October 2008 Grocery Challenge. Please read first two posts.

cw18

shelovestobuystuff wrote: »

Found a box of 4 of those boil in the bag cod steaks in parsley butter sauce in the bottom of the freezer.They have been there for months but everyone complains when I suggest them for dinner and they have never been used up.Does anyone have a way I can use them to make something more interesting which the family may actually eat?

use them as a base with mashed potato on top -- so like a 'fish' cottage pie. (like the ocean pies they sell in shops at £1 each or thereabouts).

Kerriebaby

New to this, but can you count me in?

I spent £40 last week, so shouldnt need to do much more than that.

Im going to try £40, including dashes to the shops, tops ups etc etc

nimbo

i don't know how i manage to do it, i have now spent £10 while at owrk, so have even less for them month....

i feel a meal plan coming on that only includes the things in my freezer, or fresh air!!!!

how long will a chicken breast that was frozen, and put into the fridge last for??? (got it our for tea last night, and will hopefully be having it tomorrow now ) but i really don't fancy a bout of food poisoning, so if it is likely to cause harm i'd best come up with something else!!!!

gtx

sorry if this is off topic but just wanted to let people know my first go at Twinks has been a great success - to the extent i've eaten 4 of them! - does anyone know if they're ok to freeze after being cooked because they'll probably be all gone by tomorrow otherwise

Essex-girl_2

Hello all.

Finished Sept just under budget but with very empty freezer and cupboards so having a big stock up month this month, with this in mind my October Grocery Budget amount will be £400 bearing in mind it is a 5 week month for me also.

Have already done a big Tesco home shop for cans bottles etc, and been to Makro and stocked up on Toilet roll, kitchen roll and some other household stuff so each week I just really need meat and veg and start putting stuff away for Xmas!

Off now to update signature.
x

Cheapskate

Hello again
For the umpteenth time I'm trying to do this - whenever I think I'm getting a grip on things, someone blows the budget somehow! I'm going to try for £400 this month, for food, toiletries, bus fare & DS dinners. Spent nearly £40 in Mr A today - finally found out what whoopsied is & I whoopsie too!:rotfl:
Got half a tank of petrol left, loads of toilet rolls & nappies, & just bought 2 loaves of yesterday's bread half price for toasting, so they're going in the freezer for later on. Loads of apples from friends to cook & make into puds & freeze, & have about 6 lbs of brambles already frozen, so hoping I've got off to a good start this month. Got to do stocktake of pantry tonight & do proper menu plans. Had a £5 off coupon if I spent £10 or more on baby stuff in Mr A, so got 2 prs trousers & 3 tops, should have been £12.50, but one on offer, plus voucher, so came to £6.25!:D
Hope to join you all properly this time!
A x

teedy23

First spend of the new challenge occured last night. A total of £26.12, I used £9.00 worth of coupons (bless the lovely cashier, who didnt turn a hair) brought me down to £17.12. That included some fancy-nancy stuff on clearance as I,m having visitors in the next few weeks, it doesnt include the wine I couldnt have because it was after 10pm and had it confiscated (plebs.) I spoiled this by not taking sandwiches to work again and spent £1.50 on nosh. Off to update sig. See you all soon.

candygirl

Just spent £7.54 in BOOTHS on curry sauce, pappadums, red lentils, bread and loo rolls.It's uite an expensive supermarket but right near where I live, so no petrol needed;)

Pengwern16

First day of the October challenge and I've spend the grand total of £8.83 on ... not much at all really!
Forgot to bring/prepare lunch for work so went to M&S at lunchtime as I'm following Slimming World and it's quite difficult to find a low syn lunch.
Also bought a fruit salad for pudding, teabags (as I've run out of my work supply) and a risotto for tomorrow night.
On the bright side, we're going to my boyfriend's parents for tea tonight and I'm going to blitz leftover beef stew (gravy and veg mostly) into a soup to eat for my lunch tomorrow...
...so tomorrow could well be a NSD!

PS I made the stew in a slow cooker and we had it for our tea last night with cheesy mash and peas - see I can do old style sometimes! :T

WelshWoofer

Afternoon!
Just a quick one to let you know that I have now tried the Market Place Baking potatoes from Mr T (about £1.50 for a big bag full) and they were surprisingly very good. I microwaved and then finished them off in the oven and they were really nice - all fluffy and not at all powdery IYKWIM. Will be buying them again.


Need to pop to the local shop for cheese (OH scoffed the bit I was saving for the top of a pasta bake Grrrr:mad: ) and some milk - will hopefully be no more than £3.

Anyway have a good evening...