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September 2008 Grocery Challenge. Please read first two posts.

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  • ShelBell
    ShelBell Posts: 502 Forumite
    oooooooooh shiny and new :o) Mrs M and Angel (and anyone else who helps make this happen) you are all such lovely people and stuff. Sorry am not good at saying stuff sometimes so just give up halfway through, but you get what I mean.
    Weight loss to date - 8st 13lbs :j
  • LumpyCustard_2
    LumpyCustard_2 Posts: 267 Forumite
    £95 for me please as usual. I'm not starting it until Monday though (I run on calendar months), and still have £20 of my August budget left - yay!
  • gunsandbanjos
    gunsandbanjos Posts: 12,246 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper
    Ooh i'm in, and on the first page too! Can you put me down for £170 please:D
    The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
    Bertrand Russell
  • shaz_mum_of__2
    shaz_mum_of__2 Posts: 2,010 Forumite
    i wanna be in for £200 too please me and OH and DS aged 7

    starting Uni soon and its gonna get tight !!

    Shaz
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    Shaz
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  • CherryBlossom_2
    CherryBlossom_2 Posts: 40 Forumite
    Looking for some advice from all you lovely people please. I havejust bought my first shin bone to make soup. What is the best way to do this - cook the bone first, shred the meat & use this and the stock to make the soup? Trying to make nourishing soups / stews etc for my dad (very ill with little appetite) and thought this would be good. Grateful for any suggestions please - oh he won't eat chicken, eggs or fish!

    Thanks
    cherry
    Cherry Blossom

    Started SW 24/7/10: -5,-3,-3,-6,-5, -6 (28) :T
  • gunsandbanjos
    gunsandbanjos Posts: 12,246 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper
    shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »
    starting Uni soon and its gonna get tight !!

    Shaz

    Me too, hence why i'm trying to get my budget down, what are you going to study?
    The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
    Bertrand Russell
  • cuddlymarm
    cuddlymarm Posts: 2,205 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Hi

    Can I join the weekly challenge this month please. It'll all be new for me cos I move house on Sunday (kids left home, well 1 left and one away at uni:j and I'll be starting from scratch (just me and OH) and no freezer:eek:

    We're both eating healthily so I'm going to shop locally and a couple of days at a time but also build up emergency store of canned and bottled stuff and dry stores.

    I'm aiming for £40 a week at first and will see how I get on. (Oh and we go on hol in the 4th week which is why I want to go weekly if thats OK)

    Good luck everybody

    Cuddles:rotfl: :rotfl:

    June NSD 8/15
  • MRSMCAWBER
    MRSMCAWBER Posts: 5,442 Forumite
    Hi CherryBlossom

    I would roast it first, then strip it off and use the bone to make the stock.. You get more flavour and colour out of a roasted bone ;) .... I know its not everyones "thing" but does your dad like liver? i love it and its full of iron, goes soft once cooked so wouldn't take much effort to eat ..with a bit of mashed potato/veg
    hope it helps..im sure you will get loads of help on here
    oohh just a thought what about Ricepud made with full fat milk n a drop of cream ;) when my sis was recently very ill it was one of the few things she could/would eat.... oohh HM egg custard..another easy to eat, simple thing with lots of goodness -you don't even have to do the pastry :D
    Ok just spottted he doesn't like eggs..hmmm egg custard without eggs leaves custard..another thing you can cram with cals :p
    -6 -8 -3 -1.5 -2.5 -3 -1.5-3.5
  • Staciep88
    Staciep88 Posts: 590 Forumite
    Hello

    Im a regular poster on this site but new to this board. I was hoping some1 can point me into the right direction of what to cook etc..

    There is only 2 of us, myself and my partner. We dont want to spend more than £30 a week for three meals aday - is this possible?

    Thanks x
    xXx
  • OrkneyStar
    OrkneyStar Posts: 7,025 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    MrsM- I[strike] seem to be on the weekly list twice, once in the correct place with no budget, and once in the wrong place (above 'N') with the correct budget! (Just to clarify its £40 per week).Thanks.[/strike]
    Oooh you fixed it, thanks again.
    x
    Will join you properly on here come Saturday but still on Augs for now. Thanks Pink, MrsM and angelnikki for everything so far :)
    x
    Ermutigung wirkt immer besser als Verurteilung.
    Encouragement always works better than judgement.
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