May 2009 Grocery Challenge

OrkneyStar

Morning all.
Decided I am not going to buy any more food until Friday, even though I have money. I might get some diesel though, and spend approx £10 on DS (toddlers, bits n bobs).
I have my meal plan, it is not that exciting but will feed us fine .
Was wondering, does anyone have any exciting recipes to use up Mattesons smoked sausage ?
OK, hope all are well and thanks for any suggestions.
x

tessie_bear

hi.......well done on the race for life :beer: cpixie....os using up the sausage u could make a fried rice and stir them in at the end....put in a hm quiche....make a pasta bake...eat on a sarnie...sound nice i think i might get some

we have savoury mince cooking in the sc...i used some of the courgettes i got from aldi (49p) in it and it smells nice.....we are having it today with chips and then im going to make the leftovers in to a shephers pie or should that be cottage pie as it is beef mince ? we are having bananas and custard for pudding....a few nanas need using up

no sign of the sun but im sure the rain is helping myy 2 tomato plants and all the herbs so every cloud and all that
have a great day
tess

fletch3163

Hello everyone, posting from work (don't tell the boss )

Went to Asda AGAIN yesterday as I had forgotten all the gubbins for lunches this week. Spent £15.02. Couldn't believe it. That's £90 spend this weekend alone :mad: Still, I seem to be on target. One more shop before I can declare (fingers crossed I make it)

For dinner yesterday we had HM carrot & coriander soup with freshly baked rolls (under a quid from Aldi, out of a tin:o), stewed sausage, potatoes and carrots in one pot, and rice pudding with Carnation Milk. Made me feel quite the homemaker. Usually I'm scrambling like a daftie to feed us on a Sunday.

Made cottage pie and a bolognaise yesterday so that's 2 more dinners under my belt.

Shortie

First day of my challenge today (off to update sig in a minute) and I'll be going shopping on my way home from work. I'll post an update tonight

I've not micro-planned my month this month and am going to plan a week at a time, which will help as we have lots in the freezer to use up already.. fingers crossed!

Shortie

Whoops, I mean to add that I decided last night to add an extra £20 to the budget each month too as it now also feeds myself and Mr Shortie for lunches each day when it never used to so budget is actually £220 for the month

clayremonkey

Hi all,

Hope you had a lovely weekend. I've been away for weekend so money spent there doesnt count thankfully! I've been to shops twice and have spend £41.76 (really spent £141.76 but had £100 of vouchers to spend for recommending a friend!)

I have now spent £77.44 out of £200 - should only need fresh things for next few weeks although need to nip out and get a few bits and bobs.

Fingers crossed I can make it to 6th June!!

C

searching_me

well im over not by much again and i wouldnt if i hadnt gone to go stock up on baby wipes while they were on offer at morrisons well i will need them ... but my month start on saturday my birthday and i dont expect to spend hardly anything as im due soon and OH panics everytime i leave the house without him .. bless so a big online shop and then OH to the shop if we need anything hes really good he only gets what i ask and if its not there he wont replace he just doesnt get ... Mrs M i know its early for most people but could you be ever so lovely and put me down for £200 again ... thank you x

01001011

Cooked with my house mate yesterday. She claimed to be a former professional chef, but the dinner was a completely waste of FOOD.

We went to Mr.S to buy food. I didn't find the stewing beef I wanted. She came up with the idea of buying a brisket instead. I did not know about different parts of beef, so I followed her advice. The beef turned out to be a piece of tough junk :eek:. Even worse, she took 1/2 kg of MY rice, cooked with her 'universal magic recipe' and turned it into a texture-less paste :mad:. Never believe any steamed rice recipe for a minute (different rice need different amount of water)!!! Now I don't know what to do with the s***load of poorly cooked leftover rice enough for a week .

Sorry for the rant

Frugaldom

OrkneyStar wrote: »

Was wondering, does anyone have any exciting recipes to use up Mattesons smoked sausage ?
OK, hope all are well and thanks for any suggestions.
x

On the odd occasion I've had any left over it gets sliced on top of a pizza, diced and mixed in with the cheese sauce for macaroni or else diced/sliced and mixed into pasta salad. But it's very seldom we have them and even less often there's enough left for anything. They also freeze alright, as my last ones were bought when on BOGOF

Julimk

Just a tiny spend today on milk & fruit. Am really hoping that is it for this month. There is, however, still a little bit left if I do need some more milk.

Made up a batch of onion soup & a batch of mulligatawny soup today & popped them in the freezer. With what was already in there that should do me for lunches when I am working from home for the next month.

Still working on the shopping list for the main shop for June & it has now gone over £70!:eek: I just keep thinking of things that I will need & this is just the list of basics to stock up.:rolleyes: