March 2009 Grocery Challenge

kathrynrobson1011

Hello. I'm new to this, but can you put me down for 200 this month please? That's for 2 adults, 2 chlidren (9 and 4) and 2 cats.

Haven't spent anything so far today, but it is only the 1st.

Kat x

JennyBee_2

Hi all - will be back lurking around but not online often at the moment

reb

elly2 wrote: »

Another no spend day for me today, my banana bread was a waste of time with the kids they dont like it !!!!!! so i now have 2x 2lb banana bread with no clue as to what to do with. :j . hope everyone has a great day x

You didn't try to eat it on the day you made it did you? You need to leave it till at least the next day. If it wasn't a particularly sweet recipe it is best to treat it like a loaf and have butter on it.

Hope this helps

rockie4

Been and done the 'big shop' yesterday and then a trip to Sainsbugs this morning for 'whoopsies':D Spend so far is £62.37, freezer and cupboards are full so apart from loo rolls (sending OH to Superdrug tomorrow) I shouldn't need anything else for a while.

One of the guys at our allotment has given me a tray of plums:eek: I've made jam with 4lbs of them and reckon I've still got about 10lbs left........I see a lot of plum crumbles coming up!!

ZCC72

Hello all - can I play? Just me, and money tight at present, so I am aiming for £40 from 2 -31 March. I have a full freezer, and a store cupboard that appears to be full of risotto rice! Guess what I will be mostly eating this month! I won't need to buy toiletries, cleaning products, etc, as I am fully loaded - also still using up washing powder that I got free with my machine nearly 2 years ago - I do wash my clothes, but the freebie liquid was enough for a family of 4 for 6 months, so that has done me for 2 years!:rotfl:

Anyway, I ramble......looking forward to the challenge!

Atalanta

I will be going for £400 again this month.Already spent £164.86 on my monthly shop at Sainsbury's this morning.
Thanks,
Atalanta x

cw18

redmel1621 wrote: »

Can I ask a question to those of you who batch cook? Do you have multiple cookware dishes, for example 3/4 lasagne or pie dishes? So when you are making a lasagne or a pie, you can make multiple and then freeze them in the dishes you cooked them in??? Or do you transfer them into different dishes for freezing??? Sorry if that seems like a silly question, or not very clear!

Mel,

I don't freeze 'assembled' lasagne - I assemble after defrosting the components.

Haven't yet made a pie for freezing (have only made 1 and it's wasn't a resounding success )

What I do with things like bolognese, stew, casserole, chille etc is make up the 'meat' portion of the meal in batches, and freeze portions of that.

Tonight I made Chille - enough for 5 portions, but only 2 of us here. So 2 used tonight, and the rest split into 3 (clean) 500g margarine tubs. These will come down to room temp this evening, and be fridged to cool further overnight. Tomorrow morning they'll go into the freezer. On Tuesday I'll turn the 'block' they've become out of the tubs (a quick run under a tap to loosen them if necessary) and put the portions into freezer bags -- these take less space in the freezer than the tubs

JayneC

Hi everyone,

Went to Aldi today as I'd heard that they do 1 litre milk for 49p. But was all gone by time I got there so got the 4 pint which is cheaper than Spar (our local shop) but dearer than the grocers wher I could have bought it yesterday. Amd got overcharged too!!! Ah well!

Bought 2 fruit trees 1 apple and 1 pear whilst I was there- £4.19 each which I thought was good value. Will come out of separate budget so spent £10.33 on groceries.

Probably need more milk tomorrow but think I'll stick to Tesco Freshnlo. have a Tesco Express just near work so can pop out at some point.

Made fairy cakes for lunchboxes and rice pud for after tea.
Meal planned for 2 weeks so will just need f&v and dairy stuff as have enough in for meals.

See ya soon x

Sunnyday

Hi everyone,

i`ve just finished sorting out some bits and bobs and would like to join this months GC. My dates are from today until 4th April as the March challenge and my total will be £170 for this month for 5 weeks.

MrsM could you please add my bits and bobs to this months challenge please.

Thankyou

SD

glitterball

I have PMd Mrs Mc for £100 this month. February was a disaster I did not get my meal plans together and as a result spent double my Target :< So here's hoping March will be much better.