protein.

170kcal 2.3g Sugar 9.4g Fat 2.7g Sat Fat 0.8g Salt

blazey · 22-08-2009, 22:04

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

heres some recipes from sainsbury's

Sainsbury's online groceries

jamie oliver style ...

put cheap ingredients in rather than the expensive version .. that will save you money ...
by the way on the sainsbury's website it says salmon fillet basics 215g is £7.98 kg .. so works out about £2 .. you could get 2 meals out of it .. spuds - make potato wedges easy enough or jacket spuds or chips or boiled or mash em ... or a salad .. buy a bag of salad and split it for a couple of days ... even buy frozen veg .. works out cheaper than fresh ..

Coca Cola fridge packs! 2 for £5. That is a bargain! 10 cans in each fridge pack. Oh wow. I get paid on Thursday. I hope the offer is still on then!

accyman · 22-08-2009, 22:07

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Originally Posted by blazey

Coca Cola fridge packs! 2 for £5. That is a bargain! 10 cans in each fridge pack. Oh wow. I get paid on Thursday. I hope the offer is still on then!

would it not be cheaper to buy two 2ltr bottles of coca cola epsecially if on offer in a twin pack

not sure on ml of cans but i think 4 ltrs may be more than teh amount gotten buying cans

blazey · 22-08-2009, 22:08

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Originally Posted by SamF

Nothing is difficult about the concept, it is simply a different one to that which you started the thread with.

And emasmum I really cannot see what is unhealthy about frozen chicken.

Water, Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch, Maize Starch, Rice Flour, Salt.Water, Vegetable Oil, Fructose, Malt Vinegar Extract (contains Barley), Sugar, Dried Onion, Tomato Powder, Natural Colour (Plain Caramel), Garlic Powder, Natural Flavourings, Cornflour, Black Pepper, Ground Scotch Bonnet Chilli,Cinnamon, Salt, Yeast Extract, Natural Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin#), Demerara Sugar, Parsley, Ginger Extract, Cayenne Pepper Extract, Pimento Extract, Clove Extract, Milk Protein.

170kcal 2.3g Sugar 9.4g Fat 2.7g Sat Fat 0.8g Salt

Tell me why you think they need to put any sort of sugar in a piece of chicken? And where is the actual chicken in that ingredients list?

blazey · 22-08-2009, 22:09

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Originally Posted by accyman

would it not be cheaper to buy two 2ltr bottles of coca cola epsecially if on offer in a twin pack

not sure on ml of cans but i think 4 ltrs may be more than teh amount gotten buying cans

Coca Cola tastes better from a can. Plus an open bottle goes flatter faster.

I only drink 1 can a day... two at most

that'd last me over 2 weeks.

Gayle · 22-08-2009, 22:10

Blackberries are free - make a pie.

SamF · 22-08-2009, 22:10

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Originally Posted by blazey

Tell me why you think they need to put any sort of sugar in a piece of chicken? And where is the actual chicken in that ingredients list?

It is a tomato based marinade, it would inevitably be too tart without a bit of sugar. And apologies, I listed only the ingredients of the marinade and glaze, I thought the chicken breast was pretty much given.

blazey · 22-08-2009, 22:16

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Originally Posted by SamF

It is a tomato based marinade, it would inevitably be too tart without a bit of sugar. And apologies, I listed only the ingredients of the marinade and glaze, I thought the chicken breast was pretty much given.

Apart from the fact that the chicken breast is the most important part and is often pumped with water and chemicals to hold it all together in those sorts of products?

There was a programme on the BBC once about food. After seeing what happened to chicken and other types of meat to get the most out of it, I think I'd rather eat none than fill my body with crap like that.

Then there is the packaging that costs money, the trays of fresh chicken in supermarkets can't be recycled most of the time either. The list is endless with problems, which is why I prefer fresh products from the butcher and the market.

And recipes, that are cheap, i.e. not full of expensive herbs and spices and made with simple wholesome ingredients, that I can live off.

I never said I was being cheap, just that I want it to be cheap i.e. reasonable, because I said I like eating bloody salmon and that isn't what students normally class as cheap, but I want it to be efficient in that I can make the most out of it.

For example, I can make two meals out of a shepherds pie made with good, basic ingredients and it lasts. Bolognese and chilli can be frozen. It's just boring eating them all the time.

Taggy · 22-08-2009, 22:16

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Originally Posted by blazey

I don't want to be eating stuff out of a packet that I just have to throw into the oven.

I want fresh ingredients. Put into a home cooked meal. Supporting local farmers and industry.

I'm struggling to see what is so difficult about this concept.

It doesn't matter now anyway. I'll look at the recipes in the community section and ask the butcher.

Blazey......That kind of arrogant attitude just deserves contempt and i personally shan't bother replying to one of your infantile postings again!! From someone who placed no boundary's on the content other than healthy and cheap...you have basically turned your conditions to Free Range, Organic, Natural produce which you dont want to source at a Supermarket. In your intial post you refer to a Spar product..so people then quote accordingly!! Why not state that in your original post then people dont waste there own time....which strange as it may seem...is every bit as valuable as yours...so that we could answer your queries in a more appropriate manner!! I suppose it sums up a student mentality though...lets talk all day about irrelevent things!!

Best Regards - Taggy

West Ender · 22-08-2009, 22:26

When making soup from a chicken carcass, if there's a lot on meat left on the carcass I remove most of it first then I just break the carcass up, put it in a deep pan and cover it with water and add a stock cube (chicken oxo or Knorr). I like to add a couple of handfuls of pearl barley too. I boil it then simmer it for 2 or 3 hours, more if possible, then strain it to remove the bones. Next I cut up any meat I'd saved and add that, a chopped onion and chopped carrots, any vegetables I have to hand, salt and pepper and simmer again for about an hour. It's cheap and very nutritious.

A tip: I have an electric Slow Cooker which I use for this but before I had it I used to use a pan with a heavy bottom. Once I'd got it simmering I would stand the pan on a trivet (dead cheap at T J Hughes) and light a couple of tea-lights underneath it. Ideal for simmering and costs only pence compared to using your gas or electricity.

SamF · 22-08-2009, 23:58

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Originally Posted by Taggy

Blazey......That kind of arrogant attitude just deserves contempt and i personally shan't bother replying to one of your infantile postings again!! From someone who placed no boundary's on the content other than healthy and cheap...you have basically turned your conditions to Free Range, Organic, Natural produce which you dont want to source at a Supermarket. In your intial post you refer to a Spar product..so people then quote accordingly!! Why not state that in your original post then people dont waste there own time....which strange as it may seem...is every bit as valuable as yours...so that we could answer your queries in a more appropriate manner!! I suppose it sums up a student mentality though...lets talk all day about irrelevent things!!

Best Regards - Taggy

Oi I'm a student we aren't all caught up in propaganda

blazey · 23-08-2009, 03:09

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Originally Posted by West Ender

When making soup from a chicken carcass, if there's a lot on meat left on the carcass I remove most of it first then I just break the carcass up, put it in a deep pan and cover it with water and add a stock cube (chicken oxo or Knorr). I like to add a couple of handfuls of pearl barley too. I boil it then simmer it for 2 or 3 hours, more if possible, then strain it to remove the bones. Next I cut up any meat I'd saved and add that, a chopped onion and chopped carrots, any vegetables I have to hand, salt and pepper and simmer again for about an hour. It's cheap and very nutritious.

A tip: I have an electric Slow Cooker which I use for this but before I had it I used to use a pan with a heavy bottom. Once I'd got it simmering I would stand the pan on a trivet (dead cheap at T J Hughes) and light a couple of tea-lights underneath it. Ideal for simmering and costs only pence compared to using your gas or electricity.

How much water would you put in that? enough to just cover the carcass? Or fill the pan right up?