March 2012 Grocery Challenge
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Last nights dinner was a variation on a theme. I had some apples and creme fraiche that needed using up.
I chopped 450g pork up into cubes and browned it off in a little butter. Finely sliced a very large leek and chucked that in the pan. Chopped 2 red apples into eights, sliced out the core and chucked them in the pan. I added a bit more butter as it was drying out a bit. Chucked in a couple of crushed garlic cloves and a couple of tsp of dry thyme. Mixed together 300g creme fraiche and a tblsp wholegrain mustard. Popped this in the pan and stirred it through. Cooked it off for about another 5 mins or so.
Served it with buttery mash and green beans. Was enjoyed by all and had clean plates all round.
Abit pee'd off with DH though. He came in just as we were finishing off ours and served himself. The kids went through to the lounge to play on the Wii for a while and I sat with him in the dining room chatting about our day etc. I went up to supervise putting the kids to bed and then had to sit on the top of the stairs because DC2&3 didn't want to go to sleep and it was easier than going up and down the stairs. Came down about an hour later and plonked myself on the sofa to catch up with Sky+ stuff and then went to bed at 11pm. Got up this morning to find the pots still left out in the kitchen with a portion of pork, mash and beans left in them :mad:. Yes I know he is tired as he is working his butt off and is in a lot of pain with his knee but he could have told be so I could box it up :mad: Really, really pee'd off.
Got some bits from MrT, baking stuff, herbs and the Easter Eggs for my three and the three Nephews so another £30 spent.
I use my reuse-able shopping bags when I go shopping and it always surprises me the number of shoppers who are loaded up with plastic bags, whole shopping trolleys full being pushed out to their cars. It reminded me of a song by Tim Minchin (who I generally don't like but think this is brilliant) and I have been singing it in my head all morning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVh15aUt8-c
Sorry got a bit preachy thereBSCno.87The only stupid question is an unasked oneLoving life as a Kernow Hippy0 -
tessie_bear wrote: »hi...im cross as the puter wont let me see the lidl meat offers...aint technology great....got to do a bit of peeling for tea and for lunch i am going to make felafels (from a packet) never eaten them before so will see if i like them
need to get some chicken out of the freezer for tomorrow and have a think about meals for the weekend
take care tess
If you like them then there is a couple of recipes in the Recipe Collection at the beginning of the thread. My lot like them.
If you want to PM me your postcode I'll have a look at the offers for youBSCno.87The only stupid question is an unasked oneLoving life as a Kernow Hippy0 -
Morning challenge-ees
I havent been here in a couple of days so have just trawled through ten pages to catch up. :eek:
My approved foods delivery arrived this morning, minus some items which were apparently damaged in transit. Typically they were the items I most wanted - I wouldnt have ordered the other stuff without them. Have emailed AF asking them to re-send, but no doubt they'll just refund me :mad:
Did an online shop with Asda which was delivered yesterday costing £103.58, and did a couple of little shops with Morrissons and HB totalling £43.27. Added to the amount spent previously I'm now up to £191.19 spent so far this month, out of a possible £350. However, the cupboards are full to bursting, and I reckon I have at least a fortnights worth of bread/lunch/breakfasts and fresh stuff and a full months worth of evening meals.
I'm hoping to just top up the fresh food as I go along now. Might even come in under budget0 -
I have updated my signature, and am really pleased with how my month is going - for once!
I have 11 more days to go, and cupboards and fridge/freezer are well stocked.
My veg box turned up today, haven't had one for a few weeks as we were getting fed up with swede and cabbage, but it looks good and I am about to meal plan for the week.
Managing NSDs more often now, and reading the daily digest of posts keeps me focused.
I would like this month to come in on budget and give me a boost.
Keep going everyone ....Debt free and saving :j0 -
Another £24 spent this morning :mad: I'm so cross with myself, I only needed Milk and some bits for school lunches tomorrow, but made the fatal mistake of not taking a list :mad:
Anyway sig updated :eek:0 -
Hello All,
I am new here and have been kindly directed to this thread. I'm not too sure how it works yet. I've just been clobbered with a £102 per month tax credit repayment bill plus a £200 per month Gas bill from Scottish Power, needless to say - something has to change; groceries it is.
For a family of 4 plus 1 dog I am going to attempt £250 per month shopping bill. I'm going to retain my receipts and try to stick to Aldi and Lidl as a rule of thumb. Any further advice would be much appreciated (as would a 'heads up' if I have the wrong end of the stick about the grocery challenge)
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Hello everyone!
Fairly large shop last night £94 odd. Not too many bargains about either, usually Mr*S is quite good on a Wednesday Eve (lots of reduced bits) but nothing much at all really. It is really annoying me how the prices are creeping up. Even the offers -I find myself asking 'Was it ever that price in the first place and if it was, why, when and how did it get so high'.
Worst offenders, Tea, Coffee, Cereal, flour, cheese, spread/butter, milk and fresh juice WOW some of this is fetching over £3.50 a bottle (it must be pure gold)
Washing Powder/Liquid/Tabs, Fabric Softner, Wash-up liquid Dishwasher tabs and I could go on (only it's boring and depressing)
My food bill seems to have doubled in a year no matter how careful I am.
Tonight I am cooking a nice Gammon joint from the local Butcher. It's looks lovely, is a reasonable size, didn't cost me an arm and a leg. It will provide at least 2 dinners plus leaving extra's for sandwiches for DHs lunch box. (Can't bear the stuff in packets nor the price)
I had a quick look along the cake section and decided no way, I am NOT paying that for that. Similar reaction to the bread section.
So now I am off to do a bit more baking and I will feel extremely resourceful and indispensible:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Sealed Pot Challenge 7 Member 022 :staradmin:staradmin:staradmin
5:2 Diet started 28/1/2013 only 13lbs lost due to Xmas 2013 blip.0 -
Just popped in to update my signature, just one £6.47 shop to declare, needed eggs, milk, veg, peanut butter and scourers. I'm managing to keep shopping to a minimum, which is a good job as other commitments are going to keep me out of the shops for a while - at least the fridge & freezer are well stocked so shouldn't need to go for at least 5 days and that will probably be for bread and fresh veg/salad.
Haven't been on the thread for a while so off to catch up on ..........countless posts :eek:0 -
4.96 spend in sp@r on crumpets and choccie last night
5.54 spend in m@rks on 2 lots of 3 for £10 meat, noodles, davidstow cheese and a bottle of water....daily fail moc plus l!ving soc!al ecard todayWins: 2008: £606.10 2009: £806.24 2010: £713.47 2011: 328.320 -
back from @ldi and sainsbugs spent £87.01 in total , £26.88 in @ldi and £60.13 in sainsbugs , hopefully got enough for the week
MIL coming for the day on sat and ive got a chicken for that , Sunday we are out all day so will do a picnic for that .
tonight i am doing choc clares chinese chicken with noodles0
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