November 2011 - Grocery Challenge

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  • tigerfeet2006
    tigerfeet2006 Posts: 14,030
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    edited 30 November 2011 at 9:16PM
    For dinner tonight we had Slow Cooker Chilli Con Carne.

    700g mince (beef or turkey), 1 large onion chopped, 2-3 cloves garlic-crushed (or to taste) 1 tsp chilli powder (or to taste), 1/4 tsp chilli flakes (or to taste), 1 tsp paprika (or to taste), 2 tins chopped tomatos, 2 tins kidney beans, 1 tblesp tomato puree, 200ml beef stock (chicken if using turkey)

    Brown off the meat and pop in SC. Fry off onion and garlic then add the chilli, chilli flakes and paprika and fry for 2-3 min. Pop it all into SC. Add water to pan and heat up (this is for the stock and will incorperate anything that is left in the pan). Put the rest of the ingredients in the SC. Add stock cube/powder (I use bisto best as we have 2 who are GF.) Top up with water from the pan.

    Stick on low for the day and serve in the evening with a dollop or two of sour cream and rice or crusty bread or tortilla chips.

    This can be bulked out with grated carrot and/or lentils. Though if adding lentils add extra stock.
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  • Florenceem
    Florenceem Posts: 7,819
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    O.k i need a smack on the hand.

    Spent £4.57 it was mostly whoopsies, i went to 4 supermarkets doing my usual promo work and ms jobs, in tescos the big store, i got 4 lindt bells for a quid, always wonder why i don't get more! so yummy.

    Asda spent £1.07 got 3 fruit salad bars, 20p for a pack of 5 pancakes with strawberry sauce inside whoopsied and x 2 packs of 50/50 pockets, like pitta pockets.

    I then thought i could resist the next sm, but was browsing the reduced area, but didnt see anything i fancied, as i was about to leave the man reducing the stuff said, look bananas a pack for 30p, i said no thank you, i don't like bananas, so he said look in the trolley i am reducing them all, so ended up with a pack of red rooster potatoes for 62p, a pack of 4 jazz apples t finest 44p and a pack of tfinest vine tomates 44p, * sigh i cant keep away, bread and pancakes in the freezer.

    Also went to lidl specifically to look for their cellophane at 99p a roll,, which i need for a gift, so maybe that doesnt count, wrapping the gift and making choccie slabs with my 5 year old god daughter when she comes to stay in 2 weeks.

    DECLARING £66.41

    Phew new month tomorrow.
    I got the cellophane roll in Lidl - it said on the newsletter - twin pack for 99p - one pattern roll and one plain. My store was charging 99p a roll!
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    GC - 2024 First 4 Week Period £11.75/£100 2nd £33.71/£100 3rd £57.13/£100 4th £3.01/£100 NSD - 55
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  • Flat_Eric
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    Have done my usual trick this evening of switching on the computer to do one thing and over two hours later, I'm still faffing so I'm switching off now ! but not before I post to say a small spend on reduced items in Mr S yesterday cost me £4 odd, a shop in the local co$tcutter cost me £15 this evening and I bought lunch and a fruit pot on monday which came to just short of a fiver. Then there were the bits I bought in Mr T also (Monday) milk, breakfast brioche rolls, fry light and a tin of sweets for a party we are going to tomorrow eve.

    So November's spends have increased probably by about £25 (at least).

    December has to be managed carefully. Have been paid today and already my balance is less than £20 .... and not everything that needs to be paid has gone out yet. If I am good with the housekeeping, I can use some of that money to help see me through the month. For some reason I thought there was another pay day before xmas !!! (but of course there isn't!!)
  • Aril
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    I came in under target:j £220.10 which included £15 on the meat for Christmas day!
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  • Sue14
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    I've not kept a check on my spending since the beginning of the month, so I was expecting to have gone way over budget, however I've just added up all my receipts and found that I'm £35.01 UNDER budget having only spent £94.99, and that was including some food that I had to get in for my DS when he came over to cat/house-sit for us last week. Of course being away for a few days and having our meals included in the cost of the break helped, but I still can't believe how well we've done! :j
    Weight loss challenge 2/10lbs


  • rej-c
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    Congratulations on all the new jobs at your place, angelatgraceland :) - here's hoping some of that can come into effect around these parts in the new year, too.

    I'm declaring at £84.82 for November, so, surprisingly, under our £100 budget - but with not as many NSDs as I was aiming for, so very slightly mixed feelings about the victory. Not that I'm complaining, you understand - a few years ago my monthly spend for the two of us was closer to £500 :eek:

    Now to work out how much we're going to allow ourself for seasonal daftness :beer: [on top of the big Mr S order that arrived today *cough*], and get to the December thread to set it in stone...

    Well done everyone, and, as ever, thanks to those keeping the threads going :T
    Haven't done the GC since February, but a glance at the Tower of Receipts tells me I really need to get back into it... and plenty of other Challenges besides. :o
  • Evening

    The Thrifty Scrumpers declaring at £372.55 please.

    Thank you very much to all who run the thread. See you on the Dec thread :j
    GC Mar 11 £437.08Apr 11 £459.26 May 11 £485.52 June 11 £423.79July 11 £409.22 Aug 11 £250.10Sept 11 £396.14Oct 11 £382.37Nov 11 £372.55Dec 11 £332.29 Jan 12 £375.19:Feb 12 £349.58Mar 12 £279.66Apr 12 £249.12May 12 £337.66/Jun 12 £362.58/Jul 12 £317.03/Aug 12 £354.02/Sept £439.72/Oct 12 £210.16
  • Declaring at £199.57 for November
    January grocery challenge £159.43/£250.00
    February grocery challenge £209.53/£200.00
    March grocery challenge £165.66/£190
    April grocery challenge £186.27/£170.00
    May grocery challenge £22.51/£180.00
  • sproggi
    sproggi Posts: 1,560
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    Managed to round the month off with a NSD :)
    So declaring £275.71 for November, that is nearly £25 under my budget, despite only managing 16 NSD's :j

    Sproggi
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  • looie
    looie Posts: 706 Forumite
    I'm declaring at £71.78 for November an underspend of £21.22.

    I would just like to say a massive thank you to the thread organisers and all who post as it really does help to keep my grocery spending in check :)
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