February 2009 Grocery Challenge

scotsaver

Just updated my total with spends from today, had to walk to the shops as the roads still really bad here this morning, no more snow had fallen but everything still frozen so both my girls were off as both School's closed. Anyway, for those who buy Charmin ( I can't compromise on Toilet Roll) Lidl have 24 rolls for £6.49, carried one of those home and then walked to Asda to get flour, eggs (15 Free Range for £2 at the moment), carrots etc etc. They had loads of Meat/Joints whoopsied, I think the shop has been really quiet because yesterday there were no buses here at all, but I resisted as I'm determined now to just buy from the Butcher.;)

Dinner tonight is a huge Cottage Pie, still using up meat/mince from the Freezer before I brave the Butcher's but feeling more confident about that after reading other people's comments, here and on other Threads.:D Pudding will be Delia Smith's Lemon Surprise Pudding, made one last week but have 2 lemons needing used up and the whole family loved it so won't mind it again.:cool:

mumzyof2

does anyone know what the super 6 is at aldi this week?

cw18

The Aldi Super 6 are.....

rachelmk wrote: »

Hi,
Just for those of you that don't know yet the Aldi fruit and veg bargains this month are...

Baking Pots 2.5kg 69p
Pineapple 69p
Onions 1.5kg 69p
500g grapes 69p
Vine tomatoes 450g 69p
Green apples x6 69p

All seems quite usable!

S_Wales_Saver

Managed to get to work, but closed at 11.30. Walked home, OH off all day as school closed. Snowing again now. Cats are very suspicious lol.

Well at least no spends on a snow day. Wonder how many I can do in Feb mmm.

jackie_w

Hi Folks,

Hope you are all well. I need a bit of help.

I always buy Free range chickens, and have decided I would like to buy better quality of butcher meat too, however, I dont know where I can actually get Free range Butcher meat. My local butchers dont sell this .

I live in South Lanarkshire, (just outside Glasgow). Does anyone know where abouts I can find out about Free Range butcher meat?

Jackie xx

dreamingofmoney

Hiya All
Still on track for feb (what date is it? haha) really, really looking forward to all the tips etc that i will no doubt pick up on this site, i got loads last month (my first month) and was an amazing £40 under budget, am going to have a bash at the sausage casserole and the shepherds pie that have been posted in the last couple of days, seem a bit more interesting than my boring usual attempts. Does anyone know can you freeze sausage casserole? and if so how would you reheat it?

Dreamer

P.S am saving my spare to go towards a fab hol for my 30th next year for me DH and DS.

cw18

I've got 2 portions of sausage casserole in my freezer at the moment. I plan to reheat it in a saucepan, but think I will probably have to add some extra liquid while doing so (to stop it sticking)

panambi

Decided to get a big Asda delivery for today, so £92.11 went for that but should only need a few bits here and there (veggies etc) for the rest of the month so fingers crossed I'll stay within budget! Wanted to do smaller weekly shops as I seem to spend less that way but since I am 6 months pregnant and without a car at the moment it's not really feasible as have to walk quite a bit to the shops.

Very cold but no snow today.

mumzyof2

jackie_w wrote: »

Hi Folks,

Hope you are all well. I need a bit of help.

I always buy Free range chickens, and have decided I would like to buy better quality of butcher meat too, however, I dont know where I can actually get Free range Butcher meat. My local butchers dont sell this .

I live in South Lanarkshire, (just outside Glasgow). Does anyone know where abouts I can find out about Free Range butcher meat?

Jackie xx

Just tried looking on google for you but could not find anything. Sorry. Hopefully someone will be able to tell you more information on free range meat in your area.

laurasbump

Decided to include petrol, baby food and toiletries in budget this month. Am also aiming not to spend anything until the weekend. May be a little tight as I'm not sure the baby's formula will last till then.

Thinking of trying Aldi or Lidl. I moved from shopping in Sainsburys to Asda as I figured that Asda would be cheaper because there's more choice. What do you guys regularly buy at Lidl or Aldi?

Laura