August 2008 Grocery Challenge

Mrs_Money_Penny

Hi everyone. Well 2 NSD's in a row. Will need to do a few more this week & next week to keep in budget. Had pork chops from the freezer last night and chicken Korma I made tonight. Haven't thought about tomorrow yet must meal plan for the rest of the week. Have a good evening.

Jumps

Evening all.:hello: I hope everyone is well. I thought I would just pop in to update my sig. I haven't done too badly and we are away at the weekend. We are staying in a wigwam in Scotland so I hope the weather is kind.

angelnikki is there any chance you could post the recipe for your bread, it looks so yummy!

Has the September thread been started yet?
Can I declare £172.24 for August. Not too bad but quite challenging.
My new month starts on Friday (OH get paid 4 weekly) with a budget of £200.00.
:T I would like to thank everyone on here for the inspiration and just keeping me going as this has been a tough month and next month is set to be similar!!

brummiebabe

Well....I'm already overspent!! Am now upto £305.50 of a £300 budget!!!!

In my defence..I have bought nappies (which we didn't technically need) when they were on offer etc, but am mad with myself!! Get paid next Wednesday, when my September challenge will begin.....so will try to keep spending to a minimum and get Tesco delivery on Tuesday/Wednesday next week!!

Have been away..so not had chance to keep up with or read the thread...but hope the challenge is going well for everyone else!!:D

angelnikki

Jumps wrote: »

angelnikki is there any chance you could post the recipe for your bread, it looks so yummy!
Can I declare £172.24 for August. Not too bad but quite challenging.

I used the Hovis white bread mix which is 29p at MrT But I have put a recipe on the Index for proper HM Bread

Well done for coming in on target (ish) :T & Good luck for the weekend, hope the weather's nice for you.

Jumps wrote: »

Has the September thread been started yet?

September thread :eek: Its only the 19th August The new thread always starts around the 28th/29th of the month

Nikki x

4Moneysaver

Bought a pint of milk today which niggled me as I have milk in the fridge but had to go to another office for work today and I don't have access to their tea club. Still I brought the surplus home with me so it won't be wasted. Must have a catch-up with the thread to see what I've missed. Hope everyone's had a good day and dodged the showers .

fertyskids

Hi everyone,

Another NSD today, i need it as only £40ish to last 8 days!!!

Still feeding my family/students 6 adults, (3 of these are very very hungry teenagers). 3yr old 1 yr old. I include all food, household stuff and nappies for little one. i think i have enough meals in the freezer for 8 days just!!!
But i already need F&V, milk and sandwich stuff for everyone..... will i do it?

£400.00 per month this month and i started this month with freezers and cuboards cramed full, i think i will go over. it works out as £13/14 each roughly.

Next month will definatley more as the freezers and cuboards will be empty. so i think another £100. So £500 or £16/17 each.

i know that this doesnt sound a lot but i always bulk cook so every meal is being stretched as much as i know how. lots and lots of whoopsies. i cook a lot of casseroles, curries and spag bols. but this means meat and lots and lots of veg everynight.

i need some menu ideas for cooking for lots of people inc toddler and baby. can anyone help. i cant afford £500 next month so i need to think carefully.

im sorry to go on, its just when i thought about it, i got a bit worried then i thought that someone on here would have some ideas.

thanks karen

MRSMCAWBER

Evening all

Brummiebabe... part of your post made me chuckle..... "in my defence" and "technically" are probably the words most used in my conversations when talking about my shopping :rotfl:

Well i have cleared a bit more space in my freezer :T .. have taken the last gammon joint out of the freezer and the balls of tortilla dough -so tomorrows dinner is gammon wraps with hm coleslaw and salad -and the same for hubbies lunch the day after... i will bag and freeze up any gammon left -which won't take up as much room as the whole joint
I have also taken out the last 2 hm onion n poppy seed bagels -so will have those for lunch tomorrow:D

Have been churning through my recipes as i have some bananas i need to use up- but trying to NOT put anything back in the freezer causes quite a conundrum.... But i have found a banana and ginger parkin/cake .... not only do i have all the ingredients in :j but it says it will keep in a tin for 2 MONTHS :eek: :T .... so i may have to make a double batch to use up said nanas and eggs;) ..and YES i will post therecipe if it works out ok

night all

almar_2

Can I do a gammon joint in the slow cooker?

Herewegoagain

fertyskids wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Another NSD today, i need it as only £40ish to last 8 days!!!

Still feeding my family/students 6 adults, (3 of these are very very hungry teenagers). 3yr old 1 yr old. I include all food, household stuff and nappies for little one. i think i have enough meals in the freezer for 8 days just!!!
But i already need F&V, milk and sandwich stuff for everyone..... will i do it?

£400.00 per month this month and i started this month with freezers and cuboards cramed full, i think i will go over. it works out as £13/14 each roughly.

Next month will definatley more as the freezers and cuboards will be empty. so i think another £100. So £500 or £16/17 each.

i know that this doesnt sound a lot but i always bulk cook so every meal is being stretched as much as i know how. lots and lots of whoopsies. i cook a lot of casseroles, curries and spag bols. but this means meat and lots and lots of veg everynight.

i need some menu ideas for cooking for lots of people inc toddler and baby. can anyone help. i cant afford £500 next month so i need to think carefully.

im sorry to go on, its just when i thought about it, i got a bit worried then i thought that someone on here would have some ideas.

thanks karen

Oh Ferty hon, don't worry you've got all the lovely peeps on here to back you up.:A
As you know Nikki puts the recipes on the 1st page of the thread and you should go and look on weezl's thread she makes money go miles and you can just times quantities for your houseful:rotfl:
PM me if you like hon, keep your chin up love and hugs to you and yours.;)
HWGA xx

*BigBird*

angelnikki wrote: »

handful of cubed butternut squash 10p (optional - I had some in the freezer)

Not sure if anyone else has asked this - I've not been online for a couple of days and am still about 6 pages behind! Got to go to bed soon, so will have to catch up on the rest tomorrow, however just wanted to ask how you freeze your BNS? Do you cook it first or freeze it raw? I have a half of one in the fridge and no plans to use it in the next week or so, so if I could freeze it that would be brilliant

Ta!