The Bargain Food Thread

RidleyRider

Well we all know in Health & Fitness food is key to whatever your goals are, whether it be bodybuilding, powerlifting, weight loss or whatever you need to eat!

So I think this thread might be a good idea for people to post possible bargains for good quality food and what prices you bought them at. Cause lets face it, if you can eat healthy for cheaper, you're going too.

Foods can include anything from meats to fruit/vege or whatever you feel necessary!

homemadecider

Kidney beans, a tin in Lidl costs €0.17.

hollypink

there's a great post in Bargain Alerts most weeks on the Aldi super 6 and the fruit and veg offers in the other supermarkets as well:

http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=2056854015

I got a butternut squash and veg mix for soup (carrot, onion, swede, celery) for 79c each in Aldi.

Fruit/Veg from the supermarkets selling below cost.

Meat from your local butcher (buy the specials and use your freezer).

Connorzee

Pasata (not pasta) sauce, is like 40c in Aldi, savage for making your own healthy pasta or chicken sauces with. Basically it's crushed tomatoes, the sauce thats on any pizza base.

baz15

Eggs in general. €1.99 for ten in aldi, fairly cheap everywhere tbh and full of protein!

RidleyRider

baz15 wrote: »

Eggs in general. €1.99 for ten in aldi, fairly cheap everywhere tbh and full of protein!

Paid 3.69 for 12 last night but it was local produce and they are massive so it was okay

nice_guy80

frozen veg in aldi

brocolli
cauliflower
spinnach (when in season)
green beans
baby carrots
sweetcorn

all either €1 or €1.39

sweet potato €1

adox

RidleyRider wrote: »

Paid 3.69 for 12 last night but it was local produce and they are massive so it was okay

Would be prefer to pay more for local or at least free range eggs tbh.

RidleyRider

adox wrote: »

Would be prefer to pay more for local or at least free range eggs tbh.

True but considering I use circa 7 eggs a day it can get expensive throughout the week.

nice_guy80

RidleyRider wrote: »

True but considering I use circa 7 eggs a day it can get expensive throughout the week.

if you're lucky enough to live near a hatchery they usually sell unwashed eggs cheap

RidleyRider

nice_guy80 wrote: »

if you're lucky enough to live near a hatchery they usually sell unwashed eggs cheap

Unwashed eggs?

nice_guy80

RidleyRider wrote: »

Unwashed eggs?

yep.
the eggs you buy in the supermarkets have been washed
otherwise they have feathers and dirt on them

Stench Blossoms

nice_guy80 wrote: »

yep.
the eggs you buy in the supermarkets have been washed
otherwise they have feathers and dirt on them

And blood. Lets not forget the blood.

McSasquatch

Saw a close-up video on Youtube yesterday of a hen laying an egg... It was interesting to say the least :eek:

Is it true that you're better off not washing eggs until they're ready to be cooked (assuming you haven't bought from a store)? I seem to recall reading something about a protective coating being removed when cleaned...

boogle

Big 500g tub of Greek Yoghurt in Aldi, only 99 cents or something like that. It lasts for a whole week to put on fruit or whatever for breakfast.

Also, their tins of mixed beans and really cheap too.

jake is right

nice_guy80 wrote: »

yep.
the eggs you buy in the supermarkets have been washed
otherwise they have feathers and dirt on them

By and large, eggs are NOT washed. Maybe 1to2% need washing.

adox

I see Tesco do their own porridge oats for less than half the price of branded ones. Reading the nutritional information they seem identical to me.

Does anyone use them or know if they are the same as branded ones?

nice_guy80

jake is right wrote: »

By and large, eggs are NOT washed. Maybe 1to2% need washing.

where do you live? cuckoo land?
eggs from a hatchery need cleaning.

jake is right

nice_guy80 wrote: »

where do you live? cuckoo land?
eggs from a hatchery need cleaning.

Eggs in a hatchery are for HATCHING, get it?
To make it simple for you, eggs turn into chicks. See?

Connorzee

adox wrote: »

I see Tesco do their own porridge oats for less than half the price of branded ones. Reading the nutritional information they seem identical to me.

Does anyone use them or know if they are the same as branded ones?

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/product_range/product_range_20269.htm

RidleyRider

Connorzee wrote: »

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/product_range/product_range_20269.htm

I got 2 2kg bags of oats for 4 euro in dealz on William street, Limerick. Flavahans stuff, it was beautiful. I'll definitely be topping up when I'm in next.

dahat

Porridge,Eggs and Veg in Aldi are generally really cheap.

Also for those who like them those salad/baby potatoes are great for those who want to cut down on the spud without giving them up,bags of them are pretty cheap though small but portion them and you will be fine..

A butcher in my town sells chicken breasts for 1euro each on a Monday so we usually get 8/10 a week

RidleyRider

dahat wrote: »

A butcher in my town sells chicken breasts for 1euro each on a Monday so we usually get 8/10 a week

Jeez I wish a butcher round here would sell them that cheap. Are they of good quality?

baz15

Dunnes do a good 3 for €9 offer on some of their meats. Theres a fairly good selection, chicken breasts, mince, turkey, salmon and a few more. Keeps me fed for a few days anyway

dahat

RidleyRider wrote: »

Jeez I wish a butcher round here would sell them that cheap. Are they of good quality?

Far as i know they are,they seem a good size

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

boscos in carlow do 5 good sized chicken breasts for 7 euro. I normally get a full chicken from tesco or superquinn depending on which is cheapest, rip all the meat off and just use that in stir frys but I think I'll pay the euro or two extra from now on and get the chicken breasts. better quality stuff i'd imagine and no big messy carcass to throw away every 4 days. The 5 breasts works perfectly into the 5:2 fasting too and each meal will have more 'standardised' amounts of chicken in it rather than eyeballing shredded chicken lumps out of the bowl in the fridge.

Connorzee

10 breasts for €10 in most butchers in cork too. I get mine in Wilton

RidleyRider

This is mostly for the people of Limerick reading but Dealz on William Street is a brilliant place to pick up a few bits.

Got 2kg of Flavahans oats for 2euro there a few weeks ago. Got a 1.5kg bag of them for 1.49 in there also. Dunnes in the parkway are doing a deal on Flavahans oats the same that Dealz had on- 2euro for 2kg. Lovely oats too.

Got 8 food storage containers for 1.49 in Dealz also.

Picked up Sultanas also in Dunnes for 1.25.

Anyway, if you're ever passing Dealz or the other 1.50 shop on William Street definitely pop in, you'll save yourself on stuff if not food, loads of other stuff.

Mark Cullen

You can get 6 fillets of Wild Atlantic Salmon (far better than farmed) for €6.99 in the Freezer section in Tesco, 120 cals, 22g of protein and some healthy fats n each fillet.

endswell

Mark Cullen wrote: »

You can get 6 fillets of Wild Atlantic Salmon (far better than farmed) for €6.99 in the Freezer section in Tesco, 120 cals, 22g of protein and some healthy fats n each fillet.

why are they better than farmed?

Mark Cullen

endswell wrote: »

why are they better than farmed?

Farmed salmon contains excessive levels of fat, wild salmon contains 20% more protein.

Despite being much fattier, farmed fish provide less usable beneficial omega 3 fats than wild fish and much higher amounts of pro-inflammatory omega 6 fats.
Farmed fish are exposed to anti-biotics and much more concentrated pesticides and is actually dyed a pink salmon colour, as otherwise apparently it would be grey. Some more info here: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=george&dbid=96

Those Tesco fillets are delicious, give them a go if you like fish.
They seem to fluctuate the price of them from 50% to 100%, but in my experience they are usually 50%, when they are not, there is another Tesco owned brand that do the same product in a different packaging for the 50% price.

somme

A butchers in crumlin is offering SHOULDERS OF BACON @ 5.99 EACH OR 2 FOR A TENNER and they are also offering rib roast and house keepers cut roast beef for € 3.49 per lb = € 7.69 kg, seems like great value ? have a look?
www.brendansbutchers.com

somme

A butchers in crumlin is offering SHOULDERS OF BACON @ 5.99 EACH OR 2 FOR A TENNER and they are also offering rib roast and house keepers cut roast beef for € 3.49 per lb = € 7.69 kg, seems like great value ? have a look?
www.brendansbutchers.com