May 2012 Grocery Challenge

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  • Meg72 I am struggling with my budget. I think i just need to stay away from food shops and not look at AF. I had to prize(sp?) my hand off pressing the place order. I do not need food at all, apart from fruit & salad, probably not fruit as i have large catering size tins that could do with using. Did you cut the bacon frozen or defrost it, just wondering as i have a pack of the same bacon in freezer, no room in there so cant defrost all bacon. Any tips re not spending appreciated. I just want to do this month on this low budget
  • abitofhelp
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    I'm being very frugal tomorrow and in fact i have impressed myself very much by doing this. I am out with work tomorrow and we tend to stop somewhere for lunch. I am taking some marinated chicken strips out of the freezer and making a salad to take with me instead. That will save £20. So that will be another NSD for me wahoo! I will also put the slowcooker on in the morning before i leave the house, so i will have a meal ready for me when i return. Very os.
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  • Florenceem
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    Makes 12.

    10 ozs plain flour.
    2 ozs sugar.
    2 ozs margarine.
    2 eggs.
    4 rounded tsp baking powder.
    6 glace cherries.
    2 ozs dessicated coconut.
    8 fl ozs milk.

    Mix flour/baking powder/sugar/coconut and cherries in a bowl. I cut each cherry into 12 pieces. Melt marge in MW. Add beaten eggs/milk and marge to dry ingredients. Mix to combine. I use Muffin cases from Wil... but do buy pretty ones when I see them elsewhere. Put mix into Muffin cakes in a Muffin tray. Bake - 200c - approx 20 minutes. Remove from tray and cool on wire rack.

    Cost approx 75p.

    Not a lot of fat/sugar in these muffins. I like that.
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  • Florenceem
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    Save_Dosh wrote: »
    Meg72 I am struggling with my budget. I think i just need to stay away from food shops and not look at AF. I had to prize(sp?) my hand off pressing the place order. I do not need food at all, apart from fruit & salad, probably not fruit as i have large catering size tins that could do with using. Did you cut the bacon frozen or defrost it, just wondering as i have a pack of the same bacon in freezer, no room in there so cant defrost all bacon. Any tips re not spending appreciated. I just want to do this month on this low budget
    You need something to occupy your mind/hands so you don't shop. Have you got any hobbies?
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  • Florenceem
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    abitofhelp wrote: »
    I'm being very frugal tomorrow and in fact i have impressed myself very much by doing this. I am out with work tomorrow and we tend to stop somewhere for lunch. I am taking some marinated chicken strips out of the freezer and making a salad to take with me instead. That will save £20. So that will be another NSD for me wahoo! I will also put the slowcooker on in the morning before i leave the house, so i will have a meal ready for me when i return. Very os.

    :T Very well done! :D
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  • Rage_in_Eden
    Rage_in_Eden Posts: 995 Forumite
    edited 2 May 2012 at 4:48PM
    Oooh I might give those muffins a go! I've just done my meal planner with an eye on what's in the pantry/store cupboard and freezer and hopefully we will have to spend very little this month - which is just as well as I've done the accounts and worked out we've got about £35 a week for the two of us. It can and will be done :D
    But I'm going to say this once, and once only, Gene. Stay out of Camberwick Green :D
  • meg72
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    Save_Dosh wrote: »
    Meg72 I am struggling with my budget. I think i just need to stay away from food shops and not look at AF. I had to prize(sp?) my hand off pressing the place order. I do not need food at all, apart from fruit & salad, probably not fruit as i have large catering size tins that could do with using. Did you cut the bacon frozen or defrost it, just wondering as i have a pack of the same bacon in freezer, no room in there so cant defrost all bacon. Any tips re not spending appreciated. I just want to do this month on this low budget

    I did cut the pack frozen, but let it defrost thinking I would use it all,before realising I didnt have freezer space, for the resulting meals would only defrost half the pack next time. Or even better cut the pack into quarters when I get it
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  • meg72
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    Florenceem wrote: »
    You need something to occupy your mind/hands so you don't shop. Have you got any hobbies?

    Great advice, I used to shop every day now can go about two weeks, do you like growing things, a big money saver for me has been growing my own, even if you only have a windowsill you can grow herbs, if you have a garden, even better.
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  • Florenceem
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    meg72 wrote: »
    Great advice, I used to shop every day now can go about two weeks, do you like growing things, a big money saver for me has been growing my own, even if you only have a windowsill you can grow herbs, if you have a garden, even better.
    We only have a small garden - just big enough for the dog to do the necessary. :o Our dog goes out for a walk every day.
    I have loads of hobbies. :eek:
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  • MunniMuncha
    MunniMuncha Posts: 391 Forumite
    And there was me thinking Florenceem was mid 40s:p

    You sound sooooo youthful :D
    When you were born, you were crying and everyone around was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying!:rotfl:


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