November 2015 Grocery Challenge

mhe wrote: »

... Since September this year we have been living off wartime rations. This hasn't always been easy but it has made me realise just how much we must have wasted before. This weeks food shop for 2 adults 3 children( 2 of whom are teens) was £29.15 .

That's amazing, shows how resourceful you are and makes me feel guilty about wasting so much.

I've spent £84.10 in the first of 4 main shops - at Sainsb because no time in a busy weekend to shop around. Note to self, always buy milk at main shop - although the price is the same everywhere, the Sainsb Local near us often runs out of the 2L cartons so I had to top up on MONDAY :eek: with a 1L carton for almost as much money!

Another couple of small shops totalling just over £10 so I have spent £20.36 of £150 budget, leaving £129.64.
I am intrigued by war time rations. How are you getting on with it and are you following a book? I can see that there would be no wastage of anything.
I made lentil and veg soup tonight and added some cauli leaves then blended it all. The other cauli leaves I out in the freezer, just straight in, and will add them to soups and casseroles. I used to do the same with broccoli stems until I put too many in one dish and it really was not very nice!
Could do with a biscuit with my cup of tea right now but didn't buy any 😀

Hi

Can you put me down for £100 for the month, please?

I am going to Centre Parcs next week, and have already paid for the stay and the food (my sister booked it all and will organise a shop for next week). I'm also away for 4 days later in the month. I have a night out on Saturday as well, so this leaves me with 17 days with which to provide food. Lunches are sorted for my daughter, save for the fruit to go with them for the end of the month, and I have lunch for the next 6 days sorted.

I still have loads in the cupboards - I am making a butternut squash (it's been there so long that I don't actually remember when I bought it ) and sausage bake with a tin of cherry tomatoes that went out of date.. a [STRIKE]few years[/STRIKE] wee while ago :A This should feed us tonight and tomorrow.

Daughter has breakfast at school and I have porridge either at home or at work. It may be tight, but should be doable


EDITED TO ADD: The butternut squash and sausage bake was absolutely delicious. I will definitely make it again... maybe even with fresh ingredients :rotfl:

You need:
1 butternut squash (or any pumpkin/squash really), chopped into bitesized pieces
2 onions, chopped into chunks
a squeeze or two of garlic puree
a few handfuls of cherry tomatoes (only I didn't have any, so used tinned, which worked).
a pinch of mixed herbs (recipe said 3 tbsp chopped fresh sage)
sausages - I used a packet of HECK chicken sausages, recipe said 8 ww sausages

Chop the veggies and put into a baking tray, add the sausages and the cherry tomatoes. Mix well. Season and add a pinch of mixed herbs.

Bake for 50 or so minutes until the veggies are tender and the sausages are nicely browned.

Serve with more veggies if you want (I didn't).

For anyone else doing ww, this cost me 3pp :j

I also added a little mozzarella over the top of my daughter's portion cos I've had a few balls in the freezer for ages

Bit hit all round

my 3rd NSD

Took a couple of boxes of mystery from the freezer; they both looked like chilli and rice. When thawed out one was turkey and one minced beef chilli - made a nice tea though We had left over cheese scones from yesterdays soup with it.

Trying to use up a lot of freezer items or stuff I have hoarded in the pantry before I go shopping

Spent another £1.12 on mushrooms, a leek and YS pig trotters.

Trotters! :rotfl:

Well, my mom used to love 'em, and one of my Chinese relatives says she has recipes, so I thought I'd give them a go. I think OH used them once before in making a posh Tom Kerridge terrine-thing, but I was veggie then and wouldn't eat it.

Any ideas?