July 2008 Grocery Challenge

Sian_the_Green

Ches wrote: »

wish my local supermarkets did decent woopsies. we have 1 asda,2xsainsburys 2x tescos 1 aldi and a morrisons not too far away. I always look at the reduced section when I am in any of them and all that is on offer is 20p off things that are in really battered and tatty packets resealed with selotape. I am really jealous. .

I know what you mean, I go in full of hope and then nothing. Tesco has a good reduction going on on gardening and picnic things, got a thermometer for 18p . Netto today had some good prices, including 19p for 500g bag of penne pasta and 2 litres of milk reduced to 60p, worth a look if there is one near you

zoe260373

frankerooney wrote: »

Oh dear. I had a right dressing down today from my dear mother! She was awake all night worrying about me not eating enough protein and fresh fruit & salady type food:rolleyes:. As I'm breastfeeding a 3 month-old and feeling pretty emotionally low, she may have a point :think:. We do always have a good dose of protein in our evening meal but I haven't given any thought to breakfast or lunch. In fact, for the last few weeks, lunch for me has been one piece of toast with crunchy peanut butter (which does have some protein in it, I know) and one piece with chocolate spread :eek::eek:. I told her "we go through loads of milk" and you can guess what her reply was... "yes, WATERED DOWN!!" Bless her, she came with a bagful of posh steak, chicken breasts, salmon fillets and cheese. But I'm not sure what I'm going to have for lunches from now on. Today I had cheese & marmite on toast, tomorrow I'll prob have boiled egg. I'm not sure I can really face a German-style breakfast though... might have to draw the line at meat & cheese for breakfast :undecided. So maybe I'll concentrate on adding fresh fruit to my fruit & fibre at breakfast time.

Whatever I eat it's gotta be quick and easy to prepare. I'm at home on maternity leave but my 3yo finishes for the summer holidays tomorrow and baby is mega clingy at the mo so I aint gonna have any time or energy for faffing about in the kitchen (much as I would love to... ). Any easy lunch ideas welcome though.

I do enjoy coming on here. Reading all your posts is my hobby for now (sad I know!). Cheers everyone.:beer:

i know the feelings...my LO is 4months and i dont seem to get 5mins lately,in fact i rarely eat at all during the day:o i know i should but im usually too busy getting (trying anyway0 p to date with washing(4kids in total:eek: )and housework aswell as entertaining the little man,anyway..as your lovely mum has bought you some salmon,how about doing some new potatoes in their skins when you do your main evening meal and reheat next day with some broccoli and poach your salmon in the microwave,only takes a few mins,i add a bit of garlic and butter,its lovely,HTH,zoe.x

zoe260373

hi all,had a nsd again today but mr A coming tomorrow so will update when i know for sure how much the total is.still not getting much sleep as LO keeps crying out i have no idea why as he goes pretty much straight back off,OH will have him saturday night so i can get some decent sleep:j have made loads of frozen portions up when ive made our evening meals so my smaller freezer is full,have also managed to bake a fair bit this week between LO;s sleeps,so thank you everyone for all the great recipes and ideas! :beer: ive realised i am pretty lucky as my local supermarket does 2litres of milk for 99p all the time,has been this price for ages,and their booze is the cheapest i know of too,bless um,off to bed now so fingers crossed for some sleep_pale_,well done to all and keep it up.xxx

dink1

Hi Guys,

Today is meant to be a NSD but have Ds1 appt at Mr A (eyes) and need to buys socks and pants (as he keeps on growing! lol) the test will be to make sure I do not put ANYTHING else in my basket. At least his socks and pants are out of another budget.

Hope all are well, Thinking of you mRs M ....

Dink1

catnap53

OK, been thinking about this for a while and recent posts have brought it back to me. I hope I am not going to offend anyone, and don't know if anyone else has commented, but watering down full fat milk does not result in the equivalent of semi-skimmed.

If people like it that way, that's fine, and I don't mean to preach, but I just want people to be aware that it doesn't provide the nutritional value that is expected, particularly for children, nursing mothers (sorry don't mean to pick on anyone) and the elderly.

To get the calorie content to be equivalent to SS it would need to be diluted by about one third, but to get the fat content equivalent to SS (I think the main reason why people buy SS) it would need diluting by over a half, to about 45% FF to 55% water, reducing other valuable components as well.

Milk is such a good source of calcium, protein and phosphorus that it is a shame (IMHO) to miss out and have to supplement these in other ways, especially if you are not aware of the need to do it.

I buy FF for DH and DS, because they like it, and SS for me and DD because it is better for us. I am concerned that we all get enough calcium and phosphorus (both needed to produce sufficient bone mass) because I developed osteoporosis in my 30's and had a fractured vertebra when giving birth to my son, so apologies if i am a bit intense about it. Also been up since half past 3 to drop DS at school for a trip to Wimbledon. Got to go to work now too.

Spent only 2 pounds since Sunday, one pineapple and some growing basil.

Zzzzz (I think I may need the catnap at lunch time)

Anitaj73

Mornin all
Have missed a day and have 10 pages to catch up on now :eek:
I can't do it now as my boys have their sports day this morning and one of them has got to go to the hospital for another hearing test today so i've updated sig from yesterdays shopping which wasn't much grocery wise but as i was feeling down brought some clothes

SO i'll say a big WELCOME to any newbies and hugs & congrats where due and promise to try and catch up tonight

Have a good day everyone :j

fertyskids

thanks denise, ive already peeled the potatoes!!

can i use quorn mince instead. ive got a packet of cottage pie mixture ive had for ages and i dont have any lea and perrins or beef stock cubes would it be ok? thanks karen

OrkneyStar

Hi there everyone,
Well yesterday was a NSD in every way!!!! Stayed in and made the Twinks, naan and curry. Today will be another NSD as have to stay home for a package arriving. Not read through all the posts yet, but hugs to anyone who needs them. Will pop back on later and read them hopefully.
Ta ta for now :wave: .

OrkneyStar

frankerooney wrote: »

Oh dear. I had a right dressing down today from my dear mother! She was awake all night worrying about me not eating enough protein and fresh fruit & salady type food:rolleyes:. As I'm breastfeeding a 3 month-old and feeling pretty emotionally low, she may have a point :think:. We do always have a good dose of protein in our evening meal but I haven't given any thought to breakfast or lunch. In fact, for the last few weeks, lunch for me has been one piece of toast with crunchy peanut butter (which does have some protein in it, I know) and one piece with chocolate spread :eek::eek:. I told her "we go through loads of milk" and you can guess what her reply was... "yes, WATERED DOWN!!" Bless her, she came with a bagful of posh steak, chicken breasts, salmon fillets and cheese. But I'm not sure what I'm going to have for lunches from now on. Today I had cheese & marmite on toast, tomorrow I'll prob have boiled egg. I'm not sure I can really face a German-style breakfast though... might have to draw the line at meat & cheese for breakfast :undecided. So maybe I'll concentrate on adding fresh fruit to my fruit & fibre at breakfast time.

Whatever I eat it's gotta be quick and easy to prepare. I'm at home on maternity leave but my 3yo finishes for the summer holidays tomorrow and baby is mega clingy at the mo so I aint gonna have any time or energy for faffing about in the kitchen (much as I would love to... ). Any easy lunch ideas welcome though.

I do enjoy coming on here. Reading all your posts is my hobby for now (sad I know!). Cheers everyone.:beer:

Hi there, Its hard isn't it when you are busy with LO, breastfeeding and trying basically to be a superwoman really? I still BF LO, although only two times a day now. I think the fact that I did not eat right affected me and made me even more tired. Every small step helps and I hope you manage to get some good nutrition into you.

BigMummaF

Just a quick spends update from the other day..£10:21 in Wilko's & Summinsbug for milk, loo rolls etc. Having a go with Wilko embossed bog rolls @ 4-4-£1.. gotta try at least ain't cha:o

Some thieving little blighter has had my baby lekkusis away--think perhaps some "cheerful garden birds" may have helped themselves so not all bad--so I'll leave trying again till next year now. It says 12 weeks from seed >> harvest, & that takes us into October:eek: