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I’ve been cooking for over 50 years but you have given me so many new meal ideas.
Mr Wearywolf, I salute you 🫡. You are an inspiration

You could make Colcannon for St. Patrick's Day.  Just make mashed potatoes, add some cooked cabbage, and top with green onions.  It's very good and cheap.

Yes, please do a limited budget weekly challenge  for a couple. That would be great,

Never underestimate the power of your cooking on a budget videos old chap. 😊

Wow you did brilliantly, I think you could feed an adult n 1 child with this which is great news for single parents

Thank you so much for these videos. I’ve been on sick pay for  a couple months and having 118/week your videos have helped me so much! Your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed 💖

I was eyeing an indian takeout for £20, then this popped onto my feed and I was like I ain't wasting that right now, I'll treat myself at the end of the week lol.

Everyone should build up a pantry of herbs and spices

Please continue with your challenges. I love watching you feed yourself and your family on a budget. Not only do you inspire the weary cooks who can't think beyond toast plus something, but you also teach young people how to do it all.

Yeah this is pretty similar to how I eat and shop as a student  - I spend about £25 a week at Lidl. I find that if you plan your meals for the week, you only buy what you actually need, which saves a lot!. Cabbage is seriously underrated. I always buy one. As they are cheap! You can stir-fry it, saute it with bacon and have it as a side, braised cabbage with apples and some nutmeg if you have it, throw it in a soup, or use it in cottage pie (I even mix it into the mashed potato topping). You can also make potato cakes with any veg you have, add whatever seasoning you like, then fry or bake them. Freezing leftovers helps a lot too. If you buy packs of sausages, bacon, or anything in bulk, portion it out and freeze it. It lasts longer and stops food going to waste. At university I was shocked that a lot of students spend around £50 a week on food. I couldn’t understand how they can spend that much but honestly most of us were never taught how to shop wisely. I actually find budgeting makes meals more creative, because you work with what you’ve got - and I kind of enjoy the challenge :D

I just settled comfortably with a good strong cuppa and thoroughly enjoyed your video. So informative and makes one feel that we' re not as alone as we might have felt otherwise . It's like having a friend round ,  and I am sure many others watching feel the same , thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy life to do this . Best wishes to you and your family .

Loved the good, hearty meals you were able to prduce during the week. A couple of extra ideas:
- carrot "chips" in the air fryer (tossed in s&p, garlic powder and a splash of honey or maple syrup for caramelisation
- Bread cases filled with caramelised onion and cheese
- vegetable tray bake (carrots, onions, potatoes, cabbage wedges)
- teriyaki pork (marinade of soy sauce, powdered ginger, garlic, sugar, and a splash of vinegar)
- frittata (any leftovers combined with beaten eggs and baked)

Like a previous viewer I'd like a mix of random WW2 recipes. Desserts can be added.
Love watching your videos they give me ideas of things I can make.
Or how about doing WW2 recipes with a modern twist. Something like:
Woolton Vegetables topped with Sweet Potato Mash or Woolton Vegetables in a Baked Sweet Potato. Add meat or tinned fish to both. Then add a stewed fruit & custard or rice pudding. Just a suggestion and I'm going to stop there - my brain is going into overdrive!!! ... and I need to sleep. 😴 😊

I think your budget challenges are realistic, so keep them coming, please. Shopping weekly for bargains wherever possible might mean splashing out on an ingredient that is on deep discount that you don't need that week. It is basically rolling over the savings and it's how you can end up with a pantry full of food that is much less than normal. I can usually scrounge a few pennies from the bottom of my purse if I'm strapped.

Regarding WWII rations and recipes, I like seeing recipes that made use of rations and other ingredients, knowing how my own grandmother talked about saving her rationed items and splashing out on special meals. Whatever was rationed didn't have to be a daily limited thing. The things they could do with what they could grow, forage, even fish for was the secret to interesting meals. Even on rations that was a time when the British population was at its healthiest. My neighbor and long-time friend is British-American and we share our differing family experiences. She was a small child sent to the countryside during the last few years of WWII. It shaped her worldview and her zero-waste mindset. These are good skills to practice.

I made it this far and now I'm hungry. The goal is to be in control of our spending and making sure we have critical ingredients for nutritious food, plus avoid waste. I made yellow split pea milk a few days ago. Today I'm making sweet potato patties using the yellow pea pulp, scallions grown on a windowsill, onion, leftover mushrooms, celery, garlic, and a dash of cayenne. We like these protein rich patties cooked in coconut oil and served with a peanut butter-maple syrup sauce. Looking forward to your one pound challenge!

Just checked out the prices here in America at our Aldi. The doz eggs were 5.96. The whole shopping list came to $42.92. It's hitting everyone hard. So thank you for your ideas, and just showing us that even if we're runoff our feet we can cook something. Blessings

I *CANNOT* express how much I love that those are labeled "Wonky Carrots". I want those here, but they'd probably UPcharge for them, and call them "quirky UK carrots" lol.

p.s. Our Aldi closed :(

ETA: I save the ends of spring onions and put them in water.  They'll sprout up but you can't  keep using them, they get kind of weak after 1 or 2 times.

Watched all the way. Those meals would last me two weeks!

First time viewer and loved this video. Such useful ideas with ingredients we all know and like.
A couple challenge would be great as i could then easily double volume wise. As a single parent with 3 boys they eat a lot and time is stretched so the incorporation of batch cooking is such a good approach for me to try.
I often find on similar channels it's all or nothing with batch cooking and the time they take i can't realistically commit to. The way you naturally do it then switch up each meal slightly when serving is an approach that would work well for me.
So thank you!

It’s ok if you refer to Aldis and Lidls as plurals, cos you’re referring to multiple branches of a chain store 😜
All the complainers can just shush 😂