March 2009 Grocery Challenge

jinky67

yesterday I spent the grand total of £ 2.65

this has been a good month:rotfl:

Money_saving_Diva_2

*peeks in*

May I come back please? We failed for two months in a row and so gave up in March but need to get back in order for April.

Our month is from the 26th so would you put me down for £300 during April?

Thank you very much

Diva.x

laineyc_2

I bought bread and milk today. Youngest DS is having a friend over for for tea today. He wanted fishfingers, macaroni and salad for tea. I have no fishfingers so will give them scampi instead. I am making some brownies this afternoon for their dessert. This evening I will bake a batch of hobnobs and fairy cakes.

I am debating whether I should have upped my budget for this month because of the school holidays but I will keep it as £450. My eldest DS is skiing with the school for a week so I should manage. He is the one that can clear out the cupboards if I am not on my guard.

DS 12 is making HM pizzas tomorrow for dinner. We are having a movie night. I will need to go to the butchers and greengrocers tomorrow. Then it should only be bread and milk I need for the week.

MrsBartolozzi

Not spent too much this month - total is about £180 out of £250, as I have had a few extra expenses this month and forced myself to use my food stores instead of buying!

This has been the most expensive month for the car in it's life!!
Just as well I manage to keep a tight rein on the food budget as firstly we needed an MOT on the 3rd (£76.10 easy pass just asked them to change the oil). Discovered that all tyres were barely legal (£305) and that the service was due if we want to keep up the extended warranty thing.
Sooooo car is in for a service today and I am hoping it costs no more than £220 so I can pay cash for it and not have to touch the savings. Sadly the garage, which is a small family run place and very good, found it would be too expensive to provide a credit card facility or I could spread the cost with next month. So I have to pay by cheque.
So keeping fingers crossed that it is quite cheap today and I can go shopping this weekend as some stores are running low and freezer is looking a bit empty, and I am getting a bit twitchy lol.

I suspect I will be under budget this month, by a long way, and we really only need bread and bananas before April comes!!

Hope everyone else is coping with the price increases, and good luck on your challenges!
MrsB.

sistercas

Money_saving_Diva wrote: »

*peeks in*

May I come back please? We failed for two months in a row and so gave up in March but need to get back in order for April.

Our month is from the 26th so would you put me down for £300 during April?

Thank you very much

Diva.x

:hello: bet you do better than me I have been rubbish of late


just nipped into costco to pick up some lurpak , it has gone from £2.69 for a kg to £3.99 in a month :eek: it used to be so much cheaper than the supermarkets and I prefer butter to margarine.

rosieben

Microwave Recipes

Main Meals & Side Dishes
Bacon and Cheese Fritatta with Tomato Salsa
Bacon and potato salad -Warm
Baked potato pizza
Baked Beans (home made)
Beef and Root Veg Curry
Belly Pork
Bolognaise (Remoska)
Broad Bean Burgers
Broccoli and Cheese Soup
Burgers
Carrot, parsnip and lentil soup
Chicken Cannelloni
Chicken - Cheat's Chicken Cassoulet
Chicken - Parmesan Chicken
Chicken - Sticky Chicken
Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup
Chicken Fried Rice
Chicken with Cannellini Beans
Chicken with Garlic, Cider & Cream
Chilli
Chilli (Remoska)
Chilli Bean Tortillas
Chilli Cheese Crostini
Chilli chicken with jasmine rice (BBC food)
Chinese style cabbage
Cobbler (topping)
Corned Beef Hash - MrsMCawber's recipe
Cranberry & Soy glazed cocktail sausages
Creamy Chicken and Potato casserole
Curried Parsnip Soup
Curry Sauce
Diet Coke Chicken
Duchesse potatoes
Faggoty Pea Stew
Fishcakes
Fish Pie and Fish Pie
Gammon and lentil soup
Ham and Lentil Soup
Ham Hock (slow cooker)
Ham Salad (sandwich filling) external link
Hummus and Garlic Pitta Breads
Iced cucumber soup
Individual chicken pies
Lamb curry and paratha
Lamb Hotpot
Lasagne
Leek and Potato Soup
Moniker’s Leek and Potato Soup
Leek and sweet potato soup
Lemon Chicken
Lemon chicken with basil and tagliatelle
Lemon potatoes
Liver and onions stir fry
Meatballs
Meatloaf
Mediterranean Mince and Potato 'Pie'
Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta
Mince & onion pie
Minced Beef Curry
Minced Beef with Cobbler Topping
Mini Goat's Cheese, Pear & Walnut Quiche
Monday Pie
Moroccan Chickpea and Broad Bean Soup
Moussaka
Naan bread - see 'Bread' below
Onion Soup
Open top 'pizza' pie
Oxtail Stew + Oxtail Soup
Parsnip & Apple Soup
Pasta Cheese and Onion Bake
Pizza / Pizza Base Recipe
Pork Burgers with Salad
Pork and Beef Meatballs
Pork Steaks in Mustard and Cider Sauce
Potato layer bake
Potato Layer Bake
Potato layer bake (Teisen datws)
Potatoes - Lemon Potatoes
Potatoes - Twice Baked Potatoes
Quiche Lorraine
Real Tomato Soup
Salmon and Dill Fishcakes
Sausage and Rice bake
Sausage and Tomato Spaghetti
Sausage Casserole or Sausage Casserole
Sausage Meat Patties
Slow Cooker French Onion Soup
Smoked salmon soda breads
Smoked Salmon - Tagliatelle with Smoked Salmon
Soup - Red pepper, carrot & lentil soup
Spaghetti with courgettes, tomato and brie
Spicy Bean & Sweet Potato Stew
Spicy Carrot and Tomato Soup
Steak and Kidney stew/pie filling
Steamed Oriental Buns
Stifado - Beef Stew With Tiny Onions Recipe
Stuffing - MrsMcawber's recipe
Suet crust pie with quorn
Super Tasty Bacon, Bean and Sausage
Sweet & Sour Chicken/Pork
TexMex Skillett
Thai green curry
Toad in the Hole
Tofu burgers
Tuna Fishcakes
Tuna Lasagne
Turkey and Bubble and Squeak Pie
Turkey Pasta
Turkey Pasta Cacciatore
Vegetable Casserole
Vegetable Soup
Veggie Haggis

Bread
Bagels
Baguettes
Bara Brith (Welsh Tea Bread)
Bread - Mrs McC's recipe for Remoska
Breadsticks MrsM's / angelnikki's (No Salt Recipe)
Cheese & Potato Bread
Cheesy Bread Rolls
Chewy Soft Flour Tortilla
Chocolate Bread
Courgette Flatbread
Focaccia
Garlic Dough Balls
Herb Quick bread
HM Bread
Naan Bread .. see also .. Curry Queen's ...... Mrs McCawber's ...... OrkneyStar's
Oatmeal bread
soft bread rolls
Super Seedy Bread

rosieben

Dips, Jams & Chutneys and Drinks
Alioli / Traditional allioli
Christmas Chutney
Elderberry cordial
Jams & Preserves
Pineapple Salsa
Tomato Chutney
Lemon Squash

Cakes, Biscuits, Snacks & Desserts
Apple delight
Apple Charlotte
Apple - Microwave Autumn Apple Cake
Apricot Flapjack bars
Bakewell Tart
Banana and lemon drizzle cake
Banana Muffins (wholemeal)
Banana Muffins
Banana and Walnut cake
Banana Ginger Parkin
Branflake cake
Bounty Balls
Bran Fruit Loaf
Bread & Butter Pudding
Bulk pancake mix
Buttercream topping
Caramel Shortbread (Millionaire's Shortbread)
Caramel Shortbread (2)
Cheese n marmite twists
Cheesy Biscuits
Chocolate fudge
Chocolate Fudge Cake
Chocolate Krackolates
Coconut Cake
Cookie Dough
Courgette Tea Bread/Muffins
Cranberry And Chocolate Brownies
Currant Loaf
Custard Cookies
D&DD’s Apple Braid
Date, Nut and Oat biscuits
Easy Syrup Sponge Pudding
Eggless Chocolate Cake
Fifteens
Flaky Bars
Flapjacks and Flapjacks
Gingerbread Men
Ginger Raisin Crunches
Golden Syrup Tart
Healthy Snack Bars
Honey Frosted Buns
Iced Buns
Impossible Coconut Pie
Jammy Buns
Key lime pie
Krispie marshmallow bars
Lemon Curd Cake
Lemon Curd Ice-Cream JeniD's / MoneySavingDiva's
Malt Bread
Marshmallow Squares
Mascarpone and Lime Torte
Mascarpone Ice-cream
Millies Cookies
Mince Squares
Muffins: Basic Recipe / Chocolate Orange Muffins (1) / Chocolate Orange Muffins (2) / Gingerbread Muffins / Kiwi Muffins / Sticky Date Muffins / Strawberry Muffins / Toffee Apple Muffins
No fat sponge
Oaty Shortbread Biscuits
Peanut Butter Cookies
Scones
Spiced Apple Bars
St Peter's Mud Pie (no cooking required)
Sticky gingerbread
Sticky toffee apple crumble
Teacakes
Twink’s Hobnobs
Weetabix Brownies
Weetabix Cake
Weetabix Fruit Loaf
Wonderbites
Yoghurt: Homemade yoghurt, Slow Cooker Yoghurt
Yoghurt Cake (the easy way)

Pastry
The best mince pie pastry ever
Pastry economics
Making pastry
Basic pastry

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prophecy_grrl

Pants. I've blown the budget, am declaring £210+ for March (budget was £180).

April budget is £180 AND I WILL STICK TO IT (I'm pulling my 'resolve' face as I type this)

angel13

hi all i am new to this thread so trying to work out what we aim to do. we are on limited funds so we dont have much to spend normally so on average i try to only spend £320 a month. thats all food, toiletries and cleaning stuff for 2 adults, 1 teenager and dog. we are vegetarian which seems to limit how much i am able to save because dont see that many good offers so any tips would be great. especially for healthy options as i am on a healthy eating plan

so for this month I will aim to try and do everything for £350 - had to put it up this month as weve got easter hols so need more snacks for son and ive got to get easter presents and cards for people

going to get the shopping tonight as we are out of everything - have a list which always helps and i change things around if i see any good bargains. do we post how weve done at the end of the month or end of each week?

S_Wales_Saver

Still getting there. Bought bread & milk that were needed for the weekend (and wine also NEEDED ) My month ends on Tuesday, and I'm not declaring until then as we will certainly need milk again before then, and maybe some veg. (nevermind chickens in the garden, we could do with our own dairy cow :rotfl: :rotfl: )

I'm all meal planned for April, will manage on freezer and storecupboard until Thurs, up to London Fri then Sat, Disney here we com woo hoo. MSE Webmaster, what an excellent weekend to take down the forums. You do realize that any other weekend I would be sulking for Wales:rotfl: .