November 2008 Grocery Challenge

JennyBee_2

ZLS1984 wrote: »

Right my chuckies, I am off on the ole shopping trip 2moz after church and I am dreading it. We are going to Morrisons and I only have £40 at a push to spend and that is to feed 3 of us. Including dinner for me but when my mum is not about I try not to eat but she is here most days arghh.

We still have some things in but I am limited what I can eat. I have been naughty and had bad foods. Need to stick to very low fat next week, quorn and chicken. Only problem is my dad and daughter dnt eat quorn.

Going to have a nosy at recipes on here see if I can gain some cheap ideas.

Just trying to think....would they eat turkey instead of chicken? or a veggie stir fry? how about doing up a batch of veggie soup from some carrots, parsnips, swede and onion? sorry for interfering, just trying to think of low fat cheap alternatives from my weightwatchers days

MRSMCAWBER

Evening all

I have sat this evening whilst watching drivel on the box and off the top of my head have come up with 45 main meals I can make out of stuff I have in the freezers, fridges, cupboards :j and thats without things like corned beef hash etc -which we will HAVE to have nomnomnom :rotfl: ...So Im pondering on keeping my monthly budget the same and using some of the extra to either buy more store items or a few extras for xmas... We have decided on home made beef wellington for xmas dinner-which I have done before and they were stunning -so I will need to splash out on some fillet steak;) -however -we now eat much smaller meals so it won't be too bad . Just need to wait and see if my brother is or isn't going to come for xmas -so i know how much I need!

Have plenty planned for tomorrow...

1. Need to make more bread,
2. turn the leftover chicken into chicken, leek n cheese pies for the freezer (have made the pastry and stuck it in the fridge ),
3. have a small gammon defrosting -needs cooking -stock turning into pea soup for hubbies flask
4. having roast lamb n yorkshires for dinner -leftover lamb to be turned into minted lamb n potato pies

think thats about it -hopefully... then im going to collapse on the sofa and craft
right I will get off and updat the list....have a good evening all

ifonlyitwaseasier

Well hubby has spent £1.93, milk and relentless (yuk!)

but i think only the newspapers tomorrow are left to be bought!

MRSM - are you getting the fight?

and please put us down for £150 for December, just in case we need extras, i'm not cooking xmas dinner so don't have to worry about that, but we are going out for dinner so am lumping that in to our total.

i'll declare on tuesday

ioiwe x

MRSMCAWBER

Ifonly...

Yes--they are putting it live on BFBS for free :j so thats why Im up at this ungodly hour :rotfl: ..have you talked hubby into recording it?

candygirl

Mrs M just seen your massive weight loss and wanna say well done, and how the hell did you do it?:eek: :eek: :eek:

ifonlyitwaseasier

i wish!! i'm not tired so i'm pottering here and he's asleep!!!!! and wants me to wake him up at 11pm (yes i know it's past that, i figured he might as well get as much sleep pre fight as possible)
so he has his energy drink for the morning and i'll stay in bed, well not all day but some of it, have to roast a chook so i'd better get up i guess...

and i have a lovely apple cake recipe to post tomorrow, it's one my mum has used for years and today was my first attempt, hubby was HAPPY!


GC Related topic inclusion - did you know that tesco's spring force (new discount range) loo rolls 9 pack are cheaper per roll than the tecso normal brand 24 pack?

broke_mum_of_three

CouldI please join the grocery challenge for December with a total of £200 please?

rockie4

Morning folks!
I think I'm going to declare for November at £169.74 which I'm VERY pleased at :T :T
I have a freezer full of Cauldron sausages (on offer at MrT £1) so if nothing else we can have sausage and mash:rotfl:

Loads of fudge and truffles in the freezer for Xmas pressies so once they're out of the way I'll get some 'proper' food in there.

No idea yet what's happening at Xmas (family illness) but I'm going to up my December budget to £200 as I'm sure we'll have people over on at least one day during the festive season :rolleyes:

I'll probably do caramelised onion and lentil wellington for Xmas lunch which is dead cheap and really tasty, cake and mincemeat are made already, I 'll buy a pud as I can't be doing with all that steaming :eek:

Off to make another cuppa now and then get OH up!!

suzybloo

Hi folks not been on for ages - not long til 1st grandchild due so been helping DD as the wee blighter might be here early - descision on a section to be made this week - so that means he might be here next week!!!!! Struggling to keep to budget as have purchased things for xmas and put away so hopefully over the two months things should be evening out. Store cupboard is looking healthy, freezer full so only really need F&V and bread til end of week. Its been a fair amount of snow here so soup pot is out and BM on - not going anywhere so a no spend day!

Mrs_Money_Penny

izoomzoom wrote: »

I would complain and you will probably find that they will give you a refund when you next go in/ In the meantime, make that call

Many thanks izoomzoom and a few others that wrote. I got over charged in MrS for two lots of toilet roll at 4.73. I rang up after reading your post and was told to call in store for a refund which i did. The chap on the check out says its happening all the time with the new people that has started for xmas. So thanks again