June 2017 Grocery Challenge

elsiepac · 22 May 2017 at 11:26AM

FoxFace wrote: »

Hi everyone

You all may not remember me, but I used to hang around here a little bit a few years ago

I am trying to clear some debt, so although I still stick to a modest budget of £60 per week (and usually manage) I just want that extra kick up the bum to keep me on track.

I'm a married, working mum of two rapidly growing boys aged 9 and 12 and one Yorkie and we (dog excepted) follow a vegan lifestyle. Our budget suits us just fine (and I often come in under target).

I'm technically jumping in for June, but as that's only a week away I am going to start now.

Edit: Menu plan done, time to go shopping! This week I only have £40 left, as I bought some bits yesterday. I have some vouchers as backup if needed

Lunch
Basic ramen
Curried lentil soup
Tofu scramble on wholewheat toast
Homemade Hummus sandwiches
Homemade Tomato soup
Beans on toast
Leftovers lunch

Dinners
Homemade Lentil sausages, mash, cabbage & carrots
Sweet Potato pancakes with spinach & Mushrooms
Baked Potato & Beans
Wholewheat Pasta with homemade tomato & basil sauce
Lentil & bean casserole with dumplings
Tofu satay with wholewheat noodles
Homemade pizza

Nice to "see" you all and thanks to those still running the threads
Fox
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hi Fox

I'm vegan too and just had to say I'm loving your meal plan!

Would you share some recipes please?
I'm interested in:
- Basic ramen
- Homemade lentil sausages
- Sweet potato pancakes
- Lentil and bean casserole (can neverhave too many casserole recipes!
- Tofu satay

Sorry to bombard you and thanks in advance!!

FoxFace · 22 May 2017 at 11:52AM

elsiepac wrote: »

hi Fox

I'm vegan too and just had to say I'm loving your meal plan!

Would you share some recipes please?

Hi Elsie

I don't usually use recipes unfortunately, I tend to just take what I have in, look at flavour profiles and make it up as I go... but I will take notes as I make each meal if you would like, and pop them on here?

Hope that's okay
Fox
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claireyfairy82 · 22 May 2017 at 12:21PM

Can you put me down for £300 for June please.

I've been really inconsistant this year at keeping an eye on my budgeting and my main focus hasn't been the food shopping which has spiralled out of control again! I'm horrified at how much I have spent so far in May and can't even look at April, plus side my freezers and cupboards are groaning with food so it will be very reasonable for me to significantly reduce my food shopping to an acceptable level again. I should only need to buy fresh veggies, fridge stuff (cold meat, cheese yoghurt etc) and breakfast cereal.

Does anyone else have children that eat breakfast cereal as a snack? A box only lasts about 2 days at a push in my house.

elsiepac · 22 May 2017 at 12:53PM

FoxFace wrote: »

Hi Elsie

I don't usually use recipes unfortunately, I tend to just take what I have in, look at flavour profiles and make it up as I go... but I will take notes as I make each meal if you would like, and pop them on here?

Hope that's okay
Fox
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That would be great, thanks!

Budgetbabe · 22 May 2017 at 5:35PM

Hi everyone,

I'm a forum newbie (longterm lurker), and would love to join your challenge for June please.

We are 2 adults (with a little one due to make an appearance any day now!), and I would love to improve our spending and gain a little bit of control where it comes to the household budget.

We managed to spend over £300 so far in May (hides face) , and I would really like to reduce this to a much more realistic figure for June.
So please set my first months target as £250 for June.
This will include all household food, cleaning products, toiletries and items for the little one.

Hope that's ok

BBx

FoxFace · 22 May 2017 at 5:55PM

Budgetbabe wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I'm a forum newbie (longterm lurker), and would love to join your challenge for June please.

We are 2 adults (with a little one due to make an appearance any day now!), and I would love to improve our spending and gain a little bit of control where it comes to the household budget.

We managed to spend over £300 so far in May (hides face) , and I would really like to reduce this to a much more realistic figure for June.
So please set my first months target as £250 for June.
This will include all household food, cleaning products, toiletries and items for the little one.

Hope that's ok

BBx

Welcome and good luck

Fox
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FoxFace · 22 May 2017 at 9:16PM

NSD for me today, I don't really have a goal for this as I work from home and don't really leave the house to spend money

I'm also so busy constantly that I'm kind of used to planning ahead by now too...

For lunch today we had a homemade curried lentil soup and for dinner we had sweet potato pancakes, which were amazing.

I made a thread for my recipes, as I pretty much only ever make things from scratch and don't write these things down... hopefully by sharing I can help others and also check back when I have no inspiration for menu planning. :rotfl:

allmannerofthings · 23 May 2017 at 4:15PM

I'd like to set my target at £240 again please. I failed abysmally in May, but I'm not beating myself up as it was my first time. Keeping a record has been so helpful and I realise now where a lot of the food spend has been going, namely takeaways and the corner shop. I'm carrying on over on the May thread until the end of the month, but will be back here to do better in the shiny new month of June

allmannerofthings · 23 May 2017 at 4:57PM

elsiepac wrote: »

First weeks meals will be:
Squash, Orange and Barley salad
and
Carrot, Tarragon and White Bean soup
for lunches

plus
Curried Tofu Wraps (chapati wraps)
and
Spiced Cauliflower with Chickpeas, Herbs and Pine Nuts
for dinners

Second weeks meals will be:
Crunchy Bulgar Salad
and
Squash and Barley Salad with Balsamic dressing
for lunches

plus
Roasted Cauliflower and Broccoli Bowl with Tahini dressing
and
Sweet Potato and Coconut Curry
for dinners

I will have a couple of freezer meals as backup, plus I have enough oats etc for breakfasts for the month.

Hi Elsiepac, I'm intrigued by your menus - do you mostly eat the same thing all week? I sometimes cook something that we have twice or three times, but I'm interested in taking that further, particularly with lunches. I completely lack lunchtime inspiration!

FoxFace · 23 May 2017 at 5:32PM

allmannerofthings wrote: »

I'd like to set my target at £240 again please. I failed abysmally in May, but I'm not beating myself up as it was my first time. Keeping a record has been so helpful and I realise now where a lot of the food spend has been going, namely takeaways and the corner shop. I'm carrying on over on the May thread until the end of the month, but will be back here to do better in the shiny new month of June

Good luck with June's challenge, now you have identified your spending, you can totally work on it

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