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Eating plans for a £1 a day

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growstuff Thu 12-May-22 11:18:51

Do GNers have any suggestions for eating for a £1 a day?

Total food should be about 1,500-2,000 calories a day and well-balanced, ie good balance of carbohydrate, fat and protein.

Ideally, there should be little cooking (to save on fuel) and few cooking utensils (certainly nothing fancy) should be needed.

MissAdventure Fri 13-May-22 23:21:32

I've used deliveroo, too, when I sometimes need milk, bread, and just a few little bits.
That does work out expensive, though.
I can't get to the shop now.
Unless i buy a walking thing with wheels and a seat, I think.
Talk about depressing!

vegansrock Sat 14-May-22 05:29:09

Baggs Vitamin B12 is produced by bacteria, not animals or plants. Animals, including humans, must obtain it directly or indirectly from bacteria. Farmed animals receive B12 by eating fortified (supplemented) feed, being exposed to bacteria-laden manure and drinking untreated (contaminated) water. - so many farmed animals are given supplements Vegan Sources of Vitamin B12:
Nutritional Yeast.
Marmite + Yeast Spreads.
Fortified milks such as Soy, Almond, oat, coconut
Fortified Cereals.
Tempeh.
Chlorella.
Nori
I can easily get enough Vitamin B12 at breakfast by having porridge made with almond or soy milk, with a non dairy yoghurt and/ or marmite on toast, or at lunch with yeast flakes mixed into a pasta sauce which give a Parmesan cheese flavour. I have had blood tests recently and my B12 has always come back as fine. I would take a supplement if I needed to. So please don’t believe the myths that you have to eat animals to get enough B12.

Jang Mon 16-May-22 16:45:49

Look up Jack Monroe..she's at cookingonabootstrap.com and on twitter. Fabulous lady trying to help everyone on a small small budget ...

Germanshepherdsmum Mon 16-May-22 17:07:14

Sad article in my local paper today about one of our nearby foodbanks. They have to give out 'no cook' parcels because people can't afford to switch the oven on. Widow of 65 on UC after her latest redundancy, £50 a month to live on after paying rent and other bills, no savings at all after a lifetime's work in factories. Man in 60s who hadn't eaten for four days. Not untypical I'm sure, in a town where relative wealth and poverty co-exist. An area that many aspire to retire to.

MissAdventure Mon 16-May-22 18:38:18

That's awful.
No point giving them cooking lessons, or pointing out where the special offers are.
Pitiful state of affairs.