I know I buy the bacon in Dunnes Stores at the moment, its a prepacked off cuts 1kg for 1.99. Not salty etc. Large turnip 35cent and 1kg baby roosters in Dunnes at moment for 50cent. Dinner for less than €2.50 and meat left over for sandwiches the next day for lunch. (2 adults/three kids)
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I like the way you costed that out Sandals, would the potatoes be cheaper if you bought a larger bag? As it's an off cut, is there much fat?
I wonder do people know how to cook a standard Irish meal for their families anymore, you have to wonder when you see that the statistics for McD are rising in the recession. How much is a meal for a family there I wonder.
The bacon idea for sandwiches idea by you and Truthseeker is also excellent. I do the same with chicken by cooking an extra chicken at the same time as the family meal.
Re the DIY shampoo. Own brands are very cheap, as are large bottles of kids, I'm currently very slowly working my way through a large kids own brand bottle.
Kham, any chance you'd do the costing on the shepards pie, the price of the mince and it's weight would be good.
Ramble I think you're on the ball there re the food industry. My husband being old style Irish thinks a meal isn't a meal without meat. And we won't talk about the potatoes and 2 veg. But I try to stick to the rule of 150 g of meat per person.
Truthseeker I realise you posted on this before, any chance you know of a good Irish cook book that shows a family how to do simple Irish meals or indeed any meals for a family that are healthy and reasonably priced.
Anyone have ideas for fish, very important part of the diet.
Luckily I'm not on a budget, but I hate to see waste. Pork at the moment is seriously cheap. Was able to buy a roast for around 5 euro's for a family recently, plus sandwiches. And last week, a load of pork chops were about 11 Euro and would do more than 2 family dinners.
Itsallwrong totally agree with you re baby food in jars. I think it's full of sugar and other additives and couldn't possible be right to be feeding kids their first meals that way. Never mind the cost of each jar. My own theory of those products is that they are designed to make kids addicts to certain tastes for the rest of their lives so that the kids will grow up to be adults eating the products of the manufacturers.