April 2015 Grocery Challenge

Happygreen · 31 March 2015 at 9:34PM

Have spent about £ 20 today together at Aldi and M's for mostly veg, also 8 tins of chopped tomatoes at £stretchers (25 p each - I know a bargain, lol).
About £ 4 I would not have spent if DD2 had not been with me but she needed a sandwich after school RIGHT AWAY and together we could not resist reduced Easter chocolates at Aldi...:A

wishies_x · 31 March 2015 at 9:55PM

Hello everyone

Please can you put me down for £200 please. I'm starting slimming world and have a toddler, a just starting to be weaned baby and my Husband to feed so it's going to be hard I'm sure, but after following Weightwatchers and buying a lot of convenience foods I have a feeling if I plan very carefully this is do-able and will be much healthier! I really want to do this because its the only place I can find in our outgoings that we may be able to reduce, that and petrol!

xx

Anzac_Biscuit · 31 March 2015 at 10:02PM

Hi all,
Counting the loaf of bread I bought yesterday as an April spend

I've done a meal plan for the next two weeks so will be doing a big shop later today. Going to try to cater more for DH's taste (ie make sure we have biscuits etc in) so he doesn't feel so tempted to buy extra treats and blow the budget

CountingPennies · 31 March 2015 at 11:04PM

Hi all!!

Aprils budget is back down to £350 now all the fun and games are over! Gonna have to be careful and have as many NSD as possible and do plenty of meal planning if I want to succeed this month!

Wish me luck!

CP xx

lynnejk · 31 March 2015 at 11:09PM

Hiya everyone and a warm welcome to all the returners and new peoples :hello:

Well I went over by £8.03 in March due to under-estimating replenishing things after our holidays so I'm going to put that down as first spend of this month and try to catch back up.

Need to check the freezers and store cupboard tomorrow, sit down and do a meal plan for the next week and a half at least, and then write a shopping list.

Now that we're in April I need to check what new veggies should be coming into season and hopefully get something to make a change. I know asparagus starts in April so that will be one of our treats this month

Good luck with the challenge and hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday
Lx

PennyGrabber · 31 March 2015 at 11:34PM

Ok, here's my monthly plan. I only plan the days I'm feeding the three of us, and when the children are at their dad's, I'll have frozen leftovers, omelettes etc...
1- chicken chasseur
2- lo chasseur in a pie
3-/
4-/
5-/
6-/
7- sweet and sour chicken
8- spag bol
9- sausage, cheesy mash and beans
10- tuna pasta bake
11- toad in the hole
12- 'roast' chicken
13- soup
14- braise and mash
15- hm pizza
16-/
17-/
18-/
19-/
20- toasties
21- chicken risotto
22- sausage roll, chips and veg
23-/
24- out for dinner for my birthday on 23rd
25- sausage casserole
26- cottage pie
27- beans on toast/soup
28- some form of chicken dinner
29- spaghetti and meatballs
30-/

This is an unusual month, in that the ch are away more, but gives me a chance to use up stocks. Also, I don't plan breakfasts and lunches, as it is always cereal/toast and pickups/leftovers.

Hth
PG x

Ps I have pretty much everything in for those dinners already...!

savingfortomorrow · 1 April 2015 at 12:56AM

2.20 milk potatoes rather proud only went for what i needed

try_harder · 1 April 2015 at 7:14AM

please could you put me down for £170

joedenise · 1 April 2015 at 8:44AM

wishies_x wrote: »

Hello everyone
Please can you put me down for £200 please. I'm starting slimming world and have a toddler, a just starting to be weaned baby and my Husband to feed so it's going to be hard I'm sure, but after following Weightwatchers and buying a lot of convenience foods I have a feeling if I plan very carefully this is do-able and will be much healthier! I really want to do this because its the only place I can find in our outgoings that we may be able to reduce, that and petrol! xx

You'll find Slimming World much easier to incorporate into family eating and you can use most recipes you already use with a few tweaks to make it SW friendly - things like using 1 cal spray rather than oil; making mash using a bit of stock (or fat free yoghurt) instead of butter & milk.

I find the biggest expense is fruit & veg but as long as you favour veg or fruit and keep to things in season it can be bought reasonably, particularly if you have a decent market.

HTH.

Denise

bargainhunterss · 1 April 2015 at 9:01AM

Hi everyone!

I would like to aim for £250 for April please!

Good luck everyone! xxx

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