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December 2014 Grocery Challenge
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Totally agree, it is the AF it was. Dominated now by junk food. I keep my eye on it and if there is something amazing I bulk the order out with dog food, our lad loves it, and toilet rolls to max out the weight. I think HB is now better value by far. Just handy for me, when there is something good, as they deliver.Is it me or is Approved Foods going a bit expensive, and it also does not seem to have as much useful stuff as it used to. I used to get things like grains and pulses, their rice and pasta were always really cheap compared to the discount supermarkets, there was always stuff that could be cooked from scratch, but now it seems to be more about cookies and biscuits and junk food. I keep getting offers for 1p cocacola and chocolate bars, but the useful food seems to have almost disappear. I haven't seen anything worth buying lately, especially paying their delivery fee! Has anyone else found this to be the case?0 -
Id love the potato bake recipie plz i love mash and gravy only prob is so does dog person (aka cezer the dog he sits on sofa like a person thats how i gave him the nickname) if its my food he always wants some mmm i wonder if thats why im starting to loose afew lbs[/QUOTE]
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We do this by, peeling and boiling potatoes chopped into bits about the size of an egg cup. Then drain and tip into a roasting dish. Then fry off a couple of cut up slices of bacon, smoked or unsmoked, put this onto potatoes in tray and cover all with grated cheese of your choice. 10 minutes in a hot oven, or under the grill makes it super delicous, although we somethimes just eat it as it is. Delicous with tomato sauce on top. This keeps for 2 days in fridge and is a fantastic and cheap packed lunch. It microwaves well and is filling on the coldest day. we fight over it in our house!0 -
First_Trouble I keep my grocery money totally separate from my "ordinary" money. I have a small purse that I use and any coupons and my shopping list also go
in there. Any money I don't spend can be carried forward to the week after that way on the off chance of spotting incredible bargains and needing a few pounds extra :rotfl:
Thanks Cranky40 I may have to nab this idea as obviously keeping it in the same purse is not very efficient for me.
Update on the hubby food scenario. He had asked me to pick up a few bits for dinner that he had forgotten and so I popped into Mr T express on the way to the station spent £7.88 on Cheese, double cream, sour cream, chillies and garlic (they don't sell value items in the store unfortunately) so I got home thinking that dinner would be practically done. I found my hubby snoozing on the sofa when I woke him up he said "oh good your home. The pizza should be here soon." :mad: Basically he couldn't be bothered to cook after heading out to the shops so decided we would have pizza (£24) instead and to top it all off he spent about £40 in Mr T! and only £10 of it was on food the rest was crisps and chocolate for Christmas that he thought we needed even though there is an entire cupboard of Christmas goodies set aside already. I was not impressed at all.
I have basically told him that we will not be having any takeaways for a while and the food that he bought will be coming from his personal spend and not the food budgetThat voice in your head that says you can’t do this is a LIAR!
Debt Free - January 2021
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First Trouble - that's why I do the grocery shopping myself! DH always spends on junk that we don't need, so if I want him to get something I just give him enough to buy what's needed plus about a £1 in case it's a bit dearer than expected! Have to say he's getting better as he's getting older as he realises we don't have as much money as when I was working (I retired a few years ago).
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First Trouble - that's why I do the grocery shopping myself! DH always spends on junk that we don't need, so if I want him to get something I just give him enough to buy what's needed plus about a £1 in case it's a bit dearer than expected! Have to say he's getting better as he's getting older as he realises we don't have as much money as when I was working (I retired a few years ago).
Denise
Hi Denise, Yes I do all food shopping too as I know my DH cannot be trusted with it. i.e. he will be asked to pop in for milk and come out with two bags of rubbish and sometimes forget what he actually went in there for. In this instance he had taken it on himself to go down the shop as he didn't want to cook the planned meal.That voice in your head that says you can’t do this is a LIAR!
Debt Free - January 20210 -
Any woman here with a DH who can be trusted with a food budget, put your hand up! I bet there aren't many!
I have another DH moan to add: the other day I bought a pack of 6wm rolls YSd to 10p. Bargain, right? However it is not a bargain when they go mouldy straight into the compost bin! I have been unwell for 3 days so not up at the crack of dawn to make breakfast and lunch for DH.
First day, he spends £5 for lunch, does not think "oh there is a lot of food in the fridge, DW is doing a GC because we have to save for the stupid over the top bloody kitchen that I overdesigned, because my sodding so-called friend builder robbed us clean, so maybe I shall go ahead and be wise and make a sandwich". No, of course.
Days 2 and 3 (today) he makes packed lunches after I remind him that there is a lot of food in and I even ask him if he wants me to get up and go it. "No need, dear, not while you are unwell". Except that just a moment ago I discovered that he used up all the sliced bread (mega-long life) and left the pack of rolls untouched under the pack of bread, and starting going mouldy and inedible. Ok, perhaps today they would have been inedible, but I had got them out of the freezer especially for his packed lunch! But I did not tell him, I reasoned he is a sensible adult, moreover an adult in charge of complex railway stations projects, not to speak of the safety of millions of people! Rational sensible adult my a$$!
It seems to me that our DHs, faced with a domestic budget, turn into toddlers, and when scolded and reminded of it, go into sulky teen mode.
10p, not a big deal, you might say, but it could be easily something much bigger. Like the blasted Kitchen Project that has eaten into our life savings.
Phew, end of rant.Finally I'm an OAP and can travel free (in London at least!).0 -
I can relate.
I even invested in a bread maker as my DH can get through a loaf to himself in 2-3 days. He complained that he didn't want to use the bread I baked as he couldn't cut the slices as thinly the shop bought bread. :mad:
He won't eat cheap bread either usually between £1 - £1.50 a pop.
So over the Christmas period I will be experimenting with the dough function to make rolls in the oven.
So if anyone has any recipes they can suggest would be fantastic.That voice in your head that says you can’t do this is a LIAR!
Debt Free - January 20210 -
It has never occurred to me ever to cook a beef joint then freeze it in slices in gravy. It is just the most simplest thing but I am clearly an idiot. As a result of such vast common sense on this thread I have ordered a half price Tesco beef roasting joint & will be cooking it up Sunday in order to slice & freeze for later date.
I don't respond to stupid so that's why I am ignoring you.
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It has never occurred to me ever to cook a beef joint then freeze it in slices in gravy. It is just the most simplest thing but I am clearly an idiot. As a result of such vast common sense on this thread I have ordered a half price Tesco beef roasting joint & will be cooking it up Sunday in order to slice & freeze for later date.
Freezing it is also good for last minute lunch items. For instance as dinner wasn't cooked last night I took a small chunk of beef and some frozen veg out of the freezer and will have that as my lunch. Very handy as I work in central London and buying lunch is ridiculously expensive.That voice in your head that says you can’t do this is a LIAR!
Debt Free - January 20210 -
It has never occurred to me ever to cook a beef joint then freeze it in slices in gravy. It is just the most simplest thing but I am clearly an idiot. As a result of such vast common sense on this thread I have ordered a half price Tesco beef roasting joint & will be cooking it up Sunday in order to slice & freeze for later date.
Not an idiot at all, we all learn as we go along. When beef is on offer I buy extra mince some dice some and roast some. This gives me lean mince, casserole steak, roast dinners and sliced cooked beef for sandwichs. As Asdas is onoy 3.97 at the mo this saves me quite a bit.Slimming World at target0
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