Some foods are still relatively cheap….

I’ve only just discovered sweet potatoes which are incredibly good for you ( I only started buying them for the dog but now love them baked and chipped). And I’m learning how to do things with chick peas.

I recently discovered chick peas. There’s some great recipes online for chickpea and sweet potato curry. I’ve made a good few variations of it and you can cook and freeze

I don’t eat potatoes or very much pasta. ☹️

Pasta is also still pretty cheap as are black and kidney beans.

I’m not vegan or veggie but will happily eat these dishes.

If and when we do buy meat, mainly chicken, I buy thighs and only get sausages and bacon from the butchers.

MayBee70

I’ve only just discovered sweet potatoes which are incredibly good for you ( I only started buying them for the dog but now love them baked and chipped). And I’m learning how to do things with chick peas.

I wish I liked sweet potatoes. 🙁

Witzend

MayBee70

I’ve only just discovered sweet potatoes which are incredibly good for you ( I only started buying them for the dog but now love them baked and chipped). And I’m learning how to do things with chick peas.

I wish I liked sweet potatoes. 🙁

It took me a long while to get used to them. I like them best as chips or wedges. Have you tried mashing them with "normal" potatoes?

The 1.75 kg bags of yellow lentils (mung dal) are v cheap in the Asda foreign foods aisle.
Now and then I make dal with spinach (usually frozen) and cauliflower, onion, sundry spices and veg stock cubes. Very tasty it is too.

I didn’t like sweet potatoes a few years ago but now I love them.

Chick peas don’t like me 😂

Roasted root vegetables (carrots, sweet potatoes, onion, parsnip) makes a good cheap meal but of course the electricity for the oven may be expensive - an air fryer should be cheaper.

Red split lentils - especially the 4kg bags - and wholewheat pasta. You can make miles of meals from just those two ingredients.

Chicken, sweet potato and spinach curry is lovely.

I haven't seen a "proper" butchers shop for 20 years. I live in London!

loose onions & carrots are really cheap. & you can buy big bags of english apples at the moment very cheaply.

We have got a bit fussy about things like apples over the years I think. My mum didn't have much luxury food when she was young & had most of her fruit from her own fruit-trees (damsons, vics & egg plums, eating & cooking apples & pears - not cherries as the birds always ate them)
Now she'll only eat Braeburn apples from the supermarket.

I like frozen sweet potato chips but, apart from that, no.

We don't really like pulses either.

There are a fair few butchers shops round here and few in farm shops but they are really expensive. I use a butcher in the next village who is very good and fairly reasonably priced. And most of his meat is locally sourced.

Sweet potatoes, butternut squash, a carrot or two and a big onion plus a little grated nutmeg make a very warming and filling soup.

Charleygirl5

I haven't seen a "proper" butchers shop for 20 years. I live in London!

In our small town we are lucky enough to have two butchers. I support both and the meat is far superior to any from the supermarkets. I urge people to support small independent shops. Use them or lose them.

Jaxjacky

Chicken, sweet potato and spinach curry is lovely.

It really is!

I also miss a proper butcher.

Sweet potatoes are really tasty, I don't understand why people don't like them. Match made in heaven with spinach and in any curry. Fantastic thinly shaved in a stir-fry: they cook up really quickly. Excellent base for soup.

I don’t understand it either retread I ve always loved sweet potatoes There not easy to grow though I ve got lots of chard and spinach on my allotment but no one seems to like it so much

I don’t like peppers, we each have different tastes.

I don’t like sweet potato in any form, nor do I like pulses.
I would rather save on quantity not affordedness.
If I eat cheaply, and I am not extravagant or a spendthrift my family will spend any inheritance on exact what they want , even extravagantly so I intend to eat whatever food I want or like and forget the cost.

Retread

I also miss a proper butcher.

Sweet potatoes are really tasty, I don't understand why people don't like them. Match made in heaven with spinach and in any curry. Fantastic thinly shaved in a stir-fry: they cook up really quickly. Excellent base for soup.

People’s taste buds do vary. E.g. I know I'm weird, but tea with milk tastes absolutely vile to me.

Charleygirl5

I haven't seen a "proper" butchers shop for 20 years. I live in London!

My DD used to live near one.
He looked proper out of place!

MollyNew

Witzend

MayBee70

I’ve only just discovered sweet potatoes which are incredibly good for you ( I only started buying them for the dog but now love them baked and chipped). And I’m learning how to do things with chick peas.

I wish I liked sweet potatoes. 🙁

It took me a long while to get used to them. I like them best as chips or wedges. Have you tried mashing them with "normal" potatoes?

I haven’t but I was going to ask if anyone had done that. I baked some tonight with olive oil and smoked paprika. When I do shepherds pie or chilli I always add grated carrot and brown lentils and use very little meat. My rather sensitive tummy used to struggle with lentils but I now soak them before cooking.

I’m going to Amble market tomorrow. If I lived up here I reckon I could live incredibly cheaply. The fruit and veg stall is really cheap with so much variety.